Duncan, Thanks for the website and the offer to help! I don't see any front wood on it at the present time, but will keep checking back. Looking at the prices I see France has the same bunch of "entrepreneurs" that we have here in the States. :mad: Bands are being offered from 20 Euros to ...

I find myself in need of the front wood for a Lebel M1886 M93. It doesn't have to be pretty, just all there. I don't desperately need any of the metal, but the front and middle bands could be of interest. Lebel parts here in the U.S. are almost non-existent and I am wondering if they are available i...

If I have to use my left hand to aim I'm not responsible for where it ends up........

I didn't realize that one could set the barrel of a M-N back far enough to cut a 30/06 chamber into it.... Of course the .311 to .313 bore diameter should relieve a lot of the pressure from a .308 bullet....

(I'm with the tree and rope crowd.... )

There is another likely reason buried in the story.

Wouldn't have anything to do with the serial number, would it??

Here's one of his more recent shows taking on "Der Donald"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnpO_RTSNmQ

Duncan, Duncan, Duncan..... You know not what you've done...... Next will be carbide bits, then a Quick Change tool post, followed by a collet set and on and on, ad infinitum.... Then that small bench top mill will complete your needs. (and the tooling for it never ends.) (I know from which I speak)...

My first decent SLR was a ME Super and it did pretty much the same thing to me. Being a tightwad, I discovered that you could usually squeeze an extra frame or two out of the end of a roll of film. I did this on a vacation through Canada and when it was time to rewind, it just didn't feel right. I f...

comes out to $4.41 PER ROUND......

But,but,but.....It's reloadable!

Probably don't even want to ask what the dies would cost......