Duuuuuuude...........................

And so many times buyers are fixated on the outward appearance but nice wood doesn't equal nice shooting.

I picked up a couple Lee Metfords that simply couldn’t shoot. The guy was shooting jacket ammo out of them and they patterned rather then grouped. I figured they were project guns but turns out lead ammo and one shoots 2.5” and the other shoots a decent 3.5-3.75” but is smoother and looks better.

@@john-paulsilke893 Minute of basketball....

@@marknovak8255 200yrds to hit an 8” gong most of the time is decent. Especially for WWI guns that have weird Glock rifling. 😁

Thanks 👍

Poor day if u dont learn something

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Thank goodness he didn't use his third leg

Cosmoline is *all* the four letter words.

Cosmoline is great stuff. Many a gun still exists today because cosmoline protected it long after governments stopped caring for them. Sure it sucks dealing with it but it's still great stuff.

@@edwardscott3262 great stuff for long term preservation. Terrible stuff to try to remove.

As I clean my rifles of that wonderfully gooey gak, I just continue to remember that cosmoline is the reason most of these gats are still alive and well today. As you rid your rifle of cosmoline, repeat this simple phrase "Cosmoline is our friend" and you will soon begin to quench your hatred for it as you clean it out of every microscopic nook, crevice, and cavity in the weapon

@@CaptainNonsense1 I know, but I can still hate it. ;)

Before he did it I was thinking a pointed steel pin. The BB is way easier. If putting pressure is too much for the structure a dab of sharpie will transfer from the metal to the wood.

Outstanding.....!

My exact intention. Do. The. Maintenance.

I would second for people to go read the text of HB 127.

Got a link to that video??

@@joey243win It has been a long time since I watched that video. I watch hundreds a week due to being retired. Here is a link to the National Archives Channel. The Salvage operation was in Italy near the end of the war in Europe. kzfaq.info

Exactly my thought lollllll

For you, yes. My experience was different!

@@marknovak8255 i can appreciate that but seeing a CRAFTSMAN working his craft with no computer crap is what i enjoy

Too many years on that nuke.

Yep. Sometimes I'd wished to have me one of those.

Lol, I never even noticed it.

YES

“For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear-when you are the hammer, strike.” (Edwin Markham)

that sounds like a great hobby

@@jobdylan5782 It's truly a pleasure both to row a wooden boat, and to maintain them. We have some wooden boats that are over 100 years old, and we also have modern composite racing shells. This is pretty unique in the rowing world.

I agree about moving the guh fast enough. Try removing the burn caused by a house fire...

@@marknovak8255 I'll leave that up to the pro. :)

@@Alanbataar I was wondering to myself recently if anyone actually did that, so there's my answer. Pretty awesome.

My pleasure

Lots of videos left, if we don't get zucked

You're very welcome.

Help spread the word please. Thanks for the sub

Funny.

you are a great youtuber too

Wondering what you called that rasp. I want one. Thanks.

Well said

I'm doing a P-17 right now that was sporterized. The stock it's in now was cut straight in front of the barrel band but it appears to have been sanded and then slathered with polyurethane. I couldn't find an original stock that wasn't completely chewed up and cracked for sale online under $400, so I bought another walnut sporter stock that had been cut straight down in front of the barrel band just like the one I have now - only it has the original reddish-brown finish and all the markings like the eagle head stamps. Found it on eBay for $50. I found a front and rear handguard with matching color on eBay as well for another $50 for both pieces. For a repair piece to do the front of the stock I ended up ordering a complete British P-14 stock from APEX for $99. I am going to cut the nose off the P-14 stock and then try to mate it up with the surplus sporterized stock I got off eBay using the method Mark is using here. I ended up spending approximately $200 for all the wood stock pieces instead of $450 for an uncut stock and handguards or nearly as much for one of those Italian reproduction sets available on Numrich. I wanted to avoid the issue you are describing here where you end up with a 100+ year old rifle with corresponding metal finish sitting in a brand new stock. Even though rescuing an old military surplus rifle is quite satisfying, I still didn't want to end up dumping so much money into it that it exceeds the value of outright purchasing one in original condition. I enjoy rescuing these old sporterized military rifles when given the chance but I don't want to make them more expensive than just buying one unmolested. This P-17 will be the 4th military surplus rifle I have rescued from being sporterized and returned to their natural state. I have done a Lee-Enfield No.1 MK.III, a No.4 MK.1, a Gewehr 98 Mauser, and now this P-17.

Good luck, it can be done.

I remember those stocks. The ones my school got were plastic with a metal reinforcement in the wrist area.(We learned about the metal when a member of the drill team failed to catch a rifle during 'exchange arms'!) I have often thought about the amount of NOS 03A3 buttplates, trigger guards, swivels and other parts that we pulled out of cosmoline to repair those drill rifles. Good Memories, John

This is why I read the comments.

This is the hardware it came with.

Was reading comments to see if anyone else noticed that.

More to come.....