GEW 88 Jacket Dent Repair/Restoration: Anvil 116

GEW 1888 that is TANGO UNIFORM. Deep, slow rust. Missing bolt head. DEEP dents. Handled!
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[@BurningMonkey]

I love watching your videos cause they never make me feel dumb, but they are always insanely educational

[@marknovak8255]

Precisely what we are trying for. Of course you don't know, that's why you are here.....why be a dick about it?

[@encompassthyeclipse7278]

How on earth was this video posted 6 days ago but your comment is from 2 weeks ago

[@BurningMonkey]

@@encompassthyeclipse7278 Patreon early access

[@markusreiter3186]

Uu

[@billcox2990]

Hi Mark, Im not much interested in guns and rifles, but I find your videos (watched them all) enormously interesting. I'm a watchmaker who works on old watches and pocket watches a lot and your approach especially to conservation and restoration is directly applicable to my work. The whole concept of understanding what will be the outcome of an action, making tools, trying to understand what took place before you took on the job and many other aspects of the way you work (patience, methodical approach, use of tools etc) has so many similarities with my field and I suppose many others as well. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@tomlarson1134]

I would watch your channel

[@Hjerte_Verke]

Firearms are about as precision as an old pocketwatch.

[@sasquatch440]

I'm sure alot of us that watch marks channel who are firearm enthusiasts don't know much about watches, but if you posted your work on your channel, you'd have alot of us watching(no pun intended) your work.

[@k1j2f30]

I love old pocket watches just about as much as I love old guns!

[@JesusDisciple916]

Do you have a page that you upload videos of your watchmaking? I'm an horologist myself and would love to see your work.

[@jondavidmcnabb]

Every time Mark uses the tiny hammer; that Beetles Song plays in my head.

[@cbroz7492]

...you're most likely part of vanishing number that GETS the reference

[@Cemi_Mhikku]

@@cbroz7492 Yeah, 'cos younger people totally are unable to ever listen to older music. *eyeroll*

[@marknovak8255]

Bang Bang Maxwells silver hammer went down..........

[@Cemi_Mhikku]

@@marknovak8255 upon that dent!

[@colincrooky]

Beatles with an A.

[@mtnbiker310]

It's so nice to see you conserve a gun properly. Recently I saw a show where the people 'restored' a 1911 by wire wheeling all the nicks and scratches out and re-bluing everything, and added brand new grip panels. They were so proud of themselves for making it look new, but lost pretty much all of the historical value.

[@uncle_spanky]

I know I'm late, but I was awe struck by how delicately you removed the dent from the barrel jacket. It's great to see someone that knows how to PROPERLY repair an antique gun! Thank you for showing me the correct procedure.

[@frankbrady8015]

Growing up, our neighbor had one of these rifles and asked me to make a floor lamp for his reading chair. I thought it was total junk, but was in much better shape than this one. that was 1957, and I was 13. I took it to school shop and made the base from a piano stool seat. Hiding the cord throughout the length was a trick, but worked, and the family has it to this day. Great video, and I'll look for your other works. Thank you for bringing back those memories.

[@StaticMusic]

I'm from the UK and we don't have many guns here but I find these videos absolutely fascinating. I'm a big fan of Mark, he has so much expertise and is so knowledgeable. Everything he says is brim full of knowledge and experience. Some of the best stuff on KZbin here. Thanks Mark!

[@patrickcolahan7499]

Love watching your videos. I know you claim they are not How-To's, but they are with a bit of research and a bit of outside training added in. I find it fascinating some of the tricks you use in your conservation projects. I have adapted some of your tricks to other projects and was amazed at how well they worked. Thanks very much for sharing.

[@marknovak8255]

This is the entire reason we do the videos......to get people off their duffs and thinking.

[@isuzu6851]

I found a de activated Gewehr 88 a half a year ago on a fleamarket, it was in a pretty poor state. watching your video's rigoursly finally gave me the confidence to buy the correct tools, take it apart and conserve it. It was a fun and challenging project to do and I'm happy with the result. Thank you for putting these video's up!

[@matthewn4896]

Hey Mark, been watching for a long time now. I just wanted to drop a comment to let you know that thanks to your videos, there are not one, not two, but four rifles in my safe that are in much better shape than they were when I got them. Nothing particularly rare, or remarkable, but they are all clean, conserved, fully functional, and ready to get shot for another 50 years. I'm no gunsmith, and if a backyard tinkerer like me can do it, anyone can.

