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by piaggior
July 13th, 2010, 12:26 am
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: My New IMA antique
Replies: 7
Views: 7180

Re: My New IMA antique

Well, it's all apart, and everything looks great. All my screws are alright, but I'll probably replace the band screws. I am missing the cleaning rod stop, so I guess I need to make one tomorrow.

What brand of cold blue do you use, Norm? All of your's look perfect!
by piaggior
July 11th, 2010, 7:32 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: My New IMA antique
Replies: 7
Views: 7180

Re: My New IMA antique

Good, glad to hear it's not that bad. Tomorrow, I will take all of the metal parts to my work to put in the solvent tank to clean up.

Do you blast and reblue, or just clean the rust and leave it as is?
by piaggior
July 10th, 2010, 7:41 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: My New IMA antique
Replies: 7
Views: 7180

Re: My New IMA antique

Well, it didn't look as good as I was hoping, but it really doesn't look as bad as I thought it might. It's all pretty clean except for these two pitted spots: http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x257/piaggior/gahendra009-1.jpg http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x257/piaggior/gahendra010.jpg What do ...
by piaggior
July 9th, 2010, 6:47 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: My New IMA antique
Replies: 7
Views: 7180

My New IMA antique

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x257/piaggior/KnottsBerryFarm036.jpg http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x257/piaggior/KnottsBerryFarm034.jpg http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x257/piaggior/KnottsBerryFarm033.jpg This is my new purchase from IMA. It looks pretty good, so far. I am a little worri...
by piaggior
July 2nd, 2010, 2:25 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns
Replies: 15
Views: 12966

Re: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns

I think I have at lest one of every rifle IMA sells of the un cleaned ones NORM I would really like to get there. I might be a little late to the game, but I'll try to catch up slowly. I am really interested in the Brown Bess and Three Band Enfield, but my wood working skills are a bit questionable.
by piaggior
July 2nd, 2010, 4:45 am
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns
Replies: 15
Views: 12966

Re: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns

Norm, It looks like your getting mighty close to 0.1% of all Gahendra's made!
by piaggior
July 2nd, 2010, 4:41 am
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns
Replies: 15
Views: 12966

Re: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns

The shipping is a little slow to Arizona, so I have to wait until Thursday for mine. If it turns out in decent shape, I might order something else in a couple of weeks.
by piaggior
June 27th, 2010, 4:28 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns
Replies: 15
Views: 12966

Re: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns

Thanks Norm. I will start a thread once I receive it. I'm sure I'll have alot of questions about it. My daughter is even starting to get excited about it, she's asked to see IMA's website a couple of times today.
by piaggior
June 27th, 2010, 4:10 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns
Replies: 15
Views: 12966

Re: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns

Thanks Norm, that's the way I will go then. If I can get one to look half as good as any of yours, I'll be very happy.
by piaggior
June 27th, 2010, 3:01 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns
Replies: 15
Views: 12966

Re: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns

normsutton wrote:piaggior

if you plan to shoot it don't buy a Francotte Henry , their barrels are to tight , and the actions are week

NORM

Is that why they are priced so cheaply? How about the Gahendra rifles? I'm not real sure of my restoration skills, so I'd like to start as cheap as possible.
by piaggior
June 27th, 2010, 2:18 am
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns
Replies: 15
Views: 12966

Re: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns

Those are beautiful, Norm! I have been thinking about buying on of the Martini Henry rifles for a project for my daughter and myself.
by piaggior
June 11th, 2010, 4:56 am
Forum: General P-64 Discussion
Topic: Slide Lock Questions from New P-64 Owner
Replies: 9
Views: 7174

Re: Slide Lock Questions from New P-64 Owner

The Desantis nemesis is great for a P64 pocket carry. ^^^ :mrgreen: what size? http://www.p64resource.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1646&start=0 I see that this poster recommends the desantis nemesis for the Sig230. does that one fit the best or is there another size that you guys recommend...
by piaggior
June 10th, 2010, 4:21 am
Forum: General P-64 Discussion
Topic: Slide Lock Questions from New P-64 Owner
Replies: 9
Views: 7174

Re: Slide Lock Questions from New P-64 Owner

The Desantis nemesis is great for a P64 pocket carry.
by piaggior
May 26th, 2010, 4:38 pm
Forum: General P-64 Discussion
Topic: problems with Sellier & Bellot ammo
Replies: 21
Views: 15030

Re: problems with Sellier & Bellot ammo

I've had really good luck with S&B ammo. Was this the new production brass cased ammo? I had some of their older steel cased ammo that worked fine for me also, but it was definately older ammo.
by piaggior
May 26th, 2010, 3:52 pm
Forum: Other firearms...
Topic: Help me decide!
Replies: 11
Views: 8390

Re: Help me decide!

I like both, but I prefer the Makarov because of it's simplicity. I think it has only 30 parts total. I once refinished a CZ-82 and was amazed by how many parts it had.