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I do not think that there is anything better than a Wilton Tradesman. The secret is that the jaws are made to operate on round bored arbors. The jaws stay parallel.

On flintlock rifles two screws are to be preferred. I state this because the action of the frizzen has quite a bit of torque.

The Hawken rifles that we see are all cap locks, and have no frizzen...

My suggestion is to take the thing to someone with a lathe. Have him take a 55 degree tool, pick up the threads, and run them until the barrel just screws onto your action.

Do it right, or don't...

I will hit one no one has mentioned. Make a 98 up into a 260, and have the throat extended to hold something like 140 Partition loaded to the base of the neck.

The 260 has almost the case room of...

You need to work from the top of your mill table.

If you were to just "level it" with a level you could be all out of wack. You are assuming that the mill's table is level with the floor. Work...

The idea is to "fix" the cheapest part.

This would mean drilling a new hole and countersinking it in a rear base.

I had a table at a gun show once next to a fella who did air gun repair. He told me that plugged barrels was a large part of his business.

He stated that he disassembled the guns so that he could...

OK I've got to ask. What are the dimensions of the spacer?

My early 4500 doesn't have one. Also, why can not one just drop something like a 3/8 nut over the shaft, and then run the lube-follower...

Old single guy of 67: Please define SWMBO. Question: do they work for guns, tools, knife making, etc? Do they encourage same?

I just came up out of the basement workshop after playing with my new...

Sorry my mistake.

I thought that you had an 8mm06. Had found some cheap dies to remake, and were going to AI your standard 8mm06 into an 8mm06AI.

Yes. The die radius would need to match that...

I don't know where to start: grasshopper.

First: congratulations on finding a carbide reamer. Where did you come up with the dimension that you reamed to? You should have measured over a loaded...

My first manual was a Speer No 5. I still look at it, and have a good size collection of manuals. I still like the Speer the best.


Speer is the only manuel that gives you ALL of the data. It...

I think I softened it with one tablespoonful of STP per stick. I think that that is what Veral Smith also recommends for making his LBT Blue into LBT Soft.

I also wouldn't be afraid of using I TSP...

Seagiant: Tell us about that old Bair. I never had a chance to look at one in person.

It looks hell for stout, and something that you should be able to swage on. Does it do any more than my old...

Williams Gunsight Company used to make a side mout that you could buy what they called High Central Over Bore sight rings.

The rings mounted to the base and were detachable (without tools) in a...

The real jewels in M38's are the late models that were made as Model 38's by Husqvarna.

Some years back I bought a receiver from Sarco (?) and converted it to cock-on-opening, changed the bolt...

The 9.3 Barnes Sisk was built on the 350 Remington Mag case. Not on the 308 case. Please take note!

I always thought that a 375/350 Rem Mag would be a great rifle. I would build it on a standard...

Still this throat thing has not really been checked out.

Remember: most cast bullets for the 38/357 are made to shoot in a revolver, and are used to having the forcing cone of the barrel "align...

Gentlemen: just thinking about your problem. If you think that the lead angle of your chamber is too abrupt you can take a cast pure lead muzzleloader ball and press it gently up in the throat to...

The obvious ones are the 30-338, and the 375-338. There are reamers available off the shelf as well as dies. These are both bigger bores. I have always thought that a 375-338 would be the greatest...

I fixed up my chipped and split saw handles with accraclass gel. Filed and sanded it to final form. I don't think that bondo would last. It just sort of powders when impacted. For finish I just used...

Look old buddy. It's 04 degrees above zero here in northern Ohio. How can you complain? They want to come and insulate my house next Monday. Turn off the furnace, and stick a line or two through a...

FYI: A 35 Whelen will not clean up a 358 Winchester. The 358 is too squat. The Whelen case has more tapper. The barrel would have to be set back.

So, if you have a 30-06 length action I'd suggest...

Start from scratch:
1. Take the action out of the stock and put it in a vice of some type with some blocks, and hold it by the barrel. Now start functioning it without bottom metal, and bolt guts....

Bruce, I'd stick with the 6.5 Grendle. It is SAAMI speced so all your chambering reamer, loading dies, and factory chambered barrels should work fine, and all be properly co-ordinated to fit...