Subj : Re: SKS
To   : MOONDOG
From : JIMMY ANDERSON
Date : Mon Jun 01 2020 12:29 pm

-=> MOONDOG wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

 > I'm not scared to do basic cleaning/polishing/replacing of parts... That's
 > what youtube is for. ;-)

 MO> I also don't mind performing repairs at an armorer's level.  Finished
 MO> parts or parts that need minor fitting or stoning are way different
 MO> than using a lathe or mill to create a prototype part from brass, then
 MO> repeat the process with a billet of tool steel and heat treat it.  The
 MO> Midway USA and Brownells videos on how to convert old large bore
 MO> rimfires to centerfire and bore out shot out barrels to install rifled
 MO> sleeves amazes me.  In the old days, a gunsmith could buy a box of 1000
 MO> random sized surplus Enfield bolt faces, and fix the headspace by
 MO> digging around and finding one that fits right.  Smiths with big
 MO> teardown bins of parts recovered from damaged guns are hard to find.

I don't know that I've ever met more than one actual gunsmith... I've met
a few that claim to tinker but only one local that actually sounds like he
knows what he's talking about. :-)




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