all nepal francotte rifles should be wall hangers
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all nepal francotte rifles should be wall hangers
idk most likely uncountable numbers alot where used as home gaurd guns in ww2 in both the UK and canada all i know is you cant own one unless you had it registered to you before 1978 or before what...
if it was a family sword handing it over would hve been dishonor and they then would go off a kill them selfs for it. officers carryed the set most of the time the tanto,wakizashi,and the katana the...
hmm really the no 1 mk 3 rifle shoot very badly from what ive seen they where used in ww1 and right through(alot even seen use in the 20's and 30's you can guess where) to ww2 and i bet even korea...
it is possable to reline it all the way through the chamber (theres some 1/2" liner witch just makes it) this will stop the liner from shooting out the gun . best way to get accuracy with a worn lee...
.308 would need some major work the common thing to do is convert it to 7.62x54r thats what id do .303 brass is not cheap anymore and just about anything you find on the range floor is scrap(they are...
i dont think they will work well unless you have a unfired lee enfield :lol: best accuracy i get is with a cast bullet my mold is a 220gr(throws 210gr) .316 mold(this was a .313 mold that i had him...
you are teasing us canucks with this one though :p we have to get a new receiver machined and that in it self would cost quite a bit not to mention if your design is not approved your receiver gets...
this is one im going to follow post lots of pic's eh
looks like someones hogging all the no4 t's in ontario :lol:
this was done for the canadian rangers(home gaurd that served in the west cost in ww2) so yes alot of the cut down ross rifles are cut down but they where done by gov the ones that did not get cut...
yeah just as double d said blue dot is not what you want to be using in these old guns blackpowder is what you want it burns alot slower then blue dot thats for sure
leave the gun as is im sure you can find a bubbaed gun(a gun that has been hacked up) i know i have restored a few now to what they where and i got one bubba really had his way with with a cut barrel...
you not relly going to shoot themno one makes reloadable rimfire cases for the .44 henry not to mention it takes a heel based bullet witch is about .445 but id slug the bore the heel would be about...
nope fire form it and neck size this makes it head space on the sholder and not the belt making the belt not necessary i sent emails to peter meyer he says the belt is a waste to put on as brass only...
i think at one time they were sold as suplus for about $100 now fetch about $5000+
they where not reall used on tanks in europe after the brits had to pull out of france(really only good on the...
i dont have a time machine lol id have to ask someone i know on this he makes sten guns and sells them so i bet he will have some answers (he was on this forum at one time but i dont thinks he's...
the parts i have seem to be blued or park idk like i said there was no one maker of stens so things vary alot most of my parts are canadian made so im no help on a brit made gun
some may be paint...
hi so ive been looking around and i cant seem to find very many of them im looking for a
.55 cal boys(im in canada so no worrys about DD bs) but untill i find one in my price range its all a dream...
very nice the cleaning rods alone are worth there weight in gold now to find some way of converting some brass to off set .22 blanks(i would take any smokeless out of them) with a .44 heel base...
it would have been parkerized or some sort of paint or bluing idk it would be all over the place there was no one standard on some of the sten stuff other then the barrel length and chambering lol