I know you might not see this but I just finished using your system on one of my M1 rifles. It came out really nice I did it over 6 days. I've had the piece since the early eighties I got two of them. Also a nice selection of milsurp rifles. I got the M1s when I was a young Soldier the others too they were giving them away back then. I served thirty years in the United States Army almost twenty in the Ranger Regiment I retired in 2010. I rarely fired them between training and deployments the last thing I wanted to do was shoot for recreation. I have modern weapons too. No AR platforms because I live in New York State so I switched to Ruger Mini thirty and Mini 14 as well as a M1A. They have the same DNA as the M1rifle. Now I'm retired so I can enjoy them. I shoot all my rifles I'm a shooter not a collector. I reload and been conserving ammo for years. Nice to see someone using Enfield to hunt. I will use the system on a few others. Thanks for your videos.
I am a retired painter, solvent-based wood stain wiping rags are also notorious for spontaneous combustion, Whenever we did a large oil staining project, at day's end, we would hang the stain-soaked rags in a single, flat layer on any horizontal surface we could utilize to dry overnight. Once the rags were dry, stiff and relatively odor-free, we would discard them. In our area, years ago, a church congregation gathered to stain newly installed woodwork, they tossed their wet stain-soaked wiping rags in brown paper shopping bags at the end of the day, the church burned down overnight due to the rags catching fire.
NOTE: Oily linseed rags are extremely dangerous if not disposed of properly!! Spontaneous combustion will occur even in the open if left overnite. Believe me I know!
The OCD in me at the end sees 3 stripper clips (15 rounds), but also knows the mag holds 10 rounds, so seeing 1.5 mags of ammo... *Internal screaming intensifies...*
If the contact is a bit off at the knox you can always tape it off leaving a 1x1 inch square in the centre of it and bed it there with something like arcaglass.
I get the same lovely results as tung oil using BLO. I rub it in with 1000-2500 wet/dry in circular motion to move the slurry into the grain and pores. 10 coats to restore. Subsequent 2 coats to maintain. Buff with a lint free cloth between coats. heading out to the shop to apply the 8th coat on an old .22 right now.
Great video. It's nice to see it done properly. And more important, instruction people to do it properly. Well done! Current boiled linseed oil has chemicals added to make it dry faster. It's now toxic, when decades ago it was literally boiled linseed oil. RAW linseed oil looks much richer. I have a copy of the A.C.I from 1940 stating RAW linseed oil for Lee Enfields. I warm the raw linseed oil a little before I use it. I don't thin the linseed oil either. Lightly rubbing the oil in with 0000 steel wool will even the finish if the stock is in rough condition. I repeat the linseed oil process until the wood stops absorbing the oil. I let the oil soak in for two days, then use a tooth brush to remove any gelled areas in the stock.
Great video. I bought a No. 4 Mk I in the 1980's and it was sporterized ( in the 1960's) and fitted with a modern civilian style butt stock. It was one of my first mil-surp rifles and the only one I still own. I love shooting it and I have learned how to reload ammo for it. In recent years, thanks to Ebay, I was able to find all the parts to restore it to it's original configuration or as close as I possibly can. I was very fortunate to find someone in England that had quite a few complete sets of NOS (new-old stock) wooden stocks that he got at a surplus auction (his story). I paid dearly for one set and when I finally received it, it was as he said; a complete set of "new", non-issued, wooden parts and I was very pleased. These wood parts I believe are made of either birch or beech wood and are considerably light in color. I often wondered how to coax the wood to be a darker color without using stain. Now, I know I just have to be patient and take a little better care of the wood. Thanks for sharing the info.
Reconditioning the oil finish on your milsurp rifle
Tudenom
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After your rifle gets really wet it's time to recondition the oil finish.