So just moving along there the lumpy bit has got the chop and have machined a sexy curve at the front so the bottom bits basically finished. So here`s some more learning bit`s Rumpy of how to make...
Liked On: 05-05-2020, 10:16 AM
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Liked On: 04-05-2020, 11:12 AM
Ok so the following pics are f my personal experience with both products not pics of others failed coatings from bad application. If the owners wish to share that experience Ill will leave that to...
Liked On: 04-05-2020, 11:05 AM
No I`m wrong, the pins are press fit in the action, watched a Midway bit on stripping down a roller and the pins are taped out. So pins to action are size for size .454" and the holes in the breech...
Liked On: 02-05-2020, 11:51 AM
Yer, just had a brew thanks, so with a bit of teko drawing I marked out the spots for top of the action, the two breech and hammer holes. Gives me a line on where to hack saw a lump off, saves a lot...
Liked On: 27-04-2020, 03:32 PM
I`m slowly, and I mean slowly cutting out the action assembly, so no time clock, it would probably die of old age or I could before this gets finished . The block is now slab sided to 1.230" thick,...
Liked On: 26-04-2020, 05:40 PM
Looks a lot different to me - you may be the first machinist to turn a block of steel into a pair of leather boots ;) Quite enjoying the build-along. Cool to see a unique type of receiver getting...
Liked On: 26-04-2020, 05:40 PM
I doubt anyone would admit to owning a rifle with a fore end that ugly He might come out of the closet when this is complete 137387 137388
Liked On: 24-04-2020, 10:07 AM
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Liked On: 24-04-2020, 10:07 AM
That's a very "light" stock! :thumbsup:
Liked On: 23-04-2020, 10:54 AM
A smaller scale lockdown project for me - turning an old savage 99 stock into a lamp stand. Also got hold of a very nice (and very expensive) slab of walnut to make the base, and modified an old...
Liked On: 23-04-2020, 10:54 AM
I spent a few hours yesterday slowly cleaning 110 years of dirt and grunge and oil stains off this winchester 1885 stock. Before 137019 Multiple applications of white spirits and acetone using...
Liked On: 23-04-2020, 10:53 AM
Nearly finished the butt stock Next it's on to the fore end hanger and then I can get that to the same stage and leave it until I make a .25-35 barrel to go with it and its own fore end. Finish...
Liked On: 23-04-2020, 10:52 AM
I fined down the butt stock today And made a solid start on the fire end Still needs finessing 136438 136439
Liked On: 23-04-2020, 10:51 AM
I started a new butt stock for my Stevens 44 1/2 Picked out a particularly gnarly piece of walnut 136289 Spent a few hours inletting the tangs and the fiddly but that goes inside the receiver...
Liked On: 23-04-2020, 10:51 AM