Restoration Project Enfield Sporter GLOBCO

[employee]

Quick History,

Rifle belonged to my Great Uncle (Still Alive)

Basement flooded.

Rifles forgot about for awhile.

Found and given to my uncle (along with a few others).

I decided I was going to try and make it work, so borrowed from my Uncle.

Here is the rifle apart when I got it home.

Then after a few hours of fine steel wool and oil to remove rust and scaling.

Forgot to add I worked the stock with steel wool and some Old English as well, smoothed it out and actually brought a nice finish back out. (I Think)

So I know this gun is pretty much worthless but I would rather restore than cut it up.

So the barrel is pitted in some spots but actually much less then I originally thought. The action is smooth no problems there.

But the first 6-9 inches of the barrel from the muzzle back are pretty rust, I am thinking I might try that electrolytic rust removal technique and see if I can get it clean.

Then ill run over to a gun smith get the head space checked and see if he thinks it might be shootable.

Also the rear sight is a little broken but I think I can fix it with some solder (maybe).

What do you all think should a get a blueing kit and reblue the thing (just for the practice) or leave it as is and show what can happen.

 

[proonur]

I have reblued two enfields with the birchwood casey kit and had very good success except on the action of one that I really polished super smooth with steel wool. The blueing couldn't penetrate well enough, so if you've really smoothed it a lot in the end, go with the Super Blue instead of the perma blue kit as the super stuff will penetrate better (I'm told).
It will be good practice for sure--- Good luck!

 

[can14]

bluing

use kleen-bore black magic....it is a dark blue...somewhat like blue parc...it will cover a lot of pits...

 

[gunpro]

if you want to hide the pits get the barrel sandblasted or if you have bench grinder put on a wire wheel and go to town. The blueing might end up more of a matte finish vs a high gloss or sheen. Would look good on the ol' gun though.

 

[sunray]

If the bore is as rough as the outside, I don't think I'd bother doing anything with it. Look at the condition of the inside of the barrel before you spend any money.
I'd bet the stock is worth more than the rest of the rifle.
The sights are replacements. The whole sight base was removed. That's not as big a deal as it sounds though. Marstar lists the whole assembly for $19. They have the front nose caps too.

 

[proonur]

If the bore is as rough as the outside, I don't think I'd bother doing anything with it. Look at the condition of the inside of the barrel before you spend any money.
I'd bet the stock is worth more than the rest of the rifle.
The sights are replacements. The whole sight base was removed. That's not as big a deal as it sounds though. Marstar lists the whole assembly for $19. They have the front nose caps too.

The blueing kits I use cost $15 for everything you need, so it's not like he'd be spending a fortune really. I don't think he's too worried about shooting the rifle, he just more wants to learn the technique of re-blueing so this rifle is a perfect test subject-- sights and modifications (read: Bubba's handywork) notwithstanding.
Oh ya, as mentioned sand or bead blasting the metal is the way to go before re-blueing. That's what I do too.

 

[employee]

The blueing kits I use cost $15 for everything you need, so it's not like he'd be spending a fortune really. I don't think he's too worried about shooting the rifle, he just more wants to learn the technique of re-blueing so this rifle is a perfect test subject-- sights and modifications (read: Bubba's handywork) notwithstanding.
Oh ya, as mentioned sand or bead blasting the metal is the way to go before re-blueing. That's what I do too.

That pretty much says it I know it has no real value but wanted to see if I could bring one back, and try out a few techniques on it.

If I can get it to a shootable condition so be it, if not ill dewat it and hang it at my front door or something, who knows.

Gotta have a project on the go, but I do like to sandblasting idea, maybe sandblast and parkerize, we will see what happens.

Would rather get some practice with the cold blue/parekerizing/metal prep/etc on this before I try on something with value

 

[sunray]

"...this rifle is a perfect test subject..." Most assuredly. There's nothing like a beat up bubba'd rifle for learning on. The receiver looks to be in fairly good condition. It may be a reasonable place to start for a custom rifle. Barrel costs notwithstanding. The stock would make a dandy candidate for learning stock refinishing too.

 

[Tick]

Enfield refinish

Hi Employee, if you check with your local gunsmith or here on GN you can probably pick up a good Enfield barrel for very little money. I know Gunco in Ottawa had a steel drum full of barrels.
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