Project Heavy 1876 (Part One) 

That old 76 is gorgeous just the way she is, with character and all. Like a beautiful woman in her 60’s, if you saw no wrinkles at all, you would know a lot of money hat been spent to make her look fake.

Beautiful old 1876

Watching Mr. Wizard!

Very nice rifle, they are great shooters. Mine is 45-75 cal. The ammo is just scary expensive! 348 Winchester brass can be reformed for loading 45-75 Winchester, still not cheap, but a better way to get ammo.

Beautiful gun and good work.

G,day mark a new sub l have loved old lever wins since l wish a kid that for the great class lesson , it nice look ranch country you have there.. cheers from Australia......

Man, you are good!

I cut a slot in the dowel with a hack saw and put and of the end of the paper strip in that.

What a beautiful piece of history. I wouldn't do too much work on it either, at this point just shooting it for historical and sentimental reasons is more important than its accuracy

well done, I wish we in Germany had the same culture in firearms as in the USA. In Europe firearms sadly were mostly invented to make war, the Winchester rifles are made to be a tool for survival, that is what I like....

This is my favorite channel on RU-vid.

Great video as always! Looking forward to part 2. The 1876 has always been the Redheaded step child of the Winchesters, the 73s fame and the 86 superiority just puts it in a corner, neat rifles.

Thanks for giving me the courage (and directions) to remove the screw and dust cover from my old ‘76. It probably has been on there since it was built in 1879! Great video!

An interesting method of securing the abrasive cloth to your polishing stick! I cut a saw cut down the end of the rod and push the cloth into the cut, it then just wraps around the stick when you rotate it, the receiver on this one looks like it has been heated up with a torch, it does not look like there would be any colour case hardening colour left on it, a good candidate for your colour case hardening experiments! Stay safe ! Chris B.

I'm ready for part 2!!!

Boy howdy, Mark, another good one. Always look forward to watching. See you in May.

Wonderful tutorial Mark. Thanks. Looking forward to part two!

I really enjoy watching you bring old rifles back to life. Keep at it!

Well done Mark. I hope those who view this video obtain the right skills and high quality screwdrivers before they start taking Grampa's old rifle apart. Bunged up screw slots badly degrade any antique rifle. With your tips and emphasis hopefully they will obtain the right tools before taking on such a project.

Another outstanding instructional video , can't wait for part 2 !! Thank you.

Awesome work!👍🏾😀❤️🇺🇸

Tom Horn’s ol rifle …

Great video - I wish I'd found your channel sooner. Well, the video I really wanted would be this 1876 and you only posted it a few days ago. I just finished an 1876 in 40-60 caliber and didn't know anything when I started the project. I had to make the toggle links, rear portion of firing pin, and a few other parts. I mod'd a few Uberti parts to get them to fit. Looking forward to part 2. Ken H>

I thought you were going to recrown the muzzle, then thread it for a muzzle brake or silencer....... No, just joking. It was another great video. The video flew by. Next thing I knew it was over. Good job

45-50? Could you cover the liad? What does your barrel measure across the flats? I got a reproduction 73 back in the mid 90s by Uberti & Gardone 44-40, that gun put a worm in my head for original 73s, old loading tools, a 76 just like your except maybe the barrel and it's chambered in 45-75. Has tacks dressing up the stock so who knows who laid hands on it. I enjoy your videos right up there with...... nobody comes to mind more than I like your work.

I've enjoyed all your videos and always look forward to the next. You remind me of Buster Scruggs, must be the hat and accent. Not that I'm a US accent expert, I'm in the UK :-).

Now that was extremely interesting the more I watch the more I feel like I might want to start doing this. I just have one problem, the right peripheral both of my eyes are gone but I'm lucky I still have my depth perception and of course they say my cataracts aren't quite bad enough to fix. Why do they let them get so bad before they fix them I'll never know anyway I'm still got some more building to do on my shop and my tools. So happy trails until part 2. Have a great day and stay safe! TQ out

Just found your channel today and subbed. I’m a lever gun fan myself👍🏻

Good job Mark! Your videos are quite well done. If I'm not too nosey who does them for you? If it's a family member ? You may consider having them do stills as well for posterity of yourself and the Cinnabar history. If I was to do it I would use (believe it or not) black and white film, but I am a photographer!

That's my favourite lady you got there mate. There a really sexy looking gun . Love the old girls . Great video mate

You need a camera directly above you. Like they do on the cooking shows.

Howdy from Florida. Did the Sparps company or anyone (except bannerman) convert full length rifles to 50-70?

Would you ever re line a gun like this, or counter bore it? Or would that be inappropriate?

I no longer see well enough to work on a set trigger. Let's be honest I have a hard enough time see the contrast of a screw slot.

Great video as always. Thanks for sharing your passion and knowledge. It is so interesting and useful. Can’t wait to see part 2. I just have a question. I own an early 45-60 1876 Chaparral (haven’t had the luck to put my hands on an original one yet...) replica which is very well manufactured and strongly built with great materials, despite all the crap I can read on the internet and made me hesitate to buy it. Now, I am really happy I did buy it 😀. This early replica seems to be chambered in .454 (even may be .452) and not in .458 like Uberti replica and more recent ones. I’d like, however, to check the diameter just after the chamber to be sure to use the best appropriate size of bullet. Any ammo above .454 doesn’t chamber. I will do as you show in your previous video. Thanks again for all your vids. So, based on your own experience, do you know if the original 45-60 1876 Winchester was chambered in .452 or .454 ? Regards.

I wonder if whoever had this gun was briefly in, or was trained buy a military man. Most military guns of the era were killed by excessive cleaning than use.

Do U have a shop to send a rifle that needs work?

I can’t believe you ended the video without shooting the sharps or the single action!!!! Please don’t ever do that again