No.5 MkI Help

[Ridolpho]

By the way, B32, kudos for noticing a problem with your No. 5 and not worsening it by doing a bunch of shooting prior to repair. I've bought a couple where the previous owner had blazed away on the range without noticing these sorts of problems and pretty near ruined the forends. My No. 5 was an Indian rifle and the forend was saved from complete destruction only by "the screw". The wood was very dark from life in the tropics but looked nice and was numbered to the rifle so I'm happy to have been able to save it (in fact it's going with me on my first trip to the range this year, tomorrow). If you're planning to do your own work on this rifle I would only suggest you go slow, be very patient, and try to fully understand the standard stocking up procedure before you touch anything. Everything you need to know is present in old threads on this forum and, of course, articles by Mr Laidler. Let us know how it all works out.

Ridolpho

[b32dominator]

I would just like to say thank you to everyone for their advice and expertise, especially Mr. Laidler. I read his sticky about rebuilding the draws about 10 times and decided to give it a shot. Well I did and I am beyond thrilled with the results. No more wiggle if the bore, the stock fits nice and snugly and the whole rifle just seemed to go back together better. Thanks again!