Quote Originally Posted by stencollector View Post
Darn, thats going to make it tough for me to find the middle one then. Oh well, if it weren't for these little quests for holy grails, what fun would the hobby be?
My apologies to Granite, with whom I horsetraded for that band...I didn't think they were that hard to come by.

Hehe...maybe the middle band wasn't hinged, only the front one as in that diagram you posted.

I agree, I've always found looking for (and finding) the obscure parts the most fun part of the whole hobby, and that was also true in my other hobbies of fixing up Triumph motorcycles and VW buses.

At this point I have $237 in this rifle including a brand new LB butt I bought on ebay that's coming. Would it be worth it to spend $200 more to put the metal and barrel length right, with the Indian refurb serial number desecration factored in, or just leave it as is? It has the right bands on it, right rear sight, wood is mismatched.
It's actually not bad looking at that...funny thing is I put an Ishy screwed lower forestock on it...might be the right place for it eh?