Project Heavy 1876 (Part One)
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- Опубліковано 20 жов 2024
- In the first of a two-part episode, we'll start working on a heavy barreled Winchester 1876 ranch rifle with our goal to get it in shooting shape. We'll show you how to disassemble a 1876 and do a variety of repairs along the way. Our goal is to have it shooting by the end of the second episode.
Beautiful old 1876
Thanks Jeremy! Be sure to watch me shoot it in the finale episode. Thanks so much for watching the channel and commenting.
Watching Mr. Wizard!
Man, you are good!
G,day mark a new sub l have loved old lever wins since l wish a kid that for the great class lesson , it nice look ranch country you have there.. cheers from Australia......
Thanks and welcome, Ray!
Great video as always! Looking forward to part 2. The 1876 has always been the Redheaded step child of the Winchesters, the 73s fame and the 86 superiority just puts it in a corner, neat rifles.
Thanks Overwatch!
This is my favorite channel on UA-cam.
Good to hear Jimmy! We'll try to keep some interesting episodes coming.
Very nice rifle, they are great shooters. Mine is 45-75 cal. The ammo is just scary expensive! 348 Winchester brass can be reformed for loading 45-75 Winchester, still not cheap, but a better way to get ammo.
Beautiful gun and good work.
I'm ready for part 2!!!
Hope to get part 2 wrapped up soon. Spring is our busiest time of year on the ranch and I'm swamped with work right now. Been sneaking off to the shop to work on that old 76 whenever I get the chance.
Thanks for giving me the courage (and directions) to remove the screw and dust cover from my old ‘76. It probably has been on there since it was built in 1879! Great video!
That's great! I'm glad it worked for you. I think those dust cover screws are the most nerve wracking of all screws to remove on Winchesters. I cleaned up the slot on this one before I put it back in. Thanks for watching!
What a beautiful piece of history. I wouldn't do too much work on it either, at this point just shooting it for historical and sentimental reasons is more important than its accuracy
I really enjoy watching you bring old rifles back to life. Keep at it!
Thanks Matt!
@@thecinnabar8442 wasn't the 76 basically just a heavier built 73 chambered for bigger cartridges than the pistol rounds of the 73 similar to the difference between the 86 and the 92 ?
@@jeffreyhershey5754 Exactly. The 76 is kind of a supersized 1873. Winchester really wanted to make it chamber the 45-70, but it was too long to make work in this type of action without making the gun enormous. They developed the stubby 45-75 instead and then added the 45-60, 40-60 and 50-95 later
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well done, I wish we in Germany had the same culture in firearms as in the USA.
In Europe firearms sadly were mostly invented to make war, the Winchester rifles are made to be a tool for survival, that is what I like....
Unfortunately, we are facing more and more firearms restrictions and these old guns may not escape them. I'm afraid we may be going in the same direction as Europe has.
Awesome work!👍🏾😀❤️🇺🇸
Thanks Jeffry!
Boy howdy, Mark, another good one. Always look forward to watching. See you in May.
Thanks Jim! We're looking forward to your visit.
Great part 1, Mark.
Wonderful tutorial Mark. Thanks. Looking forward to part two!
Thanks Dogbone!
I cut a slot in the dowel with a hack saw and put and of the end of the paper strip in that.
I've used both methods with the same results. I'm just lazy and choose the easier method. :)
That old 76 is gorgeous just the way she is, with character and all. Like a beautiful woman in her 60’s, if you saw no wrinkles at all, you would know a lot of money hat been spent to make her look fake.
Another outstanding instructional video , can't wait for part 2 !! Thank you.
Thanks Robert!
Great video - I wish I'd found your channel sooner. Well, the video I really wanted would be this 1876 and you only posted it a few days ago. I just finished an 1876 in 40-60 caliber and didn't know anything when I started the project. I had to make the toggle links, rear portion of firing pin, and a few other parts. I mod'd a few Uberti parts to get them to fit. Looking forward to part 2.
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Glad you liked the video. That 40-60 sounds like it was an interesting project. I've not had to make toggle links. Seems like it would be an interesting challenge. Thanks for watching!
Just found your channel today and subbed. I’m a lever gun fan myself👍🏻
Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoy the channel
I've enjoyed all your videos and always look forward to the next. You remind me of Buster Scruggs, must be the hat and accent. Not that I'm a US accent expert, I'm in the UK :-).
Thanks! Now I'm going to have to watch that Buster Scruggs movie.
@@thecinnabar8442 You must, it's a hoot. Several short stories in one movie.
Now that was extremely interesting the more I watch the more I feel like I might want to start doing this. I just have one problem, the right peripheral both of my eyes are gone but I'm lucky I still have my depth perception and of course they say my cataracts aren't quite bad enough to fix. Why do they let them get so bad before they fix them I'll never know anyway I'm still got some more building to do on my shop and my tools. So happy trails until part 2. Have a great day and stay safe! TQ out
I have reading glasses on every work bench and a jeweler's loupe for fine work. If you really want to get into gunsmithing, don't let anything stop you. We only get one chance at this life. Best of luck and thanks for watching.
Well done Mark.
I hope those who view this video obtain the right skills and high quality screwdrivers before they start taking Grampa's old rifle apart. Bunged up screw slots badly degrade any antique rifle. With your tips and emphasis hopefully they will obtain the right tools before taking on such a project.
