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
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: 23-04-2020, 10:48 AM
So the lump is losing a lot of weight, more than I can say about me as my homebrew fridge is in the workshop and I`m good at making tasty loafs of bread. Have setup the lump for what I call fly...
Liked On: 22-04-2020, 10:12 AM
A few people have a fair idea that Im rather partial to Husqvarna rifles, and about 18 months ago a local asked me if I was interested in buying a Husky 1600 in 270. But he told me it had a buggered...
Liked On: 22-04-2020, 10:09 AM
I don`t know if I will build all the extra bits, have to see how hard it is or how lazy I am. The round bit is 3.900"dia, and yes I have fly cut a flat on one side, it was going to be the action for...
Liked On: 19-04-2020, 05:39 PM
Hi guys, I`ve had this large round lump of 1045 steel and keep stubbing my toes on the dam thing, I`ve been chewing at it like a beaver on and off. As I have the plans for a roller I thought bugger ,...
Liked On: 19-04-2020, 05:39 PM
So onto the build. The donor rifle was a 1967 shot out cut down iconic Remington 788. the barrel was rough but the rest of the rifle was quite tidy. https://i.ibb.co/vJg7Snh/788.jpg...
Liked On: 17-04-2020, 10:10 AM
Back into the mill to inlet it for the action, a series of drills and end mills to start with cut out the mag and trigger slots and rear action screw position ...
Liked On: 17-04-2020, 10:10 AM
Haven't posted in a while. Been working on an updated stock design for ages, finally got my ducks lined up to make another prototype. I bought a used CNC router off a farmer in Gore for a steal and...
Liked On: 15-04-2020, 03:45 PM
I put all the parts back together and ended up with this Winchester 1885 takedown .25 rim fire Rough but complete Good project Just ( and a big just ) need to team and install a .22 barrel...
Liked On: 10-04-2020, 11:52 AM
Made myself a body die and a seater for a 6 Norma Dasher. 135510 135509
Liked On: 10-04-2020, 11:51 AM
One more post and this’ll be up to date with where I’m actually at. If I was writing this chronologically, there should actually be a post in between thinking the pattern stock was done and then...
Liked On: 05-04-2020, 09:56 PM
Another few snapshots from the milling for your interest. Note that these are all with the wood still wet – the colour did change considerably after drying. https://i.imgur.com/uGWBeQB.jpg ...
Liked On: 04-04-2020, 05:50 PM