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I use some of those cheap throw away birthday cake candles.
The type that you get 20 or so in a box.
In my shop, I keep a wooden dowel mashed up on one end that sits in a small tub of kerosene....

You fill them with lapping dust and use them to hard fit parts.
I bet one of them is made of cast iron.
If they have been used a lot you may see them worn some instead of perfectly flat.

Thanks for the welcome and I appreciate your insight. I believe there is something to be gleaned from all the posters on this site and enjoy it very much. I also enjoy reading your posts because...

I use wheel bearing grease or teflon based lube. The reason for me is that when you have to push the charge out and then clean the rifle that sort of grease is easy to clean off. Whether you use...

I just bought a fore end from ebay and what was delivered appears to be unfitted walnut for a MkII. It wasn't in a set of woods though just the fore-end so maybe I just got lucky with how it was...

Thanks for the info! This was the first one I had seen like this.

I have a rear sight base that came off a drill rifle that's slightly bent. I want to piece the rear sight back together with some other parts I have on hand. When I stripped the old sight I noticed...

Thanks for the welcome

This is my first time introductory post on this forum. My interest are o3's, Krag rifles, 17's, Shtle and No 4 rifles. In my spare time I tinker with unwanted parts and try to make decent shooters...