Saved my gas money and bought a N04 mk1. kinda long

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Hello all. Well I really wanted to take in the Kamloops gun show this weekend but other things prevailed.So instead I took my gas money and bought a really yucky No4 mk1 instead. I've never seen such a dirty gun before other then a dipped in mud one. I hummed and hawwed for over two months on this. SORRY NO CAMERA HENCE NO PICS.Now to the nitty gritty.
Its a non FTRed No4 mk 1 Serial# starts with 12### has a mk3 rear sight and a uncut barrel.The bolt# matched the receiver so that was a bonus,sporterized front wood and a shaved rear stock,both stocks moved more then the bolt,talk about loose.But there was no rust on this baby,so I got to do alot of scrubbing with the toothbrush WD40 and what ever else was handy.
One thing that had me a little worried was that the previous owner had a dovetail machined into the knox (nox) form,but then I looked at the EAL and saw that the military version was done the same way, I felt so much better.
I have a No5 forestock and handguard that had a thumb groove carved on the left side so I chopped off the end and turned into a ersatz L42A1 stock.Stock only cost 10 bucks but could not be saved without graffting on a bunch of wood. Not for me. Also I had to grab a magazine out of my pile of .303 goodies to complete this firearm.
Took it to the range and it shot about 6 to 8 inches low with a +.030 sight at 100 yds and the rear sight set on 200.So I punched out the front sight and put in a -.015(shortest I had at the time) and it shot about 1" above centre. I also noticed that the primers were backing out(not all the way) of my neck sized reloads(150gr Horn,42 gr 4064). The brass looked fine otherwise.So off comes the #0 bolthead and on goes the #2(longest I had) Problem solved. NO SAFETY NAZI'S PLEASE I'm aware of the Better get it's headspace checked issues.So its was shooting approx 3" groups with open sights.So all in all it was a good investment for me and my time. I got to spend time cleaning a old warhorse and having a blast. Thanks for letting me tell my story. Jim:rockOn:
 
Kamloops

Well I was at show on Saturday and there were dozens of bubb'd No.4 's,SMLE's, but since gas is expensive maybe you were wise to stay home. Wish I had as I didnt find anything that I had to have (original Mausers and Ross).
Geoff in Victoria
 
I was at the show in Kamloops as well. I personally thought it was a pretty good show. There weren't very many decent milsurps there, but there was the odd one that would catch my eye. As usual there was a lot of the same stuff that is traded amongst the table mongers and goes from show to show in a never ending circle.
There was a lot of junk as usual and some very nice stuff as well.
Came accross a bit of a sleeper at the DEMAL SERVICES table though. He had a Very Good, 91 Argentine Mauser at a reasonable price. All matching numbers, all complete. Its only drawback was the receiver crest was ground off (very cleanly compared to most I've seen) and the Star of David cartouche on the butt had also been sanded out.
Not sure of the date of manufacture, but instead of the usual Ludwig and Lowe marking on the left side of the receiver, it only had LOWE.
Overall a good show with a little of everything for everyone.
It was quite spread out this year with 3 separate rooms for the gun show and a separate building for the knife show.
Maybe it's just me, but I've been noticeing a lack of firearms for sale at the various shows that I've attended over the last couple of years. The supply of firearms seems to be slowly drying up. More people seem to just buy and hold rather than upgrade or follow their curiosity and trade than used to. It probably is because of the long term effects of the PAL and registry systems. That's more than likely the real reason the Canadian Police Association and Police Chiefs as well as the anti gun politicians say the systems are working. I'll bet the black market is booming though. bearhunter
 
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