Milsurp After Hours

I bought this on the cheap a few months back.
It had been sporterized; drilled & tapped for a scope.
Previous owner filled in the holes & cold blued the receiver, put on a new scant stock & rear sight assembly.
It was still wearing a sporter bolt & triggerguard when I bought it along with a shiney brass bead front sight.
Bore shines like a mirror!
I replaced the bolt & triggerguard with issued items & covered the front sight.
I bead blasted the receiver & painted it using a Duracoat "Parker" color. I'll have to re-do it with a little more black to get the right shade, but one does not know how the final color will turn out until after curing. It seemed darker when wet.





I began sighting her in, but the heat was unbearable, so it was time to seek refuge in a cool, dry spot.
She sure is purdy!

Congrats on your restoration you did a great job!

ill second that - there are far too many of these wasting away from neglect , thanks for saving this one

Nice job, ois, nice job.

Well, due to the short beaded front sight, this rifle shoots way too high.
I traded my Gibbs 03A3/4 replica away, so I decided to see how this one shoots with the glass.
I recently acquired over a dozen old Weaver scopes from the 30's, 40's, & 50's, along with a few later ones.
Most were in good shape, & two were cannabalized for parts to repair others.
I used a very early KV on this one.


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I mixed some HK black with the gray Parker color to arrive at a better match for the parkerized metal stock fittings.
I then sprayed it on from a longer distance to acheive a flat appearance.


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Weaver offered his scopes for a lower price than his competition. On way he acheived this was by cutting costs on the lenses. While the more expensive lenses were ground from one piece of glass, Weaver used two to three layers of ground glass bonded together with a tranparent adhesive. This adhesive is sometimes attacked by a fungus that leaves the lens looking nery cloudy or opaque. No amount of cleaning can restore the lenses.
The old Weavers disassemble easily enough for cleaning, & this one is now crystal clear.
It is a 2.75X5 variable, with the power adjustmen concealed below a small turret cover just behind the windage adjustment; it was Weavers first variable rifle scope.


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The rifle is very comfortable to shoulder & shoot. I tested it with some M2 ball ammo, & the two groove barrel groups the proper "Minute-Of-Man" at 100 yards. I need to assemble some handloads for this rifle to tighten up the grouping at that distance.

Excellent post thanks.

looks pretty darned good to me too