Are they for. Sling swivels?
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Are they for. Sling swivels?
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Originally Posted by The bomb
Nice work.
Polished one to P220 this morning
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Finished them all just before the 3pm C19 level briefing
So then I can decide which project to rip into next based on the level settings for the next few days / weeks
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Gave the howa mini a wee paint job, was going to go Matt black but liked the grey primer coat so just gave it a few more. Just a subtle wee change from the stainless
Wouldn’t leave it just as primer,might need a clear coat over the top ,found my paint job on the sako rubbed off at the carry spots,oils from your hands affect the primer.I used a black etch primer on my stainless barrel and it hasn’t worn off where as camo top coats have.
I am going to leave as is and see how it goes, I did a 10/22 barrel couple years ago with this and was going to put a top coat bit ended up wanting to go shooting so left it and never went back to finish it and it has withstood really well. Be interesting to see as 10/22 was bead blasted first so better prep.worst case is it scratches/peels off and I'll have to redo at some stage.so your camo top coats wore off down to your etch primer or did you just have a etch primer on?
Decided to make a benchrest and used it today to check the sighting on that JW15. The butt rest is moveable to accommodate different length rifles.
Now discovered though that I need to angle cut those outside top corners of the butt rest as they dig into you.
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The camo coats wore off but I carry my gun a bit funny so hands contact the barrel a fair bit,the black etch primer has held up,will post a photo tomorrow.camo coats were a product called rustoleum .Quote:
Originally Posted by Mackattack
Finished this a while ago, but lockdown finally got me to post about it.
Decided I wanted some front and rear sights for a single shot rifle but didn’t have enough time to do it in the workshop, so modelled it with 5 minutes here and there and then printed it instead.
Ultimately these were to test the idea and adjust rather than a finished product, but they worked out really well. Great way to prototype stuff or just make something tough and lightweight quickly.
Front sight is a keyed insert so you can change it out as you want – the triangular profile was made to be filed down for testing but ended up not needing to file. Next version would be carbon fibre for rigidity and have a fibre optic insert for low light.
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Rear sight is elevation adjustable with a through-drilled hex head screw and nut assembly. I pressed a disk onto the head of the screw to block the right a bit better. Printed the rail too just for fun – A carbon fibre rail would actually work quite well. In the future I’ll probably either make the rear sight a clamp-on unit or built it into the rail so it can fold away when not in use and not interfere with a scope.
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Looks like I'm going to need to find a decent left handed .22 target rifle fast !Quote:
Originally Posted by muzza
Made a foresight for my Italian slug pistol, attached it with JB Weld. (I’d made a rear sight and foresight a while ago but somehow lost the foresight)
Looks good - only I found out it shoots 8 inches high at 10 metres even with the rear sight at lowest setting:omg:
I guess the previous foresight was a tad higher…
Slightly envious of the guys for who lockdown gives them extra project time - no such luck here. Still, managed to pull this together on Sunday:
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It's a jig for hollowpointing .22 target ammo into better subsonic hunting ammo. Not that I strictly needed one, but it occurred to me that I happened to already have almost everything I needed: collet block with ER25 6mm collet, mill/drill as a press, and a 60deg carbide dead centre. I turned up the stand/guide from 303 stainless. Assembly works like this:
1) Clamp the stand in the mill vise. The base is cut perpendicular and I already know my vise ways are flat and square, so it doesn't need further aligning.
2) Using a centre finder, centre the mill quill over top of the stand. Insert dead centre. Zero mill height readout with tip of centre touching top of stand, then retract out of the way.
3) Place .22 round in the recess in the top of the stand.
4) Lower collet block (collet adjusted loose) over top of the .22 round and the stand. The stand is turned to be a close slip fit for the bore of the collet block and it all self aligns before the bullet nose starts entering the collet. Snug collet by hand (witness marked to make it repeatable.) The tip of the bullet only slightly protrudes from the top of the collet so the bullet driving bands are fully supported.
5) Lower quill to desired depth; pressing the centre into the nose of the bullet.
6) Retract quill, slightly loosen collet, lift collet block off guide and remove modified round (drops free with a light tap of the fingers).
7) Repeat steps 3-6. Takes about 35s a round, but it would be quicker if I made up a hard depth stop instead of creeping up using the DRO.
I've made up 5 test rounds each of 2.0mm, 2.5mm and 3.0mm HP depth (2.5mm pictured) from the RWS Target Rifle 40gr my Voere likes. Looking forward to testing them for grouping after lockdown, but I'd be surprised if the accuracy suffered much. That 3.0mm HP sure looks nasty...
New Property. We're supposed to be building a shed and house but . . . bloody engineers
So today I attended to priorities - built a new backstop for the 22 range, we're pretty much surrounded by "reserve" so shooting a suppressed 22 is a luxury I like to indulge!
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Will be able to shoot 50M from the new deck. 100M from within the property. Out to 240M with the goodwill of the grazier of the reserve - thats heaps for a 22!
Ran out of epoxy yesterday which has stalled my Tikka CF stock project, however I had this Marlin stock project that needed dremelling to inlet that I hadn't attacked for a while. Used a bit of Kevlar material in this stock. Quite different to work compared with CF.
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Need to inlet the forend tomorrow. Thinking of making it a one piece unit with an incorporated CF feedtube.
