This is why i would never ever use spray paint on my dads old rifle im restoreing, only takes time and elbow grease. Gas cylinder gauges damn near perfect. and hows that for a 70 + yr old gas tube and bolt ,why i had no plans on parkerizing stainless steel parts ,before and after polishing.005.jpg007.jpg008.jpg
Last edited by Damian45acp; 05-26-2012 at 11:24 AM.
HPIM0987.jpg007.jpgHPIM0988.jpg starting to get darker, pic of me at range is rifle before starting . will post as i go along.
HPIM1026.jpg001.jpg004.jpg001.jpgstock is realy starting to look great this is before i do my receiver , this is how it has been for 70 yrs now i will show you how i make them look like new myself.
009.jpg010.jpg011.jpg wow ,is that a nice looking bolt or what?No not done yet will be better when done. and here is my receiver, no im not done yet, halfway, when done i will have damn near as it came,decided against reparkerizing,dad came to me in sleep and said do not be lazy , i taught you better son, do my rifle right, i have to go with dads wishes's.Gonna strip off rear sight peices now and make em like new myself.
Last edited by Damian45acp; 05-26-2012 at 11:23 AM.
Almost done with stock now we bed the action and barrel channel with acuglass.,this rifle was still a tack driver as was can not wait to post groupings after im done.With my match grade handloads should drive nails.As i said before please wait till im done before picking at my work, i am no shade tree refinisher.I do not use oven spray paint or anything cheesy on any old rifle i restore.
Last edited by Damian45acp; 05-26-2012 at 11:31 AM.
Here she is sitting next to my other fave toy my 76 el camino i restored about 4 yrs ago, grain looks awesome in sunlight.006.jpg005.jpg004.jpg002.jpg001.jpg I am shocked at what a difference a little tlc makes on old machinery made in the good old usa two fine examples of american engineering.could have spelled garand right on thread name lol.oops.
Last edited by Damian45acp; 06-07-2012 at 12:25 PM.
Very nice, take her out and see what she can do. Waiting for the range report. Never seen grenade sights, thanks for the photo. Is that the original case and instructions?
Occam's razor, the simplest explanation will be the most plausible
Yep way dad got em as issued he never used it he said. Never had the time to mount it and they had grenadiers.here is the back of original instructions for useing ranging marks on stock and009.jpg grenade sights.
Last edited by Damian45acp; 06-07-2012 at 02:24 PM.
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