some restoration projects

Jan 2014
79
0
Auburn, WA
This is a Marlin Camp Carbine



A Steyr 1912 9mm



Star model B, the owner wanted a two tone look like the Les Baer 1911s



I did the same thing with this Norinco 1911



Here is a shotgun that I restored awhile back, took forever to find the right stock

 
Jan 2014
79
0
Auburn, WA
This little Colt was in pretty bad shape when I started, the after picture does not do it justice



Here is my Ruger Super Blackhawk, I do not have before pictures as I forgot (the finish was pretty good to start with anyway)

 
Jan 2014
79
0
Auburn, WA
A Winchester Model 60 .22 bolt action


Here is a H&R single shot 12 gauge that I cut the barrel down and reblued, you can see the difference between the oem finish and my reblued finish
 
Jan 2014
79
0
Auburn, WA
another project completed!, This gun started life as a varmit getting at a feed store in downtown Renton sometime in the late 20's, it was retired in the mid 70's and given to the truck driver who delivered feed to local farms. This truck driver was a friend of my Fathers. My Father asked if we could restore the gun, so we took about finding new walnut stocks (to replace the worn out gum wood) and refinishing the steel as well as fixing the mag tube mounts.

See the full write up on my blog here: TINCANBANDIT's Gunsmithing: Father & Son Project


 
Jan 2014
79
0
Auburn, WA
Another one, I bought this sporterized Type 99 Arisaka at a gun show for $35 and it came with a box of Hornady ammo!

Here are the before and after pics:








 
Jan 2009
1,684
0
s. greenlake *****
Holy ****! Nice work.. What kinds of materials are you using (blueing or coatings)
 
Aug 2015
93
2
NORTHERN KALI
Another one, I bought this sporterized Type 99 Arisaka at a gun show for $35 and it came with a box of Hornady ammo!
Here are the before and after pics:





Very nice work. I've a bunch that need similar work. I was thinking of going black oxide.
I've never seen a T99 with a bolt/safety mod like that. Is that something that was common back in the day? Great price BTW. PAX
 
Jan 2014
79
0
Auburn, WA
Very nice work. I've a bunch that need similar work. I was thinking of going black oxide.
I've never seen a T99 with a bolt/safety mod like that. Is that something that was common back in the day? Great price BTW. PAX

the safety was custom made by the gunsmith who sporterized the gun, he also customized the bolt using pieces from a 1903 Springfield, it works perfectly, I would like to meet the guy who did the work.....


more detail and pictures on my blog:

http://tincanbandit.blogspot.com/2014/04/latest-gun-show-find.html

http://tincanbandit.blogspot.com/2014/05/sporterized-arisaka-redux-part-1-dis.html

http://tincanbandit.blogspot.com/2014/08/sporterized-arisaka-redux-part-2.html

http://tincanbandit.blogspot.com/2014/07/sporterized-arisaka-redux-part-3-stock.html

http://tincanbandit.blogspot.com/2014/08/sporterized-arisaka-redux-part-4-bluing.html

http://tincanbandit.blogspot.com/2014/09/sporterized-arisaka-redux-part-5.html
 
Last edited:
Dec 2015
1
0
Taos NM
Greetings TinCan -
I came across this site looking for some ideas for Sporter Arisakas and saw your posts.
You are doing some beautiful work there! I am working on a couple cheap beater sportsterized type99's and type38's and am less than pleased with the existing safeties. Can you perchance post some details of your bolt modified with the Springfield backend? that actually looks very nice as well as being more functional!

yhs
prof marvel
 
Jan 2014
79
0
Auburn, WA
sure, I'll try to get some detailed pictures tomorrow. I have not taken the bolt apart (not sure I want to), but you can probably get the gist of it from the outside

on my blog there are some close-ups of the safety the guy built, it works good, although it only blocks the trigger.
 
Jan 2014
79
0
Auburn, WA
Here are the pictures of the bolt where the Arisaka and Springfield bolts were married (you can see the brass line)
t8dQbf0l.jpg


Kx9NGkSl.jpg


nXIam5Sl.jpg


2jH8epPl.jpg
 
Top