Tell us about one project that you need done maybe we can come up with a name or something.
OK, we'll give this one a go. You know my thing for old target rifles. This is a Winchester-Hart 52 with a Harvey Rodgers stock.
The white line pad needs to go. Don't imagine we could find one to match the original, but we could come closer that what is on it. Someone had cut the wood to mount a Redfield style rear base, that will need fixed. I can likely find a Lyman 48, but I have no idea where Hart got one with such a long slide. At the time maybe you could special order one from Lyman, but I suspect I'll have to fabricate one. The metal has turned mostly brown, and the end of the barrel where the original front sight was removed the finish is mostly gone. I suspect that Hart did not refinish the metal, only touched up the area where the front sight was removed. The rifle would have also had the hart trigger, but it has been removed and a modified Winchester trigger installed. I believe the chances of finding a Hart trigger are somewhere between very slim and non.
OK, lets hear your thought. I am well aware that even in mint condition the rifle may not be worth what the above work would cost. Nearly every custom rifle that is commissioned today looses half it's value the day it leaves the builders shop. Sometimes it is not about the money.
Thanks,
John
