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  1. J

    The Lord keeps us humble

    If you need more, I was at a Chunk Gun match and a nationally known shooter dry balled his rifle. They tried blowing it out to no avail. So had to use a steel range rod with a pulling screw to get it out. Since they normally patch very tight it took two of the biggest men on the grounds and a...
  2. J

    A kit vs. Made

    I have not built a kit. I am working on a Hog Rifle from scratch. But was at Sportsmans Warehouse last week and looked at the Traditions. The kit was only about $60 less than the same gun complete. It would cost close to that to buy finishing supplies. I think if I was getting one of those I...
  3. J

    Track of the Wolf kits

    I have yet to see one their kits. Actually just placed an order for some parts this morning. Ordered 9 item and the guy I talked to had all the parts numbers memorized. I was impressed and look forward to many more orders with them. I like to deal with people who know what their doing
  4. J

    cannon

    Paul: Here's one for the Don't try this at Home" list. Back in about 1966, my brother and I took an old Ford Driveshaft and cut it off about 2 ft long. used the u-joint for elevation pivot and dropped juice cans down over a cherry bomb. Made a nifty mortar! :wink:
  5. J

    How to remove heat scale?

    I can't say I have dealt with Heat Scale. But found a grossly neglected 50 cal CVA barrel in the corner of my garage(ashamed of myself). I spent a lot of time with a Bronze Brush(12ga). Polishing it up. By wrapping a patch around the brush saturated with polishing compound it cleaned up very...
  6. J

    Breeching barrel blanks

    Can't say I have seen one, but one should be able to buy or make reamer that could be driven by a brace to cut and make the sholder. Just as they hand cut a chamber in a centerfire barrel? Then as was said above a tap and plug tap could cut threads.
  7. J

    scrap lead costs

    asked my brother inlaw that last Sunday. He has been collecting scrap for 20 yrs and just retired and is selling it all off. He said 40-50 cents a pound, so it sounds like you paid current value.
  8. J

    Looking for a custom barrel

    I'm thinking my next barrel will be a Rice. My last one was Green Mountian and is good. But by the time Rice includes the breechplug installed his priceing is very reasonable.
  9. J

    My precussion problem

    That would be correct,and up into the mid 70's. FIE was their trade mark, I have a 12 ga double they imported and it is a good shotgun.
  10. J

    barrel channel router

    I agree Alexander, to use one cutter to cut the channel in one pass with a handheld router would require one to be a gorrilla to handle it. Multiple passes with straight cutters would be do-able but I think I would make a fixture guide from a couple pieces of angle iron to assure the router did...
  11. J

    What happened to the .45s ?

    Bill if I recall correctly you daughter lives around Pleasantville so I assume your grandaughter will be hunting around the Red Rock Reservoir area. In that dense cover a 50 yd shot would be a long one, and the .45 would be a fine choice. Incidently, my son works for a confinement Hog operation...
  12. J

    What happened to the .45s ?

    I suspect a lot of things go into it. I am building a .45 Southern Mountain. Iowa and I suppose a lot of states set .44 ball as minumum for deer hunting. And as a hunting round the ballistics of a .45 round ball are pretty unimpressive on paper. Paper ballistics are what many go by, but paper...
  13. J

    Making your own pan

    In a perfect world thats good advice. Hitting a hammer with another hammer is one of those things that my father would have told us boys"I better never see you boys doing this" just before he did just that. :grin: When you don't have the right tool for the job, sometimes you have to improvise.
  14. J

    Rusted Parts (Screws) on Siler Lock

    In my experience with tough, nearly impossible, soaked in Iowa's salted roads for months or even years experience in automotive applications PB Blaster is "by far better" than WD40 for loosening bolts and screws. A small hammer tapping on the wrench or screwdriver goes a long ways too. On the...
  15. J

    How to lighten set trigger pull on CVA?

    Have you taken the triggers out of the stock? You are likely to find it also loaded with sludge and gunk just as you did the lock. The last poster was right about the screw, but until you know that it's not loaded with congealed oil and dust the screw might not help. I always count the number...
  16. J

    Why is it a "lock"?

    Very well written and informative Paul! I enjoyed reading your post.
  17. J

    Prescription glasses for shooting

    I am one of those individuals who never has been able to see without corrective lens's. Years ago, my optomitrist(long since retired) was a very avid trap shooter. He fitted me with a set of tinted lens's that worked very well. I would like to have a new pair, but there was one thing that...
  18. J

    Scratch built pistol

    Very impressive for a first project! A stunning piece of wood. Was it dificult to carve with that much figure to work around?
  19. J

    Rusty Barrel

    Good Catch ther Paul! Before you do anything make sure the ramrod bottoms out on the breach! Ya don't want to be playing with a loaded gun? Now I'll tell the rest of the story on my CVA Barrel. I poured CLR down the barrel and almost abused it with a 12ga bronze brush. Then went to bore...
  20. J

    Trigger Help ... please

    Having shot some Benchrest Centerfire, I find the 2-6 oz triggers an absolute delight and if properly tuned comepletly safe. A little practice can probably make this one a delight as well?
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