The firearm thread

[The Pastor]

I'm done now, wound up giving it around 25 coats in the end as I sort of forgot to keep a count towards the end and kept on going.

I'm stoked with how it came out, got some Rem-oil on it now, and it's looking great.

post a pic up bro

[deanohit]

post a pic up bro

The camera is still down in the shed, but I will post some up tomorrow mate, I took a few from start to finish..

The metalwork was really looking sorry compared to the newly tidy wood, but it's all really coming together now.
I also got my replica manuals for the rifle and the scope today from the states, US$5 wasn't bad I thought.

[Mr Merde]

The camera is still down in the shed, but I will post some up tomorrow mate, I took a few from start to finish..

The metalwork was really looking sorry compared to the newly tidy wood, but it's all really coming together now.
I also got my replica manuals for the rifle and the scope today from the states, US$5 wasn't bad I thought.

Looking forward to seeing the photos.

I love looking at work that others have done on firearms. makes me quite jealous and envious.

How deep a lustre did you get?

What did you seal the finish with?

What's next?

Chris

[deanohit]

Looking forward to seeing the photos.

I love looking at work that others have done on firearms. makes me quite jealous and envious.

Read about it all here: http://rimfirecentral.com/forums/sho...=1#post1988402

The stock came up well, it still needs more rubbing, but I put the rifle together for some pics.

Also, does anyone know of a gunsmith who would be able to detach the handle from the bolt (looks silver soldered) and re-chrome it?

How deep a lustre did you get?

I was suprised at how good it looked, not as deep as my Brownings factory finish, but for my first go, I reckon I did real good.
Barrel was done this morning with 25 coats as well.

What did you seal the finish with?

It said to just oil it, so I applied some remoil and left it at that.

What's next?

Chris

Hahaha, my brother and me have a side by side shotty he wants me to do.
Not sure of brand or anything apart from the fact it's in rough, but saveable condition.

[Wolf]

Looks really good, Deano. How's your guts feeling? Nice satisfying glow in it? That's pretty much how I felt after I first restored a firearm.

Your method for getting the dents out of the wood is good. I was told to use a damp cloth and an electric iron but I found boiling the jug and just holding the wood in the steam worked fine - you actually get to see the dents pop out that way.

Looking at a nicely restored firearm, remembering what the thing looked like when you got it and knowing you fixed it all yourself, is an extremely nice feeling.

Best of luck with the shotty

[deanohit]

Looks really good, Deano. How's your guts feeling? Nice satisfying glow in it? That's pretty much how I felt after I first restored a firearm.

Your method for getting the dents out of the wood is good. I was told to use a damp cloth and an electric iron but I found boiling the jug and just holding the wood in the steam worked fine - you actually get to see the dents pop out that way.

Looking at a nicely restored firearm, remembering what the thing looked like when you got it and knowing you fixed it all yourself, is an extremely nice feeling.

Best of luck with the shotty

Cheers Wolf, I made sure I had heaps of before pics so I could see how it has come along, and it is a huge improvement.
Yea, so I'm well happy with it, it's one of my nicer rifles now, and it's because of my work!

[Mr Merde]

Cheers Wolf, I made sure I had heaps of before pics so I could see how it has come along, and it is a huge improvement.
Yea, so I'm well happy with it, it's one of my nicer rifles now, and it's because of my work!

Welcome to the club. Once you have the bug for restoringold firearms it never lets you go.

Very impressed with the pics and the write up on rimfirecentral.

You have done well.

Next project for you should be a custom rifle.

Build it from scratch to yuour specs.

Lots of work in that just deciding on what you want it to do.


Chris

[Wolf]

it's one of my nicer rifles now, and it's because of my work!

Yep

It gutted me selling the rifles, especially since the Miroku came to me looking like it'd seen service as a cricket bat and I gave that stock a finish like oiled glass that it never had ex-factory (the heathens had varnished it) and a deep blue sheen to the metal that it hadn't had since it was manufactured.

Thing is, I only bought rifles that were mechanically sound with unpitted barrels so all the damage was cosmetic.

I even toyed with the idea of buying a chequering tool at one point so I could redo the chequered grips and forestocks on a couple of the rifles I'd cleaned up.

[Wolf]

Next project for you should be a custom rifle.

Build it from scratch to yuour specs.

Lots of work in that just deciding on what you want it to do.


Chris

Jesus H Christ, Chris, you don't ask much, do ya?

