Restoring a No1 Mk3

[mike16]

your origonal wood looks like Queensland maple. I may be wrong.

but did you ever consider buying some Australian wood or carving up a bit of wood on your own.. Have you searched for or come across any vendors in Australia that sell parts?

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[RaunchyRifles]

Tried to find some aussie woods but could not find any. As for making the woods, I'm quite busy at the moment, but I might try in the future.

[RaunchyRifles]

Another update:
So I've started to colour match the woods, here is the outcome so far

Before the tops and bottom didn't match and the tops were really dark and covered in grease. I cleaned them up with some paint stripper and re stained with some BLO + some oil based stains + turpentine

results so far


still needs to hang and dry. Looking good.

[mike1967]

Original stock work is Australian Coachwood. QLD Maple has very distinctive tick marks in the grain, also the grain is not as smooth as the Coachwood, very similar in colour though.

your origonal wood looks like Queensland maple. I may be wrong.

but did you ever consider buying some Australian wood or carving up a bit of wood on your own.. Have you searched for or come across any vendors in Australia that sell parts?

[RaunchyRifles]

Sorry for the super late update! life kinda crept up and I got swamped
Small update, new things I have so far:
- 1943 OA stamped bayonet
- OA stamped brass Oil bottle
- sling ( wrong style but still works )
- springs and screws
*Pics to come later*

I ordered a nose cap but I think that the package was lost or seised by CBSA oh well
I have another one coming marked BA so thats nice, also a new buttstock that matches the dark-brown rest of the rifle.

As for bedding:
I have fitted the stock so that it is tight at the recoil pads and shimmed the back end to make an overall VERY tight fit, sometimes requiring a rubber mallet to remove ( if I didn't take my superman pills yet ).

All thats left is to fit the nose cap and go to the range!