So a friend of mine was cleaning out one of his rental properties that the renters left a bunch of junk behind and called me and said there was some tools of I wanted to look at them...I discovered a cardboard box with a totally disassembled Win model 42. He said it was headed for the junk yard but to take it if I wanted it..My best assumption is that some attempted, and VERY poorly I might ad, a kitchen table restoration on it and lost interest in the project and left it to rust and pit.All the parts are there except for the stock screw and a side-plate screw..I did a quickie assemble and it functions, chambers the rounds and I dry fired it on a snap cap, although it's pretty rough and gritty to work it, but that's expected and should polish up ok.. I looked up the serial number (12***) and Winchester says it was manufactured in 1934..Now, I'm under no illusions here. I realize it has almost zero cash value, and no matter what I have done, it will never be of any value because of the hatchet job attempted resto, and I'll never recoup what I put into it, But I felt strongly compelled to rescue it from being junked and recycled into a toaster..So now I'm pondering what to do with it..I'm leaning toward having it blued and redo the wood myself. I have a grandson that will old enough to go after squirrels in a few years and this little .410 will make a dandy scatter gun for that..From a strictly financial standpoint, its an abysmal investment..But I couldn't stand to see it go to the scrap yard and It's almost 100 years old, so it deserves a shot at being back in the woods again, even if it won't be in its original state. I have no idea what variation 42 it is..It just says Model 42 .410 3" chamber...(the pic does not show all the parts)
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'specially since you've already decided its going to cost more than its "worth". Priceless to a grandson if you ask me. Cool! CL