Either I missed what you paid or you didn't say...but Either way, You got ripped...They know what they are sending out...or they're picking and packing in the dark...You have your work cut out for you brother!

I don't remember if you mentioned how much you paid for these. I hope it wasn't a lot. I enjoy restoring old firearms, but they must bring something to the table. I have purchased from gun shows and a few from RTI. RTI is very iffy. I thought about hunter's Lodge, but hearing that wait time can be months, I have written that company off. Good luck in your endeavor.

Is this better than an M14/M1A? And how does the recoil compare?

That thing should have been buried next to the soldier that used to own it. It looks like it was sitting in the battlefield for weeks even months maybe years. Wow.

Soak that thing in evapo-rust. That is going to take a lot of work.

That would be a good deal if they cost 50 bucks.

I really like that look. I’ll put a video on my KZbin. After I make it lol. I refinished mine. Well I had it cerakoted. Just black slide and black frame. I was trying to to restore to original look. I love the way mine looks but really think that stainless look is nice. I did polish my barrel to a mirror finish. Anyway. Good pistol. I’d love to get a holster like that.

wow- and I thought my M95 from The Tiger was bad- as I believe I commented on another channel- it looked like it was picked up from the ocean and used as a tomato stake for several decades.... never thought there were so many of these rust buckets around, sorry you got one on your order ...I’d say they are probably scraping the bottom of the surplus barrel these days.

Wallhangers-R-Us....(suggested new name for HL.)

Great video thanks. Love old revolvers and pistols

Not even Gun Jesus would approve of those FR8s.

Suncorite paint is the paint that is applied over parkerizing, I am unsure how to replicate it as the process of applying it was deemed hazardous to the environment. Maybe a Cerokote color would closely match. I would just parkerize it at home myself if you were looking to refinish it. Great video

Great RESTO Midwestern. The price is right on that one. Thanks as always.

How do you find these? I looked on the web page and saw the ads but that is it.

Phosfate could have been original especially if it is wwii era

Since those grips are already damaged, I think I would try JB weld plastic epoxy. They have a version that dries black. You could very likely fill in that entire missing portion and then blend it with some very fine sand paper. I tried to order from hunters lodge a few months ago but they never responded.

Very nice and thorough as always. Mine appears parkerized and painted black. It's a 1941 production MK 1*, all numbers matching. My grips appear just like yours. I need to disassemble it and see if mine has the dreaded wood screws as well. I need to clean mine up like you did...I'm beginning to wonder if I should change my channel name to endless projects...😂

Those sometimes had a black paint.

Looks like you got a really nice pistol. Certainly for the price. I, too, enjoy a good conservation job now and then. Just got around to conserving my French Ruby pistol. By the way, Webley and Enfield revolvers were parkerized and then painted black.

Looked like a different gun by the time you were done. Cool. Ive never seen a gun boiled in oil. Sounds dangerous. I almost burned my house down making fries once.

I have a couple of these. One is the original with the hammer spur and the other is the bobbed hammer version. Mine have wooden grips the bobbed hammer one has the thumb grooves.

What are the ups and downs of taking one apart and putting it back together?

That rifle should be tested for bubonic plague.

👍👍 ...........

I do like that one. I do not have an item of that level, but I do appreciate S&W revolvers of the 'hand ejector' style. It does seem to be 'pre-Victory model' due to the nice finish. Being in .38 S&W caliber and being equipped with a lanyard ring, it strikes me as the first issue of what would be called the Victory Model. The Brits used the .38 S&W cartridge, known to the Brits as the ".880/200". They seem to appreciate three decimal places - even if not perfectly correct, and the 200 is the grain weight of the original cast lead bullet. (Bullet changed later to comply with international rules of warfare.) I cannot testify to the grips being original. I CAN testify those are the period correct 'service' stocks. They are 'used'. On the interior of the stock scales would be the serial number of the arm and perhaps some notation of Commonwealth or N Z possession. Interestingly, that round was reasonably common in the U. S. between the wars. it was used as police arm due to the 200 grain bullet which had a bit more authority than lighter bullets. (Different world, no doubt.) I have what is left of a Victory. Bears British proof marks on the chambers. However, it is a surplus gun that was cut off even with the ejector rod (no front lug), the lanyard removed, rechambered (hogged out?) to accept .38 Special ammunition and then nickle plated in what seems to have been a fly-by-night bumper shop. It was so ugly and sad looking I had to give it a home. As I write this, the legend reads this video is '2 years..." old. Still a delightful bit of S&W-ness, history and the evolution of firearms.

whoa, what trash is for sale

I think between the two of them, your FR8s have enough parts to make one, decent gun. Use all the bad parts to make one, bad gun that you can sell cheaply at a gun show as a wall-hanger or prop gun.

