kendog

Dunno. It hasn't come up yet. You could always take it apart and replace or dress the stone. They sell replacement stones.

Drill Doctor is OK for the convenience. Drill Doctor reccommends turning the stone to even out the wear. Be careful taking the stone off as there is no way to reset the depth (unless you measure it before you take it off, or make some kind of gage to duplicate the factory setting) of the wheel on the shaft and this will affect the point splitting feature. I tuned my wheel over after a few years use and had to trial-and-error set up the wheel again so the splits would come out centered on the point. Otherwise it either over or under cuts the split.

DD is good for general purpose sharpening. Way under kill for big drill bits and not really precise enough for super accurate work. If you drill a lot of one size hole (#31, for example) just order them by the dozen from MSC, and toss them when they get worn.

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Ken, et al. I've done three and let my barrel guy do the rails on all. None look like the Shaw job, but rather look like standard magnum conversions. I have had to undercut the rails on one because the ctg is just so much bigger, but all works well.

 

I STILL can't post pics, but am working on it. If you need I can photo a couple and email to you. Just let me know.

 

Brad

Thanks Brad. I will PM my email to you.

Ken

Ken,

 

These are the best pictures I could get at the moment. Your comments would be greatly appreciated as I know very little about gunsmithing.

 

If you would like some more pics let me know.

 

Thanks,

 

Ben

FenderBender,

Would it be possible to post some pics of the action rails from the bottom of the action? I have on of these that is aching to be converted and would also like to know what Shaw did in the rail/feed lip area. It looks like it is cut on one side only. Also, the bolt face and extractor are of interest, too.

Thanks in advance

Ken

Have two, both M81's. One is original rimfire and the other is converted to center fire. It is a BLAST! Very fun to shoot and quite accurate. I make cases from 8mm Lebel brass and use a 410 grain heeled, hollow base bullet. Lots of information here: http://theswissriflesdotcommessageboard.yu...rli-Rifles.html

Ken

I'm getting ready to build a siamese and need some info.

I got my action without the barrel and it looks as if I will need a relief cut for the extractor on the breach end of the barrel.

Any photos?

Coming in a little late on this one. The barrel has an extractor cut and a very slight counterbore, like a Remington 700 only this one is only .020 or so deep. The counterbore would be the headspace dimension on this reciever because of the rimmed cartrige. I can post a picture of one if I can figure out how to get it posted.

Ken