No4 Mk 2 bedding

[mr.e moose]

Don't sand until you are done nourishing the wood. If you take too much away from the knox form bedding you have to reduce the front collar and might wind up with too much up pressure at the muzzle. Patience is the key.

[Peter Laidler]

Off track a bit, but is that two different No9 bayonets. The top ones look polished blades while the bottom one looks like our later spec phosphated blades

[ricohman]

Ricohman: Here's my Mk I* linseed oil soaking tube. As I mentioned, on a sunny day it heats up nicely if I stand it in front of the garage. Glad the oil helped with your forend- that's a beautiful rifle!

Ridolpho

That's a great idea. And a lot cleaner than how I've been doing this.

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Off track a bit, but is that two different No9 bayonets. The top ones look polished blades while the bottom one looks like our later spec phosphated blades

It must be the sun and my cell phone. The blade is polished.
Peter, are these bayonets really that pointed or should they be dullish on the end like the sword type?

[ricohman]

Don't sand until you are done nourishing the wood. If you take too much away from the knox form bedding you have to reduce the front collar and might wind up with too much up pressure at the muzzle. Patience is the key.

I just did a few swipes to smooth it out. I was wondering if it would tighten up even further in a week.
I still can't believe a simple application of oil brought the woodwork back into spec.
What did we do before the internet.

[browningautorifle]

these bayonets really that pointed

Yes they are.

Yes I know the mounting the bayo is removing the finish,

I don't know who fed you that, but don't eat it. The amount of finish you'll remove will never be noticed. The finish get's beat up when you have the blade on for ages and are doing fire and movement and the bayonet training course. It's all the rattling and forcing that damages the finish.

It looks stellar now. Nice and about new...

[CINDERS]

Nice looking rifle.
I say Ridolpho is that a "Trumpeter" or a "Beeza" M/C

[Peter Laidler]

Yep....., that sharp at the tip. (thread 32 and 35) Don't forget that bayonets are primarily stabbing instruments and not knives as such.

[Ridolpho]

Nice looking rifle.
I say Ridolpho is that a "Trumpeter" or a "Beeza" M/C

Cinders: It's a '72 Bonneville set up as a bit of a "cafe racer" but all the original equipment right down to the Lucas "electronics".

Ridolpho

[CINDERS]

Ridolpho we had a chap whom rode with us on a 750 Trumpeter nice bloke but his bike could not compete with the rice burners we were on it was funny actually as when we did our usual run Friday/Sat night to Bernies Burger Bar at 02:00 in the morning to have our burger & fries plus extras we knew where he had parked his bike by the oil left on the ground where it had sat. Halycon days for me as a group of us used to play dodgem at 180+ kph on the freeway going passed cars at night on either side squatting down on the opposite side foot pegs so all they really saw was a riderless bike go flacking by.

Lost some good friends and was nearly a statistic myself 4 times only once was it my stupidity but right in the middle of Perth at 5 oclock Friday afternoon just laid my Z900 down, the pedestrian went against a Do Not Walk but I was going to fast as usual committed to the line grabbed a handful of front and high sided. Though she did pay for all the damages but all those people had a great view of me and my bike sliding across St Georges Tce.........and I was not wearing leathers just shoes, jeans & T shirt yep young & bullet proof(not?)

[browningautorifle]

me and my bike sliding across St Georges Tce.........and I was not wearing leathers just shoes, jeans & T shirt yep young & bullet proof(not?)

I did that once too...still have traces of road rash 44 years on...