Restoring a sporterized P13... My turn to play

[tatou]

You're doing a remarkable job, or you welder is!

Years ago I picked up a few boxes of "junk" from the estate of an old school gunsmith and in them were a number of hacksawed-off ears from P14s and various other evidences of long-ago sporterizations.

I kept them for just this sort of purpose, but of course only a rifle like this one really justifies the work, unless done just for the challenge or pleasure.

I can't take credit for the metal work... only thing i can weld (it's not even welding) are copper pipes....
I got to give credit to the restoration shop i sent it to... they do incredible work.
So i thank you for them.
It's not a secret, they are well known, but i would prefer asking them first before mentioning them.

I agree, only a select few rifles deserve this kind of work... of course if someone has a shop and does the work themselves, anything is fair game.
I will do the wood stock myself, i have a few skills so at least i can say i had my hands in the project.

I also learned not to throw out any bits and parts, no matter how screwed up they are... you never know when they might be useful.