My first (non-cracked stock) FR-8 was easy C&R good. Second one was ratty like yours - less rust but the stock was shattered but for $100 or whatever just order replacement bits. Ordered a few more guns this last week since they have some mosins listed and and French rifles. Anyway - those were parts gun prices and prn can use some of the parts.

These pistols are like eating potato chips. Once you start buying them it's hard to stop... So far, I've bought five regular P38's and P1's in both ex-German military and commercial as well as two Manurhins which is an exact clone that was made by the French for the west German police in the early 1960s in order to get around a WW2 treaty that Germany signed with the Russians after the war stating that they would not produce their own weapons... I love the gun!.

Great video, Thanks for the shout-out, brother. The guy you got a hold of was probably George, and the lady was probably Gail.... As you know from my videos, I have a double action only Enfield revolver(38S&W,or as the Brits call itt .38/200) and three S&W Model 10's.. I, too, had an issue with an S&W Model 10 parts kit. The first two were ok,the last one was just like yours. So I used leftover parts from the other two. But I'm still needing a correct firing pin for my most recent Model 10.. I heard from RustySurplus that HL has been really busy, so I emailed James and said I will contact him in November to place an order for some parts and see if he has anything that would trip my trigger... .Again, great ..

I have never been able to figure out how to order anything from them. The web site is the worst one I've ever seen.

I would recommend nobody do business with hunters lodge. They finally have straight up stolen from me. Placed 2 prior orders that were delivered and placed my third and final order the 2nd of july. Here we are almost in november and i still have received nothing. Contacting them I have been lied to twice that my order has been packed and shipped. Straight up stole my money and wont deliver my order

revolver parts might be colt

MY FR8 WAS NOT A TRUE .308

No way they send you that fr8 ?! It's worse than some of the g98 found and dugged near my area in the battlefield 80 years after... That is completly unsable. But there is some good, that webley is so cool, and for the money, fantastic deal !

3 mo is average. I order a few guns per year from them. I have one K31 action I haven’t received after 6mo but I do have the rest of the stuff (and an order pending). They have weird odds and ends and I kinda like the “future self presents” that I get from them.

I got the dual colts with wood box matching numbers they was 40$ in the 60s my grandpa won them in a game of poker and i just got them passed down to me few days ago

That’s a very nice rifle. I have a Model 1906. It looks very similar to yours except mine has a shorter barrel.

Bought a thousand rounds in a ammo box of 9mm years ago... could not believe what was sent. They actually had to shovel it into the ammo box. Dirt, rocks and ammo. Didn't look like the picture. Pretty sure they out of business now..Had my laugh. Sent it back. No complaints

Why is this company ( and others) still in business ?

Did you pay the extra $20 for "select" grade? Their latest ad has FR-7's

Interested to know if that DP marked frame is Drill Purpose only.

To be honest, IMO both those FR8s are salvageable, assuming the bores are in decent shape. Just takes some PB blaster and elbow grease. As for the screws, you may need a hand impact, or a screw knocker on an air hammer they'll come loose. Those ishapore 410 enfields brought in by springfield sporters/century arms have far heavier rust and I brought one back.

Ahh, a little Evaporust and it'll as good as new!😂

I have seen cannon from 18th century with less pitting than that FR8, must have been stored near/in the sea.

Thanks for the shout out, wow...that is really bad pitting, I'm surprised to see it in that bad of shape. At least you got one nice one, both of mine look more like your nicer one. I'm still waiting on the second half of my order, a P14, a Vaguero 1904/39, and a VZ-24. In terms of those kits, I have no idea what they are, maybe @thewolfhunter could help ID them? I had placed my order back in April as well, toward the end. Thanks for sharing.

Boat Anchor Grade 😢

If I order from hunters lodge, I just assume I am getting scrap. That way I am usually pleasantly surprised

Buying surplus like this is always a lottery. Shame about the severe pitting, looks like it was dug out of a swamp!

Of all the interesting things you got, the one that gets my interest is the Webley/Enfield revolver. Before the complete ban on handguns in Britain, there were a ton of these around and I learned target pistol competition with one of them. When the ban came, they all got handed in to the police and destroyed. A very sad time for someone who also loves revolvers.