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Graham in New Zealand sends in the following request:

I am trying to find a site that explains the proceedure of removing the old existing barrel from a 1906 Winchester .22 pump action (from the 30s) & replacing it with new. (probably hex one from Numrich) Its not a collectable at all. Then taking it to a gunsmith & getting it checked over for safety before testing at the range. Can you advise me further please? Perhaps a site on how to?
Cheers-Graham

I've got a 1906 I inherited from my grandfather, but aside from pulling out several pounds of lead fouling on a thorough cleaning (thanks Brad!), I've not put any serious work into it. For starters, she still shoots like a dream - I'm a firm believer in the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" school. Secondly, this was my grandfather's gun, and where it's still perfectly functional and I only shoot it a couple times a year, there's no reason to muck around with it - especially since I have the Remington 572 for pump action goodness as well.

Now, I'm assuming that neither of these conditions apply for Graham, given that he states it's not a collectible. Having shot the 1906 and realizing just how much fun the little guns are to shoot, I totally understand the desire to restore his rifle to shooting condition, but I really don't have any idea how to replace the barrel on that rifle. Were he in the states, I'd just tell him to contact Wally, gunsmith extraordinaire, but that's not possible here. I found a link that might be helpful: Relining a Winchester 1906, but other than that I couldn't find any other information on taking the 1906 apart.

Anyone have any thoughts/ideas/links that might help Graham out?

That is all.