About homebrew.357

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81
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. rambo-6mmrem
    rambo-6mmrem liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Saving old shot guns life
    Well for me no, remember my T/C tipped rifling cutter, they are .059" thick so did the job nicely of getting the lugs up to the right size. Now with a lot of blue marking, filing and trying to fit I...
    Liked On: 08-11-2018, 10:39 PM
  2. rambo-6mmrem
    rambo-6mmrem liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Saving old shot guns life
    I saw it laying on the bench with it`s old double Damascus barrels worn from long ago hunts. I picked it up, the barrels rattled in the action like an old taranaki gate, spare parts I through, but I...
    Liked On: 08-11-2018, 10:24 PM
  3. Beaker
    Beaker liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Saving old shot guns life
    Well for me no, remember my T/C tipped rifling cutter, they are .059" thick so did the job nicely of getting the lugs up to the right size. Now with a lot of blue marking, filing and trying to fit I...
    Liked On: 08-11-2018, 09:26 PM
  4. Beaker
    Beaker liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Saving old shot guns life
    Yes will keep up the good work, but some might not think so the way I did it. So now with all the crap off the lugs I had to think of how to build them up again. Looking in my comeinhandy box I pull...
    Liked On: 08-11-2018, 09:25 PM
  5. Beaker
    Beaker liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Saving old shot guns life
    I saw it laying on the bench with it`s old double Damascus barrels worn from long ago hunts. I picked it up, the barrels rattled in the action like an old taranaki gate, spare parts I through, but I...
    Liked On: 08-11-2018, 09:22 PM
  6. mikee
    mikee liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Saving old shot guns life
    Yes will keep up the good work, but some might not think so the way I did it. So now with all the crap off the lugs I had to think of how to build them up again. Looking in my comeinhandy box I pull...
    Liked On: 08-11-2018, 08:26 PM
  7. northdude
    northdude liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Saving old shot guns life
    Yes will keep up the good work, but some might not think so the way I did it. So now with all the crap off the lugs I had to think of how to build them up again. Looking in my comeinhandy box I pull...
    Liked On: 08-11-2018, 08:16 PM
  8. rewa
    rewa liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Saving old shot guns life
    I saw it laying on the bench with it`s old double Damascus barrels worn from long ago hunts. I picked it up, the barrels rattled in the action like an old taranaki gate, spare parts I through, but I...
    Liked On: 08-11-2018, 04:49 PM
  9. northdude
    northdude liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Saving old shot guns life
    I saw it laying on the bench with it`s old double Damascus barrels worn from long ago hunts. I picked it up, the barrels rattled in the action like an old taranaki gate, spare parts I through, but I...
    Liked On: 07-11-2018, 10:55 PM
  10. 40mm
    40mm liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Saving old shot guns life
    I saw it laying on the bench with it`s old double Damascus barrels worn from long ago hunts. I picked it up, the barrels rattled in the action like an old taranaki gate, spare parts I through, but I...
    Liked On: 07-11-2018, 09:24 PM
  11. jakewire
    jakewire liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Saving old shot guns life
    I saw it laying on the bench with it`s old double Damascus barrels worn from long ago hunts. I picked it up, the barrels rattled in the action like an old taranaki gate, spare parts I through, but I...
    Liked On: 07-11-2018, 08:51 PM
  12. Cordite
    Cordite liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Saving old shot guns life
    I saw it laying on the bench with it`s old double Damascus barrels worn from long ago hunts. I picked it up, the barrels rattled in the action like an old taranaki gate, spare parts I through, but I...
    Liked On: 07-11-2018, 08:38 PM
  13. svt40
    svt40 liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Gess what I`m doing.
    What, a gain twist, I thought that was only with a old Navy .44 pistols. I`d need a sine bar like a crank handle. Now the bore is not bad but just needed reaming to clean up the drill scratch marks...
    Liked On: 19-10-2018, 05:24 PM
  14. tanqueray
    tanqueray liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : 3030 loads
    The flat nose ones are the way to go with the 3030, I loaded up with box of 170gr ones and sighted them in 100m at the range. I've got a Weaver1-3 x40 on top so not to bad at 100m, in the deer kill...
    Liked On: 15-10-2018, 09:31 PM
  15. Cordite
    Cordite liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Abandoned mine on Crosby hut track
    And don`t go lighting the old candles laying around, 96188, :ka boom:
    Liked On: 07-10-2018, 10:49 PM
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