Thread: breathing new life into a beautiful old girl

Progress!!!!!!
not much time dedicated to my personal work lately, but that is changing!
i have spent a bit of time getting the barrel sitting in the stock, and had to think about how i would hold it in the stock.
i have decided the best bet is to fit a recoil lug into the barrel and then bed the barrel into the stock.
the action is only held with a bolt, that passes through the stock and holds the trigger into place. this is at the back of the action, on the tang. traditionaly, the barrel then is secured to the stock at the front with barrel bands.
being that nothing else about this build is traditional, i decided to fit a recoil lug up ahead of the action to secure the barrel.
i have a banded front sight and a banded sling mount so a discrete front mount will probabaly look astheticly, at least, a little better than another band.





i have been using a very course file to shape the forend, not my first choice, but i have enjoyed the workout non the less!
it dose provide a exelent finish as is, so i will need little sanding when i am finished. something at least.



the alignment of the action to the lower trigger group is quite a testament to the firearms manufacturers of the past. there is little room for error in aligning the upper action, the lock and the trigger assembly. because each is seperate and independant of one another, but each needs to be aligned perfectly to funtion properly, i have taken extra time to ensure i have each component aligned corectly.



i had the kids in the workshop today and they decided on the forend tip. i had a piece of purple heart, that imidiately drew the girls atention.
they decided the angled tip should be forward, i have not seen a forward forend tip before but they were insistant! so i cut the tip to suit and have it now sitting in the vice with the glue setting as we speak.





see how long before i get to do some more....................
greg

rough cut the barrel channel


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forend tip shaped



greg

such a sexy wee vixen you have there sir.may you deal to many jungle infidelsbloody nice work greg.

fitting the recoil pad.

sanded with 100 grit and wet for the photos

greg

Have been keeping track of the project and am most impressed. A lovely bit of walnut, but I'm not sure about the recoil pad

I have not been able to find a rear sight that I am happy with so, wadda ya doo?



bored out the centre to the same profile as the barrel.



flatten off the top



dovetail cut



shaped the top.

I will have to come back to it, ran out of time.

greg

top work im watching with interest .i have some off cuts of ebony, purple heart ,wenge etc just yell if you are looking for somthing
cheers john

Looking awesome !!! Top effort can't wait to see it all finished!

Got the sight out of the mill









No time to do any work and I am so close to putting a shot thru her.

Greg

Got the brass bar in to make the escutcheon's for the off side of the stock.






With the roar and duck shooting coming up I have very little time but managed to get some sanding done.







Getting there.
Greg

Bloody duck shooters, man I have had ENOUGH of fixing fucked semi auto shotguns.
Anyway, I have to admit, I am as excited as a teenager about to get a root.
I just got a parcel from the states with what must be the rarest brass cases in existence! I got 6 boxes of 24g magtech brass that I will convert to 577 snider and 577.450 as I need them.
thus the inspiration that I needed.
I spent about 3 hours hand sanding the barrel with wet and dry.
I took it to 2000 grit wet and dry. absolute mirror finish! I now needed to fit the sights and banded sling mount.



that done I spent the rest of the afternoon wrecking the finish by soldering the sights on.




everything else is soaking in a phosphoric acid solution over night to be ready for a bath in the blueing tank in the morning.
so close, I can smell the goex burning!
greg

Bloody duck shooters, man I have had ENOUGH of fixing fucked semi auto shotguns.
Anyway, I have to admit, I am as excited as a teenager about to get a root.
I just got a parcel from the states with what must be the rarest brass cases in existence! I got 6 boxes of 24g magtech brass that I will convert to 577 snider and 577.450 as I need them.
thus the inspiration that I needed.
I spent about 3 hours hand sanding the barrel with wet and dry.
I took it to 2000 grit wet and dry. absolute mirror finish! I now needed to fit the sights and banded sling mount.



that done I spent the rest of the afternoon wrecking the finish by soldering the sights on.




everything else is soaking in a phosphoric acid solution over night to be ready for a bath in the blueing tank in the morning.
so close, I can smell the goex burning!
greg

spent bloody ages cleaning up the mess made by the solder, : then hours polishing the barrel back to mirror bright.
the old original parts soaked in phosphoric acid to remove any rust in the pitting, it has caused a "Damascus" effect to the steel.
it will go when the blueing covers it. kinda cool tho.

blued all the metalwork and soaked it in oil.

assembly required

not looking too bad. mite need to take it for a shot in the morning. :boogie:

greg

Absolut amazing, what a great work, you are a very "special talent" man, it is looking amazing.
Thank for share and all the reports updates

Mac

Nice work Greg - don't keep us waiting - how'd it all go?