[@spicy110]

Imagine archeologists in the future digging up the test fireing ground......This dude really did not like moles. 😉 Great video as always. 😁

[@Bacardibatman]

The amount of Knowledge you have to do what you do is incredible, thanks for sharing it with us Mr Novak

[@PatRMG]

Ahhhh yeah. A good episode to enjoy a cold sudsy beverage to.

[@davidkirberger]

You and your Kroil... I've been admiring your commentary, your videos, your experience and workmanship for 2+ years, and I love them all, but I always wait for the Kroil to come out...Thank you for being you...

[@johnpatterson8697]

I'm looking forward to the wood conservation episode so many grimy stocks, yet so few videos on how to save them.

[@ABrit-bt6ce]

He's done a thing about steaming out dents in stocks before.

[@johnpatterson8697]

@@ABrit-bt6ce I was referring to all the mung, cosmoline and grime that builds up on a wood stock over the centuries

[@Jordan-ce7sf]

It's been too long, Mark. Down the rabbit hole!!

[@waynebrumley2315]

I've used Kroll for years also and it smells the best!

[@gradystarkey4498]

Saponification? Boy, I had to look that one up and I consider myself to be very literate. Also, I really like your point about restoration vs. conservation. Words do matter. I think your precision in language is reflected in your work.

[@Jorge-hj2tp]

I have just found the greatest channel on KZbin. Your such an amazing and skilled gunsmith and it's just amazing to watch you work. I'm just a hobbyist who can refinish outside restorations of firearms and I am just in awe to watch a real master gunsmith at work, I am humbled!

[@jimvandemoter6961]

Mark, you never cease to amaze me. I can appreciate a true student of history but you go even further by preserving history.

[@africanelectron751]

This dude is on another level... A true craftsman.

[@jay6400]

As always Mark your skills, effort, passion and dedication to conservation really show through in your videos, thank you for passing on all the years of hard and well fought for knowledge so others can start to do the right thing.

[@paulmears5330]

Love how much you cram into these videos. You definitely show how much goes into each individual process!

[@beefcakes27]

Outstanding work, Mark. That's all the GEW 88 needed.

[@robw1869]

Really enjoy all of your videos, and really appreciate the conserving of relics vs restoring them. When handling an old rifle/handgun I've always thought "If this thing could talk, the stories it could tell" - I think preserving those unique characteristics specific to each firearm are very important for that reason. Keep up the awesome work!

[@brandonhampton5945]

This man is a absolute master.. been watching him for awhile now

[@BWGPEI]

It's always a pleasure to watch you display the depth of background and ability that you possess.

[@alex4alexn]

love watching you make parts or save old ones, especially the springs and screws, cheers!

[@sicanady]

Time lapse replay was genius in this instance. I saw it all at first but with replay it was a solid lesson. Well done sir!

[@marknovak8255]

Glad you liked it!

[@user-se3yd4pp4d]

Вы по истине НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАСТЕР СВОЕГО ДЕЛА!

[@wilsonlaidlaw]

Just love Mark's laconic delivery of wisdom.

[@ggwoutdoors2a]

Love the high speed. I always learn something new every time I watch your video's Mark.

[@Mag_Aoidh]

Mark, that barrel jacket transformation was so satisfying, thank you!

[@dibbuk5730]

Always nice to watch a craftsman who also enjoys a good cigar.

[@garybatch4102]

Every one of your videos is fabulous! I really feel like I'm right there in the shop getting a lesson firsthand. Great in their own right, but often the techniques are applicable to the repair and conservation of other mechanical assemblies. Can't wait to see how you tackle the rest of the project.

[@JohnAlberts827]

I’ve been watching your videos for a year now and whenever I see you post a new one it makes my day 👍.

[@REXOB9]

Great conservation video. Thanks. Always a pleasure to see you work and hear the tips and tricks. Looking forward to the video on the stock.

[@gerardchristophe4849]

Hello Mark. First of all I want to congratulate you for your work as well as for your videos which I watch with the greatest attention. I would like to share this with you, having served a few years in the Foreign Legion as an armaments specialist, my Chief Warrant Officer, a Hungarian Lazlo Toth to whom you strongly resemble, a look-alike, may be a relative. I thank you for your attention and wish you a good continuation

[@robertsherman5428]

Love your attitude smarts and kindness all through the process ! Keep on doing your thing it’s wonderful

[@ethancox5476]

I had an 1898 marked Steyr rechambered in .303 British in the 1950s for an Indonesian contract. Was a fun and interesting little carbine. Great video as always

[@briancollier537]

Always a pleasure watching a Master. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@boatnut64]

Love the work you're doing Mark... Keep it up... 👍👍👍

[@PaulA-uz5tk]

Awesome video and informative presentation. I know Zero about guns but was completely drawn into the incredibly skill and knowledge you captured. Well done!

