Bad Ass Wallace
06-23-2013, 06:41 AM
I had time off work last week which allowed me to work on a Martini project from bits and pieces that were in the junk pile.
The barrel was just a $25 dollar special from the LGS in the usual condition, very dark bore but strong rifling, the stock some downgraded blanks originally from Geoff Slee and the action, well less than flash and showing lots of abuse over the years.
Despite numerous applications of Hoppes and a bronze brush that bore would not just clean up. I resorted to lapping with steel wool coated with green Dilux abrasive for about 2 hours, before any resemblance of shine started to appear. Fitted the action with an old '94 Win peep sight and a standard 303 foresight to complete that equipment.
The external barrel and action still require a final polish and preparation for blueing. First shots at 50m with cast show a rather promising results with good clean holes but a bit more fine tuning required to lower the trigger pull down from about 6 lbs! Overall for a home project that has only cost me $150 plus a lot of time, I'm bloody happy with the results :Fire::Fire:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/BAWallace/Martini303Sport_A_zps7c5486a0.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/BAWallace/media/Martini303Sport_A_zps7c5486a0.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/BAWallace/Martini303Sport_B_zpsaf0cc5d5.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/BAWallace/media/Martini303Sport_B_zpsaf0cc5d5.jpg.html)
The barrel was just a $25 dollar special from the LGS in the usual condition, very dark bore but strong rifling, the stock some downgraded blanks originally from Geoff Slee and the action, well less than flash and showing lots of abuse over the years.
Despite numerous applications of Hoppes and a bronze brush that bore would not just clean up. I resorted to lapping with steel wool coated with green Dilux abrasive for about 2 hours, before any resemblance of shine started to appear. Fitted the action with an old '94 Win peep sight and a standard 303 foresight to complete that equipment.
The external barrel and action still require a final polish and preparation for blueing. First shots at 50m with cast show a rather promising results with good clean holes but a bit more fine tuning required to lower the trigger pull down from about 6 lbs! Overall for a home project that has only cost me $150 plus a lot of time, I'm bloody happy with the results :Fire::Fire:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/BAWallace/Martini303Sport_A_zps7c5486a0.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/BAWallace/media/Martini303Sport_A_zps7c5486a0.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/BAWallace/Martini303Sport_B_zpsaf0cc5d5.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/BAWallace/media/Martini303Sport_B_zpsaf0cc5d5.jpg.html)