Oldtrooper Posted July 27, 2018 Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 (edited) My 1918A3 is on it's way to being a 1918 ... Some mill work on the magazine guides and a 1918 flash hider, then a reblue. The stock set was made by Dan Block Edited July 28, 2018 by Oldtrooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jl7422 Posted July 28, 2018 Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 Boy, that's going to be a nice looking piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timkel Posted July 28, 2018 Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 That is the best looking configuration. Beautiful wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StooperZero Posted July 28, 2018 Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 does he make the forearm as well? I've considered this with mine BUT I'd cheat and use the chrysler engine paint blueing method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldtrooper Posted July 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 does he make the forearm as well? I've considered this with mine BUT I'd cheat and use the chrysler engine paint blueing method. Yes he does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.F. Bell Posted August 4, 2018 Report Share Posted August 4, 2018 Must be something in the air...mine's heading the same direction, DB stocks and all. Out of idle curiosity, can I ask where you got your rear sight? That's the last component (short the reblue and the machine work) that I need to get mine finished out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldtrooper Posted August 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2018 Must be something in the air...mine's heading the same direction, DB stocks and all. Out of idle curiosity, can I ask where you got your rear sight? That's the last component (short the reblue and the machine work) that I need to get mine finished out. I called Ohio Ordnance and asked them if they had one left over from their 1918 Colt builds ... They did ... And it was pretty expensive. It came complete, blued, and ready to install on my rifle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldtrooper Posted August 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2018 Must be something in the air...mine's heading the same direction, DB stocks and all. Out of idle curiosity, can I ask where you got your rear sight? That's the last component (short the reblue and the machine work) that I need to get mine finished out. You will not be disappointed with the Dan Block wood ... Easy to fit and is beautifully finished ... Dan also used the correct sling swivel on the stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.F. Bell Posted August 4, 2018 Report Share Posted August 4, 2018 Much appreciated. Didn't figure it'd come cheap - but then again, it's one of those glaring differences that ruins the look if left unattended. Concur on the wood. Put mine on last week...it makes a whole new rifle out of a bone-stock OOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StooperZero Posted August 4, 2018 Report Share Posted August 4, 2018 wow, i had no clue rear sights were that high now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldtrooper Posted August 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2018 wow, i had no clue rear sights were that high now. $540 from OOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoscoeTurner Posted August 4, 2018 Report Share Posted August 4, 2018 Must be something in the air...mine's heading the same direction, DB stocks and all. Out of idle curiosity, can I ask where you got your rear sight? That's the last component (short the reblue and the machine work) that I need to get mine finished out. I called Ohio Ordnance and asked them if they had one left over from their 1918 Colt builds ... They did ... And it was pretty expensive. It came complete, blued, and ready to install on my rifle. I had the opposite problem, replacing a WWI rear sight with a WWII sight on this one. WWI sight went to Ebay the day it was replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.F. Bell Posted August 5, 2018 Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 That being the case...I half-wonder if it wouldn't be worth it to see if our local machinist could turn one out. Anybody have both the early rear sight and an M1917 to compare? If it's a just a matter of the guard, it may well be cheaper to eat the cost of machine time rather than buying an original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APEXgunparts Posted August 5, 2018 Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 Is this the rear sight base that you are seeking? APEX still has a LOT of BAR parts pending, that will get listed on the web site. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.F. Bell Posted August 5, 2018 Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 In point of fact it is... PM on the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APEXgunparts Posted August 5, 2018 Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 Thanks for that info.I have a lot of the "ODD" BAR, FND and Browning parts still pending because I haven't had the time to research what is a fair price for the products.In some cases it is work and time just to figure out what they are and what gun they are a part of. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG34bar Posted August 6, 2018 Report Share Posted August 6, 2018 J F Bell: Hi J F, just a note that, in the dim and distant past (45 year ago) when almost all the transferable BARs were returns from England, we were all doing the opposite; that is taking the 1918 guns and making them 1918A2 configuration. As I remember the M1917 rear sight leaf and the 1918 BAR leaf were slightly different. I think the M1917 leaf was longer, and I always thought that was due to the difference in "sight radius" in that the M1917 had a 26" barrel while the BAR barrel is 24". Then again, my memory isn't what it used to be anymore. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrayingMantis Posted August 19, 2018 Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 Oldtrooper, very nice! I did the same thing last year, but I didnt find the rear sight box, might have to give Apex a call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldtrooper Posted August 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 Oldtrooper, very nice! I did the same thing last year, but I didnt find the rear sight box, might have to give Apex a call.Nice ... That's what mine will look like when it's finished ... If you need the rear sight you might call Ohio Ordnance ... The one I purchased from them was complete with a blue finish ... It was expensive ... $540.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.F. Bell Posted September 9, 2018 Report Share Posted September 9, 2018 Within two pieces of completion now. I'm waiting on a screw for the rear sight (mine was Allen rather than slotted) and a new flash hider. An early gas regulator is technically on the list, but I'm not holding my breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StooperZero Posted September 9, 2018 Report Share Posted September 9, 2018 oooooooooooooooo very nice How are you guys going about getting these "de-parked" and blued ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.F. Bell Posted September 9, 2018 Report Share Posted September 9, 2018 Working at a gun shop is one trick. There are two prep methods I've generally used with caustic bluing. One is to sand it off by hand, which is how the BAR went, and run it through the setup at work...that was an adventure. Once I got it completely dissembled the barreled action had about an inch of clearing either end of the tank. I did have to work out a couple of uneven spots that weren't apparent under the parked finish, but nothing too bad. Initially I toyed with the idea of rust bluing, but...there's a lot of steel on a BAR. The other, which is a quicker and easier but sometimes unpredictable method is to blast a piece down to bare metal and work it over with a wire wheel before it goes in the salts. Although this worked well for me at school I haven't quite been able to duplicate the results at the new shop. The latter is what I used on my Thompson and Model 12 projects and again in a later attempt to match Colt's WWI 'black army' finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldtrooper Posted September 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2018 oooooooooooooooo very nice How are you guys going about getting these "de-parked" and blued ???I have the luxury of having a custom gun smith as a son ... He does blue work, plus parker and cerakote finishes ... This is a sample of his bluing work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StooperZero Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 wow, that looks good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adg105200 Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 Beautiful results!! Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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