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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...
My apologies for the delay in giving everyone a thorough update, but I was up and down almost 36 hours addressing the outage, and I needed some...
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I want to get amber shellac closer to Red . I heard you can do it by adding red food coloring to get the hue closer to red. Anyone done this and...
I was wondering what produces the best results for cleaning the stocks on my rifles. I am not going to refinish anything and only want to clean...
Found this yesterday and asked some advice on the advice forum and ended up picking it up today. Local gun shop find. Original price $249.95...
Just finished de-sporterizing this one. Can't wait to try her at the range; the bore is one of the nicest I have in terms of No1Mk3*.
Hi folks, Recently finished this one. I was out of No4Mk1 forends so I used a Mk2 which I modified to fit. Lou
I need your help to restore a 1915 Lithgow Lee Enfield. I don't know how to post pictures. So please feel free to help me with that. I need help in...
Ya'll probably get this alot, I want to restore my 1943 Long Branch No4 Mk1* back to as close as original configuration as I can. Obviously as you...
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! ...
Just got my Enfields back from the machine shop. These are Ishapore that were cut down. Thought I would make a pair of carbines to use .32 ACP and...
Hey Everbody, I recently purchased a 1944 Maltby Enfield No.4 Mk1* missing some parts ie. the Front site protector. and also some components on...
Hi folks, Thought I'd share this here. A guy in Canada made a run of barrels for the No4 action, chambered in .45ACP, and ordered magazine...
Hi folks, A local fellow contacted me recently and asked me if I was willing to refurb a pellet gun that was given to his son. I can't say no,...
Hi,I am trying to restore a lee enfield mkI carbine. Any ideas where to find a forestock,front band,middle band and top handguard?or is this next...
Hey all, I have started my first restoration and had a couple of questions. Firstly when looking at the new buttstock, it seems I have a square...
My friend said he used some sort of Hoppe's solvent to clean the stock of his Mosin. I thought that sounded bad, so I thought I would check here to...
Have an old SMLE No1 Mk111* fore-end that has had dye or stain on some parts looks like it was spilt, dont know what it is was etc, but is really...
Greetings from Michigan!:wave: I am not sure if this particular rifle was a "milsurp" itself, but I do know that various models and rifles of this...
Well, how do you get that Park finish off your rifle? Or why would you want to in the first place? Well, lets just say the color match is poor, or...
I posted this on some of the other surplus forums and thought I'ld try here. Ive got a REAL Swedish HVA produced m96 FSR rifle that has a damaged...
Howdy guys, this ones going to be pretty involved... I've got the bones of the project together, but I still need a 7.62 mag and a 7.62 extractor,...
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