I bought this Western Field model 45 with a lot of 6 guns from a friend of my Father. After some research I was able to determine this was a Savage made rifle (a variant of the model 4?)
Anyway it need to be refinished, so I polished and reblued the steel parts, then added a soft rubber butt pad and refinished the wood.
Here are the before and after pictures
Here are the blog posts documenting the restoration
https://tincanbandit.blogspot.com/20...ct-part-1.html
https://tincanbandit.blogspot.com/20...ct-part-2.html
https://tincanbandit.blogspot.com/20...ct-part-3.html
For the record, I am not a professional gunsmith, I am merely a student of the art and a hobbyist.
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