Thread: Show us your DIY gunsmithing jobs

Originally Posted by Rushy

What a clever wee Vegemite you are ebf. You should patent that idea.

not my idea uncle, copied it from a Holosun I had on one of those evil rifles

Also on the sparc red dots

@ebf I just left a 5 cent piece underneath one of the scope caps on the 22. I was always mucking with that one between HV and subs. Tried it first to see if it bottomed out and turned the adjuster. It didn't so its still there. Since 1988ish

@csmiffy, tried that but then the cap did not engage the thread anymore.

@ebf yup I got away with mine. I could hear the coin rattle so I thought it was sweet.
On another scope, something like yours works a treat

Will post photo of my diy peep sight on the .22 to,orrow..

made from sling swivel and old scope mount.

that looks much better than the scopemount with 3mm hole bored through it that I tried...... my old astra cyclope shotgun has the head of a pop rivet araldited into the groove between the hammer and opening of action....it works as a crude ghost ring for when the .45/70 insert is in place.

Was pretty easy to make and is windage adjustable with a little bit of elevation adjustment as well,I just tried a few different front sight heights to get it shooting bang on at 50m so I could leave it as low as possible in the rear.

Wanted to get a larger bolt knob for the Savage to use in service rifle matches.

Threading the stainless alloy was not fun...

Took longer to paint it than it took to make it

@ebf yup that is a prick of a shape to hold properly to square up and thread a tough steel.

Angle grinder and cut off wheel to rough it out, true up on bench grinder. Run a die down it. Takes less time then chucking up without a jig.

Originally Posted by Walker

Angle grinder and cut off wheel to rough it out, true up on bench grinder. Run a die down it. Takes less time then chucking up without a jig.

Not sure how you "true up" on a bench grinder

The savage bolt head comes off the bolt body. I tried holding it in a 4-jaw but it was too much of a ball-ache. just ended up gripping part of the ball in a 3-jaw and indicating the stem. Turned back as far as I could toward the jaws, and then cut it off with a hacksaw. Getting the die to bite into the stainless was the biggest issue.

I'd only look at making a jig if I had to do more than one, or if all else failed

Originally Posted by ebf

Not sure how you "true up" on a bench grinder

you could probably do a reasonable job- enough to get the die to work at least. Its not like its holding the space shuttle together.
Especially if you cut it a little long and gave it some decent lead, then dress it back later.
Had to do some high class bodgy jobs in the past and not on firearms, where you have to do something like this on bits you cant remove.
I may not be on the same page as Walker though

Just depends on how much time you want to spend doing the perfect job, 15min,30min, an hour? As you say it's not the space shuttle......, if you can free hand sharpen a drill then its not hard to round off the handle and start the die