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I will keep my eyes open for another $20 mosin for you. From there it is mainly all hand tools. Other than having the barrel spun on the lathe, the only power tools I used is a drill. Everything else was hand tools. It is so far a cheap and easy project, just VERY time consuming.

I was shooting the sh*t with a friend today and we were both discussing how we try to buy American made goods whenever possible or feasible. We came up with the idea that companies that have not been in trouble for employing illegals within 5 years get to have a special sticker or label on their goods. It is public knowledge which companies have been trouble for employing them, just do a google search. Have a universal symbol for all approved manufacturers that is placed right by the made in the USA label. I know myself I would go out of my way to buy goods that were made by law abiding, tax paying American workers. How about you?

I still have an absolute ton of filing, sanding and filling before I get to fiberglass it. I still have to figure out an end cap, I am going to use the psl butt plate. Like I said before all joints are doweled and glued but I am going to put a solid couple of layers of fiberglass on it to tie it all together. Once I get a test fire out of it I am planning on doing a vietnam style tiger stripe using duracoat over the entire rifle, scope and all. My name is Eric and they call me BUBBA! :mrgreen:

look into a yugo mauser, they are currently cheap only a little more than a mosin. Most are in truly unissued condition with new barrels and all. I have a bunch of them and they are really tack drivers out of the box. http://www.classicarms.us/firearms.htm

I made a ton of progress today. I roughed out a fore end on the stock and drilled and tapped the receiver for the scope mount. Scope is mounted and ready to rock. rounded the trigger guard a little to be more comfortable. Pics coming when I get a chance. Damn it sucks waiting for glue to dry!

to try not to disturb any of the bluing I'd recommend bronze wool. not as harsh but a little more work to remove the rust.

Yup and the MG42 shipps tomorrow

Thanks for the best wishes everyone. I finally got off the rig today and will be flying in tomorrow. Now I have 3 weeks of much needed time off!

I get home from work on Tuesday and am a milsurp addict. I have to head to sarco anyway, so if you want help picking something out over there just let me know and we can meet up. Also up in NW jersey, and eastern PA there seems to be no limit to surplus. If you are willing to drive out there pm me and I will give a list of shops that are definitely worth stopping at.

I get off the rig on Monday, maybe I should bring a few sacks home.....

I am OK. The rig that had the blow out was the Horizon I am on the Nautilus, not too far from us(actually kinda close). The rig is our sister rig, exact same setup as us. Last night you could see the flames and explosions from our rig, really scary stuff. I actually cannot even begin to describe how much it lit up the night sky. I am praying for the best for everyone that is going through hell over there right now, and ask that everyone else please say a prayer for them too. I will keep yall posted as I find more out.

One last thing I can think of before replacing the assembly is to check the function without the stock on. With the stock off and the mag screwed onto the receiver try cycling. If it works without the stock check to see if the stock is relieved a little to allow full travel of the interuptor. I have had to dremel one in on a couple of mosins. As for a new interruptor try Sarco http://e-sarcoinc.com/search.aspx?find=mosin&page=2or http://www.buymilsurp.com or if all else fails, I get home from work in a week so just give me a shout then.

try turning the interuptor around. It is a common mistake to put it in backwards. you want the 90

Looks SWEET Ted. Really looks good, hopefully they shoot as good as they look!

If my schedule holds up I should be able to make it!

I am bored, who wants to join

Welcome to the jungle, we got fun and games!

well just got the email. 3 weeks to wait!

you will be shocked at how much more accurate an m39 is compared to a mosin. I gotta say she sure is purdy!

When the snipers are done, swing by and I will show yall how to "sniper" a trigger. Ted knows what I am talking about

Mr. Ted and I are good friends. We actually bird dog for eachother when shopping.

WOW!!!!!! the semi MG is a GO! I have one being shipped from the manufacturer to a place to get modified to be NJ legal! So hopefully by the time I get home, I should have a semi auto MG42 waiting on me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mrgreen: CR WATCH OUT

Damn that sucks that I am at work! It is literally 5 minutes from my house :x

Thanks a million for the link Jeff, I emailed them right away. Even though they are out of stock currently I am hoping they let me pre-order. I have a big bonus coming in at work soon and have always wanted one of these. So hopefully by the summer we can meet up at CR and play with the MG-42!!!!!!!