Article in Guns and ammo's "Surplus Firearms" magazine...

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The title is "Restore that Military Rifle"

The article is smattered with phrases like, "I don't care about cartouches, original bluing or wood finish; I want one that looks nice", "It isn't unusual to double your money when selling if you did a good job."

Here's a partial list of his supplies:
100, 150, and 200 grit sandpaper
Orbital sander
spray can of satin polyurethane
Optho blue

He even recommends not stirring stain, but using the concentrated solids from the bottom of the can...
 
agit-prop said:
The title is "Restore that Military Rifle"

The article is smattered with phrases like, "I don't care about cartouches, original bluing or wood finish; I want one that looks nice", "It isn't unusual to double your money when selling if you did a good job."

Here's a partial list of his supplies:
100, 150, and 200 grit sandpaper
Orbital sander
spray can of satin polyurethane
Optho blue

He even recommends not stirring stain, but using the concentrated solids from the bottom of the can...
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:ar15: :dancingbanana:

that will surely make him popular around here :rolleyes:

"It isn't unusual to double your money when selling if you did a good job."
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what is that old saying about suckers being born? :)
 
He probably is an importer sitting on a nice, unmolested stack of milsurps, trying to drive the market up for originals! Cornering the market, as it were...
 
A lot of the milsurps in the states are in pretty bad shape. We only see the really nice ones when they decide to show them. I've gone through several shops in the western states and most of the stuff that they have on the shelves are pretty grim mixmasters that would be on the bottom end of the price range, even here. The really good stuff is hard to find and pricey. The Americans, lord love them, really like their guns and like them to look good. A really decent mixmaster that hasn't any finish left or is dinged up badly just doesn't cut it at the range, it's a socially correct thing you know, kind of sets your social stature within the group. They also have a lot more to choose from than we do and from the fellows that I know there, it's not uncommon to have one or two examples that are collectible and a couple of shooters for the range and just for fun. Believe me, a matching numbered mauser or enfield or matching parts garand is as highly valued as it is here. These aren't bubbas, they're just cleaned up relics that look good at the range as well as being functional and fun to shoot. When the supply outstrips the demand, the bubba title is kind of hard to pin on anyone. I'm just as jealous as the next Canadian when it comes to the supply of milsurps down there. I was just on a fishing trip to Rivers Inlet and 40 of the 46 guests were Americans, All except for one hunted as well as fished, only 3 knew anything at all about milsurps and their value as anything other than some of them were fine for makeing up a good custom hunting rifle. Pretty much like up here. Bearhunter
 
what frosted me was the author saying the Lee-enfield just missed being one of the 10 most significant rifles. I suppose the magazine under the reciever wasn't an important enough a change from tubular mags.

Couple of other glaring errors
1. The "tanker" .380 revolver. Apparently he has never seen a british holster.
2. Labelling the Webley Government revolver as a Webley-Green when they were two seperate businesses in different towns.
 
I have the magazine, but haven't yet read the article.

I did notice on flipping through it that he talks of bluing spots where the finish is worn (touching them up) - I thought this was called patina...:rolleyes:
 
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