you want to rub it down with bee's wax and buff it with a cloth ,it seals the oils in and gives a nice sheen that boiled linseed oil lacks once its soaked in ,cheap as chips as well ,trust me you'l love the finish.
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Gavin, good point. I had actually taken out the beeswax last night. Fortunately I had a fresh container as I use as part of the bullet lubes for my muzzle loaders. I had forgotten about it and on just checking the rifle, in our present heat wave I note it is sweating (like the real thing), so that should help seal it in.
I had read up and they say in war time they fined guys for having shiny rifles. Though with the linseed drying and the steel wool I got the surface nice and smooth.
I agree about the magazine. I solved the original leaks and since then it has held gas without any problems at all. I even have it shooting at a nice 350fps.
My opinion is that once fettled and refinished, these can be a good solid gun. I just wish there were spare mags for them. (Pic of mine on pg 3)
Tin, as per the original I just made speed loaders that function much like the original stripper clips, you fit the tube over the mag BB feed and just push down. So like the original I keep the magazine in place, pull back the bolt and feed in a new "stripper-clip".
The real one
The airsoft one, the cutaways are for the ears on the BB feed, and the end of the tube is pinched to hold the BB's in the 6mm ID tube, with a rod on the other side. There is a short length of rubber pipe to keep the rod in place to the end of the tube.
Interesting.
I might have a stab at making a few of those.
The bright red of the stock of my Iron airsoft SMLE finally got to me.
I pulled apart and ran an electric finishing sander over the parts. I gave it 5 coats of Walnut stain, 1 coat of raw linseed oil and there after about 12 coats of boiled linseed oil and finishing with steel wool, between each coat.
I didn't want one of the very dark finishes and I wanted a beech wood colour. The wood came out fairly near and should darken with age and use and reoiling. I see even the yellow speccles one sees in beech wood.
Interestingly I have not used the rifle in about a year, but the magazine was accidently left charged and I see it does not leak and still shoots very straight, though a fair amount of mods went into this to get it right.
That looks fantastic! Nice work!
