A couple of years ago I was fortunate enough to purchase SA 7417 as a completely stripped receiver from a member on the CMP Forums. Prior to that, I purchased a 3-42 barrel that had quite a lot of pitting, but still maintained manageable TE and ME measurements. Shortly after I received SA 7417 I realized that the barrel and receiver were in similar condition, and sported pitting in similar places. Thus, to me, it only made sense to mate the two together as an early Spring 1942 initial conversion project / restoration.
A couple of months ago I toyed around with using an extremely early sight on this project, but just this evening realized (with help from Bubba1) that it really isn't realistic to use such an early sight on a 1942 rifle. So, I decided to piece together a Type 1 lockbar from pieces that I had in my parts boxes.
As it sits right now, SA 7417 has a 3-42 barrel, a Type 1 rear sight, matching round-nose clip latch, and an SA -12 RE5B bolt. All have matching finish to the receiver. The barrel's chamber is in the white and there's no chrome on the pads.
It's a work in progress, so stay tuned...........and, of course, any suggestions are always welcome!!
Cheers,
---Brian
A couple of months ago I toyed around with using an extremely early sight on this project, but just this evening realized (with help from Bubba1) that it really isn't realistic to use such an early sight on a 1942 rifle. So, I decided to piece together a Type 1 lockbar from pieces that I had in my parts boxes.
As it sits right now, SA 7417 has a 3-42 barrel, a Type 1 rear sight, matching round-nose clip latch, and an SA -12 RE5B bolt. All have matching finish to the receiver. The barrel's chamber is in the white and there's no chrome on the pads.
It's a work in progress, so stay tuned...........and, of course, any suggestions are always welcome!!
Cheers,
---Brian
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