Indians For Guns

Stock oiling has finally begun, see first post for more details.

Mack The Knife

Couple of pics and notes added.

Mack The Knife

Explanation for delay and one pic added to the first post.

Mack The Knife

'New' butt plate resized to fit. See first post for details.

Mack The Knife

Mack The Knife,

This is really fantastic. I have a Winchester 69A target model that I need to restore and though I bought the Boyd's kit I haven't got round to doing this. I shall do the needful as soon as possible and post pictures here as well. Your posts have just persuaded me to do this.

Thanks, buddy, and cheers!

Get stuck in, mate.

Just don't do it inside the house or you will never hear the end of it.

Happy sanding and oiling.

Mack The Knife

Final part added.

Mack The Knife

Bravo,fantastico,a very beautiful gun has emerged form nowhere.
Admire your determination and patience.
Did you manage to sort out the bit on the muzzle end.
Have fun shooting.
Cheers
Sanjay

Nice work Rusty as always.. Stock on that 80 just look awesome

-Inder

At last this back and forth stuff is over Nice work Mack The Knife.Now on to bluing the metal bits?

penpusher

Great stuff Mack The Knife! Now how about posting some close-ups of the furniture? I noticed that the fore end is darker than the stock, have different woods been used? Or is there some other reason for the difference in colour?

Cheers!
Abhijeet

Sanjay";p="15804 wrote:Did you manage to sort out the bit on the muzzle end.

Yes I did. However, whether the filling stays in place remains to be seen.

The rust at the time of purchase.



A toothbrush and oil did not help much.



So it was time for some extreme measures. CRC rust remover was introduced into the cavities a drop at a time and then allowed to stand for 20 minutes. It was then flushed out, the cavities dried with a hair dryer and copious amounts of WD40 was sprayed into the cavities.

The cavities were WD40'd two to three times per day to keep rust at bay until the JB-Weld arrived from Delhi.



Once the JB-Weld was received, the cavities were degreased with acetone being injected into them at pressure with the use of a syringe. Then they were dried and Loctite Super Glue was introduced into the cavties as it flows unlike JB-Weld and I wanted to make sure that there were no air pockets between the JB-Weld and the exposed part of the cavity. The Super Glue was allowed to set overnight. The next day, the JB-Weld was prepared and introduced into the remaining part of the cavity.



My thanks to Grumpy for his constant advice and support during this operation and to Dev for the JB-Weld. Much appreciated, chaps.

I would just like to mention that I stripped the shotgun completely and it was an extremely rewarding experience as I had never done this before. Once again, my thanks to Grumpy for his painstaking and detailed e-mails. I now have a gun that has been thoroughly cleaned and properly lubed and that's a big relief.

Mack The Knife

Mack The Knife Bana";p="15816 wrote: So it was time for some extreme measures. CRC rust remover was introduced into the cavities a drop at a time and then allowed to stand for 20 minutes. It was then flushed out, the cavities dried with a hair dryer and copious amounts of WD40 was sprayed into the cavities.

The cavities were WD40'd two to three times per day to keep rust at bay until the JB-Weld arrived from Delhi.


Once the JB-Weld was received, the cavities were degreased with acetone being injected into them at pressure with the use of a syringe. Then they were dried and Loctite Super Glue was introduced into the cavties as it flows unlike JB-Weld and I wanted to make sure that there were no air pockets between the JB-Weld and the exposed part of the cavity. The Super Glue was allowed to set overnight. The next day, the JB-Weld was prepared and introduced into the remaining part of the cavity.

Mack The Knife

Nice job Mack The Knife ! Pictures speak for themselves.

PS: Your writing is taking the shape of a thriller !

penpusher";p="15808 wrote:At last this back and forth stuff is over Nice work Mack The Knife.Now on to bluing the metal bits?
penpusher

penpusher,

I have only ever done cold/chemical bluing.

One basically follows the manufacturer's instructions and it's quite simple. There are two important points to keep in mind though;

1) The better the polish, the deeper and more even will be the blued finish.

2) Thoroughly degrease the parts to be blued.

I have to cold blue the trigger bow in anycase, so if you like I could do a short post on that.

However, what I would like to learn is the rust blue process. Any volunteers?

Mack The Knife

kanwar76";p="15806 wrote:Nice work Rusty as always...

If that's the case, how come I screwed-up on yours? Or did those dark bits appear later?

Anyway, now that I have finished working on mine, I would like to have a look at your stock.

BTW, there is a flaw in the butt-stock that has just been oiled but none of you seem to have noticed it. Let me know if you do.

Mack The Knife