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Enfield mk1 not project
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 2:11 am
by bgreenea3
Next on the work bench is an old SMLE my buddy wanted me to fix up...
It wasn't in bad shape it had a spot er stock on it and rear leaf sight was messed up. We discussed options and figured she needed.to be back in military dress.....
I did some Internet kung fu and got a hand full of hard ware and a stock set from numrich and sarco.... got the parts yesterday and the all look wonderful......except the buttstock. It looks like it was stored underwater for 20 years. .. numrich is getting a call and we'll try again on the buttstock after a return......
The new forestock and handgards are on the new hardware test fitted. Now to pull that apart and work on sanding and making the stock Purdy....
The photos show the shorter stock next to the rifle...
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 7:39 am
by greener
From the pictures, the old stock didn't look too bad.
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:42 am
by bgreenea3
Not too bad but is a sporterized stock... ... It looks wierd with the military front sight.
progress.......
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 7:27 pm
by bgreenea3
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 9:57 am
by bgreenea3
The Enfield is coming right along..... numrich has a new buttstock enrt... I think I have all the small parts to finish it up. It only took three more online orders!.... thought I was done with the butt stock sling loop and sling then I realized I needed the screws to mount it....
Anyone else figure out they need just "1 more part" about three time doing a project? I swear this is like a plumbing job....
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 9:59 am
by Bullseye
Sometimes you disassemble one thing, only to find you need to fix three others in the process.
R,
Bullseye
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 1:17 pm
by blue68f100
Anyone else figure out they need just "1 more part" about three time doing a project? I swear this is like a plumbing job....
Not near as messy.
When I use to work on cars I always ran out of bolts, because I would replace all the ones that were missing.
I have been working on my HP 4100 laser printer for the last 3 days. I was getting paper jams on excess paper that was not required for the print job. Only happened when the pages were 10 or more. It took 10+ hrs of Googling till I finally found a post on a home DIY printer fix forum. One thing, I got pretty proficient at taking this printer apart. And it is probably cleaner than when it was new. The problem was a foam pad that had deteriorated throwing the timing off. Not a problem you expect for sure.
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:24 pm
by bgreenea3
Bullseye wrote:Sometimes you disassemble one thing, only to find you need to fix three others in the process.
R,
Bullseye
the good part is I got to look around Numrich's And Sarco's sites and order a little this and that I needed for other projects....
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 12:40 am
by bgreenea3
Stock came 89 and it was beautiful. ... got it sanded stained and sealed....... and its 3 shades darker than the forestock.
Anyone know a good method for stripping a tru-oil finish? Got to start over
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 12:45 am
by bgreenea3
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 6:26 am
by Bullseye
That's turning out to be an attractive old shooter.
R,
Bullseye
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:36 am
by bgreenea3
Thanks Bullseye, the old wood came out awesome... but the buttstock came out darker than the forestock. ... I've got some stripping and refinishing to do to get it right.......
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 9:19 am
by blue68f100
That came out looking pretty good. Too bad the trees can not produce the same color of wood.
