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A little bit more work tonight.
We got the bush almost done, drilled and tapped the old firing pin hole to take a lightly countersunk M4.
Now I just need to file the remains of the screw down flush. Couldn't face it all the way down in the lathe as the face of the bush isn't perpendicular to the thread.
Once that is done we can turn the firing pin down.
A bit of difference between the new 67 thou hole and the original 100 thou hole!
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Firing pin done, we did both bushes and firing pins while we had everything setup.
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Did a quick test on a primed case and got a much more acceptable result, even managed to hit the centre of the primer!
Been too busy for fun projects, but managed to get a little bit more done.
Drew up a trial buttcap to make sure the dimensions are right then I will draw one up with something nice on it.
Next time I will do the cap before the stock, then I can get everything spot on.
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Ignore the bits round the side, they are some more trial ballistic tips for @T.FOYE and his 45/70
I thought they were inserts for the Marquis De Sade version of the buttplate....... for when recoil just isn't enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by makka
Studded for his pleasure...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ross Nolan
There was plenty of surface rust on the action and remains of the shotgun barrel so I was going to paint the metalwork with black etch primer, but decided to give cold blueing a go.
Stripped and sanded the action:
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Then blued the action and trigger guard:
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Then I stripped, sanded and blued the barrel:
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I am pretty happy with how it came up, although I am going to redo the action
I would say the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
Made mine out of walnut.
I have a piece of your walnut there to make one with, just didnt want to waste it on the first stock I built for it incase it wasn't the right shape.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmokeyJason
Once its finished and I'm completely happy then I will make one from some of your walnut;)
What cold blue did you use?Quote:
Originally Posted by makka
I used birchwood casey super blue.Quote:
Originally Posted by 19Badger
I ended up taking the engraving off the sides of the action to clean it up a bit, still needs a bit more blue I think.
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VERY impressive!
thanks for sharing!
Cheers mate, just itching to get out and put it through its paces!Quote:
Originally Posted by STC
Actually, it was perma blue, not super blueQuote:
Originally Posted by 19Badger
So, because I get bored easily in the shed and I haven't been able to get it to the range to do some load dev it's time to start fiddling again.
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Been a while between drinks on this one, finally made a start on the walnut stock last night.
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Slow progress, up next will be drilling the through hole
Man that blows me away! Very clever.
Cheers!Quote:
Originally Posted by whanahuia
The hole for the through bolt is done now, I have started shaping the stock.
I will get a few photos on the weekend once the grip section is done.
Even then side I always thought was the "boring" side is starting to show some promise
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I definitely think I'm starting to like the "shit" side more
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Finally got my hands on a piece of ebony for the grip cap, although it hasn't really been cut the way I would like it will do the job just fine and the price was right.
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Hopefully I can make a bit more progress over the next few weeks
judging by the autopsy shots good sir ,this is one mighty impressive piece of artillery .has master grunter tasted its delights yet .
your motto -you are dead ,you just dont know it lie down be still!
Just read through all 4 plus pages, and have to say this is right up there with the best overhaul of a firearm I've seen. Keen to see the progress and final outcome!
Thanks mate, its been slow going with the odd evening here and there but certainly enjoyable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bol Tackshin
I sighted in the new scope a few weeks ago but wasn't in a position to do any proper load testing at the time.
just out of curiosity squire what is the parent cartridge /calibre cause it is certainly a bloody hard hitter!Quote:
Originally Posted by makka
Parent cartridge is the 7x57 (or 8x57 to be exact)Quote:
Originally Posted by kotuku
It certainly has some herbs, hopefully I can feed it to a deer before too long
Been a while, have started to rough out the shape of the stock.
Ignore the butt pad and grip cap, they are just placeholders to get the shape.
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Doesn't look like much has changed but there is quite a bit of timber that has come off since last photos.
Still a bit more to go through the wrist and pistol grip area
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Are you going to do the checkering on the grip ?
You are a very talented man well done
Yep, that will be the plan eventually once im happy with everything else.Quote:
Originally Posted by Friwi
Still got quite a bit to go to get the bulkyness down yet, then there's the forgrip to go!
What a great thread! Really enjoyed reading it and you are a very clever bloke. Wish I had half your skills.
Cheers mate, I'm not half as skilled as quite a few of the guys on here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lazza
A mate did the machining of the barrel for me too, I might have been able to do it myself but in twice the time and probably much rougher haha
More slow progress, had to hand fit the recoil pad as the belt broke on the sander almost straight away. I could have waited till I got a new belt but spare time is limited!
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thats sexual mate well done!
Certainly like what you have done Makka very nice you could always add other calibres if required I had the 12g plus .22 rimfire all it took was simple offset barrel holder and a bit of time.Attachment 269439Attachment 269440 looking forward to seeing how the checkering goes so far the gun looks a smasher.
If I could find some more barrels then I would definitely build up some more calibres, but that seems easier said than done!
I have a 308 barrel sitting there ready to machine down when I do find another Baikal barrel
If every Baikal 12g barrel fitted the same could be offering different calibres for owners, the one I showed had the barrel offset but the last one I did was concentric but I had the firing pin hole offset and had the firing pin offset to the rest if the pin, was also able to utilise the extractor but doing it that way I had to for go the 12g. One of the forum guys had a stack of unused still in grease 16.1mm diameter Anschutz.22 barrels just over 16” in length, wish I had got a few I would do a few more, the one piece holder could be aluminium and just the lock need be steel, rattle a few out at a time. Still have drawings if anyone wants them. I still like the single shot aspect.
I'd be interested to see the drawings for sure
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.22 and .17 could be quick interchangeable barrel pinned in barrel, the drawing was just a quicky for my job making it and shows it being offset the photos show the concentric one just using 12g barrel which was up and firing in a couple of days, I would have made a proper holder for it but I had a few hares to quickly dispatch.
