I work at a fastener supply company.
Old guns and sewing machines sometimes have oddball thread pitches. Manufacturers made their own screws, so designed whatever they wanted and turned them. I...
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Forum: Military Rifles
I work at a fastener supply company.
Old guns and sewing machines sometimes have oddball thread pitches. Manufacturers made their own screws, so designed whatever they wanted and turned them. I...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
When were those .257s made? I'm curious about whether it might explain the oddly low factory max pressure for the cartrdge. The assumption I have seen was that (perhaps) Remington was worried about...
Forum: Factory Rifles
As laws clamp down on semiauto rifles it creates demand for black lever rifles covered in picatinny etc. I'm sure trombone rifles are coming.
Forum: Military Rifles
I tried the trigger against a 98 receiver and it doesn't remotely fit. I can't imagine this trigger fits anything but an 03.
Also, I learned that the striker sticks on the sear when I hold down...
Forum: Military Rifles
I need to buy-and-try another trigger.
Interesting note: I tried to close the bolt while holding the trigger, to ease down the striker as I closed the action, wanting a closed bolt uncocked....
Forum: Military Rifles
Thanks. Well, the pin hole on the trigger housing is drilled in the right place . . . would a 98 trigger fit on an '03?
The trigger looks unmarked and 1960s like the rest of the build. I'll pull...
Forum: Military Rifles
Ah yes I forgot to mention the (Timney?) trigger.
Since the sear isn't now holding the striker back far enough for the groove to align, it seems that releasing the safety after modifying the...
Forum: Military Rifles
I searched the group and don't see what seems to be a known issue with the 1903 safety. Mine is a rebuilt Rem 03A3 I guess from the SC bbl and ground test dimple.
The safety won't swing out of...
Forum: Military Rifles
I'm buying an 03A3 barreled action in what looks just like a pre-64 Model 70 "Target" or "National Match" model stock. There's an inlet and holes for a handstop, beavertail fore end, extended pistol...
Forum: Leverguns
What did a Marlin cost a worker in 1894 and how did the steel quality compare to a new one? For that matter, how did the *tolerances* compare to a new one? Especially the barrel tolerances.
If...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Read Elmer Keith on C&B wads. The idea with wads is to manage fouling and prevent it from tying up the cylinder.
The supposed idea with grease over the ball is to prevent chainfires.
My...
There's one in every crowd. ;^]
But you're right. A lot of 16ga are built on the manufacturer's 20ga action so weigh less than a 12 but throw more shot than a 20.
My first centerfire gun was a...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
If you can find Geo. Patton's position on stag grips I would go with that.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
One more thought. If the weight is accelerated hard, it will continue flying up and could pass the top of the bench. Don't let it hit the muzzle.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
If you want to do this, get some 1" tube webbing from a rock climbing shop. It is soft, flexible, and has a slick surface.
Tie the ends together to make an endless loop.
Pass the loop *behind...
Forum: Special Projects
H&H still makes them.
https://hollandandholland.com/guns/the-paradox-gun
Tomorrow I will have my valet phone H&H and order a Paradox Gun with 16" barrels. If ATF objects I will throw my valet...
Forum: Special Projects
I think that type of barrel is called a "Paradox Gun", was patented by Fosbery and the patent sold to H&H in the 1880s. Does ATF have a policy on Paradox Guns?
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
People who work 40 hours want to make their rent, buy food, and have health insurance. Even $15 is $600/wk gross, probably $2000/mo take home.
Does the gunsmith offer health insurance? Of course...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
The changing market is making it impossible, too, and that is gun owners' fault. Gun shops not long ago were about walnut and steel, craftsmanship, esoteric knowledge, tradition. There was a market...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I visited the LGS here in interior British Columbia. He says 6.5x55 is fairly common here, 7x57 less so but is around. He carried some ammo for it on his regular shelf.
He actually had three boxes...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I recently watched a youtube slow-mo video on barrel harmonics which I can't find now. It was of an African dangerous-game rifle, from the bench.
I could see the stock wrist flexing vertically. It...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
It may be possible to make 6.5 CM feed through a 98, there are .45acp conversions and Deadeye Bly made 7mmBR work.
But I would rather not risk irreversible filing on the feed rails then still not...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Btw the 51 is known for the breech block sometimes cracking. I am no expert on 51s. But when I examined my breech block, I noticed a sharp edge from manufacturing that looks like a potential crack...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Thanks again.
Like most project guns, economic sense long ago went out the window. A Ruger American will do anything a Rigby "London Best" will do, but if I found oil on my property I'd be on the...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |