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. :-)
