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best source of spare parts
Folks,
I recently bought a 1906 "Long Tom" which is in need of some TLC. Have done a search on the site looking for spare parts sources and didn't come up with anything concrete so to speak.
Can anyone please advise of a good source of spare parts, fore-end, screws, bolts etc for the early Enfields?
The rifle has some bad corrosion on the fore-end and I can see I'm going to have 'fun' removing screws from the front barrel band etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers
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03-04-2013 04:40 AM
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Where abouts in the world are you ?
Mine are not the best, but they are not too bad. I can think of lots of Enfields I'd rather have but instead of constantly striving for more, sometimes it's good to be satisfied with what one has...
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Alan de Enfield
Where abouts in the world are you ?
He's in Australia
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Morning Gents,
I live in SE Queensland, east coast Australia.
I've got a local source who has a good supply of the more common parts but it's the smallere screws that seem to be rare as rocking horse poo!
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Gunnie: Looks like a very worthwhile project! I assume it still has its "Metford" rifled barrel. How is the bore? I'm still searching for a decent L.M. (that won't require me taking a second job to pay for) but have found some decent parts for my Long Lee Enfields on good old e-bay including complete cocking pieces, handguards, etc.
Ridolpho
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Some ofthat surface rust will come off with some light 3 in 1 oil and a razor blade.
Good Luck with the restoration
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Use a sharpened brass scraper instead of a steel razor blade which will scratch. Keep the brass scraper sharp and wipe the
"blade" frequently as rust will imbed and cause scratches too if you aren't careful. I use Hoppes No.9 instead of oil as it's a rust buster of sorts too. Then just clean it up with fine steel wool removing the traces of brass, and "Bob's your Uncle"!
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Old museum restoration trick: turpentine on a coarse rag or canvas. It works !!!!!
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