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  1. Nice, I rebarrled a 16 ga for a customer who wanted a slug gun. He supplied a nice heavy 16 ga barrel which I fitted and chambered. We stocked it in a Boyd's Laminate if I recall.
  2. Probably easier and certainly more accurate to find a machinist to single point chase those threads. A die that size will be pricy!
  3. This one's a .22, just happened to luck into a box of .256's for my contender at the same time. My 9.5" will consitently break clay pigeons at 75 yds with the open sights but the scope increases that to 100 even with the short barrel.
  4. I picked this up recently and was thinking, I may want to swap that 10/22 barrel over onto this one:
  5. My son shot my 9.5" Single Six and loved the long barrel. So, given his penchant for longer barrels, I rebarreled his single six using a 10/22 barrel that I shortened, threaded, indexed the sight, cut a new forcing cone, and drilled and tapped for the ejector rod housing. Finished out at 11.5" of pure fun. I didn't take any pics of the single six project but these pics of my rebarreling a 45 Vaquero are essentially the same: Start by making a barrel bush for the vise out of 1.75" aluminum bar stock. Bore the hole to appropriate size for the barrel, then split the bushing. Make inserts for the action wrench to fit the frame: Measure to get your shank length to establish proper cylinder gap: After timing sight, cut new forcing cone and trim shank to achieve .002" cylinder gap. End result:
  6. Used to be mine too, spent most weekends in that area. I remember when there was only one traffic light in town, on Main St. And the Cinema in town used a Carbon Arc projector. The Nimitz Museum has grown so much. A fun visit, as is Texas Jacks.
  7. When we were young, and I mean, high school young, my buddy's grandmaw and uncle used to make wine out of mustang grapes grown in Fredericksburg. Dang good stuff. I always wanted to brew my own but alas, I don't drink enough anymore to warrant the effort.
  8. It's fun watching him make the beer. He bottled a great Double Bock last year. Delicious! Congrats on the article.
  9. As a matter of fact, he even brews it!
  10. So, I cut off the handle and reattached it. The root was deformed by the previous hack so, it is as straight as I can get it without rebuilding the root entirely. Not doing that for free. But, at least it isn't pockmarked and will clear a low scope. And, looks decent.
  11. All too frequently, I see bolts like this on sporters: A buddy picked this up. I helped him replace the 8x57 barrel with a .308. But this bolt handle has got to go. Not only is the void so huge that the handle is about to fall off, it sticks out so far, that it won't clear a scope without high rings. Gonna cut it off and weld it back on correctly so he won't have to alter the stock. I wonder who in the world thinks that a handle like this is ok? Amazes me that people would settle for this.
  12. VZ24's are one of the few actions I will use without first having them carburized. Which Ackley?
  13. Dave, I like that short small ring. Nice handle too!
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