Fajen or Bishops wood from Warsaw , Missouri, and Simmons rib. Simmons made up many of these in the 60’s and 70’s from their shop in Olathe , Kansas. It was also usual by Simmons to bore the chambers to 2 3/4 or 3” as part of general “modernization”. They did this to a lot of guns. Winchester Mod 12’s were fitted with a new stock , usually in black walnut but sometimes in maple or myrtle , a ventilated rib added , whiteline recoil pad and rebluing. Temperature control on the DuLite blue was a problem and many turned out purple hued .
Simmons also blued Parker barrels and frames. Sporterizing 1903 Springfields was also usual .
As of a couple years ago, they were still doing this type of work. Simmons also monobloc sleeved Parker barrels with straight taper tubes.
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