Good point Mark!
I thought you were going to recrown the muzzle, then thread it for a muzzle brake or silencer....... No, just joking. It was another great video. The video flew by. Next thing I knew it was over. Good job
Thanks J.R. I may have to hold off on a decision about a muzzle break 'til after I shoot it. :)
That's my favourite lady you got there mate. There a really sexy looking gun . Love the old girls . Great video mate
Thanks Dean! She's a great old rifle. And it turns out to be a hell of a lotta fun to shoot.
45-50? Could you cover the liad? What does your barrel measure across the flats? I got a reproduction 73 back in the mid 90s by Uberti & Gardone 44-40, that gun put a worm in my head for original 73s, old loading tools, a 76 just like your except maybe the barrel and it's chambered in 45-75. Has tacks dressing up the stock so who knows who laid hands on it.
I enjoy your videos right up there with...... nobody comes to mind more than I like your work.
That sounds like a really interesting 76! Most likely an Indian rifle if it was tacked up back in the day. BTW, the one in this episode is a 45-60 WCF. It measures a shade over 1" at the muzzle. I'm not sure what you are asking about the "liad". Was it maybe a typo? Thanks for watching and commenting, Capt!
@@thecinnabar8442 it was a typo, I thought it said 45-50 and wondered what the load was, powder and bullet? I've got the same trigger that works fine thankfully so I'd be interested in a video about it.
Finally dug out a Colt lightning project and wondered if you know someone who restores these old rifles? It's a basket case 45-60-? that's pitted pretty bad so it needs a trained eye to see if it can be saved. My other lightning and your videos have gotten me fired for more.
Also does Colt letter these guns or someone else?
Thanks.
Howdy from Florida. Did the Sparps company or anyone (except bannerman) convert full length rifles to 50-70?
Tom Horn’s ol rifle …
Good job Mark! Your videos are quite well done. If I'm not too nosey who does them for you? If it's a family member ? You may consider having them do stills as well for posterity of yourself and the Cinnabar history. If I was to do it I would use (believe it or not) black and white film, but I am a photographer!
Thanks a bunch Ron, but I'm a raw beginner at filmmaking and do it all myself with a couple of marginal quality cameras on tripods. The stills I use for the thumbnails are just grabs off the video clips. If the channel becomes popular, I'm going to have to invest in better equipment and learn a whole lot more about how the pros do it. I really like the notion of some black and white stills.
Would you ever re line a gun like this, or counter bore it? Or would that be inappropriate?
Personally, if the bore were beyond saving, I would leave it original and just keep it as a collector because of its rarity.
I no longer see well enough to work on a set trigger. Let's be honest I have a hard enough time see the contrast of a screw slot.
Great video as always. Thanks for sharing your passion and knowledge. It is so interesting and useful. Can’t wait to see part 2.
I just have a question.
I own an early 45-60 1876 Chaparral (haven’t had the luck to put my hands on an original one yet...) replica which is very well manufactured and strongly built with great materials, despite all the crap I can read on the internet and made me hesitate to buy it. Now, I am really happy I did buy it 😀.
This early replica seems to be chambered in .454 (even may be .452) and not in .458 like Uberti replica and more recent ones. I’d like, however, to check the diameter just after the chamber to be sure to use the best appropriate size of bullet. Any ammo above .454 doesn’t chamber.
I will do as you show in your previous video.
Thanks again for all your vids.
So, based on your own experience, do you know if the original 45-60 1876 Winchester was chambered in .452 or .454 ?
Regards.
Yes, slugging the bore will give the best info for you to choose a proper bullet for your rifle. Fortunately, you should have some excellent choices for bullets in this diameter range. Thanks for watching!
@@thecinnabar8442 Hi, Thx for your answer.
I resize 45-70 cases to the proper 45-60 length, but as a next step, I will have to cast my own bullets if I want 300gn .454 lead bullets with a crimping groove that enables to be within the maximum length of this ammo.
The ones I have found so far end up in an overall too long ammo if I crimp in the groove.
Ah, passion, when you grab us... 😄
Regards.
I wasn't sure how much you knew about reloading, but you obviously know what you're doing and are on the right track. I'm really surprised about the differences in the bore diameters on the reproduction 1876's. That really makes things interesting for those who try to reload for them.
@@thecinnabar8442 As a mater of fact, all the 45-60 Winchester 1876 replica are chambered in .458 excepted for a first Chaparral series that was in .454 or 452 (I have to slug the bore to really know). I’ll keep you updated, when I find out. Why? I don’t know. I read that at the beginning, Chaparral wanted to be as close as possible to the original 45-60 Winchester. So, were the original 45-60 Winchester chambered in .454 or .452? That might be the reason why. Then, I suppose they sticked back to .458 like other replica manufacturers, for it was too costly...
You need a camera directly above you. Like they do on the cooking shows.
Do U have a shop to send a rifle that needs work?
Michael, I'm in the process of setting up my shop now. Drop me a line at: CinnabarGunworks@gmail.com. We can talk about your rifle there. Thanks
@@thecinnabar8442 Thanks. I will get back to U on that GMail!
I can’t believe you ended the video without shooting the sharps or the single action!!!!
Please don’t ever do that again
Haha! Always leave them wanting more.😀
I wonder if whoever had this gun was briefly in, or was trained buy a military man. Most military guns of the era were killed by excessive cleaning than use.