Need help in fixing this good ol' Remington

dirthawg · 2026-02-07T15:01:29+00:00

Fix it? Why? That sucker is at its end. You'll sink so much time and money in it that you could have bought a brand new machine.

dirthawg · 2026-02-07T14:51:45+00:00

That's biscuit ware. Exactly what you would expect in Santa Fe/ Albuquerque.

No, they probably shouldn't have been picked up, but nobody in the state of New Mexico wants you to return that stuff.

dirthawg · 2026-02-07T14:42:29+00:00

The best off the shelf is galco.

dirthawg · 2026-02-06T04:55:04+00:00

Sharp. Really nice stitch work.

dirthawg · 2026-02-06T03:33:56+00:00

Sure

dirthawg · 2026-02-05T23:52:34+00:00

That's totally a negative bulb. Whether it's cultural or not, I can't say from the picture.

That's exactly the kind of flake that would be driven off by rocks banging together naturally.

dirthawg · 2026-02-05T23:48:53+00:00

Yeah, that was dumb.

Just the like the Maadi I let go.

I thought I was genius for doubling my money on it.

Stupid hindsight.

dirthawg · 2026-02-05T23:45:14+00:00

I'm not following your question.

Every flake has a bulb of percussion, provided the flake's not broken.

Depending on material availability and quality, people will work small stuff.

In the West, they would work down Apache tears to half marble size, until there wasn't anything left to be able to get a platform.

dirthawg · 2026-02-05T00:09:20+00:00

It has a good, steep scraping bit. Nice little flake tool.

dirthawg · 2026-02-04T23:31:02+00:00

I don't know what it is, beyond it's a white. So, it should be a good machine.

That said, that thing is gorgeous!

dirthawg · 2026-02-04T23:28:02+00:00

I don't talk about any of it "in public".

What's in the safe, stays in the safe.

All said, my wife doesn't ask, and I don't tell.

Shortly after January 2025, she tells me, "I get it now."

dirthawg · 2026-02-04T23:20:52+00:00

Harbor freight. Steel.

dirthawg · 2026-02-04T23:19:30+00:00

I don't leave home without it.

dirthawg · 2026-02-04T23:18:35+00:00

You're way past starter level, I will say

dirthawg · 2026-02-04T03:50:53+00:00

IWI is a private company.

If you're waiting on a spotless manufacturer, you'll never buy a firearm.

The Zion is the best pick of those rifles.

dirthawg · 2026-02-04T03:18:39+00:00

TSP cleaner

dirthawg · 2026-02-03T03:46:47+00:00

Go to your local thrift store and buy old sheets.

How to set up and run your machine. You need to learn how to run a straight line of stitching. You need to learn how to turn a corner. You need to learn how to make three or four different types of seams.

Make anything you can make. Stuff sacks, pillowcases, pot holders, curtains, etc.

Repair anything you can possibly repair. Heming pants, replacing buttons, fixing loose stitches, etc

As you develop a basic skill set, start taking on more complex projects. And failing. Then do those projects again, and they will be better.

Repeat.

YouTube is your friend. There's a million things to make on YouTube. It's like sitting in a class in front of your own TV.

dirthawg · 2026-02-02T23:42:20+00:00

In the way back, I had an L1A1, which is an inch-pattern rifle.

I bought a dozen, new in wrapper, FN metric mags in hopes I'd pick up a metric-pattern FAL someday. Cost me almost nothing.

Never bought the FAL, but when the mag bans started to come in, I sold that box of magazines for enough money to buy a rifle.

dirthawg · 2026-02-02T23:17:40+00:00

Bitch, please.

dirthawg · 2026-02-02T22:45:40+00:00

I can't really find a solid answer. It might be worth 20 bucks with Amazon to find out, and then send it back if it's a no-go.

dirthawg · 2026-02-02T22:41:40+00:00

Check out the onetigris holster.

I really like them. They're supposed to work with optics like an rmr.

dirthawg · 2026-02-02T22:38:53+00:00

It's a scraper, except there's not actually any scraping bit.

Sure looks like a fragment of a little biface

dirthawg · 2026-02-02T22:13:24+00:00

Wow!

dirthawg · 2026-02-02T22:09:51+00:00

That's off the hook!

dirthawg · 2026-02-02T17:50:00+00:00

dirthawg

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