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The Modern Gunsmith by James Virgil Howe Format: Volume 1 - 393 pages/Volume 2 - 458 pages Published 1941 by Funk & Wagnalls, New York Note:...
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After a lot of other projects etc, i thought it was time to make another start, Just a recap for those who may not have seen it in the original state...
A friend at work has offered me this rifle for “cheap”. He helped somebody clean out a wet moldy basement and salvaged it from the trash. I’m...
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Hello All, I have managed to accumulate a bit of a pile of milsurp and other old pistols. I can’t resist an old .32. I think some of them Willkie...
The barrel of my rifle lies in the center of the forearm until I press home the nosecap. Then it (the barrel) is pressed to the right side (when...
Hi all, so what do you folks use to clean up a dirty stock without taking off the original finish? Any tips or instructions would be great! ...
I recently picked up a 1910 Erfurt K98. I must apologise that I did not take enough pre photos (sorry Patrick, Badger et al). I washed the stock and...
Hi everybody, I've got a bugg. . . Er, a "sportized" Lee Enfield 1940 Lithgow SmLe no.1 mk. 3. I need a new forestock and can't find one. Oh, I...
Hello, in a former thread i wrote i want to restore a Schmidt-Rubin Gewehr 96/11. Now i am ready with that rifle. Here a few pics. Regards, ...
Hello, here`s a puzzle for all restorers. Today i had to restore a thing. What can it be? No marks on the wood and the few metalparts but a little...
Hi Patrick, hope you had a good competition at Alsfeld? Want to say thank you for your advices on the 96/11. It works great, the groups are now in...
Hi, Now i am ready with my restored LE. Its a No4 MkI* from 1942 made by Savage, only 2 parts didn`t match. The rearsight and the buttplate. I`ve...
Hello to all, I`ve got a question for restoring the wood of an G 96/11. What did they use on the wood. Sometimes it looked like BLO and sometimes...
Hello, here are 2 pics of my G11. There are 2 markings for that i didnt find any information. The swiss rifles site has also no answer. One is a...
Hello, today i finished the restoring of my Schmidt-Rubin Gewehr 1911. So i want took a few pics of it. No problem. Take some black cloth for the...
Hello all, now i have restored my last LE. It was in bad condition oil soaked stock , rust on the barrel and a shrinked wood . I cleaned the wood...
Hello Patrick, i dont wanna be annoying but is your Swiss comrade back from holiday ? I`ve looked and couldn`t find out anything about this marking....
I got a group of scopes on auction recently, and while 2 of the 4 are in decent shape, I could use some help and advice on the other two. The main...
I recently purchased my my first Enfield No4 Mk1 with plans to restore it but unfortunately the barrel has been cut down. The rifle has matching...
Hi guys, I recently purchased a Swiss 1899 pattern bayonet to compliment my 1911 long rifle, however there is a modest amount of rust on the part...
I bought a cheap but functioning carbine from a friend. It had been rebuilt with a lot of repro parts, one of which was a shiny black barrel band. ...
i was given a magazine for a SMLE a little while ago. it has a reasonable amount of rust coming up under the bluing. from a little research here...
after wondering for ages how you measure barrel up pressure, i finally searched with the right terms and found the description, "the barrel should...
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