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Ron J

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    Guns, reloading, shooting & hunting.

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  1. Karl, sorry to hear of your loss. You have helped me with my 2 especially when we first got them. While it's not unusual for a cat to live 20 yrs, far too many don't. The ones that do are being raised with a lot of care as I'm sure Tawny was. One can feel good when their pets pass quickly without suffering, but also feel good that they lived well while sharing your home.
  2. It's all about volume. If Buck knives in China makes you sick, read on. We used to mfg bolts for a wheel company that had a contract for the Bradley fighting vehicle. The volume went through the roof when Bush 1 was raising hell in Kuwait. As soon as they needed 250,000 pc qtys, we lost the order. Yeah, you guessed it, China. Makes me wanna puke when the US uses parts for our armed forces that come from a country that hates our guts. Back then I had made a decision to scrap 90,000 parts ($30,000.00 in sales) for a small internal flaw even though they passed all of my testing. (I wasn't a popular guy that time.) My remark to the owner was that someones 18 yr old son or daughter is going to be riding in that vehicle. I wonder if those importers would do the same.
  3. We have been getting "new" work from one of our customers that supply Paccar. It's something Peterbuilt calls new builds. We have to send ppaps and samples - if they work in this pre-production assembly, we get approved as the supplier. As soon as they approve our RFQ they ask if the lead time can be cut in half. LOL. We have hit all their target dates and everything so far has been approved. I love it when a US assembly plant buys from a US primary mfg, but it really is due to our shrinking dollar and large sub-assembly companies that have gone under. They would import due to volume. It's a double edged sword. Anyway, Ill do my best to get good stuff to ya!
  4. Too funny. I'm copying and sending to everyone on my e-mail list.
  5. Tony talked alot about your stompimg grounds and 10 days hunting there would be something. Too bad about no moose. I hear they are good eating. Sorry to hear about your friend. Must've been hell for everyone involved and watching. Ron
  6. Bucksnort, an M14 external thd has an OD (major diameter) around .545. .510 will leave you pretty flat threads. I assume you have the protector and need to have the barrel threaded to match, correct? Does the protector have enough wall thickness to be bored, sleeved and then thd it inside for 1/2-20? You may be able to put a 1/2-20 die over your barrel. At least an adjustable one that you can creep up on. That may even be tough with barrel steel.
  7. Cash for clunkers may have helped with more than trying to save oil. If it creates "any" stimulation of the automotive industry, it will help. I'm not sure it did or will, but I'm guessing it at least used up some standing inventory of vehicles. I am seeing some increase of work in auto related suppliers that we deal with. No one knows if it will last. It may only be restocking empty shelves and die shortly. It's one thing to say "let them go broke - they deserve it". Any one remotely involved with that industry knows how far reaching their influence is in our economy. When they stop, everything stops. I have seen some major players simply close down this past 8 months. One company was 138 yrs old. They were gigantic. Their fasteners are literally everywhere - I'm sure we all have some in our garages and basements. They were so ingrained in automotive that the slow down choked them to death. Maybe it wasn't wise to be that dependant on their part. I do know that all their jobs were lost and they probably sustained several outside suppliers as well. It's wild to see the numbers. Whatever this knucklehead does I don't think it will be as bad as our "strong economy" that W bragged about during 2004-2007. Just my take.
  8. Here's a thought for what it's worth. If someone has one of these cocking pcs that they are fairly sure is original and correctly hardened, but is bad for some other reason or dimensionally screwed up, I would be glad to check the heat treat on it. I could tell if it was case hardened, through hardened or both. I can determine case depth also. I have to destroy it to do this. Would this knowledge be of help to us as a group? It wouldn't be very hard to do - I have access to the equipment. Just a thought. Ron
  9. Mike, that is going to be gorgeous when done. I love the wood and the metal work is outstanding to match. That must have taken forever to mill that barrel. Does your machine have enough travel to make a pass that long? And I assume a zillion light cuts so not to add stress to the barrel. Wow.
  10. That's maybe 30.00 more than Yugos at Cleveland gun shows. None, and I mean none, are as clean as that. Except maybe Mitchells and they are much more money. It seems the 48A gets a bad rap mostly from stamped bottom metal. On the other hand, I don't think they saw much active duty so they have decent bores. If you're planning on leaving it in military form, this may be the better way to go!
  11. Ron J

    Kool Sweede Find

    Very cool. I'm jealous. That is the first Obendorf Swede I've ever seen.
  12. I'm late in on this as well Dave, but my thoughts and prayers are with you both. Ron
  13. Brian, I believe that while it is not a good thing to take material off these surfaces, I think the bolt would be okay. Seeing as how it is pulled onto those surfaces through the camming action, it wouldn't be loose. However, at some point you wouldn't be moving the cocking pc as far out of the rear of the bolt as normal and compressing the firing pin spring less. I also wouldn't want that area to be any thinner. As they say, the inherent strength of the Mauser is the design. The surface hardness provides wear resistance. (I feel the case hardness brings strength to the table, especially when done in todays modern gas carburizing furnaces, I'm no engineer.)
  14. I'm going out on a limb here-I'm sure not the most knowlegable Mauser person. I've never seen a Swede with Spanish words on it. I think the 1894 is date of mfg not model. You stated "a low bid". If low enough, perhaps working on those pits is worth it. Then again, I had quite a bit of hand work on my Turk. Not pitted so much as lousy forging marks and grooves. Maybe someone who has dealt with this more will chime in. Either way small rings are cool and I want one!
  15. As an FYI Buck, I am the quality manager of a bolt shop. I have been around mfg and heat treating for 25+ yrs. I am familiar with and have done quite often the process of carburizing which is a type of case hardening. It is one of the most expensive case hardening processes and the only one that is suitable for a Mauser recvr. I also have access to a few very good heat treaters that carburize. It is my assumption that the places doing recvrs, like Z uses, have a process that lends itself to this. Things such as fixturing to control warpage. I can get this type of thing done probably for free and I'm not comfortable with trying it. It has nothing to do with confidence - I won't approve a heat treater for this company if their not top shelf. I'm sure they would get the case depth and hardness correct, but looking at the shape of a recvr - two sections of mass tied together with thin rails - my money would be on bent or twisted rails. I have 2 that will be heat treated hopefully this fall or winter. They are both going to Z1R and he can bundle them into his next group. I think it's approx 80.00 each for one. In my eyes that is dirt cheap if done correctly. Free paperweights are what isn't cheap. Also, the inside of the front ring and the bolt lugs are where the most critical hardnesses are. I have access to about 5 different types of hardness testers and can't check the inside reliably without sectioning (destroying) the front ring. I may be wrong, but I think the camming angle at the rear of the rear bridge is the only outside part that has important hardness. Someone will chime in if I'm wrong I hope. You shouldn't have ruined a "good" recvr by sanding the outside. My 2 cents, Ron
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