No1 MkIII rivets

[Bruce_in_Oz]

Making those little brass rivets and washers (for the rear hand-guard ones) would be good therapy for someone with a little Unimat lathe and a stock of suitable brass rod, especially during "home detention". Good practice for making "N" scale rolling-stock wheels, dummy rounds for 1:35-scale machine-guns, etc., etc.

I have a couple of the "rear" rivet sets here but not exactly enough to be offering them wholesale.

I also have the dimensions of those rivets, if anyone is keen / desperate.

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[WillSarchet]

Making those little brass rivets and washers (for the rear hand-guard ones) would be good therapy for someone with a little Unimat lathe and a stock of suitable brass rod, especially during "home detention". Good practice for making "N" scale rolling-stock wheels, dummy rounds for 1:35-scale machine-guns, etc., etc.

I have a couple of the "rear" rivet sets here but not exactly enough to be offering them wholesale.

I also have the dimensions of those rivets, if anyone is keen / desperate.

I would be interested in the correct dimensions. I bought a pair of rivets from Numrich and - surprise surprise - they are definitely NOT correct as they don't fit through the holes in the spring, as well as being steel.


As far as the Prestigious stocks go, I have fitted one of their forends to a No4 MkI and am very happy with it, and am now starting on a No1 MkIII* set from him. Good quality wood, some of it with a very nice figure. He's open to making anything you can loan him a pattern for - when shipping gets less crazy again im sending a finger groove 1903 stock and possibly a high-wood M1 carbine stock for duplication.