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What sort of protection is everyone using during the tumbling process? None of my neighbors are close, but to protect my house and theirs, I plan to tumble inside a U shaped sandbag wall, open end...

It has never crossed my mind on this forum, thanks to the consistently high quality of posters and stricter moderation.

I often rate threads on a different gun forum, mostly because they have a...

As others have said, it's a Cherokee. The Seneca was a fancier offering, having a patch box and brass nose cap. The barrels are the same width, but their ribs are not the same length, so Seneca...

I recently acquired a full 310 reloading setup with Lyman 225462 and all the original boxes. I've been meaning to post pictures of the haul in the vintage forum. I don't even own a .218, but perhaps...

As long as it is not pitted or flakey, I'll shoot brown brass without any qualms. The browning is quite stable and nondimensional.

Range pickups with excessive verdigris get culled, as they are...

Valley-Shooter, did you order from them directly through their sales inquiry link?

Georgerkahn, MEK came up so often because it’s the big gun up against something designed to be permanent. Before epoxy cures, even ordinary alcohol cleans it up easily. It’s a different animal once...

You may be right, Hannibal. The chamber has been soaking in Kroil all weekend, and not a drop has crept past the bolt head. The only thing I can think of moving forward is applying more heat. It...

That’s interesting! I appreciate the insight.

The pan head is the bolt release button. It is a very loose clearance fit with the tang, but I cannot remove it without removing the bolt first.

Up front on the recoil lug is the remains of a...

I have found no factory screwdriver set to be entirely suitable for gunsmithing. Instead I have a drawer of garage sale screwdrivers and dozens of flat driver bits that I file as-needed to an exact...

I was browsing a stack of old magazines and found this picture in the 1982 Navy Arms muzzleloader issue. The article was about casting techniques and troubleshooting, and no word was written about...

It’s a very fair question. Unless there is more to the lock than this, it should be quite free.
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That flat spring is going to be a pain to duplicate too. One hurdle at a time.

Cwtebay, the sins against this action are already unforgivable, so a little blasphemy cannot harm its soul any further.

However, I am stumped. I can snake a piece of welding wire through one lug...

I suspect that there might be a fair bit of rust at the bolt head keeping things locked up. I don’t have a cleaning rod long enough to reach the chamber!
It’s back in the soak tank, but the next...

Brief update: heat and 56 hours of soaking in MEK still have not freed the bolt.

Why are you cutting the shot barrel diagonally? Is that just an aesthetic choice?

You can simplify the barrel contouring by boring the shot chamber to a plain cylinder all the way past the forcing...

I have a gallon of real MEK. Since the action happens to be soaking in it right now, I’ll leave it for another few days before trying again. My soak tank is a tall spray can with aluminum foil...

The stub of the handle remains, which is just enough meat to get some purchase with a pipe wrench. A previous owner tried that, but didn’t care to pad the wrench jaws. It should buff out. The rear...

What is everybody's favorite chemical for removing cured epoxy?

I've picked up a complete, but poor condition Greene bolt action in a trade. For reasons unknown, a previous owner painted all the...

PTG is paying US wages to produce a design that it partially developed. The amazon version is a copied design produced at communist wage rates.

As M-Tecs said, the quality of such copies is...

Another option to retain the original chambering is to reline the barrel. It can be tricky to find liners that are not .22LR, but they do exist. Bore out, solder/epoxy the liner in place, recrown,...

None confirmed, but the first owners of intact-mum type 99s typically did not surrender.

All my evidence tag guns were from seizures after disqualifying events, not taken directly from crime...

I live on the humid east coast, and I have zero rust issues with HOT water. The key is you want it fresh-off-a-rolling-boil hot. The barrel dries itself from the soaked-in heat before any rust can...

Given the focus limitations of most laser markers, an alternative approach could be to print a flexible stencil on a Cricut or similar plotter.

If you think cutting and filing horns smells bad,...