Any advice on the Taurus remake of the 63 winchester auto? I've been thinking of getting one. My grandfather had one years ago and I remember how fun it was to shoot.

The ne I've shot (my shooting partner's) hasn't given him any trouble from day one. His is the blued version, and I'd be hard pressed to think of any production firearm from any maker with a better polish and blue job.

Can tell...I like the rifles.

Not perfect, they elected to reproduce the most common versoion, without scope grooves and not drilled or tapped for a mount. They do sell a resonably priced tang peep that the 63 is tapped for...I mounted one for him and it does work well.

Triggers can suck...his wasn't bad and got better with use, but I've read of other people's that were worse.

MOST of the ones i've seen could ue a bit of barrel crownin smoothing...it's not a hard job, and many won't need it (let the rifle's ability to shoot decent groups be your guide here).

I did a quick refinish of stock when it was new, so no dents or scrapes to repair. Was trying for the ole "Winchester-Red" finsih, and pretty well hit it right through experientation. With an oil type finish, the stock looks great.

Bought a Stainless Model 63 two years ago, and have never had a minutes trouble with it. Only had a couple of complaints, and they are the same as ribbonstone. mainly the stock colour was too light. It appeares to be Ash, and didn't like the fishbelly shape of the fore end, so I belt sanded it to the same contoure as my old Winchester 63. Trigger was heavy at first and sort of gritty, but a little smoothing up, and it is extreemly smooth, with almost no over travel.

Did a drill and tap for an old Redfield Olympic receiver sight, and found it to be a great shooter. Also used a Weaver Scope base for a Remington 742 and drilled and tapped the top of the receiver for that. (Receiver was of the right radius on top for the 742 base.) Planning on using a Burris 4X 20 on it.

Bought a Stainless Model 63 two years ago, and have never had a minutes trouble with it. Only had a couple of complaints, and they are the same as ribbonstone. mainly the stock colour was too light. It appeares to be Ash, and didn't like the fishbelly shape of the fore end, so I belt sanded it to the same contoure as my old Winchester 63. Trigger was heavy at first and sort of gritty, but a little smoothing up, and it is extreemly smooth, with almost no over travel.

Did a drill and tap for an old Redfield Olympic receiver sight, and found it to be a great shooter. Also used a Weaver Scope base for a Remington 742 and drilled and tapped the top of the receiver for that. (Receiver was of the right radius on top for the 742 base.) Planning on using a Burris 4X 20 on it.
M1894, What did you do to smooth up the trigger?

M1894, What did you do to smooth up the trigger?

Took the trigger assy. apart and polished the contact surfaces and the sides, including making small radi. on all pivot holes and remove any burrs where any parts slide past each other. (Remember, just to polish, and not change any angles on sear surfaces.) Removed the firing pin and polished all surfaces as well. All polishing is done with either ceramic stones or crocus cloth and a liberal supply of oil. (Be sure to flush parts well after polishing.) When re assembeling I used Rem Oil. (Break Free is also a good oil for lubrication as well.)

Just flushing the action out with Break Free and blowing the excess out makes the action much smoother as well. (Did that first untill I had the time to tear the action down, and noticed a vast improvement over initial range tests.)