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I also bought a Criterion barrel for my 1917.

I found out I could not remove my old barrel even with a six foot cheater, and I was practically jumping up and down on it. I had the receiver...

From the original post, I understood it to be a CMP Special, with a new walnut replacement stock. Does CMP/Dupage currently use tung oil? All of the new CMP stocks that I've seen look pretty dry.
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I will look into them.

Thanks

[QUOTE=pgadsby;59702]The parkerizing on the metal to metal contacts cased a little roughness in the action so I gently stoned those parts to just remove the parkerizing. QUOTE]


Just to clarify,...

Who makes the most impact-resistant shooting glasses?

I have always used the same safety glasses that I get free at work, but there must be something better. I would like something with a little...

Pennsylvania is by far your best bet for finding a range with a rental. I don't think you are allowed to take brass out of the country anymore, but I've never tried it. Not sure about dies either. ...

Does this guy have ammo to sell? I've met a few ammo dealers that perpetually forecast historic jumps in ammo prices every year. I'm not saying that he isn't right this time, but it seems more...

My copy of Mallory's book lists the serial number range of the 1896 rifle as 36,026 to 108,915.

From the table of serial numbers:

Year serial # 1896 rifles...

Every time the LN issue comes up there are lots of references to Hatcher’s notebook.

Hatcher noted in his book that the experienced and highly paid craftsmen that did the heat-treating at...

I beg your pardon? Americans cut up thousands of Springfields. :lol:


Mark2: I have seen a few Winchester stocks on the Salvage Grade 1917s at CMP. I got a nice W marked stock and a few other...

This exact question comes up a lot. The usual answers are to soak it in Kroil for a few days, then cover it with a block of hardwood and hit it hard. If that doesn't work, apply a little heat...

I didn't know they were that hard to cold blue. I've seen blued Krag receivers before, but I never tried it myself (and I wouldn't personally do it unless it was a chrome rifle anyway). I think...

Originally, the receiver was grey case-hardened and the rest of the parts were blued. Krag extractors were case hardened and finished in a variety of ways according to what I've read - I have seen...

Chrome removal can be done, but it is not easy. I stripped the chrome from one old VFW rifle, and finished it with zinc phosphate parkerizing. It was a very interesting project, but not really...

Thanks, that answers my question. I will get a new clip latch spring and see how it works.

And yes, I'm familiar with the descriptions.

Same here. I got a SA FG that ejects after 4 or 5 rounds. Accuracy was pretty horrible too. I know they will fix the early ejection if I send it back, but I haven't had enough range time to really...

Yup - that was my reason for moving up to the 168 grain, I just didn't have anything heavier at the time. My next step is to try some reduced loads with the Lyman 311284. They cast at about 205 to...

Just for reference, here is a photo of the pitting at the muzzle on my CMP Salvage grade Eddystone. It didn't like HXP or Lake City, so I tried 168 grain Matchkings seated long and it averages just...

The best presevative that I have found for medium to long-term storage is LPS-3. It is available in aerosol cans or in gallon cans. Current price for a gallon from McMaster-Carr is 48$. A gallon...

The gas cylinder on my SA (5,485,xxx) has a vertical cut, through the dovetail under the front sight. Does anyone know of a good explanation for this?

This was my first Garand that I bought...

This is an early Remington 1903 with milled parts and a four groove 12-42 barrel. It appears to be all correct except for a Brown and Sharpe bolt. Receiver has very green parkerizing, barrel is...

I thought about the exact same thing, but the barrel and receiver inletting was never painted, and it was all light yellow before I started stripping anything. Plus the structure of the grain just...

Interesting - does your Milton Bradley stock have the "R" stamped at the forend? I would have assumed mine was a replacement stock if it were not for the "E" clearly stamped at the end, as well as a...

I have an Eddystone, #1,250,xxx with an 11-18 dated barrel and all Eddystone parts. The whole thing was painted black when I got it, so I stripped the paint off and applied RLO.

The stock is...