05-26-2024 Memorial Day weekend here in Savannah GA. I have a 1953 year model 94 that I have been working on for a few months. Was in really poor condition but I have been able to re-do the ood and it has come out beautiful. Had to order replacement parts and had two made from scratch but she is working well now. Waiting on the last coat of Tung Oil to cure so I can re-assemble and check it out. These things are really cool and well worth the effort to bring back to life. They don't make them like this anymore. Thanks for the video.

Heirlooms are typically unrestored. It’s not just about turning dollars into nickels.

I have had my Winchester 94 in 30-30 for 63 years and it is in near perfect condition....I used to get it out in the off season and just smell the wood because it smelled like the Florida everglades....Have a blessed day....

Beautiful restore to useful Bill. As you spoke about it's history it brought a tear to my eye as I thought about Pop's .22 he owned and won target competitions with as a young bloke. While he wasn't required to, he surrendered it during Australia's gun amnesty after the Port Arthur massacre. They were only calling for automatic weapons, but he got rid of it and I know he regretted it later. It would have been a similar vintage as he was born in 1914.

@WilliamLutesMaker

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Damo :-) And thank goodness for the memories you have about Pop’s 22 !!!

@Hermann-lz2jb

Жыл бұрын

Idiot

Oh hey! Uncle John came out beautifully. Absolutely amazing job Bill!!

@WilliamLutesMaker

4 жыл бұрын

❤️😊❤️

Looks beautiful Bill and that nice smooth action...sweet!!!

@WilliamLutesMaker

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Doug 😊

You missed one thing Old heirloom guns collect character and patina along their years of journey. You just took that all away. But it’s your gun your video and I have no problem with that. I personally would have never done that. Just a good cleaning up functions test that would’ve been it.

My Dad bought his Winchester Model 73 in 38-40 in 1935....It had been shot and worn pretty badly during that 24 years since 1911....Since My Dad bought it it has been shot only about 15 times and we will keep it as it is....

It’s great you restored the rifle bud looks great ,but that was original factory Winchester blue that was on the rifle , you could’ve just used the Balistol you had and did a whole wipe down and deep clean

@theduke1833

4 жыл бұрын

If you wanna see some cool Winchester’s follow my ig account I collect old colt and Winchester’s , it’s Killinger1997

Turned out beautiful. Never knew you could blacken metal with motor oil and heat. Great tip.

@WilliamLutesMaker

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Brother :-)

@rossilake3430

10 ай бұрын

@@WilliamLutesMaker use very used motor oil, has more carbon in it.

That's a great looking broccoli hunter! I learned some stuff in the vid, too :)

@WilliamLutesMaker

4 жыл бұрын

Be Vewwy Vewwy Kwiet....I’m Hunting Bwockowy !!!

Wonderful Job Bill, I have a pump .22 Winchester that was my Great grandfathers, I want to say the 1908 is one of the years on it. I should take it out and do alittle rehab on it, it's obviously a family heirloom that isn't being sold. Thanks for the video!

@WilliamLutesMaker

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the Love Brother and you should pull that bad boy out and give it some Love Too !!!

Turned out great, Bill. Congratulations on the new heirloom. Bet your Dad Bob is pretty proud of this.

@WilliamLutesMaker

4 жыл бұрын

Thanknyou so much Scott :-) And ya, he loves how it came out !

Too many comments here are about money. This is the horror of today's world. None of you heard him. It's a family heirloom to use. These grifters today make me angry. Nice work sir. May your family enjoy this beauty for what it is. Part of you and yours

that came out Beautiful!! Nicely done Mr Bill

@WilliamLutesMaker

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Young Sir ❤️👊🏼❤️

Looks great Bill!!! I am always down for restoring as well so you can see the beauty your ancestors saw...

@WilliamLutesMaker

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brian 👊🏼❤️👊🏼

I have one from 1916 and was once used by LAPD in California with a lot number 117 on the buttstock.

Solid work sir!

@WilliamLutesMaker

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sir ! 👊🏼🙏🏼❤️

i was recently got the family 1894 saddle carbine 30-30 from 1907 (it's been in the family from original purchase date) still shoots true and is beautiful

Man, i love winchester rifles. Thanks for video

Leaving the receiver and other parts in the white was probably not a good decision.

in other words in the bluing process you realized some parts had a high Nickle content and you could not blue it many old winchesters have that issue unless you truly know what you are doing dont mess with the finish you should have rust blued it and taken your time the stock should have used boiled linseed oil with many light coats over a long period of time bottom line dont rush your job take your time do it like they did a 100 years ago

Great job, looks cool.

