Gun show score!

[The War Wagon]

Went to my favorite little town gun show yesterday morning and actually found something really nice for a fair price.

Nicemy last gunshow score was pre-KLINTON-BANS

[scottz63]

Thanks!

Just received this SMLE sight adjuster in the mail. I have several of these for different surplus rifles. Makes it really easy to adjust the sights at the range. Much more precision than just banging them over. Lol


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[64bonneville120r]

It does! Lol!

Had a Fer smle rifles parted w a nice is a pore in a synthetic stock , it shot very well esp w Israeli ammo! The last one that's staying is a savage mfg jungle carbine. One day I mite is an smle for an ishapore conversion to 7x57... converted an early one to 6.5x53r... shoots very well.. nice rifle great find. Enjoy it in great health.

[scottz63]

Had a Fer smle rifles parted w a nice is a pore in a synthetic stock , it shot very well esp w Israeli ammo! The last one that's staying is a savage mfg jungle carbine. One day I mite is an smle for an ishapore conversion to 7x57... converted an early one to 6.5x53r... shoots very well.. nice rifle great find. Enjoy it in great health.

Thanks! You as well.

[scottz63]

Stripper clips came in today. GI M14 clips, 12 of them. Loaded a couple up with some 7.62x51 to check fit and function. Perfect.

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[scottz63]

I just received the firing pin removal tool and a couple of different height front sights to play with if needed. The firing pin removal tool worked great. The front sights are 0 and +.030 The one on it is a -.030

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[scottz63]

Found another buggered up screw. The rear trigger guard screw. It was bad enough that I could not properly tighten it the whole way. These are hard to find not buggered up. I have been looking everywhere to find a good one. Finally found one from Numerich.


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[scooterwrench]

I just passed on one of these at the local pawn shop because the bore looked like the surface of the moon. Glad to see you got one that is shootable. Do these rifles have whittworth screw threads?

[64bonneville120r]

Indeed, most smle rifles have Whitworth threads... I keep a bag of 2ba screws around just to replace the "lost" ejector screws... bought a set of taps n dies Fer my left handed/polish error I mean my british bike repairs... they may not be the sexiest looking rifles, but they just flat out work! P.s. I'm still envious, that's a nice piece! If I found one dated 64 I'd hafta get it! I'd care not a what if the bore was gone... new bbl would be a pleasuerable day project..

[cuda]

I had 2 of these rifles at one time, but sold one and still have the other. I also bought some Indian (made in 1970's) ammo cans that had .308 on stripper clips for these guns inside of bandoleers. This was about 20 years ago, 400 round cans for $69. I haven't shot mine in years though.