Got a Rock- Ola and have questions

[tenOC]

When I've acquired a Carbine as a keeper and it arrived with reproduction parts, the repop parts come off right away. If it's a well used Carbine that isn't going to stay with me and it has them, they can stay and get sold on the Carbine when it sells. But it would be better if collectors didn't further the repop industry by buying new ones.

[Singer B]

You could look at it as a labor or love. Yes, correct parts are expensive and in the end you will have a parts gun that isn't worth what it cost you, but it would be "your" gun with "your" sweat and time and be a really fun shooter. For me, it isn't always the cost, it is the hunt of finding a piece and then the joy of restoring it. You can take your time and buy an original piece each month then look forward to that monthly piece arriving and installing it. It's a Rockola and there are not very many of them so I would personally try to save it, even if it is a money pit.

[01lowbird]

It's a Rockola and there are not very many of them so I would personally try to save it, even if it is a money pit.

The wife is going to have a field day with that last part lol

[jimb16]

Its kind of like a boat. A hole in the water that you dump money into! *LOL*

[Singer B]

The wife is going to have a field day with that last part lol

I distracted my wife by buying her a boat! LOL

[P51Mustang]

I would break her down and do an inventory of parts. Get her back to USGI specs and later on you can worry about getting it all correct. Best of luck....

[tenOC]

It's a stretch find a piece per month for half of the Carbine makers. You'll get a chance at 1 or 2 flips per year. Same for mag catches.

[browningautorifle]

I think trying to correct it will be a problem as it still has the screw hole in the side of the receiver, dinged up dovetail too. Make it a shooter that looks like a military carbine and you keep the Rock-Ola name and have Grandad's carbine up and running like an original...

You CAN fill the screw hole with wire feed weld and re finish the receiver but then it's still not original...and if the guy doesn't do a good job won't look good either.

[shadycon]

I would replace missing parts with GI parts, not repo. Once you inventory the parts you have, you can decide which way you want to go. restoration or rebuild with GI parts.

[browningautorifle]

I would replace missing parts with GI parts, not repo.

Agreed...not repros.