I always use lacquer based sanding sealer then sand it off with fine wet & dry. That fills the pores before you apply an oil finish. I always use artist's linseed oil for that, available at any art...
Liked On: 20-06-2023, 02:40 PM
Further to the above I just did some quick research on WW1 Luger numbers and there are more than 100 Lugers with the same serial number, over 3 manufacturers, so assuming the lower-case script number...
Liked On: 20-06-2023, 11:47 AM
The Germans had the habit of only numbering their guns from 1-10,00, then starting again with a lower-case script letter (a, b, c, etc.). Lugers, Mausers, MP 40's, Maxims, etc. all have this system,...
Liked On: 20-06-2023, 11:47 AM
Further to the above I just did some quick research on WW1 Luger numbers and there are more than 100 Lugers with the same serial number, over 3 manufacturers, so assuming the lower-case script number...
Liked On: 20-06-2023, 11:05 AM
The Germans had the habit of only numbering their guns from 1-10,00, then starting again with a lower-case script letter (a, b, c, etc.). Lugers, Mausers, MP 40's, Maxims, etc. all have this system,...
Liked On: 20-06-2023, 11:05 AM
The Germans had the habit of only numbering their guns from 1-10,00, then starting again with a lower-case script letter (a, b, c, etc.). Lugers, Mausers, MP 40's, Maxims, etc. all have this system,...
Liked On: 20-06-2023, 08:05 AM
The Germans had the habit of only numbering their guns from 1-10,00, then starting again with a lower-case script letter (a, b, c, etc.). Lugers, Mausers, MP 40's, Maxims, etc. all have this system,...
Liked On: 20-06-2023, 07:27 AM
Further to the above I just did some quick research on WW1 Luger numbers and there are more than 100 Lugers with the same serial number, over 3 manufacturers, so assuming the lower-case script number...
Liked On: 20-06-2023, 05:25 AM
The Germans had the habit of only numbering their guns from 1-10,00, then starting again with a lower-case script letter (a, b, c, etc.). Lugers, Mausers, MP 40's, Maxims, etc. all have this system,...
Liked On: 20-06-2023, 05:25 AM
You are right. He could get a good new rifle for the cost of rebarreling the P14. If the serial number of it begins with a W then it is a Winchester and the action has some value to a custom rifle...
Liked On: 19-06-2023, 08:27 AM
Here are three classics that are representative of my areas of interest: .451 Whitworth rifle - NZ Wars, .56 Spencer carbine - US Civil War, .41 Henry Deringer - Otago Gold Rush. 225972225973225974
Liked On: 13-06-2023, 01:18 PM
I was given my great grandfathers 12g d/b Ward hammergun and a .22 M1906 Winchester pump when I was 11 years old, both of which I still have 65 years later. My kids and grandkids were all taught to...
Liked On: 11-06-2023, 06:56 PM
Here are three classics that are representative of my areas of interest: .451 Whitworth rifle - NZ Wars, .56 Spencer carbine - US Civil War, .41 Henry Deringer - Otago Gold Rush. 225972225973225974
Liked On: 10-06-2023, 11:06 AM
I was given my great grandfathers 12g d/b Ward hammergun and a .22 M1906 Winchester pump when I was 11 years old, both of which I still have 65 years later. My kids and grandkids were all taught to...
Liked On: 10-06-2023, 01:43 AM
Here are three classics that are representative of my areas of interest: .451 Whitworth rifle - NZ Wars, .56 Spencer carbine - US Civil War, .41 Henry Deringer - Otago Gold Rush. 225972225973225974
Liked On: 07-06-2023, 11:07 AM