Recent content by ZG47A

An actual gunsmith can make parts, as necessary. Some people who work on firearms are simply parts fitters with zero trade training.

I wasn't trying to be nasty. Basic French instructions are pretty easy to translate, especially where you are familiar with the type of material that will be in the manual. Gauche is left, droit is right and most of the nouns should be pretty easy. NB Some French academic type has reportedly...

Not that hard to understand French. You should be able to get by with a genuine pocket French to English dictionary unless ... this is just a pathetic excuse to avoid the missus' job list:D!

The Sportsmatch rings are excellent and … so well made that I can mix sets, i.e. use a single screw ring mount with a twin screw ring mount when mounting a scope on a .22 bolt action OR a very short .22 self-loader. I bought my first set over 30 years ago and they are still going strong. One of...

In regard to electric primers, sone years back I heard about a Royal Marine who carried his HK wunderwaffen up by the radar arrays on his ship. I knew what had happened before the story was completed. The electromagnetic radiation set off the rifle. He stopped it by removing the magazine. I...

Contessa makes a Picatinny base specifically for the Model 54 receiver.

Thank you for showing this rifle. It is a work of art and … as a Range Officer, I prefer a wooden ramrod for the safety check🙂. Cheers from NZ🇳🇿.

Back in WW2, a batch of .30 cal ammo sent to the Pacific theatre reportedly fouled so badly that only the Johnson rifle, Johnson LMG and the Browning 1919 could use it! That sort of ammo tolerance has to be a point in favour of the Johnson system.

Merci. Tres bon.

Beautiful work. Saving a piece of first class joinery.

Good combo. Do you tend to leave the scope on it's brightest setting for dawn and dusk hunting?

Sorry. Addressed wrong person. Bit worn out, coming up to Christmas and bouncing between work sites. Have a good week!

Kimberly 82G. I assume that it is the standard American 3/8" groove designed for target diopter sights.

By the way ... what is the dovetail type on those rifles?

Nice find.