[@BlackCoinCrypto]

Nice rabbit hole. Thanks very much Mark, I really enjoy this kind of work.

[@herrcobblermachen]

A werner ladder... now thats a novel testing idea... gonna do exactly that. Love the work here, top notch olde world craftsmanship methodology.

[@corydriver7634]

Another option to loosen old screws is to warm it by holding a soldering iron on the head for a few minutes at a time. I do tool restorations but I like your explanation of conservative vs restoration.

[@marknovak8255]

Anvil 104, minute 27 and 30 seconds shows my version of the soldering iron .

[@charlesschuster01]

"And yeah it was a joke its already blue no shit" 🤣 love this guy's videos.

[@robertwilliams2623]

As always thanks mark for what you do with this old beautiful guns

[@allenbuck5589]

You sir are a artist. Great work. Thanks from Sc.

[@daveclemons1225]

Great video! It was a very good learning experience watching you. Thank you for making these video's. I always learn a lot.

[@zen4men]

A craftsman with a lifetime of knowledge, effortlessly applied.

[@SneakersKicksCreps]

Ah I do love it when mark posts 🎉 I get some relaxation time with he’s videos. Great 😊

[@81cb750fss]

What a wonderfully educational rabbit hole! Thanks y'all!

[@freedomlineproducts4475]

Watching a true master at work

[@tk423b]

Highly recommend watching this on a big TV. So nice

[@James-fs4rn]

👍 much respect for the craftsmanship as always! Thanks for sharing.

[@peghead]

What a superb, articulate demonstration, I just subscribed.

[@bishopcorva]

Yeah, it's one thing I've noticed but isn't often said by Mark here, taking apart a gun isn't a race you need to get done in under ten minutes. Take your time with trying to get parts that are frozen in place to move. Use your penetrating lube and let it work before going and trying to torque on things or go all hammer time nuts. Same with working to restore a car or some other bit of equipment, take your time to look at the piece. Figure out your plan first, soak what needs to be soaked. Remember, speed kills isn't just for the highways and byways, which is another thing all together.

[@alanrogs3990]

That plug and dent removal was very cool.

[@richardturk7162]

Once again I have learned some valuable info thanks Mark.

[@ekimviewmaster5010]

LOVE your videos, Mark. Thank You

[@JJGuccione]

Mark, you really had the gun gods smiling down at you on this one. Great job on the barrel shroud dent.

[@AJ-tz6qu]

Awesome 👍 it is a pleasure to watch you work.

[@jerrymartin5100]

As am electrician I totally appreciate your use of a screwdriver, great videos.

[@milodelgobbo5020]

Amazing job, excellent video, as usual !

[@bbqsauce8854]

Missed you so much Mark

[@yoochoob1858]

That was exceptionally interesting and informative.

[@clausfrennessen2362]

Dame can’t come to your show! Live in Sweden 🇸🇪. But like your show and your handyman’s work. Locking fore se a nice good year of show!

[@robertallen3229]

I am a retired electrician and injoy watching your vidios. My nephew has an L.C. Smith 16 Gage shotgun that was his Grandfather's, now his. If had fallen over and and dented the barrel. I did the very similar repair that you did on the 1888. The difference is the plug I made slitly smaller than the bore and rapped it foyal as needed to expand. Can't see ware the dent was.

[@sdunn5643]

Always great to watch your vids ... thank you for showing us. :D

[@ronbianca1975]

Hi Mark, I thought I would pass along something I learned the other day. In testing it looks like Liquid Wrench worked best! And it will cost you less so you can get a cigar for the difference. Great job my friend!

[@williammills7778]

Another amazing video thank you for posting

[@samuelbean9928]

Boltheads brand new from Myers Arms llc. Great guy I have one and frankly I am impressed. Just remember to have headspacing done because these boltheads are made I guess the word is long so as to allow custom fitting to your rifle. As far as the receiver. I have 3 and they are as follows: Spandau 1890 receiver is in the white, Loewe 1891 receiver is in the white, Amberg 1894 receiver and barrel jacket both blued.