One last burst in the workshop before I go back to work at level 3
A very custom scope mounting rail
Quite a lot of machining doing the top side
Tomorrow the barrel profile and taper to do on the bottom
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we did this crudely for years before powerpoint was made by winchester...it will make hollow point rounds stop inside body of hare or possum with chest shot 90% of the time,we gave up shooting possums in the head and simple chest shot them in the V of the throat patch....seldom exited between shoulder blades..... awesome job you have done,look forward to seeing how the preform.Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulNZ
Thanks, will put up a follow-up post after I've had a chance to test.
My portable shooting bench (takes down to "flat") worked pretty good but I'm always looking for improvements . . .
So in the past the shooter sat on a separate stool, but I got to thinking and looking at other designs that if the seat was connected to the bench the shooters weight could contribute to stability.
An afternoons work with some basic tools( poor old jigsaw which gave its last gasp for this job, I think my old Dad who has since passed gave me it as "very used" about 10 years ago), some ply that was lying about and a wee bit of swearing, produced this:
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The seat adds considerable stability to the bench, I'd rate it about 95% of a concrete one now.
And any smart comments about my somewhat of late increased "mass" will be firmly rebutted!!
@Tentman will like this
Done properly this time
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holy freakin WOW.....that is an awesome job.
Man @akaroa1 - you've excelled yourself this time, that looks shit hot . . . I really like how everything is now beautifully proportioned, that 7/8 Alaskan scope was made for the wee martini'sQuote:
Originally Posted by akaroa1
Now all I have to do is scheme up an excuse to whip up half the island to collect it! And order that box of factory ammo I found
I'm looking forward to finding a mid 20th century rifle worthy of putting my own Leupold Alaskan scope onQuote:
Originally Posted by Tentman
I guess it might also be a martini
But finding interesting ones like that 218 bee isn't easy
As mentioned on my other thread I have been working on a fairly old Savage 22 single shot bolt action.
I steamed out those dings that could be steamed out and sanded the stock several time using progressively finer sandpaper and finishing off with bronze wool, I dampened the stock between sandings to get the best effect.
Despite suggestions to the contrary I used raw linseed oil ( it’s all I had and with lockdown couldn’t get any boiled stuff) but I thinned it with turps - meths was a fail. I’ve done two coats.
It’s turning out really well so far.
The barrel was a mess externally but I’ll attend that
Laid this up over the last week. Tomorrow I'll see if it'll break open.
Two options:
A, I've made a mould for a howa mini action.
B, I've entombed a howa stock in fiberglass.
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Hey - make sure you keep us updated on this one, watching with interest!Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe_90
Rebutting - is that like restocking?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tentman
Running out of quality lockdown time
So new posts and backing board on the 200m range and a bit of scrub cut that was starting to encroach
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There's a solid permanent bench in a small gap in the bush edge here
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And then off to do the same on my 400m range which has a heavy shooting bench built on a massive macrocarpa stump
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It's a long way over there and you need to know where to look to see this bench
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Both these ranges are perfectly flat bench to target but a long up and down through the farm between them
I haven't been shooting the big toys during Level 4
But I'm all set up now and expect a few friends to visit at L2
And the rats. They gave our macadamias shit ,last year. Killed 11 of the bastards, last year, but they seem to come in from the bush and set up camp under or in Jacqui's garden shed, found a couple of half-eaten birds in the garden. Think it's the neighbour's "lovely pussy". That'll get one in the swede if it's not careful. Might be the spring project while my new knee is settling down and I'm kicking back on the deck.Quote:
Originally Posted by akaroa1
Finally got my horseback hunting rifle a new stock from a bloke off the thread, have fitted side mounted sling mounts, took a file to the scope rings to take any catch of the left hand side so I can sling it over my back will riding.
Will now go see if it needs to be bedded, fit didn't seem perfect but it only has to accurate to a point, probably glass bed it anyway as I won't be happy with it otherwise.
Might work the profile down a we bit too, I'm a fan of the slim forend.
details Marky...details
That looks like time well spent and hours and hours of gun funQuote:
Originally Posted by marky123
Let’s see some pictures!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by William
Update to the above:Quote:
Originally Posted by Finnwolf
The barrel had lots of surface rust and scratches on the outside plus somebody had sanded the outside lengthwise with what I can only guess was 80 grit sandpaper or emery.
So, I used various grades of wet & dry paper to tidy up the outside, I couldn’t get rid of some of the original scratches despite over an hour plus of study effort but minimized them considerably, I then finished off by holding a Scotchbrite pad wrapped around the barrel and rotating the barrel while moving the pad from breech to muzzle slowly,
It sort of looks like a stainless Damascus barrel in some lights!
Looks OK from two metres away but any closer and you can still occasionally see the odd original longitudinal scratch from the 80 grit.
Then I gave the stock another go of linseed oil, it’s nice a dark, I now regret not taking a ‘before’ pic of this rifle.
5000 x .401 pc coated 175gn truncated cone bundles of fun Micky boy!Quote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
Pulled this apart and reoiled the stock, cleaned up the lock and I'm 6 coats into the barrel browning. It'll be ready for spring hunting.
Photo is before starting.
Yo, those boots could do with some browning too!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Ross Nolan
But really nice musket there, looking 👍
