About homebrew.357

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82
About homebrew.357
Biography:
Retired, Air carft engineer
Location:
Auckland
Interests:
engineering, lathe metal working, hunting
Occupation:
Job was Electroplating, Air NZ

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24-07-2013
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  1. Pengy
    Pengy liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Is there a rifle you wish you 'd never got rid of?
    Wish I had kept my first "gun", I was 15 and living on Waiheke island and mum wouldn't let me have a gun. Soooo, I made one, .640 smooth bore 24" long sort of a shot gun and two teaspoons of black...
    Liked On: 13-04-2020, 08:24 PM
  2. 7mmsaum
    7mmsaum liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Is there a rifle you wish you 'd never got rid of?
    Wish I had kept my first "gun", I was 15 and living on Waiheke island and mum wouldn't let me have a gun. Soooo, I made one, .640 smooth bore 24" long sort of a shot gun and two teaspoons of black...
    Liked On: 13-04-2020, 07:12 PM
  3. G.I_Joel
    G.I_Joel liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Do you clean your primer pockets?
    I always clean , remember your reloading the case , so why not the little prime, give that a good clean as well, I won a bet a few years ago that I could reload the primers as well . :cool: Tight wad.
    Liked On: 11-04-2020, 11:04 AM
  4. Beaker
    Beaker liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Self isolation gun projects
    Now just moving right along there I have converted my long suffering lathe to a rifling machine. Hand cutting six groves .010" thou deep to give at bore size of .470" and a rifling twist of 1-48",...
    Liked On: 10-04-2020, 09:53 PM
  5. gundoc
    gundoc liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Self isolation gun projects
    Now just moving right along there I have converted my long suffering lathe to a rifling machine. Hand cutting six groves .010" thou deep to give at bore size of .470" and a rifling twist of 1-48",...
    Liked On: 10-04-2020, 08:16 PM
  6. Mathias
    Mathias liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Self isolation gun projects
    Think I have solved my barrel reaming problem, got a 12mm hand reamer, ground it down to 11.32mm/.446" Dia and the stub end to fit in a holder with oil grove. Have ground back relief on the six...
    Liked On: 08-04-2020, 10:34 PM
  7. Moa Hunter
    Moa Hunter liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Self isolation gun projects
    Think I have solved my barrel reaming problem, got a 12mm hand reamer, ground it down to 11.32mm/.446" Dia and the stub end to fit in a holder with oil grove. Have ground back relief on the six...
    Liked On: 08-04-2020, 08:56 PM
  8. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Self isolation gun projects
    Nar, Toyota Celica 16 motor, my son built a Lynx kit car, he didn't need that bit so in my comeinhandy box. I don't only use washing machine parts you know.
    Liked On: 08-04-2020, 07:43 PM
  9. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Self isolation gun projects
    Think I have solved my barrel reaming problem, got a 12mm hand reamer, ground it down to 11.32mm/.446" Dia and the stub end to fit in a holder with oil grove. Have ground back relief on the six...
    Liked On: 08-04-2020, 07:43 PM
  10. Scout
    Scout liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Self isolation gun projects
    Nar, Toyota Celica 16 motor, my son built a Lynx kit car, he didn't need that bit so in my comeinhandy box. I don't only use washing machine parts you know.
    Liked On: 08-04-2020, 04:40 PM
  11. Beaker
    Beaker liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Self isolation gun projects
    Think I have solved my barrel reaming problem, got a 12mm hand reamer, ground it down to 11.32mm/.446" Dia and the stub end to fit in a holder with oil grove. Have ground back relief on the six...
    Liked On: 08-04-2020, 12:48 PM
  12. gundoc
    gundoc liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Self isolation gun projects
    Think I have solved my barrel reaming problem, got a 12mm hand reamer, ground it down to 11.32mm/.446" Dia and the stub end to fit in a holder with oil grove. Have ground back relief on the six...
    Liked On: 08-04-2020, 11:38 AM
  13. canross
    canross liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Ulrich Bretscher's SMOKELESS BLACK POWDER & HANDGONNE web page. Re-found!
    I always thought the grains of the stuff you buy are very hard so at the damp stage it could be compressed into round pucks, then dried and then granulated, should give you nice hard grains with more...
    Liked On: 04-04-2020, 02:24 PM
  14. canross
    canross liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Self isolation gun projects
    Here`s my idea akaroa1, I made up a sizing dia that screws into my reloading press and a push rod in the case holder. Just place bullet on rod and lower handle, bullet popes out the top nicely sized...
    Liked On: 02-04-2020, 10:30 AM
  15. Tommy
    Tommy liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Self isolation gun projects
    Have pp all my bullets and luded resized ,so a head there. I had the last length of 12/15 steel so set it up in my lathe for gun drilling a .444" hole in it. Will end up being a .45 cal black powder...
    Liked On: 30-03-2020, 04:35 PM
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