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Old February 16, 2017, 05:26 PM   #1
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Old Winchester autoloading .22



Rebuilt the old Winchester, can't remember the model off the top of my head. I want to say 210, but I'm probably wrong.

This old guy was wasting away in a closet at my MiL's home. I took it off her hands after my FiL passed. Didn't cycle, trigger group pin was missing, mag tube barrel ring was shattered, and the sight ramp was missing. The paint was flaking off and the barrel and mag tube were rusty. It was missing the butt plate too.

I redid the stocks. They had a nasty, dull finish, and somebody tried to fill gaps with putty. Cleaned them up, turns out they're maple. With a good sanding and a generous application of high gloss spar urethane, the depth of the maple really comes out.

It's not done yet, I want to clean up the trigger guard, but it looks 1000x better and it shoots and loads reliably.

Glad to have saved this gun.

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Old February 16, 2017, 08:57 PM   #2
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Looks like a Winchester 190

Glad you saved and shoot this Winchester. Probably 50 or so years old. This could be the beginning of a collection. Old 22s age well because (personal theory) they usually belonged to kids with pride of ownership resulting in good maintenance. And, unlike high power rifles, it takes a long time to wear out a 22.

Older 22s have a romantic, more or less, appeal with hardwood stocks and great bluing. My collection includes a Winchester 52 from 1946 with a 24" long Redfield scope from 1950. Marlin, JC Higgins, Remington, Savage, Mossberg, etc make up the bulk of my old 22 rifles collection.

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Old February 16, 2017, 08:58 PM   #3
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Old February 18, 2017, 01:48 AM   #4
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Well, ya tricked me.. I don't think of a Win 190 as "old" I had one when I was a kid. Actually my second .22 rifle.

When I see "old win autoloading .22" I think of something in .22 Auto from the pre WWII era.

The 190 was the plain model, the 290 had checkering, engine turned bolt. Also sold as Ted Williams but I forget the model#.

As I recall, they were good guns, accurate, and an absolute PITA to get the recoil spring back in...
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Old February 18, 2017, 01:50 AM   #5
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I'm with 44AMP, "old Winchester" semiauto means a 1903. And in the FWIW category, the stocks are birch, not maple. Looks nice.
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Old February 18, 2017, 01:55 AM   #6
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I'm in my 30s. It's older than me. And I think you're right, model 190.

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Old February 18, 2017, 03:54 AM   #7
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Dontcha just love projects like this? Beats Honeydew, nyuck, nyuck. I think you can pretty nearly duplicate the original finish on the receiver with some of those spray-and-bake kits you can get from Brownell's or Midway. I've found Numrich to be a good source of replacement parts sometimes.
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Old February 21, 2017, 05:36 PM   #8
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My honeydo list is occupied with moving to the new house, so my workshop has been disassembled. Reassembling this rifle was more of a necessity as I didn't want to risk losing small parts, installing the spring is the worst on this thing.
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Old February 22, 2017, 01:56 PM   #9
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What caliber is it ?

My grand father gave me a .22 Winc. single shot.... turned out to be chambered in .22 WRF....
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Old February 22, 2017, 02:24 PM   #10
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.22 lr

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Old February 22, 2017, 02:27 PM   #11
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.22 lr

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Actually the original barrel was. 22 short, long and long rifle. Replaced the barrel with a .22 l lr barrel because the original mag tube ring was shattered and beat up so bad you could not get it to drift free from the dovetail.

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Old February 24, 2017, 09:06 PM   #12
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I have one of those in the safe. I inherited it from my dad. He won it back in the early 70's for selling so many tires at the Farmers Union tire shop.
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