Your restorations….

[geezer]

How about some before and after pictures of your personal rifle/pistol restoration projects you have completed yourself, or are well underway with…they don’t have to be perfect show winning work, just what you feel improved a beater…

 

[N.Ga.Trader]

M1903 A4 that had been sporterized, luckily no permanent alterations had been made and I was able to return it to a military configuration


Before;

 

[N.Ga.Trader]

M1903 A4

After:

 

[geezer]

M1903 A4

After:
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Very nice! Exactly what I was looking for in this thread. Thank you for contributing.

 

[N.Ga.Trader]

Very nice! Exactly what I was looking for in this thread. Thank you for contributing.

Thank you! It's definitely one of my favorites. It's one of my bucket list firearms that I never thought I would own. I figured the closest I would get would be a clone but this one is an actual 03-A4. It has the correct offset markings on the receiver.

 

[alleycat]

Great idea for a thread

 

[geezer]

Great idea for a thread

I KNOW you got some good ones!

 

[RiverBend]

I restored this one from leftover nuts from a previous build

 

[alleycat]

I KNOW you got some good ones!

I’ve had some great projects but I’ve been horrible with taking “before” pictures. I’ll see what I can scare up

 

[geezer]

I restored this one from leftover nuts from a previous build
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That’s just NUTS, man, just nuts.