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Its straight forward, the article says it just as it is. Just make sure the lugs go in the notch 100% on a go gauge

As a side note, last time i was in Nigeria they were selling 16`s cheaper than aks. When i asked why they said, those guns are good for nothing.

I have been out of the country for the past couple of months, and will be for the next few months. I head over to the lovely Democratic Republic of Congo next. Once i do finally get home and re-Americanized i`ll take you up on your offer.

Shootin irons is a lost art nick. Only us loyal riflemen use irons, the newer generation is spray and pray or if you dontt have glass on a rifle it isnt capable of hitting anything.

Dude, step away from the crack pipe..........

Eh, yall can keep your plastic. Im gonna stick with stopping power and reliability. You can fantasize all you want about becoming a post apocalyptic "operator." But i am planning on making every shot count so i'll need some stopping power. I am thinking about motor oil as a lube, not space age teflon or amphibian lube or whatever they are peddling on ar15.com this week. How many levers are 100yrs old or more and still taking deer?

Didn`t yall know plastic makes everything from women to guns better

Damn....... the poor thing. If ya really wanna cry look on gunbroker for remington mosin. Someone put an archangel atock on one and put a cheap scope on the poor thing

Either a 14 or an ak, both have proven track records for reliability and stopping power

Some people have visions of playing call of duty in real life, and some have done it in real life. I for one have used the 16 in the butthole of the world and it let me and my crew down frequently. Everything from hajji being drugged up and getting hit multiple times with a 556 but still stays in the fight, to seeing American servivemen either killed or injured because of failures of their weapon. Trust me from experience being in the shit isnt like a video game or being at the range at cherry ridge, you get dirt and dust in places you never thought you could get dirt, and in real life nothing is worse than a weapon failure. Nothing is like having to shout to your crew that your weapon jammed, and hearing someone else shout back me too. There is more to weapons reliability testing than youtube videos, ar15.com, and shooting at the range. I carried one in real life and seen all of its inadequacies in real life, i for one will never carry one again if my life depends on it

At least with lever you know its gonna cycle and not go "click....o shit"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Model_1895

actually at one point in time they did, it was called the 1895 winchester.......

Wow, cant believe this is even a discussion. Lever all day any day. Manual operated vs DI.... A round that is proven itself as a reliable round for deer vs a round that many states say is illegal to use for deer because it isn't large enough. The benefits are definately leaning 1 way, proven reliability of a lever gun with a prove track record for big game, vs a gun that craps where it eats and they just keep blaming all its issues on ammunition since the day it was fielded.

I have used alumahyde a couple of times and it is bulletproof. Hasn't shown much wear at all. Duracoat is just buying into the hype, they got their name out there and everyone thinks the stuff is magic. Pay enough advertisers and even an old Yugo comes out sounding like a Corvette.

damn I am trapped offshore doing nothing but work.... it's killing me seeing all these awesome black friday deals. But I've been averaging 122 hours per week this time so when I get home in january I I will make my own Black Friday

wow after reading this thread I never knew my frogs needed to be lubricated..... just shows ya learn something every day. I use 100% mobil 1 synthetic, its great stuff for guns. Dont buy into marketing and gimmicks...... if you do I got a bridge to sell if ya are interested.

Well I managed to snag a shilen barrel blank in a LARGE caliber for almost nothing this morning, and since the Jap actions were the strongest actions ever made I am going to go play with this one. I am not going to use the fancy maple blank on it but if I remember right I picked up at an auction last year a few bastogne walnut blanks at an auction, Dan I think you were with me. But anywho, I am going to build something from the Jap and I promise it's gonna be wild. Considering the donor gun I am using, this years project is named "Godzilla." Stay tuned in January when I get home from work because I promise this thing is going to be wild! I am going to do a step by step build like I did with the Monster Mosin so hopefully the write ups will be semi educational.

Well every year I go ahead and build a gun over the winter. Something to take up the time when the snow is falling and there is nothing else to do. Well I have had a piece of junk ghetto sporter Jap type 99 in my shop that keeps getting kicked from one corner or workbench to another so I am going to be using this as a donor gun. I have Douglas .308 diameter 6 groove blank sitting on the shelf, and the most impressive Exhibition grade qilted maple stock blank and some EAW swing scope mounts. So here is what I need from 'yall. Gimme some input... what caliber should I chamber in, Stock style, thumbhole, tactitard, monte carlo, or manlicher. Bull barrel, sporter, or target barrel profile. Polish and leave in the white, gloss or matte blue. I am planning on doing a flame blue on the small parts. So lets have fun.... gimme some input of how it should be made and we'll see how it comes out. Here is a pic I found online of what quilted maple looks like. My blank is like this but with a darker color and tighter swirls.

research the difference between a traditional cut rifling and hammer forged barrels. Ask any gunsmith that has a bore scope which he prefers......... it wont be hammer forged. On the last full blown target rifle build I did, I went through 7 hammer forged barrels until I got one with an accecptable throat. These barrels were from a very well and respected manufacturer too. I will say it wasn't my gun I was building, but It was up my alley.... an AR with a Unertl! now thats classy.....

I gotta say the antiquated permit process. What a waste of time and resources. Second our AWB has to go.

Here is the monster mosin i built with a rattle can and some masking tape. Put your base color down over the entire gun, then mask off your stripes and spray with your second color and do highlights with a small paint brush. I like brownells alumahyde, it's tough as nails.

Why a wall hanger? They are better built and more capable than half the plastic on the shelf? Pick one up and shoot it and it will be love at first "ping." NICE GUN Dave!

The mosin does not headspace from the bolt body just the bolt head. If you just put in a new bolt body with a bent handle you are good, if it is a complete bolt assembly take the bolt head from your old bolt and put it on the new one and you are good. no big issue here.

A friend recently gave me a complete collection of American Rifleman from 1937 to 1945. I am sitting here and reading and going wow, what the heck happened to this magazine. There are full gunsmithing tutorials, shooting instruction, all around a great gun mag. If it was the same way and style today I would be willing to pay top dollar for a subscription. It seems now that gun mags are just paid advertisments, worthless junk. And I have to admit looking at some of the ad's in the back make you chuckle. WTS unissued 1903 springfields in the wrap never fired $6.50 WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!