Travlin wrote:Excellent photos and great pairing of handguns and rifles. What is that on the 94 magazine tube just behind the front site?
The Winchester was in it's original box, under a bed, and the carpet got soaked from a pinhole leak in the garage wall.
The box leached up the water and some of the silver paint in the box stuck to the barrel and tube on both sides.
I've tried alcohol, paint thinner and acetone, even brake fluid and lamp oil but no luck. Next will be paint stripper. It seems to be minor surface and should be fairly easy to deal with once the paint is gone.
This gun has less than 100 rounds through it since new and I'm trying to keep it in good condition as the value of these little masterpieces seems to climb by the day.
The S/N is in the 18,000 range and was very skillfully crafted. My first shot out of the box was a 50-yard bullseye so I think someone at Winchester must have test-fired it.
If all else fails I may beat the bushes to find a local gunsmith that I would trust to restore it.
