Maltby Refurb, finished

[tbonesmith]

Hi all, I didn't do the full monte on this one as it's all the same as others I've done. But here's the finished product, with the exception of a bit of cold blue and a range test.
This rifle is built from parts that I harvested off a rifle with a stuffed forend, and a bolt that was messed with. The barrel however is a very good condition No4 standard profile Lithgow. Slight throat wear but still won't take .302 from the breech.
I replaced the wood set with a worn, but servicable set, of the correct manufacturer, and I replaced the bolt with a longbranch one that fitted well.
I patched the draws and fitted the forend up, which went well. The muzzle takes 4-4.5 lb to lift it off the forend in the horizontal position, and it centres positively.
The guards fitted without any hassle. The butt needed slight adjustment and is now right.
I straightened the striker, using a straight edge, my lathe, a block of wood and a hammer. It's now fine.
The trigger needed the full job adjusting, as at the start I was going off on the first stage. It is now excellent.
I set up the bolt, needing to adjust striker protrusion. It's now right, as is headspace.
I didn't really tart anything up cosmetically, as I think this looks like a pretty honest rifle as it is, but I did give it a good soak in linseed oil (the wood).
I removed the old serial No by putting the bolt in the 3 jaw and facing it off, I could have used a slower feed, but it's fine anyway.
TB have prefixed my renumbering of the bolt and the foreend and I've put the year on the forend too, so when I get rid of it noone will call me a "faker" or something.
The rifle wears a leather sling I had lying around and a new No5 sight.
It's been a lot of work and I'm very proud of the result. I would normally given the wood a going over externally, but lately I prefer some bruises and scratches, to that sanded look, and with the grooved rear guard that this wood set has is especially prone to highlighting that someones "had a go at it". And in the end this is not about making a rifle that's "like new", but making some parts into a servicable and competitive rifle.
Range test next weekend. Will report.
Sorry about the striker tool, meant for another thread!

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[xa-coupe]

looks pretty good TBone, cant wait to hear how it shoots.

[tbonesmith]

Me either!

[Badger]

Well done ...

Thanks for the pics ..

Regards,
Doug

[mdrim13]

tbonesmith,
not to change the subject off of this fine looking rifle but any progress on the other rifle project? The one i am refering to is the string titled refurb of a 7.62 range rifle. I have been following it closely as i have done a couple myself. Would love to see it through!!!!

[tbonesmith]

No progress since the last posts. Might get some time this week, exams, school, work and my family have reduced my precious time in the "cave" over the last month, but at least exams are over as of this coming Thursday, and it's the next rifle that I have to finish. So... very soon...

[tbonesmith]

Well today I range tested the rifle at 100m and it shot very well, can't tell you a group size because it was a marked target, but they were all very tightly clustered.
I then shot a 10 round application from sitting on a 4 footer at 200m and got a 50.5 (which BTW is the best score I've ever shot at that range). Don't know if you know the target, but the group was tight, and not stringing, and the rifle performed beautifully all round, trigger, feed and extraction. It's a winning rifle and it was well worth the effort.
Happy as Larry!

[xa-coupe]

Good stuff. I dont know I can see 200 M any more let alone shoot a good score !