@WilliamLutesMaker

4 жыл бұрын

Thank You Brother 👊🏼🙏🏼👊🏼

very good, I'm Caetano from Brazil - I a lover of Winchesters, we have many here, I've even repaired several of them - the big difficulty is parts - but I'm an engineer so I end up making the parts...

Awesome! I have a gun smithing table in the corner of my shop, and I do some reloading. I love working on guns, well pretty much love working on anything lol!

Bubba usually lives in California. More confidence than brains.

Great video and excellent restore of a prized possession.

@WilliamLutesMaker

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Peter :-) I am pretty proud of this one ❤️👊🏼❤️

That turned out beautifully - nice job Bill!

@WilliamLutesMaker

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Brother 👊🏼❤️👊🏼

Looks good Bill. I have my great uncles 30-30. It is basically a marlin but was branded Montgomery wards. It will definitely be a gun i will never sell

@WilliamLutesMaker

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jim :-) And keep it forever Brother !!!

@jimrumsey8077

3 жыл бұрын

@@WilliamLutesMaker definitely will

Thanks for posting Sir! I have the same model but produced in 1914 and would love to do the same as you did on yours. I will have to be careful taking it apart and careful when I re-assemble for sure!!

@WilliamLutesMaker

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dan !!! I am so happy with how this came out, I am sure you will be too 👊🏼❤️👊🏼

@dangillespie1599

3 жыл бұрын

@@WilliamLutesMaker I forgot to say it was co-owned by my Grandfather and his brother - a very special heirloom like yours Sir!

Billy!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍😊awesomeness

@WilliamLutesMaker

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brother ❤️👊🏼❤️

Gorgeous! Remember the Rifleman TV show? : ) A fancy rifle needs a fancy case made from...hollow core doors. : ) Mahalo for sharing! : )

@WilliamLutesMaker

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gary !!!! And I will let Tim know he has a new project 😏

@garagemonkeysan

4 жыл бұрын

@@WilliamLutesMaker 😆 lol

Let me know if you ever want to build one from scratch.Good job man!

@WilliamLutesMaker

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marsh, and I might take you up on that 😏

Who are you anymore? Clean shop, sexy hair and big guns! I love this dude! 👊

@WilliamLutesMaker

4 жыл бұрын

You had me at Sexy Hair 🥰😘🥰

Just finished watching, Dang Bill! That thing looks AMAZING! WOW! Is that spring the rifling? I thought rifling was machined, wow! Great job Mr. Lutes!

@WilliamLutesMaker

4 жыл бұрын

the long spring is housed under the barrel (and yes, the barrel does have machined rifling) in what is called the magazine tube. The Magazine Tube is where you load the bullets and every time you engage the "Lever" it pulls a bullet out of the tube.

@Creator_Nater

4 жыл бұрын

William Lutes That makes waaay more sense 😂😂 So.... the spring is pushing the bullets along, like any other magazine

Nice job Bill.

@WilliamLutesMaker

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andy 👊🏼❤️👊🏼

Don’t restore old firearms, makes them worth less than what they would be. Happens a lot though. That rifle was gorgeous as it was!

Nice video Bill, it turned out great.

@WilliamLutesMaker

4 жыл бұрын

Thank You Kevin ❤️👊🏼❤️

Your yellow yellow butane torch is actually the best to use because usually you only want the metal to go to a yellow color before it goes to purple or black that way you don't lose your temper in the metal and oil quenching is a great idea but I still think the oil should have been warmed up the oil first to actually slow down that process it makes everything better I basically got the same 30/30 and I have to restoration on it too thank you very much for your input I've been soaking mine for about 2 years now to get rid of the rust it is shotable but I'm like you I want to look like a pretty gun again just like my Browning s yes Johnny Browning design them 😊😊

california. says alot about your choice to screw up your gun could have steamed and carded it. bluewould have come back

Great passion and work! Congratulations. The result is phenomenal. My own inherited 94 was cleaned up by a gunsmith. I have no mechanical skills and a poor garage set up. Perry P., Southern California

I have same exact rifle saddle ring metal butt plate post sight I use it for hunting take care of it always looks New good

Yep your going to ruin it

@drstrangelove4998

Жыл бұрын

It’s only original once 😬

This guy's name is Bubba !

Great job and thank you for sharing this video! In my humble opinion, I think unfired firearms that are safe queens are just as worthless as an abused firearm. A Firearm that is well kept and often fired is priceless in my opinion.

