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Thread: My Krag Sporter

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    nice work,this will be a beautiful rifle when youre done

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    I'm wearing it down every few days. This will speed up the barrel channel. My old shop teacher would birth a horned toad...

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    looks like itll work as good as the inletting tools do

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    A little further. X is roughly where the reciever sight will be. It's time to get to making the barrel band so the inletting will be done and shaping can proceed. The action and barrel are near bottomed out but that band is needed up front. Now I'm thinking the forend is longer than it should be.....

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    The fore end does look a bit long. I think the recommended for arm length is 40% of the barrel; but you should check on that, not just blindly take my word for it.

    To me with the camera perspective, it looks like you need to move the tip back about twice the length of the current tip, i.e. remove a section of walnut twice the length of the pecan then reinstall the pecan tip. Its an idea anyway.

    Kudos to you for showing work in progress.

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    I did shorten the forend and still lots of slimming/shaping to do before the sandathon begins.

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    Been a while since I checked in on this Thomas, it is looking great!

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    The inletting is done, I need to glass bed it and fit the barrel band. I found this in my odd parts- I heated it cherry red and beat and squeezed it down to where it needs to be, using the barrel for a mandrel. Serendipitous that the swivel stud fits!

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    This is one that was built by Mel Johnson at his RI shop. Verified by his son a few years ago. May give you some ideas.



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    Pirate69, I cant enlarge the images. Thanks, though
    Update: I saw the slide show, Pirate. Mine wont look that nice. The side treatment on the left flows well I think. Thanks for sharing!

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    A close up of the barrel band jury rigging.

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    Back at it. I cheated with heat to mark where I need to chisel the square opening for the barrel band. I've discovered that a broken bullet puller makes a nice tapper for the little chisel pictured. The wire nut sitting in the hole prevents damage if the chisel slips.......

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    As the instructor at my Armorer's class said, "Need a tool, make a tool."

    Very light hammers for driving miniscule chisels are very hard to find any more.

    Robert

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    Excuse the way it looks now but I figured out the barrel band. The brass piece will be inletted into the forearm to serve as an escutcheon. It is the head of a R-P 30-40 Krag case with the primer cup drilled for the swivel stud. Miles to go yet but I've almost arrived at " Sanding Land".

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    Great minds think alike, I did the same thing with a 7.62 NATO case for the takedown screw on my .22. It is a Savage Model 120A, and while I have several .22 rifles, some better some worse, this one is MINE. I have had it since Christmas 1974, when I was ten.

    Robert

    After writing this, I had to check last night, something just didn't seem right.

    I mis-remembered the brass I used, it was a .45-70. Must have been for the larger footprint.

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    Now that is a really neat idea--using the cartridge head for an escutcheon. And a little brass color is always nice!

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    Thank you, sirs. I assembled it and shot a couple of rounds. No sights so just testing. The fit at the action/barrel junction needs some glass bedding,and then the sights, and then finishing the wood and the steel. With the heavier than normal barrel it's no lightweight but it hangs good. Soon I'll be sanding and sanding.

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    Looking good, it almost makes me want to restock my 1899 carbine.

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    The butt region needed serious sanding to blend the pad. Power is my friend today. I super glued a front sight on for testing purposes later.

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