I think most these videos, while cool, are faked. There is no delamination of the steel, and I have a hard time believing there wouldn't be ammo in the mag if this was a battlefield find
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Otherwise Explain to me how does a wooden pistol grip doesn’t deteriorate faster than metal? How it has no wood rot or cracking but the metal looks like it’s been at the bottom of the ocean for the last 29 years
If it was fully covered in water the wood will actually last way longer do to no oxygen. Kinda why docks on the lake or docks on the bay side last so long.
LOL that’s one way to do it and leave tool and vice marks all over it. Should have hit it with a pressure washer, tooth brushed it with WD-40, soaked it in penetrating oil, waited a day then used wood blocks on the clamp faces. Instead this guy used parrot nose adjustable pliers, etc and just muscling it apart. Guess he doesn’t have a harbor freight where he could pick up some cheap tools that wouldn’t destroy the exterior surfaces. 0/10 restoration skills, this is bubba work.
I would say this looks pretty fake seeing as every screw came out with no problem with just a little bit of spray. And is it weird that the entire gun has a uniform coating of “rust”?
There's very light and even rust with no pitting which is a sign that they sprayed it with salt-water to induce rusting and then threw it in mud for a few days so they could take it all apart.
No one seriously noticed he started with a sa26 which has a magazine in the grip and the end project he shows off is an ak47? Everyone fighting over rust and mud. It’s two completely different guns.
I think most these videos, while cool, are faked. There is no delamination of the steel, and I have a hard time believing there wouldn't be ammo in the mag if this was a battlefield find
Fake Otherwise Explain to me how does a wooden pistol grip doesn’t deteriorate faster than metal? How it has no wood rot or cracking but the metal looks like it’s been at the bottom of the ocean for the last 29 years
If it was fully covered in water the wood will actually last way longer do to no oxygen. Kinda why docks on the lake or docks on the bay side last so long.
The music sounds like they're restoring the gun in a middle of a rave lol
I must say it went well with the electrolysis rust removal, but that’s about it.
I don't know about the gun, but I have a sudden and inexplicable urge to put pineapple on pizza.
All that hard work just to take can the beautiful bakelite parts 🤣 other work seems to have worked great though (too good almost).
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Restored SA26 to AKMS lol
LOL that’s one way to do it and leave tool and vice marks all over it. Should have hit it with a pressure washer, tooth brushed it with WD-40, soaked it in penetrating oil, waited a day then used wood blocks on the clamp faces. Instead this guy used parrot nose adjustable pliers, etc and just muscling it apart. Guess he doesn’t have a harbor freight where he could pick up some cheap tools that wouldn’t destroy the exterior surfaces. 0/10 restoration skills, this is bubba work.
I mean yeah wood is great but the clamp faces are flat here not diamond cut so it’s not the end of the world
Where tf did they find this
These videos are usually faked….. they probably burried it and came back a few months later to make this video
I would say this looks pretty fake seeing as every screw came out with no problem with just a little bit of spray. And is it weird that the entire gun has a uniform coating of “rust”?
There's very light and even rust with no pitting which is a sign that they sprayed it with salt-water to induce rusting and then threw it in mud for a few days so they could take it all apart.
Wood looked better than the steel, the plastic magazine follower was somehow rusted, and the rust doesn't look quite right.
No one seriously noticed he started with a sa26 which has a magazine in the grip and the end project he shows off is an ak47? Everyone fighting over rust and mud. It’s two completely different guns.