Bill, Two things: Watch some of the Comp shooters clean their rifles with chemicals and a Dewey rod with Parker Hale style jag. Go from the breech ( you had everything apart) to the muzzle, unscrew the jag, take off and gently pull the rod back out. Never Never! Run the rod back and forth across the muzzle. Use Wilson combat rifle lube on ALL internal parts, moving or not. Wipe off excess. I would have cleaned and reblued everything. I’m a car guy, would your Lady rather ride in a beautifully restored and painted car or one where her dress rubs on rusty metal and gets spots? Most Men are body/paint guys or Mechanics, rarely both. My 2 Pennies.

I had no idea that True Oil(linseed oil) would leave such a high gloss finish. What a great look!

What height front sight did you go with and where did you get it?

@MSL209

Жыл бұрын

@Joel that's interesting. I'd wager silver dimes are a bit hard to come by though. 😂

Using a torch above a basin of motor oil may not be a safe practice.

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@Creator_Nater

4 жыл бұрын

Woo! First!!!!

@WilliamLutesMaker

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nate :-) It was a fun one for sure :-)

“Value” is a strange thing, to me a thing doesn’t have value if it was made to be used and sits idle. There’s always gonna be someone who cries foul, but it’s not their rifle, it’s yours. I’m only disappointed I didn’t get to see any actual pyew-pyewing at the range. 🤣😏 Lovely refurb all the same. Enjoy that beauty for yourself, and for gods sake SHOOT IT!

I got 2 94s andim here to say do whst you want too. Most importantly enjoy yourself. Im loving the show

Cleaning and touching up hardware and areas where they are prone to scuffing and abrasion with chemical ”cold” bluing and the use of CLP was routine maintenance, over the years after the first 1894 was issued, then sold at auction after the wars to be made available to the US sporting market, the original finish was most likely touched up everywhere on the metal surfaces, a few times by 1994, and it’s 130th birthday sometime after New Year’s Eve 01/01/2024, since excessive heating of the firearm wasn’t necessary to achieve a uniform finish, neither was it necessary to re-blue the entire rifle, because the touch-up matched so well and the gun finish wasn’t stripped, but rather had another layer of protective surface treatment done to it, it still has its original layer of bluing beneath. Technically speaking, (No 1,000°f + Heated Salt Bath to strip and draw out the etch bound chemically transitioned substrate, which would be a bad bad bad no no!

Why you couldn’t show close ups the people wanna see the work you did

@Simon-talks

6 ай бұрын

because he ruined a valuable heirloom

Would not clean up that gun.only oil.😊😊😊

He is going to screw it up is what he is going to do.

It’s not original anymore

I like the old look myself,but that’s here nor there.. you seem like you enjoyed what you were doing and that’s all that counts..I like the personality as well..good luck

I wish you were a neighbor and you could restore mine😊😊

Great video ! I just picked up a 1950 Model 94 and need to restore the butt and forearm . What is the name of your steamer and where did you buy it . Thats so COOL !! Thanks

looks awsome! really great job

👍🏻

Great job 👍

you never restore a gun like that, lost value. Overall cleaning was the right thing to do, but again it's you gun

@Simon-talks

6 ай бұрын

exactly

@Saintlawrence100

6 ай бұрын

Agreed…this was tough for me to watch…value depreciated 30 to 50%…but he did a good job…he has a fun shooter now..

@pdizzle_1776

3 ай бұрын

It was hard to watch him smack the barrel band off with a steel punch and then it just continued to get progressively worse...

Clean & restore to working condition removing rust in a way that preserves the original finish, absolutely. But by striping the original finish away you have really destroyed the character & history of the rifle. Although you may be happy with the outcome your surviving family will most likely be saddened that you touched it.

@WilliamLutesMaker

Жыл бұрын

Eugene, thats really a silly thing to say when you know nothing about my family. I get that some folks view this rifle differently than I do. However, there is no known history to it. And because I will never sell it, the value comes from what ever history I create with it.

Contrary to some people's comments, I think you did a nice job on it. I understand the originality of an antique. I have one that is 85 yrs old, and it shows wear, but that is history. It has taken down a lot of deer. Nice video and great job. 👍

I have basically the same '94 with the saddle ring from my dad , whilst you technically may have done a good job seems to me you lost all the originality and now it just a sum of parts that hold no nostalgia

@pdizzle_1776

3 ай бұрын

Yeah I would have kept it original seeing as it's a pre-64 model and they hold a ton of value.

Ruined it

Part of me puked just watching you do that.