Thread: Norinco .22 resoration

That pretty much confirms my thinking from some reading I did online, will chop to 16" plus the length of the supressor.

The 150m is wishful thinking then ... i have a bulk box of .22LR federal stuff and afew sub boxes, Probably just smash out the bulk box and stick with the sub stuff.

Yep he has done this afew times but ill mention just to make sure he knows what the story is.

Hoping this all comes together nicely.

Ill get some pics up tonight of the progress

Originally Posted by tikka 7/08

The 150m is wishful thinking then ... i have a bulk box of .22LR federal stuff and afew sub boxes, Probably just smash out the bulk box and stick with the sub stuff.

150m is a looong way out for a 22, I've taken rabbits and hares out to about 120m with subs and that was aiming about top of the ears to hit them in the chest - in one case a foot out the side for wind as well (trial and error got that one, lucky it couldn't hear me). Just get plenty of practice and gradually push the distance out as you can.

Good work on the restoration, I'm sure it will turn out much nicer than original.

Originally Posted by GravelBen

150m is a looong way out for a 22, I've taken rabbits and hares out to about 120m with subs and that was aiming about top of the ears to hit them in the chest - in one case a foot out the side for wind as well (trial and error got that one, lucky it couldn't hear me). Just get plenty of practice and gradually push the distance out as you can.

Good work on the restoration, I'm sure it will turn out much nicer than original.

Yep it may be a long way off but we all love a challenge haha.

The glass that came with it isnt very flash but i cant afford to upgrade it at the moment.

Thanks for the encouragement... will spend some more time on the weekend getting it ready... apparently the wife was not impressed when she got home i was sanding it up in the kitchen... haha

Please excuse my retard questions, I cant say I have ever done much work with wood... but as you can see with this pic the dark sort of flecks running horizontal through the wood. This is a picture of it wet so i could see what the grain is going to look like once complete.... I thought i would have a milky/cream colour plain looking bit of timber not something with these little bits of brown all through it

(as you can see im not even close to being finished sanding but thought i should check before i go crazy sanding to try and get what i think is more stain deeper in the timber out)

re the colour, there is no real 'figure' to the wood, and with the plain light wood i would look at a dark walnut stain to give it a rich traditional look.
but thats just me.
greg

Originally Posted by greghud

re the colour, there is no real 'figure' to the wood, and with the plain light wood i would look at a dark walnut stain to give it a rich traditional look.
but thats just me.
greg

Yep walnut is the stain I selected when I ordered the kit. Will soon see how this comes out