Thread: 1885 rustoration

More decent progress today
Got given a length of spring steel and a 101 on making flat springs
Made 2 new main springs and 2 new knock off springs.
Tested for full function carefully and now they go back to my tutor to be cooked.

With a bit of luck I will get a fully functional set and the ones I burgled can go back in to the low wall where they belong

akaroa old mate old pale, I can see you are getting there, which is good but all the stress you are putting on your self I can help out. Just let me take it off your hands, think of it as stress relief , and as I have a .510" barrel I can put it to good use!!!,

@homebrew.357 no stress at this end

I made two complete spring sets for 1885s copying my original low wall ones.
A mate friend and hardened and tempered them.
Both sets work perfectly
So now I can put the low wall back together and push on with re boring and cut rifling the #3 barrel I have

Then the real work began
I made a bore guided drill on the Elliot tool and cutter grinder
And drilled out the entire barrel to 16mm



While it was in the lathe I took 3mm off the barrel shank end so I could deal with excessive head space

Then I turned down a 32" long stainless steel 45 cal Vulcan barrel to 16mm and left a 5mm flange at the breech end to deal with the head space


Then epoxy the liner in and force out excess epoxy at the breech in the shop press

Set up barrel again in the lathe
Machine barrel shank and timing the octagonal flats and head space
Then team chamber 45-70



Turn it around and tidy up and lapp the muzzle



For the extractor and cut the slot for that
Then cut the extractor hook from .25 rimfire to the .45-70 rim
Fit a complete set of self made flat springs

And it fired a dummy round and even better the firing pin doesn't drag down the case when I open the action

So tomorrow a few proof rounds while the stock is still off being sanded and finished
And that's another rustoration maybe finished and it only took a few years

Looking good, nicely done. A couple of questions how did you get on with the threads on the screws, single point cut or did you find something close. Also I was thinking of trying Vulcan for a 45 barrel (45 acp projects) are they any good?

Cheers

Darren

Originally Posted by Fssprecision

Looking good, nicely done. A couple of questions how did you get on with the threads on the screws, single point cut or did you find something close. Also I was thinking of trying Vulcan for a 45 barrel (45 acp projects) are they any good?

Cheers

Darren

The screws were made from scratch from silver steel rod and cut on the lathe
Actually better than the images give credit for

Vulcan barrels are great and I have used a few and have quite a few more on hand for future and current projects
Some of the barrels have been done for me within a week but Mr Vulcan is a close personal friend and gunsmithing mentor

Great thanks for that, yep funny sometimes you get a great finish but looks awful in the photos….. cheers

Originally Posted by akaroa1

The screws were made from scratch from silver steel rod and cut on the lathe
Actually better than the images give credit for

Vulcan barrels are great and I have used a few and have quite a few more on hand for future and current projects
Some of the barrels have been done for me within a week but Mr Vulcan is a close personal friend and gunsmithing mentor

Just reminded me I made a set up for easily producing perfect slots when making screws, basically a drill chuck held in the tool post and a slitting saw in the lather chuck. dead quick to use for multiples and if you have readout event better...............Cheers

Originally Posted by Fssprecision

Looking good, nicely done. A couple of questions how did you get on with the threads on the screws, single point cut or did you find something close. Also I was thinking of trying Vulcan for a 45 barrel (45 acp projects) are they any good?

Cheers

Darren

They are first-class barrels! I have been using .451" Vulcan barrels for many years on my De Lisle carbines, as well as other calibres on rifles. My personal .30/06 long range rifle has one which consistently shoots sub MOA.

Originally Posted by gundoc

They are first-class barrels! I have been using .451" Vulcan barrels for many years on my De Lisle carbines, as well as other calibres on rifles. My personal .30/06 long range rifle has one which consistently shoots sub MOA.

Great thanks for the reply 16:1 for 45?

This project came to the top of the heap recently and I have made a stock set

Added a Lyman globe front sight and tang peep rear sight

Very nice, have any photos of the bore guided drill? I have a busted old barrel that could do with the same treatment.

Originally Posted by SixtyTen

Very nice, have any photos of the bore guided drill? I have a busted old barrel that could do with the same treatment.

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