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Many thanks for the referral, Alan. Once I obtain a replacement bolt, I plan on having a gunsmith fit it, using a copy of PL's article as a guide. Your message, however doesn't answer my question....

When I was working up the load for my P-H, I started with 40 grains of FFg, and fired a 5-shot group, then on to 42, 44,46, and 48 grains, firing a 5-shot string with each load. I found that the 42...

I stopped off at the local gun store, and found a very decent Savage No.4 Mk1*. The bore appears pristine, and the gun overall is quite nice.......about 80%. It was priced at only $125, so I...

Back in the 1990s when I used my Parker-Hale 2 bander in NSSA competition, I used a Lyman 575213-OS (Old Style) minie, sized to .575 in my .577 rifle. I got the best accuracy with 42 grains of GOEX...

That's exactly what it is. I had a 1958 VW convertible many years ago, and it had a badge just like this on the very front of the bonnet (actually it was the boot-lid, since the engine compartment...

This post brings back a few memories. Back about 1975, there was an ad in Shotgun News from some guy in Vancouver, BC who was selling deactivated Sten guns for $12.95. Of couse I ordered one, sending...

I can tell you that it's not any sort of cutlass I've seen in nearly 40 years of collecting swords. The hand guard looks similar to a US Model 1850 foot officer's sword, but the blade should be about...

The downturn in the economy has hit the milsurp market pretty hard. Gunshow prices on good quality milsurps have remained high, but sales are almost non-existent. Auction prices on sites like GB are...

Yesterday, a guy walked into the gun store where I work with a Snider Rifled Musket, wanting to sell it or trade it towards an AR-15. I'm kind of the antique guru in the store, so the guy was...

Wow! 70 grains of FFg in a Parker-Hale!? I shoot a 1970s vintage Parker-Hale in N-SSA competition, and use 44 grains of Goex FFg behind a Lyman 575213 Old Style minie. I can get 4 inch groups at 100...

There are several factors that you need to take in to account in valuing any old gun.

First of all is condition. And don't say it's "perfect". I had a lady call me and tell me she had a Harpers...

I recently bought a Long Branch No.4 Mk.1* from TG International, via GunBroker. Rifle is dated 1945, S/N 86L 8654. Has last four digits of S/N on the bottom of the fore-end, about midway between the...

I have no problem at all with my K98k. But the Argentine M1909 in 7.65 kicks like a mule. I had a beautiful one, and after shooting it just 3 times, I sold it to a guy at the range where I had taken...

I'll have to agree with Musketshooter on this one. There's no doubt in my mind that the stock on this musket has recently been refinished. I've been collecting and shooting muskets since I bought my...

There was a fellow in Canada who had a quantity of the galvanized steel funnels used by British troops to clean their rifles with boiling water. From what I gather, one of these funnels was issued to...

While you're in Fairfield, you might want to have lunch at "The Village Table". Cheap eats, but very good. I think it's at #29 Main Street.

The best guy in the world to do that relining job is only about an hour from you in Fairfield, PA.....about 8 miles SW of Gettysburg. His name is Bobby Hoyt, and his number is 717/642-6696. Bobby...

Just as a matter of caution: There is a lot of Chinese made .30 carbine ammunition floating around. It is headstamped LC 52, and is as corrosive as battery acid. It will RUIN your carbine.

Do some exploring on your computer, and see if you can come up with the email address of the conservation lab at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. If that doesn't work out, talk to someone...

Thanks. I'll contact him and see how things work out.

A quick look at the picture shows that the rifle in question obviously has a rust blue finish. There are very few gunsmiths in the US that do rust blueing... nearly all of them use the hot salts...

Many thanks. I'll do as you suggest.

Many thanks to all who responded. I'll contact (1) Brian Dick about refinishing with Suncorite, and (2) Numrich about their walnut stock set.

Since it has (1)virtually no finish left at all, (2) is import-marked, and (3) is an Ishapore rebuild with a force-matched renumbered bolt, it really has no collector value at all. I bought it as a...

This afternoon I bought a Moltby No. 4 Mk. 1. The buttstock has been pieced at the heel and toe, and the fore-end has the "Dreaded Ishapore Screw". I fired 20 rounds through it after I got it home,...