Ishapore 2A Restoration

[Singer B]

This was a project a worked on a couple of years ago. I obtained a 1966 Ishapore 2A at a great price but it was in rough shape. The black coating usually placed on these rifles was flaking and the gun's finish was in poor shape. I already owned an all-original SHTLE that I would never restore so I figured this rifle would be a good restoration project. It had no significant history and once restored, I would have a great "SMLE" type Enfield that I would be able to shoot forever since it is chambered in 7.62x51. The gun was dismantled completely and the metal parts cleaned of the black coating. The metal parts were then taken to a local gunsmith to be bead blasted and then re-blued. The wood was stripped with Citristrip and then re-oiled with RLO. There was no sanding or scraping done. Here are the "before" photos.

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