Kenpo Joe

Azrednek, There is a dealer here in our area who came across quit a few of the SB Magnum actions. These are new and in the box and are selling for $250.00 each. They come with an adjustable trigger and have the base plate (I'm a newby, not sure what you call the magazine bottom cover).

Yes, tell us. I would travel to this Mecca just to get my hands on a couple.

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ok fellas, who's used the aluminum trigger guard with the cast antelope from sporter express and the like? i know it's no sunny hill or some such, but is it a usable piece? i'm thinkin' a guy could make a new floorplate to get rid of the antelope, if he so desired...

 

heath

Hi Heath,

I've had that aluminum Sporter Express trigger guard on my 35 Whelen for the past 6 years and the black enamel, or whatever it is, is starting to chip off. Not too bad yet, but I'm starting to think about fixing that problem. I would check Gun Parts Corp. to see if they have any FN steel commercial ones. I picked one up last summer for a good price.

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Just one word - Awesome.

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WOW. That is one beautiful peace of wood. I agree with you about the look of oil on wood.

Very nice. What trigger did you use and what kind of stock? We need more details.

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I've heard that Z1r has been building 9X68's on other 98 actions so I presume that an 8X68 can be done.

8-06 ( 8X63 ) would be easier. The action was designed for 8X57 so you have do do at least some work to

get the 8-06 to work. 8X68 is 11MM longer than the original chambering Vs 6MM longer of the 8-06.

Reaming out a 7X57 military barrel to 8-06 (8X63) has generally been considered safe in that I've not heard anyone speak out against that practice. Now reaming out an 8X57 barrel to 8X68 is something that I've

just not heard of anyone else doing before. Just check to see what the wall thickness is near the shoulder

if it were to be deepened by 11MM. Prior discussions have set .25" as a safe wall thickness to be

maintained.

 

This is where I feel uncomfortable with a magnum on a Turk that has .98 OD barrel threads.

The minor diameter is .88. Now most magnum case diameters are near .5 + (2X.25 wall thickness)= 1".

So 1-.88= .12 which means that the wall thickness is .06" shy. Now some will tell you that what I

just presented doesn't count because the barrel threads are backed up by the receiver threads.

It's your hands and face, you decide how much solid metal you feel safe with between you and a 60,000PSI

explosion.

 

Oh! and that 29" barrel would be great to burn all that extra powder in. With the right loading I'd

think that you'd be approaching similar velocities from an 8-06 as a magnum with a 24" barrel.

 

Best of luck with your project. Keep us informed.

One day I've got my own 8-06 Turk to do.

Tinker

I have no interest in re-arranging my face and I agree that the barrel may be too thin at the receiver. I think I'll start looking at the 8mm-06 or the AI version of that chambering. The 8x63 Swede is interesting. Sailormilan - did you ever look at the 9.3x62 case for resizing to the Swede? Its dimensions are closer than the 30-06 to the Swede. rim dia.... .470", base dia.... .476", shoulder dia.... .451", case length.... 2.441". The case is a little short, but it may grow when it is necked down to 8mm.

I cut the barrel down to 26in and recrowned it. I bought new FN commercial bottom metal and I have a new laminated stock fitted. I still need to glass bed the stock and then I'll use Tung oil for the finish.

I plan to shoot it in the original chambering just in case its a real good shooter. If not, then I may change it to 8mm-6. (I once bought a Winchester M70 in 338 WinMag because I was planning on rebarreling it to 358 Norma Mag. I took it to the range first and it put 5 250gr inside of 1". I didn't want to mess around with something that shot this good, so it is still a 338WM and I am looking for another action that I could convert to the Norma.)

Would a Turk be safe enough for a 8x68S? I have one with a very good barrel and I would like to rechamber it to something else. I seem to remember reading somewhere and sometime that the barrel thickness for the chamber would be too thin to support the pressure.

The 8-06 is an option if not. Not to say that there are any fly's on the original caliber.

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Anyone got a favorite load for this round using IMR or Hodgden powder? Trying to find a accurate load.. Thanks

Good luck on that. The 3 M95s I have slug out at .330, .331, and .333. I have brass still on order, so I don't have any loads for you.

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Along time ago, when the boys were little and we had two dogs, I would usually have some fun by trying to make the dogs howl. This worked so well that it would cause the boys to join in. The wife called us "just a pack of dogs" and that I was the topdog. So my old network name was topdog. Well, there are a lot of people already using that name.

As the boys got older we started taking martal arts classes called Shaolin Kenpo. So then the wife started calling me Kenpo Joe. I thought that this name was better than topdog and that is how I got my User name.