Building the Stevens Favorite

[Tom Griffin]

Thanks guys.

I apologize for the lack of activity lately but the summer weather has been getting in the way of inside projects. I did get started on the extractor the other day and that will be the last internal part, so I'll need to get busy and finish it up. The design is finished on the tang sight but it still needs to be detailed. I also need to pick up a digital temperature control for my furnace before I can do any heat treating of the O1 parts. The receiver and lever will be color case hardened and that will take some experimentation.

Brian: Click on the link below for a PDF of my firing pin design. Use it as a guide only for the general shape and design because it probably won't interchange with an original one. Locate the notch so the wedge is fully exposed on the breech block when the pin is fully forward. Leave the rear section a little long and finish it to the contour of the rear face on the breech block. The pin will need to be made of O1, hardened and tempered to a light blue color.

Steven's Firing Pin

Tom

 

[alemonkey]

Thanks! I figured with these guns every one will require some hand fitting. I'm really looking forward to your color case hardening. I've thought about trying that myself but I will probably just stick with a rust blued receiver.

The extractor looks like it could be a real bugger to make.

 

[Tom Griffin]

Thanks! I figured with these guns every one will require some hand fitting. I'm really looking forward to your color case hardening. I've thought about trying that myself but I will probably just stick with a rust blued receiver.

The extractor looks like it could be a real bugger to make.

The extractor shouldn't be any more difficult than the hammer or the trigger. As with the other parts that have rotary table work, I have it mounted on a sub-plate with centers of all of the radii located. It does have a few more blended radii than the other parts but other than that, it should be pretty straight forward (famous last words ).

Tom

 

[Topos]

I am awestruck by the clever machining and set ups you
performed.

I learned to play chess 65 years ago by
copying master games by covering up their moves at each step
and guess their response.

So I shall pay homage to your presentation by going through each
step in aluminum.

The goal is to improve my machining throwing arm to throw TD spirals
by copying each step and learning.

Many thanks.

Best.

 

[Tom Griffin]

Thanks Topos,

Aluminum would be fine for the receiver but I don't think it would be durable enough anywhere else even for a replica, unless maybe it was hard coated.

Tom

 

[rennie]

Awesome work. I asume that the caliber is .22? How does it shoot?? I had one of these when I was a kid.

 

[Tom Griffin]

Awesome work. I asume that the caliber is .22? How does it shoot?? I had one of these when I was a kid.

Thanks Rennie.

It is .22 caliber. The action isn't strong enough for anything much more powerful. It actually doesn't shoot yet since it is a work in progress. Got a few things to finish before I can find out how it shoots.

Tom

 

[rennie]

Thanks Rennie.

It is .22 caliber. The action isn't strong enough for anything much more powerful. It actually doesn't shoot yet since it is a work in progress. Got a few things to finish before I can find out how it shoots.

Tom

I have an old High Wall that I need to rebarrel for .22 Hornet, and I am missing screws and springs for the action? anyone out there have prints so I can redo a great old rifle from an old friend????

 

[Tom Griffin]

I have an old High Wall that I need to rebarrel for .22 Hornet, and I am missing screws and springs for the action? anyone out there have prints so I can redo a great old rifle from an old friend????

You may want to ask on the ASSRA forum. I'm sure someone over there will be able to help you out.

Tom

 

[Mark Lossner]

Hey TL,

In post #30 you show a beautiful broach you made to square out the corners of milled pockets. Did you push that into the hole with the quill feed on your milling machine? If so, do you think a Rong-Fu derrivative from Grizzley has a quill that is up to that use?

BTW, It is this thread that convincebd me that I needed to join this forum. Your work with that rifle is inspiring ... makes me want to make stuff really badly so much that everthing itches.

Mark