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Some of you may remember my post earlier this year about my new project, a 1897 Tula M91 in a sorry state that I named Old Rusty........well I was finally able to collect her from my dealer last Thursday as they were able to open again after easing of the Covid lockdown that we have had in the UK since the start of January.
Here is the original thread with some photos of how she looked......
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Yesterday I spent around 5 hours cleaning up the small parts, the bolt assembly, magazine and floorplate/follower assembly and I’m really pleased with how they have turned out.I used very fine bronze wool and plenty of Ballistol, as well as quite a bit of patience!
Today I spent a good few hours carefully cleaning the sling slot escutcheons, I took my time as I cleaned them up in situ as I didn’t want to risk trying to remove the screws as they probably wouldn’t come out without being damaged.The buttplate and its screws were rather rusty and I did think the screws would be a nightmare to remove but a bit of penetrating oil and a clean of the screw slots (plus a tap with a small hammer on the screwdriver bit before attempting to undo them!) saw them undo relatively easily.I then carefully cleaned what seemed like 124 years of muck and grime off the stock which now looks much better.The wood was very dry so it has had a first coat of oil and is now drying......will post some pics of the stock in detail once it’s done and I’m happy with it.
It turns out there is quite a mix of parts to Old Rusty, the stock is a New England Westinghouse stock and the other parts are a mix of Tula and Izhevsk and I think the cocking piece may be from a Chauteraullt as it has a C in a circle stamp on the top.
Anyway, here’s some pics of progress so far......
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Here is the original thread with some photos of how she looked......
New Year.....New project
I’ll start off with two things, one is that old M91’s aren’t exactly common over here and the second is I’m a sucker for old orphans in need of some tlc. With that in mind my interest was piqued when I spotted a 1897 Tula advertised on a website that was “open to offers” so I contacted the...
www.gunboards.com
Yesterday I spent around 5 hours cleaning up the small parts, the bolt assembly, magazine and floorplate/follower assembly and I’m really pleased with how they have turned out.I used very fine bronze wool and plenty of Ballistol, as well as quite a bit of patience!
Today I spent a good few hours carefully cleaning the sling slot escutcheons, I took my time as I cleaned them up in situ as I didn’t want to risk trying to remove the screws as they probably wouldn’t come out without being damaged.The buttplate and its screws were rather rusty and I did think the screws would be a nightmare to remove but a bit of penetrating oil and a clean of the screw slots (plus a tap with a small hammer on the screwdriver bit before attempting to undo them!) saw them undo relatively easily.I then carefully cleaned what seemed like 124 years of muck and grime off the stock which now looks much better.The wood was very dry so it has had a first coat of oil and is now drying......will post some pics of the stock in detail once it’s done and I’m happy with it.
It turns out there is quite a mix of parts to Old Rusty, the stock is a New England Westinghouse stock and the other parts are a mix of Tula and Izhevsk and I think the cocking piece may be from a Chauteraullt as it has a C in a circle stamp on the top.
Anyway, here’s some pics of progress so far......
