My FR8's. Update and new photos
- Thread starter Craig0ry
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Well, I stripped the old M43 stock, steamed and ironed it, and then sanded and oiled with linseed oil. Looks better than it did, still not great. I'm waiting until the new nose cap comes before I do any cutting and shaping. looks like it should work fairly well.
Also stripped and re oiled the new FR8 with boiled linseed oil, It had a shiny shellac on it that I don't think was original. I also wanted to match the top handguard closer to the bottom.
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Also stripped and re oiled the new FR8 with boiled linseed oil, It had a shiny shellac on it that I don't think was original. I also wanted to match the top handguard closer to the bottom.
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The gift that keeps on giving!
Well the Numrich parts showed up today, Nose cap was in excellent condition and the cap screw and front sight housing pin/sling loop are in brand new condition, I chopped up the M43 stock and and started shaping, I still have some more to go, the "gas tube" is about 1/16" from locking into the slot as well as some final touches. When that is sorted and I'm happy, off to get re finished it goes.
Brutus
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Thx for the project pictures! I know I should have other milsurps, yet something prevents me from buying a LE of any kind.
Strangely a Polish M44 comes to mind at times?
But I have a German 22 trainer, an Fr-8 and one sporter FN Mauser.
Not much else tweaks me other than perhaps Swedish M93-M96.
Strangely a Polish M44 comes to mind at times?
But I have a German 22 trainer, an Fr-8 and one sporter FN Mauser.
Not much else tweaks me other than perhaps Swedish M93-M96.
Craigory I feel your pain...countless hours of my life I'll never get back trying to hit various things and fiddling around with a few Jungle carbines. I liked everything about those rifles but they just weren't accurate enough for me and I had to finally set my sentimentality aside and move on.
I applaud your resolve to get that FR8 up and running and your work so far looks great but if it wears you down and you are looking for a rifle that is the modern version of the FR8 or Jungle carbine the Ruger Scout is the easy button. Accurate, stainless, great irons and 10 rd magazines. If wood strikes your fancy grab a laminate one.
If your impartial to wood or synthetic and not married to a claw extractor you could grab an American Ranch and equip irons for half the price of the Scout.
I applaud your resolve to get that FR8 up and running and your work so far looks great but if it wears you down and you are looking for a rifle that is the modern version of the FR8 or Jungle carbine the Ruger Scout is the easy button. Accurate, stainless, great irons and 10 rd magazines. If wood strikes your fancy grab a laminate one.
If your impartial to wood or synthetic and not married to a claw extractor you could grab an American Ranch and equip irons for half the price of the Scout.
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The Ruger scout is definitely on my want list one day as well, it's pretty fool proof, not having to load an internal mag. Iam proficient enough it would be a non issue for me, but the brother will usually borrow a rifle when they go camping in the mountains. I usually give him a parker hale 303 with a mag that I loaded(avoiding rim lock) just to eliminate some variables. The Ruger scout would definitely solve any issues for a rifle being used in that manner.
fritzhanzel
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Side tracking on Ruger Ranch/Scout rifles, eh?
I received my Ruger Ranch in 7.62x39 the other day which I scored at 2020 prices a few weeks ago. It's a run of the mill gun but perfectly marketed with Mini 30 magazines, threaded barrel, excellent accuracy, light weight and a very popular caliber BUT, there is nothing special about it. I was thinking about the one in 556 but will give it a pass now and rather buy another BCL Bison or maybe a milsurp in 7.62x51. Nice heavy wood stock. I am not afraid of a little bit of work, great job on the FR8.
I received my Ruger Ranch in 7.62x39 the other day which I scored at 2020 prices a few weeks ago. It's a run of the mill gun but perfectly marketed with Mini 30 magazines, threaded barrel, excellent accuracy, light weight and a very popular caliber BUT, there is nothing special about it. I was thinking about the one in 556 but will give it a pass now and rather buy another BCL Bison or maybe a milsurp in 7.62x51. Nice heavy wood stock. I am not afraid of a little bit of work, great job on the FR8.
One on the EE sold fairly fast, now knowing what to look for I don't think I would have jumped on that one, stock had been cut 1" or more more shorter for a butt pad, and what looks like a failed attempt at a bent bolt as well.
Good call, should be pretty easy to do with thin strips of emery cloth or plumbers abrasive using the typical plumbers technique for prepping copper pipe.
I'd be tempted to start with 100 and move towards 200 as needed.
I did do this with the thin strips of 200gr emerey cloth, what I had on hand anyways, I put the barrel in a vise and went back and fourth with the strips until they were worn out, the Dremel marks are still quite prevalent, if I wanted to make them disappear more it would require removing alot of material.
You need coarser paper.
You won't remove enough metal to matter. Doesn't need to be perfect, sandblasting will hide quite a lot.
