September Purchases
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I picked up 2 so far
first one a nice m/96 mauser, all matching s/n's. the only odd thing is the brass disk shows a bore graded 3 but the bore is sharp and flawless *shrug*
and I picked up this poor sad p-14..someone spent along time sawing parts off this thing trying to make it ugly..it had a old rubber butt pad on it, covering an older one that had rotted and stuck to the stock..on top of that a couple coats of spar varnish, over the butt pad so the last couple inches of stock were bare. I stripped the wood down, sanded it and put some tung oil on it to bring the walnut back to life. i've got a replacement butt plate coming too. it will end up with a scope, the back sights were filed off and the orig holes filled with what looks like galvy nails hammered into them... ohh its prob gonna need a crown job too, instead of removing the front sight they just hack sawed the barrel off..on a plus note the bore is amazing
-T
first one a nice m/96 mauser, all matching s/n's. the only odd thing is the brass disk shows a bore graded 3 but the bore is sharp and flawless *shrug*
and I picked up this poor sad p-14..someone spent along time sawing parts off this thing trying to make it ugly..it had a old rubber butt pad on it, covering an older one that had rotted and stuck to the stock..on top of that a couple coats of spar varnish, over the butt pad so the last couple inches of stock were bare. I stripped the wood down, sanded it and put some tung oil on it to bring the walnut back to life. i've got a replacement butt plate coming too. it will end up with a scope, the back sights were filed off and the orig holes filled with what looks like galvy nails hammered into them... ohh its prob gonna need a crown job too, instead of removing the front sight they just hack sawed the barrel off..on a plus note the bore is amazing
-T
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Quick refurb. Before and after pics
I scooped this one off an internet site. Martini sporter of unknown make and condition, sold as is. I just finished a quick refurb on it and took it out shooting. I am right chuffed with it and am now showing it off.
It is/was an Enfield made Martini Henry Mk.I Cavalry Carbine of 1885 vintage.
Before
After
The internals had many years of oil crud and carbon build up. The action was stiff but came apart with a little effort. I stripped and cleaned each metal part with oil and fine steel wool and made some repairs to the extractor. I hand fitted each part to each other and tuned the mechanism, it now works pretty slick and field strips for cleaning in seconds.
The exterior metalwork was gently cleaned with oil and fine steel wool being careful not to remove the nice even brown patina. I stripped the shellac from the butt stock, steamed out the dents. The forearm had been bobbed, but I just so happened to have an original Enfield made replacement on hand. It fit like a charm so it was secured with the correct barrel bands.
It is a commercial conversion to .22 rimfire. The barrel has a liner and the gun has been reproofed sometime before 1912.
I spent an afternoon sighting it in. Boy, is this gun fun to shoot. Three days and three bricks of ammo later.....
I scooped this one off an internet site. Martini sporter of unknown make and condition, sold as is. I just finished a quick refurb on it and took it out shooting. I am right chuffed with it and am now showing it off.
It is/was an Enfield made Martini Henry Mk.I Cavalry Carbine of 1885 vintage.
Before
After
The internals had many years of oil crud and carbon build up. The action was stiff but came apart with a little effort. I stripped and cleaned each metal part with oil and fine steel wool and made some repairs to the extractor. I hand fitted each part to each other and tuned the mechanism, it now works pretty slick and field strips for cleaning in seconds.
The exterior metalwork was gently cleaned with oil and fine steel wool being careful not to remove the nice even brown patina. I stripped the shellac from the butt stock, steamed out the dents. The forearm had been bobbed, but I just so happened to have an original Enfield made replacement on hand. It fit like a charm so it was secured with the correct barrel bands.
It is a commercial conversion to .22 rimfire. The barrel has a liner and the gun has been reproofed sometime before 1912.
I spent an afternoon sighting it in. Boy, is this gun fun to shoot. Three days and three bricks of ammo later.....
I scooped this one off an internet site. Martini sporter of unknown make and condition, sold as is. I just finished a quick refurb on it and took it out shooting. I am right chuffed with it and am now showing it off.
It is/was an Enfield made Martini Henry Mk.I Cavalry Carbine of 1885 vintage.
Before
After
The internals had many years of oil crud and carbon build up. The action was stiff but came apart with a little effort. I stripped and cleaned each metal part with oil and fine steel wool and made some repairs to the extractor. I hand fitted each part to each other and tuned the mechanism, it now works pretty slick and field strips for cleaning in seconds.
The exterior metalwork was gently cleaned with oil and fine steel wool being careful not to remove the nice even brown patina. I stripped the shellac from the butt stock, steamed out the dents. The forearm had been bobbed, but I just so happened to have an original Enfield made replacement on hand. It fit like a charm so it was secured with the correct barrel bands.
It is a commercial conversion to .22 rimfire. The barrel has a liner and the gun has been reproofed sometime before 1912.
I spent an afternoon sighting it in. Boy, is this gun fun to shoot. Three days and three bricks of ammo later.....
Ahh you got it from Zefarm. I saw that one and it looked quite tempting. Congrats! I like the original wood you put on it. Nice touch.
Nice Martini Englishman.ca, I bet it's lots of fun to shoot.
I just received a 6-19 dated M1903 Mk.I Springfield from Joe Salter - it's in a nicely-cartouched WW2-era scant stock with stamped buttplate, but all the metal is original and the bore is nice, much nicer than expected.
I just received a 6-19 dated M1903 Mk.I Springfield from Joe Salter - it's in a nicely-cartouched WW2-era scant stock with stamped buttplate, but all the metal is original and the bore is nice, much nicer than expected.
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I just received a 6-19 dated M1903 Mk.I Springfield from Joe Salter - it's in a nicely-cartouched WW2-era scant stock with stamped buttplate, but all the metal is original and the bore is nice, much nicer than expected.
And with the Pedersen device cutout in the left receiver wall, too!
Nice find!
PP.
Can't wait to see this in action! Thanks for showing!
What a beauty!!!! Much respect Skip
