The No.1 mk3 was a craftsman built rifle, its bedding was adjustable via a series of springs so it could be tuned by the individual, the No.4 was designed for mass production.. and it is superior, there are a few things to watch out for on both weapons, never ever chop the forend down on a number 4, the bushing under the nosecap is critical for accuracy...

steaming the dents?

Looks like an Rti classic, sitting in an Ethiopian goat shack for a century

How did you remove the rear sight button from the axis pin so the leaf could be separated from the sight base?

oh my gawd

Have you shot it ????

But how's the bore?

Please do a high gloss finish on one of those stock as if it was made by holland and holland

Appreciate you putting in the effort by posting the detailed process narratives, camera angles, lighting, etc. Very informative! Have both an M95 and Carcano on the way to take a crack at resto myself. Definitely concur with your own views: Have an Australian Enfield SMLE a friend restored a decade ago that I've had since I was a kid and I love the new look! All the best, keep the videos coming- really appreciate them.

I think you do great work and I understand it's ur rifle u do what u want . personally I feel polishing the metal up to the point of mirror finish really takes away from the rifles history and don't make it look antique and correct .

These Ethiopian guns looks like it will give me disease by looking at it. Please wear mask and glove , protect your self

A yugo Mauser was the first Mauser rifle i ever shot i was at a range in freestone county Texas with my aunt sighting in our hunting rifles and guy was there shooting it and I just wanted to look at it and then next thing I know he was like you want to shoot and I was like heck yeah

What did you end up using as a protective coating on the wood? I’ve used Tung Oil or BLO for most of mine.

Im thinking about buying one as a wall rifle. I was a little sketched out by RTI reviews but i guess if i dont plan on firing it its whatever, right?

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How is the bore? is it shoot able? can you even make or get ammo?

What was your process? It looks beautiful. My rifle is peeling and i think i shiuld refinish it or something

Hi, thank you very much for the video, just got my enfield from RTI and starting the project. Unfortunately I can't find a decent video that shows a full disassembly of the rifle, what did you use for reference? It would be sooo cool if you'd post the full video about this process, I am putting yours on pause and trying to catch what you were doing in the speeded up section of this video here, it's a pain 🙂

I think it was fine as is. Opinion aside, that cleaned up beautifully

Can you do a more expository video on this carbine? Is the bolt mismatched? For some reason (trying to figure out why), many 1952-dated M44s show obvious signs of use and will often have mismatched bolts. Other years (1951, 1953-1955) are typically pristine or near pristine.

Did you stip and restore one with no import marks and not rearsenaled! 😢 Hard to find

That bluing looks great. I did a star bm pistol using root killer and will never do it again

Maybe I missed it but I didn't see you lifting the dents out of the stock before applying BLO. I used to do that by getting an old wash cloth thoroughly damp with water, then laying the cloth over a dent or a couple of dents that are very close together and then taking a hot clothes iron to the cloth. Using the pointed end on the cloth is best. Just takes a few seconds and it steams the wood in the dent and lifts the dent out. It doesn't work so great on dents where the wood fibers are obviously cut, just plain dents. That works great and then you can do your sanding as described, then the BLO.

do you have to stain the wood after sanding?

Staple pin plates (1inch long by 1/4inch wide and round on each side of each of the mini plate) down the crack on each side Blue em black or paint em 3 or 4... Maybe 5🤣 Only Thing I would have done different ❤️ Nice work

Nice but to me it looked better before

I made my own purchase of the same exact model of rifle a week or so ago. I’ve only begun to disassemble everything and start to clean the wood. I’m going to watch your video and take some pointers from this!

It's like a G98 and a K98 had a weird ginger baby that's still cool.

I really like how the metal came out!! I watched the k98k video last night. Do you use the rust blueing method and if so how many treatments did you do. It came out really nice. This did to! Great job! I love old guns!!

What did you use to get the bolt so clean?

This is firewood with some rust, not a rifle!

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Hello, these videos are absolute gold. Just got me a B grade long rifle m95 from rti (first ever gun purchase) and am looking to restore to firing condition.

It’s not a gun, it’s a rifle

Finally got my enfield… Got mine for $190 B grade and has everything besides the bolt… and just bought the bolt for it 😂😂😂 but aye… still cheaper than buying it with the bolt

Cleaned up very well! Gonna snatch me one up while they are on sale.

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You did a wonderful job 👏

the berthier is so sexy.

Love this concept! Make a short on the restore methods, chemicals and cleaning solution recipes?

Good job. Never seen such a beautiful Carcano!

Great Video

looks like a good conservative restoration

What do you do for the bores if they are bad?

Hmmm, WWI enfields were oil blackeded not blued or browned and it appeared you were actually cold bluing even using hydrogen peroxide. ..a shinny stock on a combat rifle ?

Good job.. but honestly, the before looks absolutely amazing!!

Just got my RTI Enfield, its in......worse shape than this one, but ill see what i can do!

RTI definitely sent you one of the best rifles they had! I have seen quite a few and this is not how they look to start. They are in much worse shape and missing original parts and parts in general.

Awesome

Sehr schön 😻