I think there's a wee bit of a difference between steaming and sanding an existing stock and making a custom one to fit you and the lock and barrel - as you'd bloody-well know.

He's taken the first hesitant steps and here you are signing him up for the cross-country hurdles.

Looking at the resto work you've done and the stock you've made, I'm quite in awe - I'm doing well if a box I've made winds up square...

[Mr Merde]

Jesus H Christ, Chris, you don't ask much, do ya?

I think there's a wee bit of a difference between steaming and sanding an existing stock and making a custom one to fit you and the lock and barrel - as you'd bloody-well know.

He's taken the first hesitant steps and here you are signing him up for the cross-country hurdles.

Looking at the resto work you've done and the stock you've made, I'm quite in awe - I'm doing well if a box I've made winds up square...

Yeah I know but its purely for self gratification.

I really love the joy and happiness that comes from someone when they have done something new and different. Best buzz i've ever had.

Firearms have always been something more to me than just weapons.

I'm fascinated by them as works of art. Both mechanical and decorative.

Square boxes defeat me also. Give me something with lots of curves and I am in my element (in all aspects of my life).

Deanohit has impressed me with his work. Suppose I am just trying (too hard) to encourage him in this.

My work is still basic. Took me a long while and a lot of research before I decided what I wanted to do. Even now I'm not that impressed with my stuff, as it seems crude and amateurish to me.

When I lived in London I worked in Berkley Square. Half way between South Audley Street and Curzon Street.

"Purdy" was in the former and "Holland and Holland" in the later. For a year I alternated my lunch breaks between the two. They got to know me so well they used to take be to the back room to see work in progress. I tried to get an apprenticeship with purdey but they werent hiring then so i was out of luck. To this day I still regret it.

You should have seen the work that came out onto the floor of those two establishments. Absolutely beautiful pieces of the art of the makers.

Chris

[deanohit]

Welcome to the club. Once you have the bug for restoringold firearms it never lets you go.
Very impressed with the pics and the write up on rimfirecentral.
You have done well.
Next project for you should be a custom rifle.
Build it from scratch to your specs.
Lots of work in that just deciding on what you want it to do.
Chris

Actually...................................
I had got the idea from Que on Rimfirecentral with his 'Project Cheapshooter" threads using all sorts of different rifles, to get a cheap rifle and make a full stock for it out of Macrocarpa or even Rimu, leather sling, scope and so on.
Then when I got the Winnie home, held it and looked at it, I thought this is too beautiful to butcher, I'll restore it.

I thought of using my JW15, but that is just a beater gun really.

I have done mods to stocks before, thumbhole grips, different finishes and so on since I was old enough to get my license and own .22s.
But this is the first time I've mucked around with the metal.

Yep

It gutted me selling the rifles, especially since the Miroku came to me looking like it'd seen service as a cricket bat and I gave that stock a finish like oiled glass that it never had ex-factory (the heathens had varnished it) and a deep blue sheen to the metal that it hadn't had since it was manufactured.

Was that one of the BL22 lever actions?
I have one of those in a mates safe down home, real nice rifle, except for the fact that the previous owner decided to just screw the leather sling on instead of getting swivels.

Deanohit has impressed me with his work. Suppose I am just trying (too hard) to encourage him in this.

Don't worry mate, I am keen to further myself, and will have a lot more time and facilities to do this sort of thing in around a month when I move back down south.
Plus I'll have all my rifles in one place then!

[Swoop]

Here is a simple example of what not to do when you have a pistol without a proper safety...

Bloody tupperware guns!

STORY: The shooter had the little plastic "thingy" on his trousers. This has been caught on the trigger when drawing the gun...

[Wolf]

Was that one of the BL22 lever actions?

Japanese-made Browning Lever Action in .243cal - fucking work of art. The action was like glass, super smooth, a great little shooter.

I agree with the Scatological One - they are more than weapons, they're artforms (admittedly, some are "art with a capital F").

[Indiana_Jones]

I agree with the Scatological One - they are more than weapons, they're artforms (admittedly, some are "art with a capital F").

Half, if not more, the reason I buy the things!

Like I've said before, Love the Mosin-Nagant looks, also love the Mauser KAR98, wanna get one, but the price is abit too much for me at the time being!

Might have to settle for a Sweedish Mauser, I hear they're good

I also want a Dragunov! That's freakin' mint!

-Indy

[Wolf]

I also want a Dragunov! That's freakin' mint!

Ooooooh, YEAH!