New; using Dad's guns
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Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 13
New; using Dad's guns
Hey folks...new here, and new to the sport. Having a limited budget (married w/ infant), I'm using my dad's "leftovers" that were collecting dust (he hunts with his trusty Winchester .270). So I have two guns, and have heard some positive and negative reviews on each. Are they worth putting some money into to ensure they last a few years? They're both in terrific shape, so my goal is to just spend some short money on new scopes in lieu of new guns. Any and all thoughts would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
- Winchester Ranger 140 .12 Shotgun
- Remington Woodsmaster 742 .30-06
#3
Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Colorado
Posts: 291
#4
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 13
So, aside from the normal cleaning that one should do to firearms, considering they have been sitting for a handful of years before I took them out of the gun cabinet, is there a gun "tuneup" that gunsmiths do, by disassembling them and going through the "innards"?
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Tug Hill NY
Posts: 420
The Remmy is a fine gun. If you scope it, buy the best you can. When you sight it give the barrel time to cool between shots. When they heat up they may wander a bit (not usually a problem when hunting and shooting only 1-3 shots usually, but when target shooting it gets frustrating).