The firearm thread

[jono035]

Had to take the sling loop off the stud.

And then found the stud seemed too wide for the clamping system to fit over (Maybe Euro studs are larger diameter than US ones?).

So had to dismantle half the mechanism to fit it on then reassemble it.

All good now though.


BTW: Sanded the barrel channel on the fore-end to float the barrel - worth it on a 22?

Ah, right. I had one of those on a target .22 and it was easy to get on/take off. No idea what the deal was with the stud thought.

I figure it can't hurt, they free-float the bull barrels on target .22s, so it can't hurt with a smaller profile barrel.

[carver]

any one of you gun geeks interested in a Nikon Buckmaster 4.5-14x 40 BDC? New

[Road kill]

Nah I don't buy stolen shit.

[Indiana_Jones]

So how does one enter the Easter bunny shoot?

-Indy

[carver]

Nah I don't buy stolen shit.

Haha, i got two!

[Mr Merde]

The end of a 7 year project.

Started with just the action.

Had it barreled with a Badger Barrel in .45

Chambered in 45-70.

Blued the barrel myself. Would have liked to brown it but maybe that will come later

Bought some American Walnut and took a year to carve the stock and apply an "old English finish to it. ie prepped the wood with a linseed oil and turpentine mixture till it wouldnt hold any more then hand rubbed it for 3 months with boiled linseed oil to get the depth of shine I am happy with.

Bought some Soule type long range rear sights and a Lyman globe front sight

Had a very good engineer drill and tap the rear top tang for the sights.

Fixed the globe front into a dovetail and peened close

Mounted the rear sight..

Dismantled the action and cleaned up the insides and worked on the trigger. Now breaks very positively with about a 4 lb pull.

The sticks I got from the USA.

Check out the perfect ballance of this 6 kg rifle.

Loaded up some 45-70 black powder shells this weekend. 530gn projectile on top of 68 gns os FFFg Swiss. Good enough for 1000 + yards.

Buffed up the woodwork and applied a light oiling just to protect it.

Hopefully pulling the trigger on this fine old\new girl next weekend. Have a farmer letting me try this out in his back fields. Up to 800 yards.

Check out the perfect balance of this rifle on the sticks. Still looking for that nice piece of brass with which to make a buttplate but it is shootable at last.

Anyone out there having a piece of such about 6"x 3" x 1/4" (or more) spare I would appreciate them getting in touch.

Regards

Chris

[Mr Merde]

So how does one enter the Easter bunny shoot?

-Indy

Write or contact the Alexandra Lions Club. They organise the event. Contact MDU he has been a regular attendee for a few years now.

Chris

[Indiana_Jones]

Cheers mate, rifle lookings fucking nice

-Indy

[Mr Merde]

Cheers mate, rifle lookings fucking nice

-Indy

Glad you like it. Takenn a while. Just need that piece of brass for the buttplate and it will be finished.

You should see the rounds I made for it.

Could choke a horse.

530 grain bullet on top of 68 grains og FFFg black powder. Should produce a big bang and stiff recoil but the weight of the rifle will balance that

[Akzle]

i can't make it out... is that a falling block action?

[Mr Merde]

i can't make it out... is that a falling block action?

Remington Rolling Block action. Taken from a Swedish shotgun

Much stronger than the falling block action

[Mr Merde]

Left to right.

.44-40, .223, 45-70, 12 ga brass shotgun shell.

Shotgun loaded with 80 gns of BP and 1 1/8 oz load.
.223 has a 50 gn bullet
44-40 has a 200 gn bullet

45-70 has 68 gns BP and a 530 gn bullet. What you can see is only half of the projectile as with BP you have to use as heavy a compression as you can. In this case I have used about 8-10 mm

[Flip]

These are my two black power guns. The top is a 55 cal hawkins rifled front stuffer, the bottom is a 75 cal smooth bore brown bess.

[Mr Merde]

Looking after this rifle on a semi perm loan.
My mate is living in Aussie and asked to keep this, the .505 Gibbs bolt action and his 1884 .22 matini action target rifle together.

The .505 needs a lot of work to make operable as it only consists of a barreld action an bolt and a stock at the moment. I am thinking of completing it as my next project. Loaded rounds for the .505 Gibbs are $100 US for 5. Bare brass is $20 each. Reloading dies about $400 US.

The rifle in the photo is a copy of the Winchester 1873 Sporting rifle, by Uberti, in 44-40.

Unfortunately it has damage to the fore arm wood and I will be replacing all the woodwork as a result.

Especially since i have been asked to use the rifle as often as I like. looks like i need to buy 44-40 brass and dies.

[Mr Merde]

These are my two black power guns. The top is a 55 cal hawkins rifled front stuffer, the bottom is a 75 cal smooth bore brown bess.

Lovely rifles.

Blackpowder plus lead plus tin equals happiness
BP + Pb + Sn =