Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Winchester Collectors Let's see those Model 64's

Now that's just cool.


I'd carry that rifle with pride.



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tmitch, thanks. I spent a lot of time on it. I didn't know how bad it was when I bought it but fortunately I didn't pay high dollar for it. The rifle was in really nice shape before Bubba attacked it. I don't know why somebody would do that?

It didn't cost anything to repair it except a lot of hours. I had a spare sear and glue for the stock. I spent the most time on the mag tube. Both ends were mangled but the bluing matched the rest of the rifle so I wanted to save it. The bluing has a gray cast to it that would be hard to match. I cleaned up the ends on the tube and extended the front end of the tube. The bluing was the best inside the forend so I swapped ends on the tube so the good part was exposed and the repair is inside the forend. I was able to straighten the mag tube hanger pretty well and peen the dovetail back into decent shape so it all came out decent. To repair the stock I drilled holes into the fractured areas from the inletting and injected epoxy until it oozed out all the cracks. It came out solid. One thing left to do is repair the finish where it flaked off around the cracks. I am going to try hand rubbing it with varnish to see if I can get it all to blend in. It turned into quite a project but I am happy with the result.

Marc! You done good!

I got my model 64 out of layaway on saturday, it was made in 1934,
took it out with brother Bill yesterday for some jackrabbit
hunting and managed to get one


man that is a fun gun to hunt with

Way to go mooshoo, givin' that old girl (boy?) a new lease on life!

Cool, didn't appear to damage that critter to much, they got ticks on them this time of year??

Dang! Hadn't seen a jack rabbit here in years! Good looking rifle Mooshoo!

no ticks, I was using federal 150gr ammo, I hit him in the head
on a dead run and he was only thirty yards out, the rifle swung like a shotgun

Thats damned good shooting !!!