ndnchf
01-29-2020, 08:14 PM
I thought I'd show a repair I just did on my put-together model 1867 Remington rolling block navy carbine.
This rifle uses a simple stud extractor below the chamber to pull the fired shell out. The extractor stud was poorly repaired previously and just didn't work. It was a lousy glob of weld that someone had done and crudely filed it to rough shape, but it was too small and not formed correctly.
So I cleaned the old weld off and re-welded up the stud area. Then put it in a milling machine and milled it close to the final shape and size. After milling, it took a lot if hand filling, test fitting and more filing until it fit.
I'm no machinist or gunsmith, just a home tinkerer. While it's not perfect, I think it came out pretty well and it seems to work fine with an empty case. I'll take it to the range later this week to give it a live fire test.
Here is a a photo of what it started out as, and couple of the repair.
This rifle uses a simple stud extractor below the chamber to pull the fired shell out. The extractor stud was poorly repaired previously and just didn't work. It was a lousy glob of weld that someone had done and crudely filed it to rough shape, but it was too small and not formed correctly.
So I cleaned the old weld off and re-welded up the stud area. Then put it in a milling machine and milled it close to the final shape and size. After milling, it took a lot if hand filling, test fitting and more filing until it fit.
I'm no machinist or gunsmith, just a home tinkerer. While it's not perfect, I think it came out pretty well and it seems to work fine with an empty case. I'll take it to the range later this week to give it a live fire test.
Here is a a photo of what it started out as, and couple of the repair.