That really cleaned up nice! considering youre just missing a band AND you got some bore too, you're in a good place. I was always curious how a country could have such a variety of arms, how do you feed all them things, but i guess i can ask myself that question right? Ive noticed all these ethiopian stocks are drrrrrrryyyy. Ive been refinishing with really hot water but on my hakim I didnt notice it shrinking those dried out lines, but, i didnt think about it! What county is that fine accent from?

Might be a late 19th century with that 41 cal. Could be a rifle built from scratch in the early 20th century.

Those two tiny holes in the receiver are for gas relief. Mine were plugged up bad. They’re drilled in at an angle. I used a tiny drill bit to clean mine out.

Thanks for sharing Shawn I enjoy your videos. As far as a good glue (I am NOT a professional gunsmith) I would highly recommend ‘brownells acraglas ‘ stock bedding glue. Just make sure you follow the instructions to a tee and give it at least two days to fully cure especially now that it’s winter. It’s sold on Amazon and other places as well . Thanks again and take care.

Looks good. I heard the same thing about the loop on the trigger guard

Good video. 1873 is an old one

Ankle breaker!

Looking good man!

I got really irritated with them a few years back . had good luck on a Carcano first time buying from them for $199. They got the M1 Carbine's in from Ethiopia at $799. I ordered one and got a really nice National Postal Meter. Rate about 85% on finish, no damage to any mental parts, nice wood just a few dings, all correct for a rifle that was refitted and used past WWII. Meaning all US made parts with flip safety, type III barrel band, type III rear sight and so on. Was marked to have went to San Antonio Arsenal for refit. Carbines at this time went for $1300 in that condition. I had paid as much as $2100-$2900 for 95-99% perfect carbine before so this was a steal. I thought I should really order a 2nd one since it was such a deal. I watched the website and the inventory went down lower and lower. however the price went up. It first went to $899 and the they put in the description that they were getting down to only having hand select guns left and the price as going up because they had gotten rid of all the lesser quality guns. then the price changed again to $999. Only the best was left and it was your last chance to snag one at such a good price, so they said. I ordered one fearing the price would rise again. I expected an even better gun than the first because they said all the bad ones were gone and only the top tier was left. I received an underwood with a stock that looked like they had hung it from a tree and used it as a piñata. Receiver finish was 40% at best with the most of the gun being basically bare silver. while it functions and has no damage it was $200 more than the first and 1/4 the condition. I expected them to run out soon because they were down to the very last guns after all. Nope they had carbines for another year and a half. They kept raising the price and screaming more and more about "buy now, last chance, low inventory, only the best remain". eventually getting to $1200 each. they even started selling "lightly refurbished' ones for $1500. I bought a Enfield no4 from them after that for $499, same spill. Last of the batch best we have for $499, original listing was $399. Looked like it fought all 3 world wars, yes even including the one that hasn't even happened yet. Have not ordered from them since.

Ever try evaporust, good stuff before you sand or wire wheel.

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Il n y pas de doute, c est une merde.

curious to see your progress on this on... tempted to get one of these but lack of information has been holding me back, great one again man stay safe this new year!

Hi Shawn that is a SMLE short magazine Lee Enfield nice rifle

swp 45 ist Waffenwerke Brünn AG der Hersteller👍

Personally, I like home done videos like this. It adds a bit of personality to it, and it's nice to see what other people get from the RTI Casino

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Y'all from NC ??

Mine I got was in the same condition back in June

1866/74 is a converted 1866 chesspot needle fire rifle that they converted to a metallic cartridge in 1874

As long as the Bore n Rifling is good n all the parts are there pretty much can fix the wood .. I don't deal with RTI anymore . good luck MB .

229 for a 20 buck rifle. I guess i live in the past

Get some small dowels and drill that piece and use the dowels and glue for the repair

I have an Enfield 1918 as well, the markings are normal and ShtLE stands for short magazine lee enfield as assumed. Regarding the magazines, typically if the side grooves go to the bottom its for a No1, if the grooves stop short of the bottom of the mag its for a No4. Have fun!

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"It'll buff right out."

that lock washer goes over the stock bolt and holds the stock bolt tight to the receiver. Hey Shawn how are ya /

Good deal another old girl saved from the junk pile! Thanks for the tip Shawn will try this with the rough looking Carcano stock i have on the back burner.... how long you think air drying would take

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Not textbook but worth the cost. Good video .

WOW, that’s one. Heck of a transformation. Great job!

As far as the missing chunks out of the stock go, I wouldn’t know what you’d want to do for that. But for the cracks that aren’t too severe, you could reinforce it with some dowel rods and the original bond everything polyurethane gorilla glue. I had an 1870/87 Italian Vetterli rifle that I was able to repair in the same way. You just gotta be careful with that glue because it expands a lot.

Test the bore by putting a bullet at the end of the barrel, bad bore the bullet will go in to far, goggle how to fo that on youtube, learn alot on videos on that, testing the bore

Good wood worker can fix that stock

That stock can be fixed

It can be salvaged, as long as the bore is still ok

How's the bore inside the barrel

Watch that stock can break on you on recoil

Never herd converting a lee infield

Lee infield takes 303 cartridges, not 45 long colt, some guns can be converted but, herd of a conversion o a lee infield

What's bore condition

just got mine the other day, all around a surprise for me some light flaky rust near rear sight most of which wiped off a couple cracks on stock... nothing some acraglas wont fix. Time to work up some test loads Shawn enjoy!

I got a DOT 45 , no Bolt , the stock was Fair , no Big Damage , missing a Hand Guard but I have one , one Waffenhaumpt on the Barrel and one on the Receiver , no Czech Lions , the thing I like about guns from Ethiopia has been no deep rust , just very Dirty , I am very Happy with it

Sorry, no idea why this video got boxed the way it did.

Nice video, I got a dot45 from RTI without a bolt- the same deal that you got. I gave it a good scrubbing, bought a replacement bolt from SARCO, shot it once so far and I'm quite happy with it. Thanks for sharing!

Have you seen my soaking box video,that i soaked my Enfield wood in?

Do I see anything missing ? Yeah the rest of the gun !!! Hahahaaa !!!

I popped the pin right out but have already stripped it of parts. Maybe I'll do another but do ypu sige shot feed it and put hull out with fingernail?

cut Stock. Another went on my .410 Musket with destroyed Stock . The bolt from one restored my Indian .410 Musket that was lacking one. These Ishapore , India Enfields were Drill Purposed due to Brittle Steel Recievers or Soft Steel Ones. With work… the Barrel Pin can be removed. With more work a .22 Barrel Liner can be installed… and a Bolt Face and Firing Pin can be altered to . 22 Rimfire.

I have a finished print to part with. It will be unpainted.