Credit where its due alphawolf, to persevere on a project where there is little information, few examples to reverse engineer, takes some doing. What single shot rifle would you say would be the easiest to attempt for a first time rifle builder ?
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AHHah!! An intelligent question. Thank you very much bonny...The easiest rifle to build I believe would be a Stevens Sideplate . Having the side open for fitting hammer to trigger and lever to breech block linkage would make this highly desireable rifle a very straightforward build. You can find a scale sideview drawing online and work from there ..Be a great .22 LR .22 magnum or .17 Hm2 chambered rifle.. Green mountain has suitable .22 and .17 barrel blanks for 40 bucks.. Those are 21 inchs long , 24 inch would be nicer looking but somewhat more expensive at 80 dollars.....but a guy could build the whole gun in a few weeks for about a hundred bucks.. Think about that, you get to play with your machinery for a few weeks and end up with another toy to show for it.. What could be better? ........uhmmmmmm we all work at different pace and to a different standard.. If youre like Tom here building his Stevens Favorite and taking no shortcuts then it can take months to years to finish . .Basicly it is your game to play it as suits yourself. There is no right or wrong to it.
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Odd somehow the pictures of my recently completed Highwall has disappeared. Here is a picture of it again.
Next scratch build project that I will start tomorrow is a 1874 Sharps in .45-90 caliber...Just love the old guns.
Next scratch build project that I will start tomorrow is a 1874 Sharps in .45-90 caliber...Just love the old guns.
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QUOTE=Alphawolf45;148603]Odd somehow the pictures of my recently completed Highwall has disappeared. Here is a picture of it again.
Next scratch build project that I will start tomorrow is a 1874 Sharps in .45-90 caliber...Just love the old guns.[/QUOTE]
That's a nice heavy 10. Adam
Next scratch build project that I will start tomorrow is a 1874 Sharps in .45-90 caliber...Just love the old guns.[/QUOTE]
That's a nice heavy 10. Adam
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That's a nice heavy 10. Adam[/QUOTE]
Thankyou Adam. Of course that is what it is really all about ,playing with the machinery. Gun projects are my frequent excuse to spend time in my shop.. I have just as much fun working over an antique engine or repairing my old mower. I have big shop full of machinery but its all old, worn, wore out or broken- perfect place to spend my time in retirement
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I love the projects you guys show, but my sense of self preservation tells me that is something I am not ready to attempt at my entry level skill. Eventually I hope to learn enough to feel safe making a long gun, but the world is probably better off if I leave explosive and containment alone till I learn a bit more. Please keep the pics of the projects coming though, I really appreciate a well made device of any kind and a rifle especially if it is a shooter as well. All of my rifles and pistols get used, there are no trophy case queens in my collection. If it don't shoot good it's gotta go...
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Alphawolf,
I don't post to your threads as I don't want to lower the high signal to noise ratio as is so common on other boards, and I don't often log in to this board. Your work is a gold standard among homeshop gunsmiths.
I fully intend to duplicate your work on the Marlin 1892 as that is my favorite "for fun" .22.
I follow your projects and copy photos and text into Word do***ents, and put them into the Alphawolf subfolder in my Tools and Projects folder.
Edit: apparently, the word "Doc u ments" includes a Bad Word that must be bleeped out.
I don't post to your threads as I don't want to lower the high signal to noise ratio as is so common on other boards, and I don't often log in to this board. Your work is a gold standard among homeshop gunsmiths.
I fully intend to duplicate your work on the Marlin 1892 as that is my favorite "for fun" .22.
I follow your projects and copy photos and text into Word do***ents, and put them into the Alphawolf subfolder in my Tools and Projects folder.
Edit: apparently, the word "Doc u ments" includes a Bad Word that must be bleeped out.
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Elwood_Blues I sure appreciate the compliments and really hope to see your Marlin 1892 come together. Back years ago when I first come online I got into a Yahoo gunsmithing group that was populated by a mess of fellows that constantly tried to discourage folks from doing any of their own work.. I am much the opposite in that I am having a heap of fun and want to see others doing these sorts of projects.
Imagine my position, I built the .45-70 Highwall for BPCR silhouette shooting and getting ready to shoot my first match next Saturday.I am mighty excited about it... Of course I cast my bullets and load my own cartridges. Have made a number of little incidentals for the reloading work.. Plan to make my own bullet molds.. Altogether just a lot of fun. Presently scrambling to make a new rear ladder sight for my rifle....I am finding plenty of worthy metalsworking projects in support of the shooting sports hobby.
I am getting consistent 1 1/2 inch groups at 100 yards with iron sights off the bench using cast bullets and black powder.. Very likely a man who can really shoot well could make smaller groups with my rifle.. But I do believe that I built a good rifle ;-).
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Alphawolf
I have read this from start to finish and also on HGS forum, I read a lot of post and don't replay to most.
I do mess with guns in my home shop but I'm not up to the quality of your work, And even through I do have a complete shop I'm not as good as most of the guys here.
Paul
I have read this from start to finish and also on HGS forum, I read a lot of post and don't replay to most.
I do mess with guns in my home shop but I'm not up to the quality of your work, And even through I do have a complete shop I'm not as good as most of the guys here.
Paul
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Paul I see you on several groups. This is first time I noticed your list of machines at the bottom of your post. Yeup, you certainly got the tools to do anything you want.. And hey, I am not as good a machinist as a lot of these guys here either ;-) .. But those things that are a challenge are the most satisfying when you figure it out and get it done...I had a full machineshop for years before I ever fooled with a gun but these gun projects have made me a better machinist...I have learned to TIG weld in just the last few years and finally learned to use a CAD program.
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