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  1. hey 99-100

    What am I looking for in the muzzle?

    I've got a "sportered" 94 done circa 1968. When I looked at the muzzle with a magnifying glass you could see the rifling wasn't "clean". Though if it's a particular round it could be that "one" hits the sweet spot. Not only did the smith cut it but he put a "target crown" on it.

  2. I learned some time ago the first time I do something it usually has a HUGE learning curve. So I grabbed a large diameter punch and buffed it so it had a degree of shine and clamped in in my x-y vise and proceeded to practice. I quickly realized I needed some way to index it (as mentioned in the previous post) so I marked some masking tape and cut it to fit. I figure I'm going to have the nicest looking punch in town by the time I get it all worked out.

  3. Don't know if I'm slow or just afraid. I've read Steve Wagners piece on bolt jeweling and built my jig and have the bolt polished but unlike skydiving (you get to altitude they open the door, you get out) I'm having trouble actually doing it. Anyone out there who's done it?

    Thx!

  4. I've come across things the Army packaged decades earlier that could have been made the day before. A sealed container is paramount followed closely by ensuring it's clean and well coated/lubricated. I suspect being wrapped in cotton cloth (old t-shirts) impregnated with wheel bearing grease would do a good job of keeping air away.

  5. In the Soviet Union they came up with a new "5 year plan" every two years. Kind of like OUR congress is doing now. These are NOT nice people. They are "progressives" who think things will be much better with them running the show. Unfortunately the rot is deep and enhanced by the Department of Education, and all these not for profit or non profit organizations whose real purpose is socialism/communism as it will all be better when the state runs things.

  6. Nice prototype but I don't see it in the budget. They also are working a a replacement for the M-2 .50 cal. As I recall it will run $50K +. Absolutely nothing wrong with the "MA duece" or the M4. Were fighting people whose most sophisticated weapon is a believer in a suicide vest.

  7. It's all about the "total life" system. The very young rate very little and the old rate very little, After you hit middle age what you are "worth" decreases and of course what will be expended on your behalf is reduced. Just ask a Brit or a Canadian. And of course it's about control..........

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