Milsurp After Hours

Ahh Well Duncan at least you still have a k 11 that you can use and if your rifle is substandard you can post the bayonet and other bits and pieces to me , They should fit my k11

It has arrived in Bordeaux and is being prepared for delivery

No sooner posted the last one and it arrived



Will open it when I get over the shock

Just unpacked it and am about to take some pics. Initial observation is that it needs a damn good clean, the wood needs refurbishing and the metal bits have some surface rust in places. Nothing serious though.
It chambers and ejects rounds with no problem
Rifle serial is; 320057
Magazine serial; 154540
Stock serial; 99156 - St Gallen.
No owners label under the butt plate.

Heavenly days! It arrived! No wonder it was a bit rusty. It was a long journey.

Just finished stripping it and taking photo's. The stock serial matches the barrel/breech/bolt so the only piece that doesn't match is the magazine....................Question! What kind of finish should the wood be?

Glad you actually have it in your own hands!!! ........
It took 4 months (122 days) from the time you won the auction, that's a long time......


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Images taken today of the G11 as it was received yesterday ( not in bits! ). It needs some TLC, especially the bore!

Yay! It's finally arrived!

Okay, when I decide to refinish my old Swiss rifles I use this recipe. It's supposed to be the old one for the old walnut stocks.

30% Turpentine
30% Linseed oil (raw, not the boiled kind)
30% fruit (wine) vinegar
10% bee's wax

The hardest part is heating the liquid to melt the wax into it. Or maybe finding raw linseed oil is the hardest part. Waiting for real bee's wax and not some petrol paraffin substitute to arrive in the mail is really hard too.

Be careful heating all this flammable stuff to melt the wax! Once the wax is dissolved into the mix it stays dissolved. You can melt the wax in a separate container and the pour it in but it will harden when it hits the cool liquid. That's why you'll probably end up needing to heat it all anyway.

Rub it on with some kind of lint free cloth. Try applying the first coat warm. Drying times may be long time because raw linseed oil does not have drying agents in it like the stuff found in a hardware store. I think I left my Vetterli stock up for a couple of weeks for the second coat. Waiting might be the hardest part. Yeah, it is.

But the finish that this gives is wonderful. Not super shiny and not that sort of plastic feel that some finishes give. It's more like satin. With the wax in it I bet you can buff it to a shine if you want. I only ever use two coats.

You can store the finish in a can for other projects.

Hope this helps!

-ArchFluffy

The plan is this Arch.......
Because the range will be closed for the annual holiday until August 18th I am going to give all parts a serious cleaning and de-rusting. The bore needs some serious cleaning as well.

The only part of your recipe I don't have is the vinegar but that is easy to find. A bain marie pan should mix everything without a problem.

Before I do I will put a couple of rounds through it in the garden to make sure it cycles OK.