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Does your GSG still shoot high with the replacement Dawson sights? If not can you please let me know what size Dawson sights you used.

Frangiblebullets.com I bought a box of 500. They give you load data as well, and some very detailed instructions .

US military wood gunstocks prior to WWII were immersed in tubs full of heated raw linseed oil. The stocks took quite some time to dry. I am not sure of the exact year when the US switched over to Tung oil. There is a difference between tung oil and tung oil finish. TOF has additives in it to make it dry quicker. TOF tends to gum up when multiple coats are applied. Tung oil does a better job keeping the moisture out of the stocks than BLO. There was an article a few years ago about the national matches when they had massive down pours during the matches. The shooters that has stocks finished with BLO had issues with stock swelling. BLO finishes tend to be glossier, while Tung Oil will give you a matte finish. For cleaning I have used mineral spirits, acetone, or denatured alcohol. Not in any type of combination, depends on what i have on hand. If the stock is really saturated with grease or cosmoline I have used an oven on low temps to heat up the stock. The cosmoline/grease will come to the surface. However, there are some rifle stocks that still ooze cosmoline when they get heated up from shooting no matter how much I thought they were clean. I have on occasion used the dishwasher on high temp wash with a no heat dry to clean up a stock and steam out dings and dents. No soap added and you have to let the stock air dry for a few days before you want to do any work to it. Only use the dishwasher method if you don't care about loosing any arsenal stamps. Also, only use the dishwasher and oven if the wife is not home.

Thought I would show off a blonde with all those nice brunettes..

Nice collection of stamps on that one stock. Dave, who made the 03 rifles (Rock Island or Springfield Armory), and who made the 03-A3 rifles (Smith Corona or Remington)? Also, was your Winchester a Dane return? Lets see who can name all the arsenals that did the rebuilds on those rifles (besides the SA /GHS).

The bullet test is not the correct way to check for ME (muzzle erosion) for an M1 Garand rifle. There are commercially available guages to check TE (Throat Erosion) and MW. http://forums.thecmp.org/showthread.php?t=3520 However, I have some M1 Garands with barrels that swallow the muzzle guage and shoot better than other barrels that gauge new. Go figure. When I go to the gun shows I bring a set of headspacing guages (go and no-go {I need to get a field gauge}), TE / ME guages, and a good bore light. I have never bought a complete M1 Garand at a gun show. This is due to the major markup dealers put on standard Service Grade M1 Garands at the gun shows. Dealers are marking up the prices 2, 3 or 4 hundred dollars more than if you just bought them from the CMP directly. If this is a convenience fee, forget it. If you never had an M1 Garand before the best way to get one is from the CMP. Fill out the application, submit the required documents, and wait. More likely than not you will get an awesome piece of US history. Sorry for the threat hijack I have however, found some really great parts, or that hard to find part at a great price.

IIRC I think it was governor Florio that signed the NJ assault weapons ban into Law. One other over looked law concerning the "Colt Match Target Rifle" (you can't really own an AR15 in the peoples republic of Jersey) is no lower receiver can be marked: "AR15" or "M4" if its marked like that, its considered an assault weapon. Its in the fine print of the 2C:39 or 58 section. I confirmed this with the NJSP firearms unit. So you can have the same receiver, made to the same specs, exact same dimensions, but if it is marked something different like "Z4" or "AR17" its not an assault weapon. Couldn't you find a house on the PA side of the Delaware River and just commute.

Here's my tag that I found beneath the buttplate of my K31.

I used citrus stripper from Home Depot. Get a cheap chip paint brush and apply on liberally. Wait about 10 minutes and wipe off. Use mineral spirits to clean up. Mine looks exactly the same color as the one pictured above. I gave it a very light sanding with 400 grit sand paper, and again wiped clean with mineral spirits. I finished it with BLO. Applied one coat a day for about a week. About day 5 I sanded it with 00 steel wool. Two more coats were then applied. The final coating was Beeswax, turpentine, and BLO mixed together to make a paste. Apply it like you are going to wax your car. Buff off excess after about 15 to 20 minutes (depends on consistency of your BW/TURP/BLO mix. After is stripped off the shellac, I did find some arsenal stamps in the stock that I did not notice before.

I've probably shot with a few of you @ OBRPC in the steel matches. I usually shoot with a bunch of other guys that don't take ourselves to seriously, and have a good time at the matches. We are usually very entertaining to all the RO's.