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    Hunting Pistol?

    i have one of the scout pistols in .54 cal, and like sam fadala said, it is a handful. that said, it can be shot quite accurately, easily putting its groups inside the kill zone. according to the t-c manual, with the max load(120 grs. powder, 430gr maxi bullet) it'll do better than 1800 ft. lbs...
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    Repairing Nipple hole for buddy?

    i figure i ought to put my two bits in on this one. i work in the production machine trades(jet engine manufacturing), and while heli-coils may be used in softer metals for re-enforcing, where the base metal is of reasonable strength, there is nothing to be gained by using them. IMO, if there is...
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    Glass bedding help

    i've used any form of heavy grease on hand for many years, apply it thin and even, and everything comes apart easy
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    This may be a dumb question?

    no insite on the drills, but, the only question that is truly stupid is the one that you don't ask!
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    Deer Creek Products

    i was out there to pick some parts to build an underhammer a couple of months ago, and in chatting with the lady and gentleman who run the operation, found that they used to make their own barrels in their heyday, but as business tapered down, they couldn't keep the employees they had, and...
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    CVA Kit Question

    i got a kentucky (CVA) kit at a yard sale some years back, and when i put mine together, i chose to eliminate the brass spacer between the forestock and the main stock. what i ended up with is a half stock kentucky with a solid stock! i glued(epoxy) a wooden spacer in place where the brass...
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    So, how did the 40S&W bullet go in my .40 ca GM?

    so you paid 59 for your kit in the 70s? i got my kit for 35 in the 90s(i love yard sales). at any rate, since i've start using soft lead pistol bullets, i've all but stopped using round balls!
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    So, how did the 40S&W bullet go in my .40 ca GM?

    as a related endevor, i have done somewhat extensive work withplain lead cast pistol bullets in my CVA .45 cal. kentucky rifle, and the results were very satisifying. i have both the lee 155 gr. semi-wadcutter(no longer in production) , and the 255 gr. flat point round nose. fired from a prb...
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    Are there factory screws I could make into lock screws?

    oh, yeah, this does require rethreading the lockplate and drilling the holes bigger, so this is only if you don' mind altering the weapon a little bit.
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    Are there factory screws I could make into lock screws?

    i know, this is not the proper way.... but when in a pickle, i've a tendency to go for 10-32 allen head screws. the head is already close to the right diameter, there is enough meat om the head to put a slot into it without being real visible of it's origins, it's strong, and they're available...
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    Brass under hammer build

    that's pretty much what i thought would be the case, thanks for he confirmation! as for the double, i look forward to that with a great deal of anticipation! :hatsoff: :applause: :bow:
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    Brass under hammer build

    hey john! i've been following your post closely, and have start my own underhammer build, also. starting with a solid block of aluminum, i'm at the point where the hammer and trigger have been installed in the roughly machined reciever block, but i feel like the half cock notch is interfering...
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    magnum caps????

    you will find that your loss of accuracy with 'magnum' caps sometimes happens because the hammer is lifted, in some minor way, and allows shot to shot variations in chamber pressure. i have used small rifle primers and aquarium tubing, cut to appropriate length, with some degree of success. the...
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    Cap maker from aluminium cans

    as an add on, it should be noted that the musket cap is about the same size as large rifle/pistol primers, too. same concept, same approach. i use the large rifle primers on a custombarrel i made for my buckhunter pistol from traditions. wonderful ignition!!!! :grin:
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    Cap maker from aluminium cans

    i took a completely different tack on the "home made cap" route, but mine was from the aspect of reducing the number of different components that i keep around. realizing that percussion caps and small rifle/pistol primers are the same diameter, i got some aquarium tubing, cut it to proper...
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    How do you crown a cut down barrel?

    i always used a machinists square and eyeballed it to get it squared in the first place.(sorry , i'm a machinist by trade, and have trained my eyes well over the years) once squared, i've taken to using a mounted grinding ball about half again bigger than the bore. using only slow speeds and...
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    cheap hawken

    oh, yeah. i only paid 35 dollars!!!!
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    cheap hawken

    i have had my own story about "cheap" CVA purchases! picked an "incomplete" .45 cal kentucky kit about 11 years ago, got it home and found everything was there! put it together(with some customizing and it turns out this will shoot almost anything i can get down the barrel! my favorite is a 255...
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    CVA Longrifle

    i did like you and picked one of these kits up from a yard sale, and like you, i despise the two piece stock; so i eliminated the brass spacer, made up a contrasting wooden spacer, and put it together permanently with epoxy, pins, and some juditious fitting. made the full stock kentucky into a...
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    Brass under hammer build

    Hey John, I jusy had a bit of curiosity pop up.....how"d you go about bending your brass reciever???
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