Nicely done!
Bob
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Nicely done!
Bob
]I finally have her finished. I rust blued all the metal parts. It was time consuming, but I'm really happy with how it turned out! The only thing that's missing is the extractor spring (I broke it when I tried to install). As soon as the new one arrives I'll try her out. Headspace passed with a field gauge - I'm wondering if I should invest in go / no-go gauges.
I realize building them this way is more expensive than buying a completed rifle, but I learned a lot doing it this way and I found it quite rewarding.
Next project is an Arisaka series 20.
If its a 308 as appears by the mag there was something one of the guru's here pointed out with regards to the max weight projie and loading to be used in the MKIII conversion. May have been Bruce From Oz posted something about it with the MKIII Ishie's. Perhaps the OP of that information may chime in as I think the No.4 action is a bit stronger than the MkIII and can handle the higher pressure of the NATO cartridge but its still pretty high for the action.
Very nice build by the way a range report of course......:cheers:
Very nice looking rifle!!!
Bob
Very nice!! Its amazing what you find under all of that Suncorite or black paint.
A great job. Done a couple rebuilds myself, a krag and two ‘03s, mostly stockwork. Nice looking rifle.
Beautiful, very nice work. I wish mine looked that nice but if it did I probably wouldn't use it. They didn't look that nice when they left the Ishapore factory!