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In my constant quest to be more informed about the Mauser Smallbores and having the limited budget of a retired old goat and suspecting that there are many others on this forum in like condition, I...

When I first started watching the show I had trouble sticking with it. The story line seemed very slow to develop to me. After struggling through maybe three or four shows, I learned the characters...

Nice work! I am sort of new to the Enfield rifles and have a No.1 Mk.3* that you may have seen photos of and I must say yours is much nicer than mine is. I really do love the lines of this rifle. ...

Hey CINDERS,

That is one pretty looking rifle you have there. And as stated before, you are lucky to have such a talented stockmaker nearby. I used to have one about a mile from here, then he...

Humor is like insults, fine rifles, beautiful wimmen, religon, politics, etc., etc., etc., ... It is all in the eye of the beholder.

However, I didn't view Simon's comment as humor or an insult,...

Thanks for posting!

I prefer the company of most dogs to that of most people.

Bruce, that is a little bit like a hairy cut ... the important part is what is left when done removing the swarf!

Since the load needs to be on the shoulder of the bolt head and not on the threads, the amount of backlash in the threads is what would provide the + or - degrees of over or under turn of the bolt...

Bruce, I must confess, that little slot has had me perplexed as to how it was done. My first thought was perhaps a double broaching operation? I would have loved to see the entire step by step...

The threads appear to be 20 tpi, given that, there is one thread every 0.050". If my memory serves me from one of Peter's articles the No.1s indexed + or - 16 degrees and the No.4s were + or - 3...

I have been around machining and manufacturing for most of my life. Sometimes in my work, sometimes as a source of recreation. With my recent bolt opening on being fired problem with my No.1 Mk.3*...

That is a nice looking rifle!

Hello gentlemen,

I just thought a short report to let you know that I appreciate your well wishes and concerns for my health. Unforunately, my mental health is the same as usual, fast cars, fast...

Given that, I will leave well enough alone and see what happens at .044". Thanks!

I measured the firing pin (oops, striker) protrution and it is .044", my Winchester Signal Cannon extends .047" and will occasionally pierce a primer. I don't know what the spec. is on the firing...

My friend is a retired mechanical engineer that has a complete machine shop in his basement. I knew he had this grinding attachment for his lathe and it works quite well. I figured it would be best...

Well, I just got back from a friends home an hour away or so. I took the rifle along and took the extractor and spring and screw out of the bolthead. After doing some measuring it was decided to...

Hello Peter,

I must confess my ingnorance regarding the proper way to check this. I put the new bolt in place and used light to see if I could detect any space between the bolt locking lug and...

Well, a new bolt arrived today and it looks to be in much better condition than the one we have been discussing. Since I do not have the proper equipment, know-how, etc., etc., etc., does anyone...

Many years ago a friend acquired a French Lebel, I told him it looked like a pregnant Guppy. Like me, he is a bit suspicious of old mil-surps that have been in unknown hands and had unknown things...

When I was a little boy, I am guessing here, but, maybe 8 or 9 years old, my birthday present was a box full of old clocks that didn't work. The local watchmaker and my Grandfather were lodge...

Fear not gentlemen, a dead horse is a dead horse. I have been known to take clocks aparts just to see what is wrong with them even if they are not repairable. I am still going to measure the CHS on...

My bolt dis-assembly tool should be here before the week is up ... I hope. I found a complete bolt and it should be here early next week. As soon as the tool gets here I will take the bolt apart...

Comparing to the photo you posted, the one in my rifle is quite worn in that area of the bolt. The camming surface is actually quite polished and the edges seem to be "rolled over" a bit. Seeing...

The ejection on these rifles is pretty lame.