Australian Market Question - Rebarrelling

[mrclark303]

The bedding on that 1903 has to be an early April Fool surely! Horrifying, Looks more like rat damage than bedding!

I am quite shocked to be honest, worst I have seen...

[henry r]

The bedding looks like it was done by the work experience kid.

I know that pretty and functional aren't always the same but i honestly think i could do a far neater job and I've never bedded a rifle before.

[CINDERS]

It is a Rem-700 action for the then clone M-40 they advertised

[mrclark303]

Sorry Cinders, you did say that mate, the shock of that bedding pic made me loose my memory, I had to sit down and and have a stiff drink to steady my nerves

[browningautorifle]

poor bedding job,

Pic number 2 shows use of a dremel to hog out wood...much like we were told a member did to fit wood to his #1Mk3 some time back. There would be what it looks like...if you've never seen. Yes. that's a rough one.

[Peter Laidler]

Some forumers quietly chastise me when I mention amateur tinkerers, enthusiastic amateurs, home gunsmiths, self taught gunsmiths, so-called or supposed 'armourers'............., call them what you will. Now you see the pretty-well typical standard/result of their work. Not all, I have to agree but GOOD percentage............. The real, time served, apprenticed craftsmen will not present work like this. We had a sign above the door of Mr Ayleys class room door that you read EVERY time you exited the class room. It said Near enough isn't good enough. But exactly right is near enough. And I remember it to this day

[Ridolpho]

Peter: I find owning and using old milsurps to be like trying to ride an older British motorbike as daily transport. If you can't maintain and repair it yourself you're out of luck in much of the world. Right now I have a mint 74 Norton Commando sitting in the garage for years because I can't even find a shop that will give it the rudimentary Alberta safety inspection. Regarding Lee Enfields, in Calgary, a city of 1.4 million I've only run into one fellow (ex Canadian forces armorer) who does this type of work professionally. Not surprisingly, he charges a fair bit for his work.

Rudolph

[mrclark303]

Near enough isn't good enough. But exactly right is near enough.

That Peter, is a first class saying ... I started in the motor trade at 16 working for VW Audi in the body shop, at one of (at that time) their top UK dealerships, uncompromising quality was hammered into me from day one and its something you take right through your life no matter what you end up doing.

[30Three]

"Near enough isn't good enough. But exactly right is near enough."

Love that saying Peter. It seems that the old style apprenticeship is long dead. The youngsters I've got at work cannot remove a broken stud or bleed screw, they have no idea how a carburettor works, let alone how to adjust a set of 4 webers on a V8!
When I started my apprenticeship at Jaguar Cars (Coventry) in 1979, every apprentice spent the first year in a their training school learning the basic skills of turning, milling, welding, sheet metal and technical drawing etc. After those 12 months we went into the specialised fields. (many hours dropping cylinder heads in the trich' tank etc)

[Peter Laidler]

MANY thanks for threads 17, 18 and 19. You just lit up my little world with the mention of my beloved 750 Commando, my famlly workhorses Golf GTi, and Polo's) and the v8 powerhouse I had in my MGB GT V8. Made my evening. What about your Commando being your next avatar Ridolpho.

Re the rudimentary inspection for your Commando Ridlopho, surely someone like a chartered graduate mechanical engineer (me not chartered!) could write a certificate on his headed paper stating that I..... of....... am a ......... with a BSc in ...... at ..........Uni and have XY years experience in motor vehicle engineering have examined a 1974 .............. and can confirm that............. Would that be acceptable? Some years ago when my son was due to take his test in his little cheap Renault Clio, it was announced that you couldn't take your test in them because the bonnets were prone to opening due to, well....., French workers basically! UNLESS it had a certificate from Renault no less that it had been modified and was blah blah blah and so on. Cost from Renault locally (and nationally, £55) So I did no more that write out a headed note, put my quals, dates, uni and stated that I had inspected it and could certify that it had been modified with the steel hook in place of the plastic crap. The examiner accepted it and off he went. I don't suppose it would have worked if you were a graduate in Abyssinian Pottery before 2000bc. or Needlework