TINCANBANDIT's Gunsmithing

I stumbled across these guys on Instagram and was blown away by the quality of their work.
If you know anything about polishing guns, you know how easy it is to "dish out" screw holes the roll marks. Care and the proper tools must be used.
These guys are absolute pros, the best, they also do nickel and gold platting.
Anyway, I contacted the owner and he agreed to let me post some of their work here for you guys to gander at.

You can find their website at: https://www.patriotgunpolishing.com/

This is a collection of pictures found on the interwebs…..I cannot comment on the authenticity of the photos, I just posted them because they are interesting....



Body painter Natalie Fletcher experiments with camouflage


The Sturgis Gun Club, a tiny woman tries out "Ma Deuce"



A U.S. Marine in Afghanistan, 2010




Korean War







Gotta git me one of these







The pictures above were found freely on the world wide web and are used under the guidelines of Fair Use, per Title 17 of the U.S. Code. Where possible the source has been credited. If you own the copyright to any of these images and wish them to be credited or removed, please contact me immediately. 

If you missed the first three posts, click on the links below

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3


Before starting reassembly, I painted the safety/fire indicator with red enamel model paint


While the paint was drying I reassembled the magazine



And started the clean up on the other parts



I found a broken pin, I will make one from my selection of pin stock




These parts will soak overnight in Hoppes #9 


I was able to find a pin of the right diameter to replace the broken one, it is a tad shorter, but that will not matter in this case


While the parts were soaking I turned my attention to the scope, the one that was on the gun had filthy optics that were coated with something that didn't want to come off, so I swapped it with one I had on my shelf, using the reblued screws and other parts to make one good scope.


The parts are clean and ready to be installed


The color case hardening is still evident on these parts


I sanded and polished the bolt


And assembled the action


Finished!














And the obligatory before and after shots











Here is a picture showing the progression on the barrel where the roll marks are.




On to the next project!