Super Snipery Hamilton No 27 boy's rifle

[buffalowinter]

Bought this for $150. Patent date 1900, Hamilton no. 27 boys rifle. All I had to do to get this to shoot was wack the firing pin with a punch to free it. At least 100yrs old and works fine. I am going to completely refinish this and re-stock with exhibition grade walnut.

 

[RPN]

I'd have to move the rear sight forward about 8" to be able to see the bloody thing......

 

[Charlie112]

Bought this for $150. Patent date 1900, Hamilton no. 27 boys rifle. All I had to do to get this to shoot was wack the firing pin with a punch to free it. At least 100yrs old and works fine. I am going to completely refinish this and re-stock with exhibition grade walnut.
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I gave my Hamilton to my granddaughter, very nice youth rifle for the corn crib…

 

[lyman]

as thin as those stocks are, you could be able to do 3 or 4 rifles out of the wood you have shown,


please post progress pics,

 

[Mike Casselton]

Bought this for $150. Patent date 1900, Hamilton no. 27 boys rifle. All I had to do to get this to shoot was wack the firing pin with a punch to free it. At least 100yrs old and works fine. I am going to completely refinish this and re-stock with exhibition grade walnut.
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[buffalowinter]

Rough cut.

 

[buffalowinter]

 

[sirhrmechanic]

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Thanks to you, somewhere there is a Purdey wearing a piece of birch or a Plaster Ultimate Sniper stock or something…

Sirhr

 

[buffalowinter]

 

[buffalowinter]

...and a super snipery Mossberg target scope with external adjustments.

 

[Punisher29073]

What was the original retail on that piece?

 

[buffalowinter]

What was the original retail on that piece?

 

[sirhrmechanic]

The scrap pieces off that stock blank are worth more!

Amazing job!!!!

Sirhr

 

[buffalowinter]

What was the original retail on that piece?

The scrap pieces off that stock blank are worth more!

Amazing job!!!!

Sirhr

I think I'm going to hard chrome the metal.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

I think I'm going to hard chrome the metal.

Deserves a Parker Bros. Rust blue, really!

Sirhr

 

[buffalowinter]

Deserves a Parker Bros. Rust blue, really!

Sirhr

Rust bluing low guality metal, in old rifles, is a very iffy experiment. I rust blued a Spanish copy of a Smith and Wesson Schofield and it turned a dull matte black. I rust blued a modern steel barrel for a rolling block and it turned out a beautiful deep blue gray.

Remington rolling block that I built. It started out as a rusty receiver my farrier found in a barn. McGowen barrel, case hardened receiver, exhibition Walnut.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

^^^ this!!!

Hey, if it doesn’t work, you can always coat later!

Sirhr!

 

[RPN]

Rather than chroming, have you looked at electroless nickel plating? It follows hard edges better than chrome, and to my eyes is a nicer finish on a rifle. I coated my R700 years ago and it has stood up to a pretty hard life very well.

 

[buffalowinter]

Rather than chroming, have you looked at electroless nickel plating? It follows hard edges better than chrome, and to my eyes is a nicer finish on a rifle. I coated my R700 years ago and it has stood up to a pretty hard life very well.

I've asked for quotes on both from two different companies.

 

[buffalowinter]

 

[pmclaine]

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Friend of mine has a Winchester 02 that was his fathers first rifle.

Beever on EBay Carrie’s 02 stocks with some very nice grain. We restocked his Dads rifle with one. Might be pictures in vintage somewhere.

 

[buffalowinter]

Hamilton #27 .22lr Boy's Rifle with Mossberg 4a scope is finished. Accuracy is very good for a $2.55 100 year old rifle.

 

[RPN]

Nice work.

What finish did you end up with? The matte silver looks like ENP, but I don't know if you can do a matte chrome?

 

[buffalowinter]

Nice work.

What finish did you end up with? The matte silver looks like ENP, but I don't know if you can do a matte chrome?

The finish is a proprietary Cerakote mix that I make myself. I e-mailed 3 firearms plating companies and none replied.

 

[FWoo45]

The crome plating business is a real tough one anymore. Not many left willing to jump through the gov hoops. I've had 1.5 pistols chromed in the last few years and the two different smith's used the same shop but they only work for gunsmiths that they have a relationship with. I couldn't call them and get it done.

 

[RPN]

Ahh. That's a nice finish.

I just sent mine to a local electroplater, after plugging the barrel (Araldite a case in the chamber, hammer a projectile into the muzzle) and told him to put .0015" onto it. I cut .003" of the face of the bolt to compensate for the added thickness on the lug faces of the bolt and receiver. When that barrel was replaced I recoated the action to get the action threads, and replaced the chrome moly barrel with a stainless one.

No Govt involvement required, but different Govt.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Beautiful! Now time to see how it shoots!

Sirhr

 

[buffalowinter]

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Beautiful! Now time to see how it shoots!

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Sirhr

Shoots well

 

[akmike47]

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I have a model 26 I put an ungodly amount of rounds through