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Yes JR. One of my favorite things

One of my other hobbies is repairing and restoring old firearms.
Here are before and after pics of a short, magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), made by Savage in 1942. Made in USA, sent to Great Britain as part of the lend-lease program. Later returned back to the USA, where someone removed the bayonet lug and turned it into a sporter hunting rifle. Thankfully they didn't drill & tap for a scope mount, so I was able to get back pretty close to original simply by refinishing and replacing parts.
The markings on these old rifles are interesting. This one has the US PROPERTY stamp, as well as British proof and export stamps.

Great job,Blue. ...looks like it was just handed to ya by your Sarge.

Thanks Johnnie!
I love the smell of linseed oil in the morning...

More awesome hand skills. Filmed in 1923.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... W1YzoRmvUo#

Seems like a waste of wood to me.

Charlie Noyes

Now that old feller's good

There ya go kid. Now go hang that in the kitchen.

Vintage (1950's) Pocket Calendar advertising Mercury Saw & Knife co.

I got about 15 of 'em.

I got this pic in a WOODCRAFT email. Im assuming that it was prolly a redwood. Pretty impressive, IMO.

Dayum! What did they have that would cut through THAT????

That big ole crosscut saw the guy on the ladder has his right hand on.

california pic???? i bettin'..........

and that saw is SA-WEEET

Its going to make one helluva spoon.

Its going to make one helluva spoon.

spoon .....and fork.

To fall that tree, the undercut would have been made by two guys with double bit axes. Most fallers worked on springboards to elevate themselves above the swelled butt of the tree (alot less work a few feet up). The back-cut
and bucking would have been done with saws specific to each job. (The saw in that pic is two saws welded together)
My Grandfather started his Timber Falling career hand-falling, even in the Douglas Fir forests of the NW, it was not uncommon for them to spend a whole day on just the undercut and then fall the tree the next day. He cut timber that was as large as 15-16' across the stump. I packed jacks for him as a teenager and the largest tree I have seen him cut was a little over 12' on the stump, the largest I have ever cut was here in Alaska and was almost 11'. A Stihl 084AV with a 60" bar sure looks big until you get in timber like that. Nice photo caddy, it may have come out of the book Kinsey Photographer?

IM

I'd just like to see the team of mules that drug it out of the woods.

Here is a 25 footer and an Ox team.

IM

1942 No.4 Mk.I* .303" Calibre Lee-Enfield Rifle made by Savage in the United States under the Lend-Lease Programme.
This rifle was also a chopped up "sporter" when I bought it in 2000 in Anchorage, Alaska. I did my best to piece it back to how it should have looked in 1942, but this one was drilled for a telescopic sight, but it was my first Lee-Enfield Rifle and was my only centrefire rifle when I lived in Alaska, so I am happy with it.
Mark

That is too cool Mark! Looks very aged, all in the right ways.

Good looking Savage Mark!

CHanna and I both took ours to the range today. Too excited so I forgot the camera. hahaha.

IMBand wrote:Here is a 25 footer and an Ox team.

IM

We kinda roughly figured the picture I posted was 18-20 footer. Your 25 footer is unbelievable!! NOW THAT'S AX MEN!!!!!

Thanks for the comment on my Rifle, I have a couple more that I might post on here later. I had fun putting this one back together.
Mark

IMBand, Just noticed the 1892 date in the bottom of the picture with the oxen, 121 years ago. Love the old pictures like these. Florida has a Forestry Museum in Perry that has a bunch of old pictures that are just amazing. Logging has sure changed over the years. Treefarmer

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