Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Winchester Collectors EricM and I are thinking about having this one refinished...

First off. Where are you from and what do you drive? It important to qualify the value of your opinion.

If only obviously.

If you are talking to me:
Texas.
Chevys. Truck, 4WD Suburban, wife drives a Tahoe, and I need to get to work on the '72 SS 396 Chevelle I am the original owner of.
Can I stay?

Texas and a Suburban, imagine that.

However, any who are the original owner of a 396 Chevelle SS gets a pass no matter where they are from.

"72 Chevelle SS 396". I knew there was something I liked about you- that explains it!
John

That car gets me a good bit of "street cred" with my students. It doesn't make sense to me to judge people by what they own, nor by intelligence, as I know some seriously smart people who are first class A-holes. But it is what it is.

I have noticed that lately, when a muscle car appears in a movie there is a good chance of it being a 70-72 SS Chevelle. There is something about that body style that the designers got right.

Say what you will about Texas, but at least we will buck the feds. Politics aside, more classics cars down here because of the weather.

Hey guys,

I'm back from Tanzania. I just got in at 5 am today.

The other day while driving across the Serengeti we came upon three lions. One had bloody paws from a kill and another had a gazelle's head in his mouth!











Eric

Thanks for the tip!! I'll keep my eyes peeled. It looks like a good fit! My time in Africa is coming to an end. This 338 will make the perfect wecome home gift!!

Eric

A Meopta variable in Talley steel rings would work, too. Nice optics.
Bob

I've heard a lot of good things about Meopta but haven't seen them in person. I'll add that to my list to look at.

Eric

Cool lion pictures Eric. A Zeiss Victory or HD5 would be cool too . I'm really liking the looks of mr. Beretz's Swaro too....

Cool pics.

I think you guys have a great plan Im going to make one think about suggestion, Get yourself a couple Super Grade thru stock bolts! They look sharp and IIRC the last ones I bought were only like 22 bucks each. I bought a mid 90's sporter varmint in .308win and someone had drilled the black plug out and installed the thru stock bolt they had done a less than 90% job fitting the thing. I ordered the Super Grade bolts and got with a wood working buddy and had the hole cleaned up and countersink fitted just right. The super grade bolt really set if off, Heck I usually order 2 of any part I get from gunfolks like Winchester,I may well have a pair. my 2c ,very best WinPoor

Winpoor, that's a good idea. Did you find original pre-64 SG bolts or newer ones? I didn't see any on GB.

Cheers,
Eric

Interesting idea winpoor. However, the stock is stout as hell as is with the pillars and glass bedding. The cross bolts would be extra work and purely aesthetical at this point, plus would take away from the original appearance. However, the rifle is not mine anymore so it's entirely up to Eric.

20,000!!!!!!!!

Holy crap BSA, you've been a busy guy!! lol. I'm 15K behind you brother!!

Eric

Guys, the refinishing cost is coming in pretty high. I'm looking at other options now including maybe restocking with an Echols Legend. If anyone has a spare or knows where to get one, please let me know. Cheers!

Eric

I'd just touch it up.

That is definitely an option as well, pal!

Eric

Yes unless we are doing the work ourselves like BSA does,or unless we simply have to keep the original stocks, having a stock professionally refinished may not be cost efficient for a rifle to be used for any hard hunting. By the time we get done paying for glass bedding,recut checkering, finish etc we approach the cost of a good aftermarket synthetic.

Might as well go the whole route and drop the metal in a McMillan or something similar.

Of course like i said if a guy can do the work himself it's a different story. I've done it this way myself but usually opt for the synthetic.