Thread: Anyone farmiliar with the winchester 190? Wanting to rebuild this.

You are probably better to polish and blue the barrel in place using a good cold blue (I find G96 to work well) and then black paint the receiver with a rattle can. Remember that acids and alkalais just love aluminum! If you must remove the barrel read the following; strip the gun to the bare barreled action, the front magazine band remains permanently attached to the barrel and the outer mag tube is removed after drifting out the small pin in the band (note that it is direction specific), drift the rear sight out of the dovetail and the metal cover will come off, hold the body in padded vise jaws and unscrew the slotted barrel nut (with a punch or a proper key is better), holding the barrel firmly in padded vise jaws the receiver can be tapped off the barrel shank with a piece of wood and a hammer (do not use a hammer directly on the aluminium receiver). Assemble in the reverse manner, taking care to ensure the barrel is correctly aligned with the existing grooves, and the barrel nut is on the barrel first.