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$900 later and a free magazine by my gunsmith and its all done! thanks to everyone for your help :)

I did a bit more research and worked out that im better off buying a new barrel at about 400 - 500 dollars in Austraia (before a gunsmith touches it!), as with our import and customs taxs plus the...

Thanks for the advice gents :) by the way, thats a nice cut out of the barrel!

Thanks mate, just took a look and found some people saying how they did it.

Below are a couple of pictures, even though the pitting is on one side should i still wear away the whole barrel to a...

Hey guys, bit of an update, life has been busy so I haven't replied :)

Bolt is head spaced and had a service check done by the gun smith so that was all good.

I had taken it to the range last...

So after ringing up five different places I managed to find someone who sells them, thanks to those who PMed me!

Looks like a good condition bolt is $150 from this supplier, does this sound like a...

Thanks :)

If he happens to have a good condition bolt ill be happy to pay for postage as well or ill chase up what cinders has said. I also live in Sydney.

The safety is currently fitted don't...

Hey guys its me again,

Bit of an update, she is pretty much complete, barrel just needs a good clean and a bolt and she should b good to go :) That screw I was last talking about apparently...

Just thought I would give you guys an update,

Whole rifle is now rust free.
Putting the final couple of coats of linseed oil with gum turps and Alkanet root mixed in.

Last stage is to seal the...

So, ive stripped it down and in the process of finishing the rust stripping, only issue is, with in 10mins the bare metal starts to rust again. At the moment ive covered the metal parts in some oil i...

It was all good, i managed to "wrestle" with the trigger and magazine housing and pulled the whole lot free in one piece as suggested. It must have loosened the magazine as it slid out as if nothing...

Yeah the place that was holding it for me is also a gunsmith (seems very experienced) and said he can get me the bolt when I get to that stage, he reckons he has seen some in worse condition as well....

Just thought id give you guys an update, the rifle is registered and all that jazz so its back in my possession. Ive taken some better pics here SMLE - Album on Imgur

Currently in the process of...

I will definitely keep you guys posted with pics, and im sure i will need all the help i can get being the first time ive handled fire arms before :p I would love to bring it back to working...

Thanks for the advice so far, ill post detailed pics with my proper camera to show more detail when i get the rifle back in a few weeks, as for the rust, it looks a lot worse in these current photos...

Gday,
I recently found a No1MK3 SMLE which im currently getting registered and ill be restoring. I am not doing this for profit and well aware that this will take some time and in some eyes may not...