Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Winchester Collectors Family Winchester 1906 Restoration. Plain or Fancy wood?

OK I have a 1906 Winchester 22 that was my Grandfather's then my Dad's. I installed a barrel liner and reblued it. I was just going to put it back in shooting mode and bought a set of Boyd wood for it. The old wood was oil soaked and soft.

Well you know Boyds the butt stock almost looks plastic and or painted. So the darn thing looks so good I'm going to build a new Butt stock. I have several blanks laying downstairs. I can go from a basic straight grain. Or I can go fancy with some nice grain. Same labor for me either way.

What say you?

I never refinish a family heirloom. Every dent, ding, rub and gouge tell the story of your ancestors history with the gun. If it were mine I would have relined the barrel and left the rest as found. However IF you keep the original stock with all your fathers and grandfathers sweat still in the pours, then it can always be returned to the way your ancestors delivered it to you. Winchester often put gumwood stocks on these models that was light in color and had some streaking. I have never seen a Boyd stock and doubt that it would match what Winchester would have used. I am a walnut man myself and would find a nice quarter sawn stock blank.

I will keep the original along with the forearm were dad carved his initials and his dad whipped his butt. No police were involved. I had attempted to refinish the wood when I was in HS. It was so soft more like balsa. Don't know if it was oil, as you say sweat or age. It was a gallery model and the chamber was so enlarged you had to drive out the fired case. Not to mention it was probably about a 30 caliber.

Might try the layout on the center one. I think that knot would be cut off. Bottom are quarter sawn. Got several more in the top category.




A Boyd Finish

One vote for as nice as you can go. A good looking .22lr is never a bad choice.

LOL now that sounds like my wife. She says" doesn't cost anymore to go first class, you just can't stay as long"

Nice as you can make it! How does she shoot with new liner? very best WinPoor

I have not shot it but the smith that did the work sent along the ammo and target he tried it with. Says it likes the cheap stuff the best good Minute of Squirrel's head. He said the high velocity stuff opened up.

Since my old eyes can't see the sights worth a darn anymore I will leave it up to the SIL and grandson.