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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:...
Welcome to the "The Restorer's Corner". All content and pics should be restricted to material only relating to discussions about of restoration...
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've been working on an Ishapore build for several weeks. I decided to fabricate the front hand guard with some walnut I had left over from another...
I am thinking about a possible restoration project project involving a Winchester P17. The rifle is for sale at a local gun store and price...
I am working on the rifle indicated in the subject line, and have a question about the magazine floorplate release components. Evidently most people...
I’ve been patiently waiting for the past seven months for a replacement stock from Foks in Poland. I just got word he is not working right now due to...
About twenty years ago I found a nice Enfield 1907 marked ConD 11* with matching barrel, early rear sight bed and early front sight. The stock had...
Hey all. Posted this on another forum but no input from there. Hoping I might get some luck here. Picked up a swiss k11 which looked fine...
This is my first post. I thought I'd share some photos of a rear handguard repair. I purchased the handguard on line and was disappointed to find...
This one is advertised as having chrome bottom metal and bolt. Does this look like chrome plating? I've seen worn chrome before, generally a bit...
Anyone out there re-barreling Marbles Game Getters? The fella that used to do it is retired and I'm looking for someone to put barrels on a game...
Hi. I hope you can help. I have been given an old shot gun will small remnants of what appears to be case hardening on the reciever. Is this...
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...
My dad gave me his SA 1903, I researched it and this is what I found. 1) It was manufactured in 1905 (SN 107,***) 2) Barrel is dated 11-10 3)...
Hello I was refinishing my mosin and applying tung oil well not exactly tung oil but minwax version. I know, I have ordered the real stuff and I...
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...
Hi I have begun the process of returning my neighbor's rem 03a3, rescuing it from it's being sporterized. There are no bands. The problem is...
Hello. First time here hope you can help. Today I bought my first bayonet off ebay. It is my first time but the problems are it is missing the loop...
I have a 1939 Mosin-Nagant rifle. The metal is in great shape, but it came with this hideous stock. It has been refinished at one time and appears...
Hi All: I've had this rifle sitting around for a while, until I got a few other projects out of the way. For starters, what is going on with...
New to forum, but have read a ton of material here after visiting a number of other sites. This site appears to be a serious and invaluable resource...
Hi Folks, I have a new winter project laid on. The rifle is a LSA 1901 Mk I*. MLE. I’m looking for: - a nose cap - barrel band - bolt cover ...
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