Finished a project to give my old BSA Martini MK2 another lease in life: Titanium Duracoat on the barrel and falling block action. Added an adjustable Length of Pull and Cheek Rest. Changed the front...
Liked On: 10-10-2022, 05:13 AM
Like most things, regular maintenance will prolong the life of the object considerably. Sealed units can be cleaned by soaking them in an appropriate solvent for a few hours followed by thorough...
Liked On: 16-09-2022, 12:45 PM
Did you store it with a suppressor attached.....?
Liked On: 04-09-2022, 11:55 AM
I used to have an old savage .22 that had a bolt handle which could lock the bolt rearwards in the open position like a lot of rifles, but could also lock it FORWARDS in the closed position,...
Liked On: 04-09-2022, 06:43 AM
Nelson Collie is still doing bluing, I presume he'd take on the polishing as well.
Liked On: 31-08-2022, 02:28 PM
What a bugger. Still, he went out on his own terms. Bumped into him hobbling down Home valley about 18 years ago. He'd split his boot and foot open with a slipped axe swing about four days prior...
Liked On: 31-08-2022, 02:27 PM
Firstly, we need to support professionals and small businesses making parts like this we need to value them and be prepared to pay well over what the factory spare might be. We need to keep them in...
Liked On: 27-08-2022, 10:34 PM
There are two problems with 3D printing of metal. The first (and it is common to all CNC machines) is the time involved in creating the drawings/tool paths to do even basic shapes compared to...
Liked On: 27-08-2022, 10:34 PM
the other fellas out there making suppressors are your "competition" they are not the "opposition" and there is a world of difference........ beware the toes you jump on today,may be attached to...
Liked On: 25-08-2022, 10:16 PM
Yes that is an issue, or at least was for me until FSSprecision turned up, so something for Joe to think about.
Liked On: 23-08-2022, 06:08 PM
You would need the 22 wmr off set a very long way to reach the firing pin Then you would need to very accurately time the 22 wmr Also both barrels would shoot massively off line of the barrel...
Liked On: 21-08-2022, 11:41 AM
We keep a little collection of world champions barrels off cut like these. Let’s just say that the Chinese have the gold medal in that domain. Yes fluting such barrel can be challenging. Inthis...
Liked On: 21-08-2022, 11:41 AM
Had the same thing yesterday. First time thread turning for several years. Was a bit of a pain turning a 1/2×20 thread on nearly an inch diameter barrel. Glad the lathe had a brake as I just...
Liked On: 21-08-2022, 09:37 AM
I just thought I would post in this old thread images of the completed Contender three barrel set There has been plenty of Contender traffic on the forum lately I'm still looking for a barrel to...
Liked On: 11-08-2022, 06:43 AM
It's called "history". I don't see the point of collecting mint battle rifles showing only some glorious store room history.
Liked On: 10-08-2022, 04:59 AM