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shugie wrote:

huntervixen wrote:What a lovely refurbishment, your K31 looks stunning! I love the straight pull action of these very fine rifles and the way they throw the empty cases backwards over your head!

I get them in my jacket hood, much to the amusement of onlookers.

The K31 does indeed like GP11, I only wish I had better eyesight to make the best use of the impressive accuracy.

Get a decent scope. I cant hit a barn door without one.

Holts sale recently had around a dozen k31...went for around £150 but add on 20% vat and 25% premium...still cheap. I think there is one left on the after sale list. Most of them have knocked up stocks which are easily fettled...as you wish. I gave my 1946 rifle a limited stock refurb so it still looks its age but with most of the larger dings gone. Fantastic rifle...mine had a new barrel 1957 ....bore very tight around .296. Everyone should have one!

Mike95

Holts had those k31's and k11's for a long time(some wel over a year if I recall)
Considered getting one from there myself but from the info and pictures I got from them, a lot of the metalwork seemed quite pitted (not so bad to effect the gun, but enough to put buyers off)
In the end I got one from mcavoy guns for £280 (in ludicrous postage and fees)
Other than the typical "beaverchewing" on the butt it's in great nick.

A shortened K31 chambered in 7.62x39 and feeding from a twin snail drum would be awesome for rapid close range fire ...

Did you re finish all the metal parts with Engine Paint, how did you heat the barrel to cure it?

I'm experimenting with Stove Paint, tried it on an air rifle, heat treated the parts that wouldn't fit in the domestic oven with a heat gun, the finish seems quite durable.

25Pdr wrote:Did you re finish all the metal parts with Engine Paint, how did you heat the barrel to cure it?

I'm experimenting with Stove Paint, tried it on an air rifle, heat treated the parts that wouldn't fit in the domestic oven with a heat gun, the finish seems quite durable.

I think he used a cold blueing solution but could be wrong.....

Being a cheapskate I "refinished" an AK with Hycote satin black spray paint, got a really nice finish that despite many range visits in all weathers and thousands of rounds still looks as good as the day it went on.Obviously not for the connoisseurs but it did the job.

snayperskaya wrote:

25Pdr wrote:Did you re finish all the metal parts with Engine Paint, how did you heat the barrel to cure it?

I'm experimenting with Stove Paint, tried it on an air rifle, heat treated the parts that wouldn't fit in the domestic oven with a heat gun, the finish seems quite durable.

I think he used a cold blueing solution but could be wrong.....

Being a cheapskate I "refinished" an AK with Hycote satin black spray paint, got a really nice finish that despite many range visits in all weathers and thousands of rounds still looks as good as the day it went on.Obviously not for the connoisseurs but it did the job.

I like that approach, commendably frugal. You must be from Yorkshire, or perhaps Scotland.

snayperskaya wrote:

25Pdr wrote:Did you re finish all the metal parts with Engine Paint, how did you heat the barrel to cure it?

I'm experimenting with Stove Paint, tried it on an air rifle, heat treated the parts that wouldn't fit in the domestic oven with a heat gun, the finish seems quite durable.

I think he used a cold blueing solution but could be wrong.....

Being a cheapskate I "refinished" an AK with Hycote satin black spray paint, got a really nice finish that despite many range visits in all weathers and thousands of rounds still looks as good as the day it went on.Obviously not for the connoisseurs but it did the job.

From his previous Photos he appears to be using Engine paint and a Oven.

http://www.full-bore.co.uk/viewtopic.ph ... 3&start=10

The spray paint can in his photo is Duplicolor DE1634 Engine Enamel Paint if that is what he used.

shugie wrote:

snayperskaya wrote:

25Pdr wrote:Did you re finish all the metal parts with Engine Paint, how did you heat the barrel to cure it?

I'm experimenting with Stove Paint, tried it on an air rifle, heat treated the parts that wouldn't fit in the domestic oven with a heat gun, the finish seems quite durable.

I think he used a cold blueing solution but could be wrong.....

Being a cheapskate I "refinished" an AK with Hycote satin black spray paint, got a really nice finish that despite many range visits in all weathers and thousands of rounds still looks as good as the day it went on.Obviously not for the connoisseurs but it did the job.

I like that approach, commendably frugal. You must be from Yorkshire, or perhaps Scotland.

Shropshire......with some Russian ancestry

Sorry about finish type, I didn't re-read the post and must have been thinking about something else