.303 Tank crew carbine

Started roughing out some walnut fore grips for the delisles

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So….long butt and thick butt-plate it is then? ;)

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I'm more worried about counterbored barrels. Need to go down and check...

Bottom metals all braised up, mags lock in and feed well.
On to some new extractors and electors to work with the .45acp case

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Do you have a reference or date for that decision? This is quite important as the method of measuring the overall length of a firearm had already been established in a court case many years ago. The term 'overall length' has been established as 'the longest physical dimension' and that measurement is usually from the muzzle to the toe of the stock (not necessarily parallel to the bore). It is important to note the 'muzzle' is not always the end of the barrel but the part where the bullet exits the firearm. That includes parts of the firearm that are in the original design and not readily removeable without tools and/or specialised knowledge. The law has not changed and the current Arms Act, Section 2, Interpretation, states; pistol means a firearm (other than a prohibited firearm or restricted weapon) that is designed or adapted to be held and fired with 1 hand, and includes any firearm (other than a prohibited firearm or restricted weapon) that is less than 762 millimetres in length.

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I think that is "aimed" at Kea guns, but also means the Franchi SPAS-12 is a pistol --- if fitted with that curvy thingame on the stock that allow you to train it one-handed.

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Another bucket of 100+ year old war horse parts turned into a 1940s 45acp Delisle Commando carbine.
This replica is pretty close to the real deal and took many hours of work. There was a couple of weeks just making the tooling to shorten the bolt and open the action to set the barrel back a couple of inches.
The extractor and ejecters are custom made from scratch to make the pistol brass fly.
Fitted with a stainless steel 1-16" twist acp barrel made by John at Vulcan barrels and the suppressor is made to drawing from duralium like the originals were. It shoots amazing and is crazy quiet.
Finished in matte black ceracoat and oiled walnut.

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So... You accepting pre-orders? :P

If so, would the offer of sexual favours allow someone to cut in line?

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So... You accepting pre-orders? :P

If so, would the offer of sexual favours allow someone to cut in line?

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Yes and yes.. contact Dave at Shooter Ready in Cambridge and be sure to ask him both questions. :thumbsup:

Awesome work, the finished product looks great.

Im currently working on an idea to rebarrel a No4mk1 with a completely toasted barrel to .22lr with a 10 shot magazine and looking fully original. Trying to sort out the bolt head design, magazine design/ position and extraction/ejection is very interesting.

This particular No4mk1 will never shoot again with its current barrel, and im not particularly interested in putting any old .303 barrel on it, so it would either be a brand new 303 barrel, or re-barrel to something that would get more use. The best candidate for me is .22lr.

Interestingly, I worked out that you could theoretically shoot subsonic ammo to around 600m using the standard No4 flip up sights.

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Awesome work, the finished product looks great.

Im currently working on an idea to rebarrel a No4mk1 with a completely toasted barrel to .22lr with a 10 shot magazine and looking fully original. Trying to sort out the bolt head design, magazine design/ position and extraction/ejection is very interesting.

This particular No4mk1 will never shoot again with its current barrel, and im not particularly interested in putting any old .303 barrel on it, so it would either be a brand new 303 barrel, or re-barrel to something that would get more use. The best candidate for me is .22lr.

Interestingly, I worked out that you could theoretically shoot subsonic ammo to around 600m using the standard No4 flip up sights.

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Well if you do work out how to get a .22 to mag feed let me know!. I have a couple of SMLE no2 nz converted .22 trainers that I'd love to be able to have a mag for instead of single shot.

There are probably a few ways you could mag feed 22lr. I think the easiest would be to extend the bolt head back 20mm on the thread side and shorten the bolt body to match, then you can grind the bottom of the bolt head like a jw15.