Black Range Fabrik
With a nod to the Krupps of Essen, Black Range Fabrik – or factory – is about my stock making, bluing and restoration work.
You can follow the progress of projects below, along with other occasional musings and below. Subscribe to my Facebook page if you’d like to be informed when they are posted.
My take on a Brno Model 2 stock. I couldn’t help mixing in a few post-war US elements into the European mix – along with a bit more length in the butt and a thicker grip for durability. Throw in a hand rubbed oil finish and the results aren’t too bad.
Thank you to the owner for his patience – there were a lot of kinks with the duplicator (!!!) to work out, along with the rest of the process.
Watch this space – plenty more to come.
Thats a smick looking brno great job
Nice to see some traditional wood n steel!
I have one I need you to blue
Nice 👌
An amazing riffle
All edges straight, curves just about blended; two more holes to counter drill for fittings and then we’re ready to start whiskering and inspecting for missed scratch marks.
Greener GPs and Black Flag 🏴 🏴🏴🏴 for the win – if you know you know. 🏴☠️🍸🙌🏻
Looks like a whinchester stock
Fresh rust bluing in the sun – nothing quite like it.
Yeah that's nice! Gotta set myself up for that process!….
This is what removing 74 years of oil from a rifle stock looks like. It’s a perfect job for a quiet moment – when you want to feel busy – but just can’t quite face being busy.
Apologies for the sound – bubbling oil and the phone camera resting on the lamp. I am an auteur.
Love to see the finished product.
Most of my days start with pruning all of the spam out of my email. This has to be one of my favourite spam emails ever. Not sure what they are selling, but the message is eerily accurate.
Jeff is one angry South African
😂😂😂😂
Keyboard recognition…😉
They took it literally when their boss said a “brutal advertising campaign “
Polishing can be very immersive; for such an ostensibly simple activity it’s really immersive.
Pepe brought this new to him Webley and Scott in, which appears to have been bathed in duck blood and neglect. Not much bluing to remove, and some pretty deep pits – along with some scratched initials. Files and stones getting a workout before the paper joins the fray.
Nice! You guys do re bluing?
I forgot to send mine down I'm home next week I'll try to remember.
We have a Schultz and Larsen M54J in 7 x 61 Sharp and Hart fresh off the plane. The Customs team reckoned this was the nicest rifle he’d seen in years; and they see a lot of guns.
For a 50+ year old rifle, and even a one year old one, this one presents as A+. Metal work is perfect, with all of the design touches that you would expect from a Danish rifle of this period. Note the bolt design, and small details in the toe of the trigger guard. At the risk of sounding even older than I am, they don’t make / design them like this any more.
The woodwork is 98%; finish has aged beautiful with no dents. Only a few light marks are present on the left side of the action from resting in a deer blind. I had to struggle to get a photograph of them.
$4700.00 on this one.
Instead of advertising these rifles in the usual spots, I thought I’d try them here here first.
For sale is an immaculate Sako AV in 6.5 x 55. This rifle is astonishing, basically. Still even has the key for the stock cross bolts. Metal and woodwork is perfect. Comes with optilock bases too. Bore excellent.
Serial number is 649768, for the Sako enthusiasts.
Asking price for this one is $4500.00
I had a 243 in that model when I was a young ringer in outback Queesland…took me about 2 years to save up to buy it. A super rifle.
About a month late! Lovely looking Sako
Has the rifle been used?
Goffy Terretts
Adam Bandy
I need to start taking before photos. This was a tired Sako L461 that came in for a re-finish and a rust blue. It shot beautifully, but just needed a bit of cosmetic attention. It’s about the same age as moi and I strongly identify.
It never fails to amaze me how thick with poly and stain the old Sako are. Evens up the colour, but you miss a lot of figure.
Picked up my Sako from James at Black Range, couldn’t be happier with it. Highly recommend him to anyone thinking of resto on classic firearms
Looks great.
Stock refinishing job on a 1950s-vintage Sako Riihimaki. They are beautiful rifles:
Simply a classic deuce rifle.
Stunning 😍
Maurie McClure
Looks good mate