Thread: Self isolation gun projects

Bloody skite!!

Originally Posted by homebrew.357

Bloody skite!!

@homebrew.357

Sorry !
My bubble is about 1000 ha of land including neighboring properties

The hare population is likely to suffer a significant coronavirus related death rate in the next month / months

Paper patch jacketed 395 grain 500 express is the answer
The Henry rifling was clearly living them

I lubed very lightly with round ball patch lube

I just shot a palm of hand sized group at 60m with the 4 rounds I had loaded

Didn't get any velocities because not much light on the screens
Or maybe the paper confetti confused the chronograph

Here is the latest on the stock refurbish job on my EM-332. The varnish (I strongly suspect it is epoxy) us incredibly tough - far tougher than the underlying wood. It's been a tough job slowly sanding it off. Anyhoo,
the main focus is on ergonomic improvements... I've reshaped the pistol grip area, making a slight groove for right thumb on rhs of the stock, and another for the 3 fingers on the lhs of the grip. This has made the world of difference. It's almost like the stock was designed to be customised. The bottom metal also fits far better than before.

Probably a bit late but if you have a stock with a really tough varnish, don't try sanding it immediately (or use paint stripper).

Those thin flexible $2 shop paint scraper type dealies with the corners/any burrs sanded off work like magic.

Had a stock that just instantly clogged even high quality coarse paper, dragging the scraper lightly in one direction just tore through the polymer gloss coat without damaging the surface (some care and attention required).

Then sanding was a piece of piss. And no more clogged paper.

Stock is looking good btw.

akaroa the hares will be totally confused as well when they see those slugs coming for them, "Were` d the train come from," and when they hit you will be lucky to find a hair!!.

Day 2 and wet so most of the day in the workshop



Job 1 Test the paper patch jacket projectiles in the 500 express
Total success

Job 2 Harden and temper the Stevens 44 1/2 firing pins.
Pin 1 broke on the first shot. I think i went just past the straw colour when I tempered.
Pin 2 Worked just fine so I put the rifle back together and bore sighted the 6x Malcolm scope. It shot bloody well considering how stormy it was and the stock is hopeless and I need to lighten the trigger from the 8 pounds it's at.
Very happy to finally get this rifle shooting after a long list of jobs



Job 3 @Tentman s Stevens 38-303 which I have had for a while and done a number of jobs in it to finally get it ready to shoot.
Level 4 meant he sent me the cases rather than me send him the rifle.
So i worked with a range of dies to get some ammo assembled with 375 250 grain hard cast bullets. RL 7 30 grains and exactly 1800 fps.
Sights and stock not ideal for me hence the very ordinary group I shot and miles below the target. So maybe I will have to fit a much lower fire sight tomorrow.
It has a very nice bore and excellent trigger pull so I'm sure @Tentman will be able to shoot it much better than me.
But at least it all worked as hoped and he can finally shoot it himself after a very long patient wait for it all to come together

Nice. I like .

Originally Posted by Tentman

Nice. I like .

@Tentman the cases are ( how do I say this nicely ) rubbish.
But I managed.
I boots like a bitch
Very lively despite the #3 barrel
Seems to like those 250s
A lot faster than you anticipated hence the " boots like a bitch "

Awesome to finally fire it
Would look nice with a repop Malcolm scope on it !

I did allow they were a bit "tired looking" . . . I feel the same way just now having spent two days extracting the rusted in pins from a bale grab and rebuilding it!

Originally Posted by Tentman

I did allow they were a bit "tired looking" . . . I feel the same way just now having spent two days extracting the rusted in pins from a bale grab and rebuilding it!

It doesn't count its not a gun !

Originally Posted by Preacher

Probably a bit late but if you have a stock with a really tough varnish, don't try sanding it immediately (or use paint stripper).

Those thin flexible $2 shop paint scraper type dealies with the corners/any burrs sanded off work like magic.

Had a stock that just instantly clogged even high quality coarse paper, dragging the scraper lightly in one direction just tore through the polymer gloss coat without damaging the surface (some care and attention required).






Then sanding was a piece of piss. And no more clogged paper.

heard of using the edge of a piece of glass for this.

Decided to rip apart my winchester 375 and give a hell of a clean and make over

Originally Posted by Gibbstl

Decided to rip apart my winchester 375 and give a hell of a clean and make over

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