Gunsmithing my N0.4

MilitaryPolice · 07-16-2006, 09:33 AM

I have a Long Branch Sporterized 1944 No.4 MKI. I'd like to modify it quite a bit, and i'd like an idea of cost.

I'd like to at least Switch the bolt to left hand, and make the magazine release much easier to operate.

That's my initial goal.

later on i'd lik e

Then i'd like to get the works done on it, Trigger job, new barrel and float it, some work done on the action and generall stuff to improve the accuracy.

bheiser · 07-16-2006, 07:43 PM

i would say 320.00 anyone else want to chime in?

FutureMarine · 07-16-2006, 08:58 PM

i say thats pretty close

JBS · 08-14-2006, 08:17 PM

[ I'd like to at least Switch the bolt to left hand ]

Is this a " trick question?"

If you're serious, it'll cost you much more than the $320 as quoted and agreed to in the last two replies. Maybe more like $3200. What you are proposing doesn't make sense. But, I'm sure you've already figured that out.

NRAJOE · 08-14-2006, 08:55 PM

Just buy a lefty rifle....

Thrawn · 08-14-2006, 09:17 PM

Funny, I'm a southpaw and left-handed rifles just feel too weird to me.

FutureMarine · 08-14-2006, 09:22 PM

exactly. i am so used to right hand mil surps. i think a lefty would through me off lol

josh · 09-09-2006, 08:12 AM

It will cost far more than it will ever be worth and I doubt you will be happy with the results when done.

timberlord · 09-09-2006, 02:53 PM

If the rifle is not scoped and still has the charging bridge , stripper clips is the way to go for loading .

troy2000 · 09-11-2006, 08:40 PM

I'm also left-handed, but right-eye dominant. I get along fine with right-hand bolts.

billy · 09-20-2006, 06:19 AM

im a lefty and ive never even fired a left handed gun.

07-16-2006, 09:33 AM	#1
MilitaryPolice Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1	Gunsmithing my N0.4 I have a Long Branch Sporterized 1944 No.4 MKI. I'd like to modify it quite a bit, and i'd like an idea of cost. I'd like to at least Switch the bolt to left hand, and make the magazine release much easier to operate. That's my initial goal. later on i'd lik e Then i'd like to get the works done on it, Trigger job, new barrel and float it, some work done on the action and generall stuff to improve the accuracy.

07-16-2006, 07:43 PM	#2
bheiser Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Parkville MD Posts: 204	i would say 320.00 anyone else want to chime in? __________________ Walther PPK,RIA 1911, FN-FAL308 Mossy500:uzi:

07-16-2006, 08:58 PM	#3
FutureMarine Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: PRK Posts: 1,946	i say thats pretty close __________________ Semper Fi

08-14-2006, 08:17 PM	#4
JBS Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 917	Gunsmithing my N0.4 [ I'd like to at least Switch the bolt to left hand ] Is this a " trick question?" If you're serious, it'll cost you much more than the $320 as quoted and agreed to in the last two replies. Maybe more like $3200. What you are proposing doesn't make sense. But, I'm sure you've already figured that out.

08-14-2006, 08:55 PM	#5
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,882 Blog Entries: 1	Just buy a lefty rifle.... __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

08-14-2006, 09:17 PM	#6
Thrawn Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Okeefenokee Posts: 1,613	Funny, I'm a southpaw and left-handed rifles just feel too weird to me.

08-14-2006, 09:22 PM	#7
FutureMarine Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: PRK Posts: 1,946	exactly. i am so used to right hand mil surps. i think a lefty would through me off lol __________________ Semper Fi

09-09-2006, 08:12 AM	#8
josh Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 11	It will cost far more than it will ever be worth and I doubt you will be happy with the results when done.

09-09-2006, 02:53 PM	#9
timberlord Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 429	If the rifle is not scoped and still has the charging bridge , stripper clips is the way to go for loading . __________________ http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...LongStamp1.jpg

09-11-2006, 08:40 PM	#10
troy2000 Banned Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southern California Posts: 14,553	I'm also left-handed, but right-eye dominant. I get along fine with right-hand bolts.

09-20-2006, 06:19 AM	#11
billy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 20,504 Blog Entries: 161	im a lefty and ive never even fired a left handed gun.