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    Posted: August 07 2019 at 4:23pm
a few days of cleaning, black enamel removal, cold blueing. Wood crack repair. And minor refinish repairs is now worth the effort.
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It certainly cleaned up nice. The Indian rifles do have a lot of that black paint slathered on them and it can be hard to remove. Have you shot it yet?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Frameman 1 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 08 2019 at 6:36am
I’ll be doing that this afternoon. I’m hoping it’s fairly accurate with the 18.8” barrel. 
The faux Jungle Carbine work was done before I got it.
Nonetheless I enjoyed the process.
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Gibbs Rifle Co. Typically was the one that made the NoIMkIII* Jungle Carbine. I personally  like the look alot. Nice rifle sir.  
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Thank you. Hard work pays off.
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very nice , you got a keeper there 

the ausies made the real NoIMkIII* Jungle Carbine or no 6 in 303 but in so few numbers that they are one of the rarest to find and very expensive , 
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Yeah! Just like fake boobs, their not real but are still fun to look at and touch.WinkWink
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I was thinking of doing an Aussie No6 mkI, I know where there is a nice Lith Go sporter that would make an excellent donor, but with out paying a machinist big bucks to fab unique parts associated with these trial rifles it`d just be another chopped smle with a no5 muzzle device.
Parts referred to, unique flash hider with bolt on protector ears, rear aperture sight dove tailed into charger bridge/charger bridge re configured or remade to accommodate said sight, and or a rear flip up sight like the No4/5 singer type, plus the attachment point, drilling out bolt knob, lightening receiver and thinning the trigger guard, about all I could do would be the wood work
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You’re right! That job would require not only real tools but real skills. I’m sure you can find that person but at what price.
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it would be an undertaking for the younger than i but i think a sporter doaner would be the way to go and if i were younger i might think about it , 
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Young or old isn’t the major issue, it’s the knowledge that is the determining factor.
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When you consider that these were basically re worked Auzzie No1`s, thats easy, whats not is having a well equipt`d shop like the lithgow shop must have been.
Give a guy a drawing and ask him to bang out a couple hundred....
Now a-days a cnc shop would probably charge you a few hundred dollars just to do a one-off.
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agreed - the shop is the key ,the time is the next part , life happens while we are making plans 
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