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The rifle was in very poor condition. It was sporterised and cutdown at the barrel band but it had a red band painted on the butt, other than that it looked like any other Lithgow FTR with the...

Gday,

I came across a 1940 GRI (Ishapore) today that had gone through FTR at Lithgow in 1952 (MA52). I thought that this would be uncommon as I have never come across an Indian rifle with...

I had a main screw that just wouldn't budge and I was ready to give up and drill it out.

After a night sleep I decided to get an impact driver (the hammer actuated variety) and see if it would...

Thanks Bruce,

I have cleaned all the timber back to good clean timber, this was part of the reason I wanted to use epoxy as I had to scrape a bit of timber away on most of the contact areas in the...

Don't worry martins8589 the rifle is safe and will be put in a silicone sock and remain in its current state.

It is a much thinner grease then that found on my no4 bayonet I bought in its paper...

martins8589, that's a great result!

I have bought my acra-gel and am looking forward to giving it a go.

I have started test staining a no4 birch hand guard in an attempt to blend it to the...

John MUES, 18 years to produce a mount bracket that doesn't really do anything....

Thanks Muffett, I have always wondered about the history of that piece.

Thanks guys,

I will give the epoxy bedding a go to try something different.

I have repaired draws with hardwood blocks in the past but as I have taken off the original timber and am using a...

Don't mean to hijack but feel it is in context.

I have this bracket;

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It's marked MUES. I have attached my Motty sight both with and without it and it makes no real difference to...

Thanks for all the responses. mike16 I can understand there will be some movement between the metal and epoxy, but can't imagine this to be much more than that between the timber and metal contact...

I'm not sure if it is a solely Australian modification but they are relatively common of range rifles. It is a 4 bladed foresight in which all the blades are equal in height but have either different...

Thanks for the information.

I will try and bed it and leave the gap between the draws and stiple the timber surfaces to try and maximise adhesion. I was going to use a purpose made bedding kit...

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Long time lurker first time poster. To be honest, every time I have had a question I have searched the archives and found an answer in no time, so I hope that my searching skills haven't...