[@myersarmsllc]

Thanks for the reference!!

[@samuelbean9928]

@@myersarmsllc You took care of me I take care of you.

[@d3faulted2]

I miss watching your video's. Been so busy this past year or so. I just don't have the time to sit down and watch them. Even this one i had to skip around to finish. Well life will slow down eventually......

[@marknovak8255]

watch at 2x?

[@StephenRWilliams]

I had a very cheap savage shotgun magazine tube which I dented when I was trying to clean it. Agonized for months on whether or not it was worth it to figure out how to buy or make a similar plug to repair it. Eventually I just sold it and bought something else. This video is very encouraging to me, it probably wasn't worth the trouble.

[@Milkmans_Son]

I'm jealous, because I have two different "is it worth the trouble" formulas I have to deal with. The first one is like yours, it's the sensible one. The second one however, adds "did you do something stupid" to the equation and can be rather expensive.

[@Smallathe]

Wonderful machining... err... gun smithing approaches... Very cool to see something that old being repaired back to working operation/

[@MaxMinXX]

I purchased a Gew 88, 2 years ago and it never was that easy to disassemble. I had to blow up 2 screws bc the rust was just bound in the hand guard area. You did get lucky with that. But very interesting video, love it.

[@crazydave1145]

Absolutely amazing!! Just found your channel, subbed & can't wait to see more. I got a couple oldies I's love to do some conservation on.

[@FiveStringCommando]

YES!!!!!!!!! A new Anvil video!!!!!!!!

[@anthonypuccio9575]

That was very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[@anthonyross9276]

Excellent as always mark!

[@jetsonIFY]

Fantastic video Mark!!!!!

[@ketchman8299]

And you dropped this on election day, OUTSTANDING!. I really needed the distraction. Excellent video as always Sir.

[@Chris-wp3ew]

Really enjoyed that. I'm a fan of old-school rifles.

[@mrsmith8436]

Love your channel Mark👍

[@djd8305]

Bruno's animations, here and on CnArsenal are excellent.

[@rickey5353]

Sacrilegious, Mark. You got Kroil on the wood at the barrel band. LOL!

[@josephcormier5974]

Excellent video so much that I learn that plug is brilliant thank you for sharing this five stars my friend

[@dougmoore5252]

Hi Mark , I do guns and find your work thoughtful and interesting. Thank you

[@johnfrench428]

Good to see you still making videos. I really enjoy them, and have actually learned a few things. Not enough to encroach on your business though, haha. Best regards.

[@marknovak8255]

Still?

[@raymondhorvatin1050]

Thank you Mark for sharing

[@floyddwayneviernum3816]

Very impressive work.

[@JohnDoe-pv2iu]

I know that people all have their favorite chemicals or methods for working on rusted or frozen parts and fasteners. I, like you, prefer Kroil over anything else. It's not that other things can't work but when you are working on something like this, there's no substitute. I might use PB Blaster working on a car or tractor. It does a pretty good job and is cheap. When a broken part means having to fabricate a new part, it is definitely Kroil! Nice work and video. Ya'll Take Care and be safe, John

[@marcschultz5869]

Another outstanding video thank you

[@308dad8]

Awesome stuff Mark. I have a barreled action missing the entire bolt assembly. I bought it thinking a bolt would turn up eventually but no it hasn’t yet.

[@herrcobblermachen]

Ebay... and Ebay some more. The bolt bodies are around on various sites, but what youll almost always find missing is the bolt head. I dunno why. Tons of other more common rifles use the same kinda system - the ole mosin nagant and lee enfield - but for some reason.. maybe its a completely inorganic issue I dunno, but. Skip on over to myers arms, he makes new bolt heads and extractors for the 88. and youll pay less for one than an original.

[@tonyjones9715]

Thank you for the Great videos

[@cavscout888]

I'm keeping up my support. Thanks!

[@marknovak8255]

Much appreciated

[@andrewshoaf1842]

Very timely. I'm fabricating a mag tube for a 71/84 and I was thinking of using a similar process.

[@PrebleStreetRecords]

Haha, I’m doing the same thing today and was excited to see this video. Mine has a pretty sizable dent that limits the capacity to 2rds.

[@marknovak8255]

A drill bit of the correct diameter works for mag tubes

[@burgerblock]

Agree with you about Kroil. Doesn't always work with the tension aircraft can put on bolts at work, but it is great with firearms.

[@jamesjonson1285]

I know very little about guys. I have enjoyed your videos very much.