wp205a 43 #1 Posted June 25, 2013 Any Winchester collectors here? I need an impossible (so far) to find part. Inner magazine tube. Now I'll have a beer and impatiently await my book Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimD 3,347 #2 Posted June 25, 2013 (edited) Do you have a picture and dimensions of the part you need? Maybe a local machine shop could make you one. Have you checked this site? I did a search and got over 100 results. You need to further identify the gun to find the part. http://www.gunpartscorp.com/Search.htm?s=1903%20Winchester%20%20Inner%20magazine%20tube Edited June 25, 2013 by JimD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wp205a 43 #3 Posted June 25, 2013 (edited) That's my next move Jim, I have the dimensions, a guy at my work has an '03 and didn't know it til I showed him mine. Weird. I got the critical measurements, .395 O.D. .325 I.D. I want to exhaust all hope of finding one before I burden my machinist, again. The original is steel, will use brass if I get him to make one. I've bothered everybody I could think of hunting one, decided to bug my RedSquare family. Thanks for your response. Oh yes, I've been all over Numrich. They had one in October, before I needed one. Edited June 25, 2013 by wp205a Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimD 3,347 #4 Posted June 25, 2013 I think I would be leery of using brass to replace steel in a gun part. I worked in one shop that made firing pins for a major gun manufacturer out of stainless, which was then heat treated to harden it. Brass could be a big problem. Just something to think about. Maybe some more of the on site machinists will chime in here with more expertise. I sure haven't learned everything yet. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wp205a 43 #5 Posted June 27, 2013 Was looking at an old umbrella today, got out my caliper, measured the shaft, viola!, or should that be voila, anyway, on my way to convert a model 63 tube, fix it, or ruin it. This might be my last attempt at working on anything for which parts are not readily available. :banghead: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4xfourfun 30 #6 Posted June 29, 2013 I had a parts '03 I sold a buddy a few weeks back. Stock was broken, rifling gone, finish rough (barn gun). I'll see if he still has any of it or if he sent it down the road. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wp205a 43 #7 Posted June 29, 2013 Thank you so much sir. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thehorse 221 #8 Posted July 3, 2013 I would check brownells. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wp205a 43 #9 Posted July 4, 2013 I did, no luck. Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
