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Round 2 of lockdown projects, this time an ancient Vostok 22 ( no mention of Toz on it).
I’ll sand and linseed oil the stock, not sure what to do with the pressed-in ‘engraving’ on the pistol grip....

Unusual that the lock is on the left, I can only remember muzzle loaders having their lock on the right. (And being a lefty that makes for a certain amount of trepidation when firing)

Yo, those boots could do with some browning too!:D

But really nice musket there, looking 👍

Update to the above:
The barrel had lots of surface rust and scratches on the outside plus somebody had sanded the outside lengthwise with what I can only guess was 80 grit sandpaper or emery.
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As mentioned on my other thread I have been working on a fairly old Savage 22 single shot bolt action.

I steamed out those dings that could be steamed out and sanded the stock several time using...

Made a foresight for my Italian slug pistol, attached it with JB Weld. (I’d made a rear sight and foresight a while ago but somehow lost the foresight)
Looks good - only I found out it shoots 8...

Great work, you’re very skilled - a way more skilled than I.
Keep us all posted eh?

I use it to derust old car bits, a bit spendy but does a good job and isn’t as toxic as other stuff.

For those with access to it you can use a 1:2 mixture of molasses to water to safely derust...

What did you kill the rust with?

The older pre ‘55 Chevs had them, not sure how far back they went, probably to mid 30’s.

Excellent work gundoc!!

Watch when you mount the diff that you make an allowance for the fact that the center bolt of the rear springs won’t have the dif in the right location if you mount it in...

ATF and acetone mix is meant to be the bees knees for ‘unseizing’ things

That and a b.f.h.!

PS: have you tried loading up the clamp pressure and then giving the top of the clamp a hard whack...

Same deal installing a cast iron 390 intake manifold while the motor is in the car.

Thanks gundoc - sort of thing I’d do myself if I had such a car.

Got a later 30’s Ford coupe that had already been rodded in the past - so I’m rodding it even more, it won’t be a sleeper.
I’d be...

gundoc, are you keeping the ‘lucky dip’ motor etc or is it going to be ‘modernised’?

I’ve got on of those rifles ( sadly swapped a BSA Meteor 22 for it in a moment of stupidity) and tried using Araldite to stick on a home made dovetail scope mount.
It didn’t end well.

Got it done but by the time I finished grinding the old Bisley kick pad into the right shape I looked like a Black and White Minstrel - (well , ok, brown and white)
And the rifle fits me perfectly...

If only it was so easy!
New idler arm, brake hoses, rear brake shoes etc etc
Still, like guns it’s a passion!:thumbsup:

A bit of a link with you Gundoc - ‘er indoors recently imported a ‘86 GMC Grand Sierra, some of my ‘isolation time’ will be spent getting it towards being vinned . (Not a five minute job and involves...

Fitting a recoil pad to the wee 7.63x39 I got from Micky Duck.
Not that the recoil (which isn’t much) worries me on the six pound rifle, it’s more to get my eye back from the scope ( I’ve a long...