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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...
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...
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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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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, 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, ...
:sos: Is there anyone out there who lives near or goes into Sarco (in N.J.) at all?. They list a small $3.00 part I need (Martini Henry trigger...
My Ishapore .303 has a forearm that is warped/twisted. The nose cap leans againest the front sight post. The warping/twisting starts just forward...
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....
Hello from a new member..I have a Isaphore 2A that someone has put a scope base in the rear sight mount..I need the rear sight assembly..anyone know...
I'm refinishing the wood on a Russian Mosin-Nagant I have (M91/30). Stripping whatever was left of the old shellac was easy, simply with...
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...
Hello all, this is my first post on this forum. I found this place while researching refinishing techniques for military stocks. Anyways, this is...
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...
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...
After a few phone calls i managed to get a sight base (thanks to Tery Abrams) as you can see compared to original the diameter is larger, also the...
Hi everyone, Well this refurb is a never ending project. First Chapter: Started last year, from a sporterized P14. Got all the parts,...
hello all iu am a n00b to the site but not to the hobby. i have about 4 projects going on currently and have some simple questions i am replacing...
I have a well traveled Fazakerley #4 that has a pitted cocking piece on a mis-matched Long branch bolt. I would like to find one of the round knob...
Although in the UK i knew getting an original barrel was out the question. I had just recieved an order from Lothar Walther and 2 of the barrels...
I just joined this forum. Well, I have been a member for some time now but on Dick's old forum. For some reason people on AOL had a terrible time...
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...
Hi folks, Here's a link to a thread with some pics of my lated restored No1Mk3. Very few problems with this one, except maybe that Spring is...
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...
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