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Gday team just bought this nice and cheap as another project. Will be stripped, cleaned, barrel reblued and stock replaced. Any recommendations on what else I can do to improve its stance. Also if anyone has a magazine clip to suit I'd be interested.
What is it ?
Looks like a JW15 to me. It's pretty rough. Great project!
Thats what I thought too, but no harm in asking.
The original wood stocks are quite soft and very bland in figure. I have had good results with reshaping , sanding , painting then coating with a spray can of Krylon " Make It Stone " to give a stipple texture. You need to repaint afterwards and the use a sealer but the end result is sorta cool.
I'd be checking the bore before starting on any externals. Give it a good scrub with a brush and solvent and make sure it aint gone as rusty as the outside.
good advice it may be a fancy fire poker or billy lifter
haha...you're not related to Crump are you Barry :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry the hunter
no but I used to have a few beers with him in the old Royal hotel in Opotiki - no I say that about a fire poker out of practicality - a really top gunsmith once told me when I was trying to restore a badly worn Tikka - Barry you cannot save every rifle - so if this did need a new barrel is it worth going on ?? sometimes we must be realistic - but if the tube is good by all accounts they shot way better than they looked
Shorten it and shoot it . Keep it over 762mm overall and you be good to go.
Everything has been painted over lmao. It's bloody heavy for a 22 lol. I've shortened it, cleaned barrel, stripped and cleaned and put wood bonding solution on bored already lmao everything was too easy to remove didn't even need a manual yawnnnnn hahaha. Any other more challenging 22s out there
there are lots the old Remington and Winchester pumps were great old rifles especially the ones with octagonal barrels - the later Remington pumps are real nice to -one of the nicest that come up occasionally is the Remington 541s bolt action one of the best bolt action 22 made -early brno mod one and two very nice - but all those now getting harder and harder to get
Yup I'd be making sure it still groups to start with.Quote:
Originally Posted by Husky1600#2
Disassemble the bolt and clean/lube it, make sure the bore is rust free then give it a run.
No point tidying the rest if it's a dud
Yes that's what I meant by stripped and cleaned lol I've cleaned everything and fired it goes great just no clip lol
If after more salvageable 22s if anyone wants to get rid of them, or anything worth working on I'll be very keen. Also is there any apprenticeships for gunsmithing
you could try the army most will say do a fitting turning apprenticeship first
Or tool maker
Im after some more 22 projects or pieces to tinker with if anyone has any they want to part with. I also have a mint condition Webley and scott over and under I'm looking for recommended mods. Also my skb special engraved is looking rather booring lol
Why don't you do something like this, will keep you busy for a while...
https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....roject-104986/
LB NZ,
If it was me I’d want to put my time into something that might come up a bit better than that Chinese cz copy. Better timber, tidy barrel, less rust.
Your going to put the time in so you want to create something nice, useful and more desirable. Good old .22, like a cz, bsa super sport, Remington, sportco, Winchester 62 etc
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