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    You are a tease! I can't find that material...

    You are a tease!

    I can't find that material for sale anywhere :lol:
  2. Is the only issue here that cut around the...

    Is the only issue here that cut around the outside of the heel?
    looking at the flat edge on the side, was the cut done with a horizontal milling cutter with the heel sticking up towards the center...
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    The quote I think was, "They should have known...

    The quote I think was, "They should have known better than to dress like damn Germans. We shot the hell outta them."
  4. I have a question for all the older gents who...

    I have a question for all the older gents who have seen so much of this first hand....

    When we look at all the ads from the late 50s/60s and see M1s for 35$ or thereabouts, were they all re-welds?...
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    Don't want to hijack, but..... Can you...

    Don't want to hijack, but.....



    Can you give me some comments on the M-82?

    There is a Quarter 2-3 1945 original used for desert matches and its gotten dirty inside.

    Anything I need to...
  6. No concern about overtaking the thread, the more...

    No concern about overtaking the thread, the more info, history, ect. the better.....
  7. The power of Ping compels you.... (2 Garands 5:14)

    The power of Ping compels you.... (2 Garands 5:14)
  8. It looks great. Your years of work paid...

    It looks great. Your years of work paid dividends.

    This is my first two weeks attempts.

    The part at the far right was slathered with 1944 cosmo then wrapped in foil for a week. It looks to...
  9. Thanks!. That's a gorgeous rifle. That's as zinc...

    Thanks!. That's a gorgeous rifle. That's as zinc as one gets methinks. Also, almost no or no green from the chromate conversion bath.

    But the oprod and lock bar look to be manganese.

    Have to...
  10. Thanks for the data point! Do you notice any...

    Thanks for the data point!

    Do you notice any black parts amid the grey zinc? Is the clip latch black/dark grey?
  11. Latest effort. Manganese park. Bead blaster...

    Latest effort.

    Manganese park. Bead blaster is down so I had to use one filled with old "Black Beauty" slag and kept the pressure down to 45psi. I wasn't particularly careful on prep. This is to...
  12. Springfield's Transition to Zinc from Manganese Parkerization.

    I've tried to do some research, but all that I seem to find are somewhat offhand comments about the arsenals switchover sometime in early 1944. That seemed late due to the number of zinc parked...
  13. Thanks! I meant that I need to delve deeper...

    Thanks!

    I meant that I need to delve deeper into its micro structure. I have to know quite a bit about anodizing and plating for work, but I'm lacking when it comes to parkerizing.

    Here is my...
  14. Not quite a decade ago I passed up a very worn...

    Not quite a decade ago I passed up a very worn Winchester mix master that had translucent blue-black left on the receiver. The wear was very even overall and it had all of the characteristic file,...
  15. I appreciate the post. So switchover from...

    I appreciate the post.

    So switchover from manganese to zinc was sometime around Feb 1943 then. Thanks for the contrasting pictures.

    It looks like I should make everything black manganese.
    ...
  16. Thanks Jim, I need to learn then what...

    Thanks Jim,

    I need to learn then what Winchester was using to finish M1s Q1 of 1942.

    Mang or zinc. Were they charcoal grey manganese? Any green tint? I think I have seen some all original...
  17. Questions on Winchester Finishes and Decisions to Make.....

    So, I have a conundrum.

    I have a relatively early Winchester receiver. Q1 1942. The receiver was purchased by itself, the other parts in the pics are not in any way original to it (yeah, those...
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    Inflation.....

    Yeah, $65 is even higher than with just inflation.
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    Repair of "Scrapped stocks" as well as additional reworking of stocks and blanks

    To meet final quotas or fill the final order they requested they be allowed to complete? If the gov wanted to stop procurement could a manufacturer be reasonably assured that that component wouldn't...
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    I've messed with some horrible M1917 stocks that...

    I've messed with some horrible M1917 stocks that were produced during WW2 (the ones marked with a number where the WW1 E, R, or W would have been). In-letting way off, ect. Those were on actual...
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    Rejects

    I once bought three factory fresh grooved lower bands. All in cosmo cheese cloth.

    Deep black, you could tell they had just barely been abrasive blasted before mang park.

    No machining lay to...
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    There is a book on the history of stocking the M1...

    There is a book on the history of stocking the M1 carbine by Overton.

    They paid attention to color and would use air-brushes on portions of sapwood or other inconstant portions to get the color...
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    As a side-note, I found some info on when...

    As a side-note, I found some info on when Springfield stopped using logwood stain.

    Also found in "The Model 1903 Springfield Rifle and its Variations" pg 26.
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    I'm just going over what I read in the Canfield...

    I'm just going over what I read in the Canfield book. Page 125.

    Apparently the first Tung trees were cultivated for oil in the US in 1927. FOR351/FR420: Tung Oil Production in Florida

    1000...
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    Gorgeous. What did you use to strip the old...

    Gorgeous. What did you use to strip the old coating? Solvent? Turp?

    Looks like i should pull the stain out of that minelli, eh?
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