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  1. I hear-d that yns gots yerself onea dem dare metsal spnnin cutin maschenes.

    Jest a wonderin wats use learnt ta dew witch it.

     

    Tinker :blink:

     

    Yo Tink, I spinned a few barrels, Threadded a blank, recontoured a milsurp into a sporter barrel and made a half dozen bolt handles to figure out which ones I liked. I now have 2 designs that I like. I found out that for most stuff, I like carbide tooling! Then I got called away for all that Boy Scout camp stuff. The "tangle timber man inkled that maybe you got one of them newfangled spinning things too. Should we compare notes?

    Give you a call on the LL

     

    -dogz-

  2. Hello to all of you nice :P people!

    I've been gone for a while and have to catch up with what's been going on. I finally retired from the Boy Scouts. Was given a patch saying Scoutmaster "Emeritus" - Retired on active duty! LoL

    I have 6 projects in various states of completion but I think I will just have a few beers and smoke a few cigars before I get in the swing of things. Many voice mails to return. Please be patient with me.

    Prayers for Zach, Happy Birthday Don! Happy fathersday to all you dads! Gotta start reading all the posts now.

    TTYL

     

    -Dogz-

  3. Auction On to Kill Rare Scottish White Deer

    Sunday, March 08, 2009

     

     

    Print ShareThisAn exceptionally rare white deer nicknamed "Pearl" has been discovered in the Scottish lowlands by a professional hunter, who is now taking bids from people who want to kill it.

     

    The whitecoated roebuck, which experts say is not an albino, is so unusual that only a handful have been seen in Britain since the end of the Second World War.

     

    That the deer has now been given what amounts to a death sentence has infuriated animal lovers, who are now campaigning to save its life.

     

    Kevin Stuart, who has the stalking rights to the 3,000-acre estate in Dumfries and Galloway where the wild deer lives, says he hopes to secure a four-figure sum from a trophy-seeking client to shoot it when the hunting season opens in three weeks' time.

     

    He has already been contacted by people keen to stalk the deer, which could fetch up to $8,500 — four times the price of a normal specimen.

     

    The idea of having such a rare trophy is exciting the interest of field-sports enthusiasts across Britain and even farther afield, and threatening to start a bidding war for the right to shoot it.

     

  4. Hi Guys, I got 3 of these 98 bolt bodies. They all have the same proof marks Circle B on the knob and an Script B on the handle. My best guess is DWM but I am not sure. Anyone recognize these proofmarks?

     

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    -dogz-

  5. Tinker,

    How about coating them with RIG and just putting each one in a freezer bag. You can roll them up tight to get most of the air out and seal them up. Put a rubber band around it to hold it tight and stack them up in one of your plastic containers. You can write on the siploc bags with a sharpie, telling you what's inside. RIG is almost as good as cosmolene and a whole lot easier to clean off. A gunsmith buddy of mine coats all of his reamers guages etc. with good old vaselene and they stay stain free for years. Some of his stuff sat for ten years without being used before I borrowed it and they were perfect. JMO

     

    -dogz-

  6. Rustvyper,

    Bolt bodies (Straight Handles) with the guide bars are available for $20. ea. from Springfield Sporters in Penn Run PA.

    www.ssporters.com That is the best price I have seen lately. I am not sure if they have any complete assys for 98k.

     

     

    -dogz-

  7. Wow! You guys get real passionate :lol: Thanks for all of your input. You all make good sense. I do enjoy making things work but there is no real need to reinvent the wheel either. I have 2 24/47's and another VZ-24. My game plan is now to use the VZ for the 06 and one of the 24/47 actions for my 243 Varminteer. I'll save the last one for something that most "normal" people never heard of like a 6.5x284 or ?.

     

    -dogz-

  8. Hi everyone!

    What are your thoughts about using a Yugo 24/47 action to build a 30.06? I know that the 30.06 is a little longer cartridge than the 8x57. What is the accepted way to lengthen the magazine box? Any other pitfalls that I need to know about using this intermediate action would be appreciated. The action is pristine and I would like to use it for a caliber that I don't have! Can you believe that I don't have one of those :lol: (except a Garand) and that doesn't count. Thanks in advance

     

    waterdogz

  9. Just my 2 cents worth,

    I don't have much use for small dogs but . . . .don't blame the dog, it's the BAD OWNERS! Not the dogs fault, it only does what a dog does. As far as the lap dog thing, I've got two 80lb. lap dogs. Even when everyone think I'm some kind of nutty gun fanatic, they think I'm the greatest thing since sliced bread! The more people that I meet, the more I appreciate my Goldens. There are a rare few humans who I allow to share the duck blind with Dixie and Dusty! They do pose a problem though, Anyone could rob my house. They would welcome you in, show you where all the goodies were and then leave with you because you were there and I wasn't! :lol:

  10. Neither of your K98s would have been manufactured with a stamped triggerguard in the years stamped the receiver. Ar code is for Borsigwald, a subsidiary of Oberndorf located, located in the outskirts of Berlin. Bill

     

    I should have read the first thread. You are right on with the code and date data. The stamped trigger guards do not match the receiver data. Was either of these trigger guards fitted with the oversized "winter" trigger loop?

  11. I was checking these rifles out today and noticed both have stamped trigger guards.

    One has locking screws or the holes for them and the other doesn't. I"ve never seen this type of trigger guards except on intermediate length yugos.

    Also one of them has no bayonet lug.

     

    The 98k with a stamped trigger guard most likely is a late 43-44 manufactured Kriegs model (War Model). The manufacturing process was stripped to the essentials only to speed up production. Stamped trigger guards, no provision for locking screws, bolts with no guide ribs and gas ports which were not elongated were very common to this model. Quite a few of these were made at Brno.

  12. Hello all. Got a problem and a question. I deserve to be ridiculed because of what i've done...its stupid. ok... got some 87 grain hornady hpbt for a 243.

     

    Hi Brenden, After reading all the posts, I felt compelled to add my 2 cents worth in. I spend a lot of time between the loading and shooting bench and the .243 is one cartridge that is real persnickitive depending on the brass you are using. It's not that one is necessarily better then another but the case volumes are just a smidgeon different. These small differences make BIG differences in the .243 pressures. (More than another cartridge I have worked with!) Powders, primers and bullets are all variables you need to focus on but pick one brand of brass and work up your loads only using them. Most book loads I have seen are with Winchester brass but I have tons of Federal so that is what I stay with. Works for me.You will have a lot less headaches. One other thing to keep in mind also when loading firebreathers, what is safe at 30 degrees F. during deer season might just lock up your bolt at 85 degrees F. while shooting woodchucks.

  13. Hello Guys, I have come across a stripped Siamese Mauser receiver in very good condition. What bolts will work in that receiver? Is the bolt stop etc. the same as the 98's? I thought that there might be customizing possibilities but don't know much about the metalurgy of this type of receiver. Do I want to even fool with it or is it just to obscure for a new-be? Thanks for any input.

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