Kind of like the one in the upper left??? (The other 3 are real..)

OUCH!! 150 Euros? That's twice what I paid for the rifle! :shock: No wonder I've been having trouble finding parts.. Actually a little over 1/2 of the forestock is still there. Somebody just shortened it back to just ahead of the tubular magazine.. Didn't touch the barrel and even moved the front ba...

1st - What would be the odds on finding wood for a M1886 Lebel? (primarily a forestock, but a buttstock would also be nice.)

2nd - What be the chance of importing it to the States?

and finally 3rd - At what cost.....???

Dean

There aren't enough corners in the room....

Film advance lever locks up at third exposure every time. Must be a gear problem of some sort.

That's probably why the side covering had been removed and replaced......

deadin.......... You obviously don't think building these are a good idea, or even having this style of semi-auto rifle I was only speaking for myself. I see nothing wrong with someone else building and/or owning one. As I said, I might even be tempted to build one (and then I would also own one. ;...

As I admitted, building one might be fun. Building a bunch of them might be a sickness. What would someone do with a couple of dozen homebuilts that they can't legally get rid of? Even if you put serial numbers on them, they're still homebuilt and can't be sold or transferred. (Unless the builder re...

I took a look at these and came to the conclusion that making one might be a fun project, but that's about all. By the time you buy all the parts to assemble one, you really won't save all that much and you might have a can of worms when it comes to function. As for having a "untraceable" ...

That's the one!! I even have a couple of bulk loaders around here somewhere. (The one's where you don't need a darkbag or darkroom to load the cassettes.)

If you are planning to reload the cassette, you are going to have to open it anyway to get the new film attached to the spool. I used to have a bunch of cassettes that had a threaded end so they were easy to open and close. (I may still have a few around somewhere....) Another trick that sometimes w...