How do guys.....
After trawling through another forums a while back looking for a Webley Tracker to refurbish I came across an oldish post by a member called Robbo offering a Relum Tornado.
Now this being my very first gun when I was 8-9 I thought I would reminise on my youth and set about contacting him to see if he still had it.......He did!!
He explained it had been sitting in an allotment for an unknown amount of time and the metalwork had seen a lot better days but the stock seemed in good condition. I arranged to take it off his hands for the grand price of FREE......yes....FREE...all I needed pay was the postage!
I finally received it yesterday and I phoned him to tell him it had arrived safe, Bry even paid the postage and told me not to bother reimbursing him as long as I made good of the rifle and sent him photos of it, so a BIG thanks to Bry aka Robbo for his generosity and being a top notch forum member!
So....to the refurb.....
Here's life as it started..... ROUGH!!!
and so the strip down ensued....
watery rust isnt always a very good sign....
but the leather seal was in surprisingly very good condition...
So.....with the other parts steeping in rust remover I set about doing the easy job first....the stock.....
lightly rubbed down with a couple of soft decorators blocks and then reoiled this was definately the easiest job up to now....and it's turned out great!!
Lightly sanded...
reoiled....
Please keep coming back for more updates as the refurb continutes.......
Darryl