{"id":196,"date":"2016-04-25T09:38:25","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T16:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/?p=196"},"modified":"2016-04-25T09:38:25","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T16:38:25","slug":"a-little-cowboy-action-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/?p=196","title":{"rendered":"A little Cowboy Action project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I grabbed a Winchester 1873 Rifle project a little bit ago in 38-40. \u00a0this one was made in 1888.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_197\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_197\"  class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"  ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/pix576990148.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-197 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/pix576990148.jpg\" alt=\"Winchester 1873 missing lots of parts\" width=\"567\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/pix576990148.jpg 567w, https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/pix576990148-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_197\"  class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winchester 1873 missing lots of parts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rusty, side plates didn&#8217;t fit, no links trigger or lever. \u00a0It has a an octagon barrel that has been shortened and a buttstock that is shorter too. Not much original. \u00a0I decided to make it a shooter and give it a simple refinish. \u00a0So I started searching for parts.<\/p>\n<p>Here it is apart after I\u00a0found some toggle links.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_198\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_198\"  class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"  ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1873_Apart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-198 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1873_Apart-1024x420.jpg\" alt=\"1973 Winchester in pieces\" width=\"802\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1873_Apart-1024x420.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1873_Apart-300x123.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1873_Apart.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_198\"  class=\"wp-caption-text\">1973 Winchester in pieces<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This Saturday\u00a0I spent my time filing and sanding on my back patio sipping ice tea. \u00a0This was an extremely rewarding build so far. \u00a0I just have a smile ear to ear when I take two rough, crusty and rusted parts that are ~130 years old and make them\u00a0fit together just right. \u00a0More pics to come. \u00a0Should have it done in a couple weeks.<\/p>\n<p>-Rob<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I grabbed a Winchester 1873 Rifle project a little bit ago in 38-40. \u00a0this one was made in 1888. Rusty, side plates didn&#8217;t fit, no links trigger or lever. \u00a0It has a an octagon barrel that has been shortened and a buttstock that is shorter too. Not much original. \u00a0I decided to make it a shooter and give it a simple refinish. \u00a0So I started searching for parts. Here it is apart after I\u00a0found some toggle links. This Saturday\u00a0I spent my time filing and sanding on my back patio sipping ice tea. \u00a0This was an extremely rewarding build so far. \u00a0I just have a smile ear to ear when I take two rough, crusty and rusted parts that are ~130 years old and make them\u00a0fit together just right. \u00a0More pics to come. \u00a0Should have it done in a couple weeks. -Rob<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,17,14,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199,"href":"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196\/revisions\/199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}