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Thank you all for the help! I'm going to play with the bullet methods first but I definitely need to look for some gauges because these old guns are so much fun that I'll probably find others I can't...

Thanks for the offer of the barrel. I may take you up on it. I got to the range finally. I took some LC 52, Federal 150gr SPs, and my Hornady hunting ammo. Of course the old gal liked the most...

This was at 50 yards. I don't want to risk cracking the receiver so I'll try some other loads first and see what happens at 100 yards before I do anything. Thank you all for the input!

Carl

It is that rifle. I guess my question was more of would I get more accuracy out of a criterion barrel or is this about normal? I don't want to mess with the rifle if there won't be any significant...

I acquired a sporterized Winchester with a very rough but original barrel last year and after plopping it into a proper stock, I finally got it to the range. I don't have a TE gauge and the barrel...

Salt Flat, you were right about the plate not being properly seated. I'm used to 1903s so this is a new one to learn about. As I cleaned it up, I found 4 stamps. The stock is a Remington stock and...

Thank you all. I'll patch up and use the full stock I have until something better shows up.

The chopped one was the stock it came with. The full was an old one I picked up a while back. Should I worry about the gap at the front of the magazine? Any good way to fix it? I plan on using epoxy...

Best place is to head over to g503.com and post it there.

At a distance, both look about the same..
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But there is a big gap around the front of the magazine...

I acquired a Winchester that was essentially complete except for the bubba'd stock. It is in great shape from the sling swivel back with all the markings nice and clear. I have a spare 1917 stock...

Here are the pictures he sent.

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I'm new to mausers and looking at a 1908 Danzig that I found for private sale locally. I'm hoping the experts here can help. The bolt doesn't match but everything else does. The stock has a marking...

I have a World War One US gas mask that is very complete in its bag but very brittle. Is there anything I can do to soften the rubber and prevent further decay or should I just leave it in there?

I looked over my collection and I think the binding depended on the thickness of the manual. But the binding on my early WWII manuals is better than the '44-'45 ones. They probably simplified the...

Here are the best I can do with my phone's camera. If there's a specific part that would help let me know and I'll take a picture of it....

I have a 1943 Winchester M1 that was re-arsenaled after the war that a friend is wanting to buy off me. The receiver & trigger group are Winchester, barrel is '52 Springfield and I'm not sure about...

Thank youf or the site! I originally bought it to go with my 1916 SMLE but now looking at that site, I think I need a whole set.

Looking around on Google, I found that it was made by Fraser and...

Thank you for the information! Are there any ways to bring back the rest of the markings where they've faded. How late were they manufactured and used? I would think they'd have faded away by the...

I have an old leather bandoleer that I don't know the age of it. It's marked South Africa but no date. Looks like it's for an Enfield. Any help would be appreciated.
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I actually had read Hatcher's notebook before posting. The author refers to shooters coating the cupro-nickel bullets and the tin can ammo was supposed to alleviate that need. Hatcher said he...

Thank you! That Will certainly help narrow my search to just finding a butt-plate.

This has probably been discussed before but I can across an article on the 1921 National Matches that caught my attention and made me wonder if there's a correlation to early 1903 receivers failing....

Thank you for all the help! I'm a little smarter about what to look for now. I really appreciate the education.

Carl

I think you may be right about some of it being replacement parts. Here are the closeups of the wire, cheekpad and butt-plate. The rivets don't look quite right after staring at pictures of known...