One more ticked of the bucket list. Acquired a P14

[Alpha1]

I visited Adam (dromia) at pukkabundhooks its a while since I dropped by. I went in looking for a tub of powder and came out with a P14. She is not the prettiest P14 I have ever seen. The woodwork needs some attention. But it will keep me occupied over the winter. I look on it as a restoration project.
The first thing I did was strip the bolt and drop it into a Industrial sonic bath along with the safety ,rear sight, and bolt locking mechanism and any other bits I could fit in. They were all degreased blasted with compressed air to get the cleaning material off. Oiled and reassembled. I left the original sight off and replaced it with a Parker Hale aperture sight and a six hole eye piece. I deep cleaned the barrel using in house solvents. I flushed everything out with methanol, acetone then a commercial bore cleaner. The barrel is mirror bright. I was not to sure about the rifling but I have seen worse. The only way to test the barrel was to shoot it. So that's what I did after a bit of sight adjustment I started knocking down figure elevens at 100 yards. I then moved to 200 if I aimed at the head at 200 they went down. That's good enough for me. Now to restore the old Girl and have some fun with her. I have the 100 PPU cases that I shot through her so I can start reloading for my next outing. A good day except for the torrential rain that came down in the after noon.
A drowned rat comes to mind. It took me hours to clean and dry everything out when I get home.

hmm whats next may be a mosin long rifle that might be interesting I still have reloading gear for the mosin .

[ballkeeper]

photo would be great

[Alpha1]

Its in bits at the moment. Its a work in progress. The front sight was bent to one side so I decided to remove it and sort it out.
A couple of screws were missing so we had to make some new ones. The bolt is going to be taken apart again and re checked then re assembled. The stock is under restoration. I am waiting delivery of go/no go/and field gauges from my friendly supplier in America they are due any day now. So I will finally be able to check my .303 rifles properly. I am in the process of ordering reamers to be delivered to my address in the states.

My Lathe is finally repaired and up and running again with a few small modifications from the boys at work. I have a couple of other rifles I am messing with as well. I have also acquired nothing to do with shooting but a large box of carbide inserts that I am sorting through they are in all manner of shapes and sizes. I rescued them from the scrap bin. If they fit any of my tooling it will be years before I need to buy any more. hmm whats next.

[ovenpaa]

A very light stock sanding with a 360 grit paper followed by a hot dishwasher cycle works wonders. Take it out, pat the worst of the water off, leave it to dry for 24 hours and sand down the bumps that have been raised. Work through increasingly finer papers and apply some red oil. Allow to dry and repeat a few times, finish as required, sit back and enjoy your work :)

Good news with the lathe.

[dromia]

Sandpaper!!!!!!! "Sand down the bumps"!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

So wrong on an original stock.

If you want a new looking stock then buy an after market replacement.

[ovenpaa]

Heh!

[Christel]

Ovenpaa...upsetting Dromia this early in the morning...respect

[Alpha1]

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[ovenpaa]

The voices told me to do it...

[GarethM]

I have an old stock up in the loft. Are you at Ponteland next week (23rd)?