Brian you missed out the full explanation of exspurt = Ex is an unknown factor Spurt = drip under pressure, so don't forget the first bit when laying this onto someone.
The chap who blistered you is not got the full picture as who knows if he could have fitted it up correctly maybe yes maybe no but sure as eggs if it blew up in his face or he was injured then they would probably blame you.
People are gunsmiths for a reason to stop numpties from endangering themselves I concur with what you did as it is fraught with to much risk and lose your reputation throughout the industry to get done by a so call irriot.
I think he was just a psychopath to be honest. I made the mistake of watching a few of these guys teach us about Lees several years ago on YouTube and I've been cured of doing it ever since.
I've often said to Brian, between lessons over a few beers at his house, that as young apprentices, we didn't even get started on small-arms intil the end of our first year. Then it was into basic rifle technology. The No1 (just a week) No4's and No8's. That simple phase took a while term of 4 solid months of classroom and at the bench. All under the eagle eye of one Mr Stan Ayley. Next came fore-end and butt fitting, patching woodwork generally, using old fore-ends, handguards, Bren, Mk5 Sten butts and worst of all, L1A1 split handguards, Split No2 revolver grips and pretty every other piece of woodwork you can imagine. And it all had to fit the slave guns we had on our benches. That was in the term following the basic rifle phase.
I even remember patching BESA tank MG pistol grips. All had to be dovetailed and pegged with hardwood dowels. Why........? nobody ever knew as the gun was pretty-well obsolete by then anyway
I wish I could get into the habit of just watching Y0uTube how things is just screwed together.
There was one Youtuber that really did me in by running a long piece of drill rod with an oversize brush on it back and forth through the barrel of what looked to be a decent No.4Mk.1T. He was using an electric drill. I threw up in my mouth a bit on that one and haven't watched one since. Oh yeah, there was one of a guy, (I won't name names), who supposedly restores military weapons in western Ontario butchering an honest old M1 Rifle. A friend in Chatham sent it to me for my opinion so I watched it. I noted how filthy his Parkerizing tanks are with an inch of crud on the bottom. Says a lot as to the quality of the finish. Oops, I'm rambling and better shut up.
Old school teachings Peter its called skill with pride of workmanship.
When I was operating cranes in the 80's an aspiring rigger had to be under a licenced riggers direction for 12 months before they could sit their exam both paper & practical in the 90's the training providers turned them out in 5 days and still do?
It got so bad sometimes I was forced to get out of the 160 tonne crane to rig the load up as the confusion before my eyes was frustrating, some of the jobs I'd still be waiting in fact more often than not one was experiencing dangerous rigging practices I already had enough grey hairs from the crane hire game did not need any more.
I think he was just a psychopath to be honest. I made the mistake of watching a few of these guys teach us about Lees several years ago on YouTube and I've been cured of doing it ever since.
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