I probably still have it because no one will pay me for the time I have in it. I still have that old gun and it still works just fine. That was my first venture into making spring parts. Navy Arms Co 1858 New Army Discussion in. Search titles only Posted by Member: Separate names with a comma. Back then no parts were to be had so I had to make one. This is a discussion on Colt Firearm Serial Number Lookup within the Guns forums, part of the Gun Forum category Colt has recently added a great feature, allowing you to look up your Colt firearm by entering the serial number. Tightening thing up wasn't a big deal and even relining the bore. It was pretty loose and the bore was a mud road. You can still use the two-letter code on the barrel of the rifle or shotgun to look up Visit Marlin Lookup Website Navy Arms 1851 If this is your. On a side note, about 30 years ago I came on THIS OLD WINCHESTER 73. With the stifling Government intrusion in to the gun business and this Wal-Mart 'I want it now' mentality gunsmiths are going the way of the TV repair and Watch repair folks. These folks just won't spend the money to fix it if they have to wait or if they feel the cost to make the part is too much.Īccording to the National Shooting Sports Foundation there are only about 2000 full time gunsmiths left. Now days with our 'I want it now' and throw-away mentality people automatically assume the parts are there in the back and all I gotta do is go get it and bolt it on. Back then if you were the town gunsmith you even had to make your own tools. I quess custom guns can be the same.īack when every town had a gunsmith it was quite normal for him to make the parts. I also loved the sign I once saw in a speed shop across the wall in huge letters that just about summed it all up, 'Speed cost money, How fast do You want to go'. We in my business have a saying 'After enought and sweet and blood and time everthing works'. After the secound time I had a machinest make a new part from start from a better steel and the problem went away. I had one shotgun that had a soft part from the factory and was made that way on replacement parts as well. Cost may be a matter of how much you like the gun and willing to spend on it. If one has a problem with any gun most of the time it is repairable and in some cases the repair will work better than the orginal part. Also there are a number of good gunsmiths that can do the same when parts are no longer avalable. Being in the Heavy Equitment Business, Heavy Constuction as I am, I know several good machinest that can repair or make just about anything.

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