I've had this Inland for some time, was never impressed with it when it arrived, bad finish work including some sprayed on 'parkerizing' color so it sat for a long time. I finally decided to
see how it would come out with a proper, or at least the best I can do, parkerizing finish. I used Magnesium phosphate for this one, I believe that later war carbines had a zinc phosphate finish and I could have gone that way, just wanted to see how this metal would take a Magnesium finish. It's ok, nothing great, but a whole world better than it was. All other parts were fine as they
were so just did the barrel and receiver. Some photos of how it came out.
I got one of the J&G stocks they are currently selling. They got 11,000 stock sets from Korea. They obviously had
been tank stripped and it looks like the Korean army had painted white rack numbers painted on the stocks. Bits of this white then got in the mix of stripper solution and landed in any small crevice or ding in the stock. It took a lot of time to remove but hidden underneath were some Inland markings (cut-out for oiler and underneath the hand guard). I don't think they had ever found these. The stocks come pretty rough, basically right out of the stripper bath. We can only hope that Korea did not give up on selling the Carbines back to us and start parting them out but it seems possible....
Used a new heating source, a local retired gunsmith sold me his heating set-up, it uses a long tube inside an aluminum
tray with adjustable thermostat so heating by resistance in the metal tube. Avoids the use of propane, so a bit safer but no huge improvement. Takes longer to get to temperature, will try it again on a 1903/A3 Remington that badly needs help. Maybe this weekend for that project...
see how it would come out with a proper, or at least the best I can do, parkerizing finish. I used Magnesium phosphate for this one, I believe that later war carbines had a zinc phosphate finish and I could have gone that way, just wanted to see how this metal would take a Magnesium finish. It's ok, nothing great, but a whole world better than it was. All other parts were fine as they
were so just did the barrel and receiver. Some photos of how it came out.
I got one of the J&G stocks they are currently selling. They got 11,000 stock sets from Korea. They obviously had
been tank stripped and it looks like the Korean army had painted white rack numbers painted on the stocks. Bits of this white then got in the mix of stripper solution and landed in any small crevice or ding in the stock. It took a lot of time to remove but hidden underneath were some Inland markings (cut-out for oiler and underneath the hand guard). I don't think they had ever found these. The stocks come pretty rough, basically right out of the stripper bath. We can only hope that Korea did not give up on selling the Carbines back to us and start parting them out but it seems possible....
Used a new heating source, a local retired gunsmith sold me his heating set-up, it uses a long tube inside an aluminum
tray with adjustable thermostat so heating by resistance in the metal tube. Avoids the use of propane, so a bit safer but no huge improvement. Takes longer to get to temperature, will try it again on a 1903/A3 Remington that badly needs help. Maybe this weekend for that project...
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