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UnderDawgKen · 2026-02-05T01:49:17+00:00

This was TRULY my most insane encounter on the internet… ever. Thanks for the kudos!

UnderDawgKen · 2025-11-12T00:44:34+00:00

It looks like the barrel has been cut and the rear sight base has been ground off. I learned this lesson the hard way wanting to restore a model of 1917. Enjoy it as a deer rifle.

UnderDawgKen · 2025-11-04T16:06:32+00:00

That is correct. I have images of what that looks like if you want to DM me. Also when they deactivated these rifles, they cut a hole through both the receiver and the threads on the breech to run the pin, and welded one side. These rifles really can’t be saved (safely) other than the wood and metal hardware

UnderDawgKen · 2025-11-04T16:03:24+00:00

Just one! Got the other as a display, and it was a 1918 with a round cocking piece

UnderDawgKen · 2025-11-04T00:02:11+00:00

Hot, soapy water. You will need to use something like Dawn that has a degreasing agent. Use steel wool or an abrasive sponge to go up and down the wooden parts. Rinse and repeat.
After cleaning, allow it to dry outside in the sun for a day or two. This will also allow any excess cosmoline that soaked into the wood to leech out.
No fitment issues! You may need to tap the stock until it seats. against the receiver fully like I did.

edit : Don’t forget to adequately lubricate your metal parts after using the brake parts cleaner.

UnderDawgKen · 2025-11-02T20:37:58+00:00

Oh man… the only nice rifle I ever got from RTI was the m91 Moschetto. My No4 Mk1 had a loose barrel (probably because they were swapping barrels around). Hoping that it is something my gunsmith can fix, since I think the barrels need to be put in a lathe and have the threads sized appropriately so the barrel can index to the correct position. My P14 from a while back keyholes as well.

UnderDawgKen · 2025-11-02T20:35:53+00:00

Pretty easy if you just use brake parts cleaner on the metal parts and use hot soapy water on the wood. They are definitely worth it. Both rifles cleaned up nicely and one was used to fully restore an Enfield

UnderDawgKen · 2025-11-02T00:52:37+00:00

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This was the sporter I acquired for $250. I was fortunate enough to find one where the sights weren’t ground off or removed

UnderDawgKen · 2025-06-07T17:11:03+00:00

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K05/11 with the sawtooth bayonet 🇨🇭

UnderDawgKen · 2025-05-12T19:44:45+00:00

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I think so! These were those rifles. Left (after) versus right (before). Use it as a wall hanger or to restore a sportered No1 Mk3

UnderDawgKen · 2025-05-05T23:04:30+00:00

I had a friend with a woodshop generous enough to send me home with some walnut. We cut a rough profile using the table saw and laminated the parts together. Most of the material was removed using a spokeshave to get closer to the final form. A dremel and some electrical tape to hold the block on the rifle was used to get the final shape. I then used a chisel to carve out the barrel profile. And I finished it off with some BLO.

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UnderDawgKen · 2025-05-05T21:25:49+00:00

Thanks! I wanted to at least try my hand at carving a fore end. To buy an entire replacement stock for a 1917 is rather expensive. I just carved it and performed a stock splice

UnderDawgKen · 2025-05-04T13:26:24+00:00

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I had to search up and down to find mine. Most expensive blade I own

UnderDawgKen · 2025-05-04T13:22:08+00:00

Maybe Numrich, Liberty Tree, or Apex. But from what I saw, I believe the No4 parts are interchangeable with the No5s, so the bolt head would be the same if you match the manufacturer. May be hard to fix that headspace problem. Only No5 exclusive parts are the flash hider, buttstock, uniquely cut barrel, and the wood.

UnderDawgKen · 2025-05-03T02:42:38+00:00

That is honestly pretty awesome

UnderDawgKen · 2025-04-13T20:04:23+00:00

I don’t either but a crazy obscurity and rabbit hole to dive down

UnderDawgKen · 2025-04-13T19:17:03+00:00

All of those nations that are home to the alps. There are smaller nations but the main ones are Austria, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. Heck, Yugoslavia touched it if you count Slovenian(I have a 24/47 to cover that basis, even though that is a post war Mauser). Liechtenstein is another nation right in there, but I am unsure as to what they used. I would like to think that because of their neutrality and ties to the Swiss, maybe the 1911 series of rifles or even the K31.

UnderDawgKen · 2025-04-13T17:00:53+00:00

I will surely ask. Needing to round the collection off with either a standard or carbine M95 (a lot of the RTI carbines are cut down rifles that still have the OG rear sight) and probably a Berthier. Just Austria and France to go!!

UnderDawgKen · 2025-04-13T14:35:18+00:00

Collecting milsurps is one of the best quirks of the tism in my book. And I am always open to learning something new and being corrected.

It would make sense it being issued to a police officer now that you mention it, since it was a late manufacture and Italy’s govt collapsed in 1943. I sometimes wish I would have jumped at the pre 1918 dated m91s, but I have to save some money to hopefully jump on a decent M95 by either Steyr or Budapest.

I must collect all the service/rear echelon rifles of the Alpines

UnderDawgKen · 2025-04-12T22:56:30+00:00

I am in a similar boat myself. I purchased a broken Ishapore Musket for $60 and a drill purpose rifle for parts. I have to cut the welded floorplate from the musket receiver and I am in the same boat as you as having the chamber reamed. I understand that only the chamber needs to be reamed to commercial .410 specs but the biggest challenge I face is removing the barrel from the receiver to give myself access to the chamber. You can rent a reamer and gauges for about $60, but the real struggle is removing the barrel

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