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  1. waksupi

    Gun range lead concerns

    Lead naturally occurs in nearly every state.
  2. waksupi

    Sight Placement, Especially Rear

    A work around for a primitive rear sight, is to put on a buck horn. File the opening to round, and a highly visible front sight. The buckhorn can then be used as an aperture sight. The open part of the top of the sight doesn't distract from centering the front sight. It's also a fast to use...
  3. waksupi

    Opinions on product for glass bedding a stock that was overcut by a newbie

    Acragel is the easiest to work with. Clean up can be done with vinegar. I use release agent from Brownells, or a heavy coat of paste wax. I've worked with pre-inlet stocks in the past that had gaps. I cut thin strips of wood to fill them in. After stain and finish, they disappear. I'm...
  4. waksupi

    How many....

    Sam Fadala covered this years ago. It helps if a rifle is blowing patches. I prefer to find the right combination and use that, rather than the extra step of putting in another patch.
  5. waksupi

    What is the best book?

    This is the type trigger to use. It should be pinned as high, and as far forward as possible in the front top corner.
  6. waksupi

    What is the best book?

    Keep in mind, even the best locks take some effort to set off when out of the gun.
  7. waksupi

    What is the best book?

    The problem is, it doesn't go high enough to gain the full mechanical advantage. A properly hung trigger will gain over a quarter inch over that hinged trigger. Makes a very big difference in the end result. I know of no triggers hinged to the plate that will give what I consider an acceptable...
  8. waksupi

    What is the best book?

    You don't want one someone else pinned to a plate. You remove the pin holding the trigger to the plate, insert a full trigger blank through the slot, then pin through the wood, and shape until the trigger has a bit of slack between trigger and sear. You do not want them to touch, they need just...
  9. waksupi

    Color Case Hardening Services

    I've always had good luck with Doug Turnbull. Turn around time wasn't bad, and reasonably priced. He is a proven man for doing great work. Considering how much time it takes to get pretty much anything a person orders from anyone, his time is well in line with any vendor.
  10. waksupi

    What is the best book?

    Making the trigger right will change the leverage point to the amount that I'll bet your lock problem doesn't amount to much. If the lock does need tuning, send it to the person mentioned above, he has a good reputation.
  11. waksupi

    What is the best book?

    I can see your trigger is mounted to the trigger plate, and is the biggest part of the problem you are dealing with. Get a proper single trigger and replace it. If you don't know how to pin it properly, find someone who can. You will cut your trigger pull dramatically.
  12. waksupi

    Osage Orange for ramrods?

    I was under that impression, too. However, I made a tomahawk handle from split osage. First strike on the top of the handle split it end to end.
  13. waksupi

    What is the best book?

    Where is your trigger pinned?
  14. waksupi

    Temp rear sight for my NWTG

    Matt Denison and I spent an afternoon in my shop trying to duplicate the old turned up metal rear sights. Modern steel has to be heated to a very high temperature to do it, but wrought iron was pretty simple to turn up.
  15. waksupi

    Sight Placement, Especially Rear

    Widen the rear notch so you have light on both sides of the front sight. I did that on my rifles, got my cataracts removed, and was welding the notches to re-cut to more narrow!
  16. waksupi

    Load Database

    Trying to re-invent the wheel? https://goexpowder.com/resources/load-charts/
  17. waksupi

    Was Dutch right about wiping between shots?

    When you put in the powder, bump the stock a couple times on the ground, or slap the side of the gun a few times to settle the powder in. With those patent breeches, it's along way for a spark to travel if the powder isn't all the way to the vent.
  18. waksupi

    What is the best book?

    Russ Hamm's locks were never known as quality locks, and you will probably be limited in any fixes. I suspect your problem may be the trigger it's self. If it is a trigger that pivots on the trigger plate, that is the source of your bad trigger.
  19. waksupi

    Gun range lead concerns

    Check your state laws on shooting ranges. It is nearly impossible to shut down a private range here in Montana. I registered mine with the state on advise of a deputy friend over 35 years ago. I recall a case where a new housing development wanted a shooting range shut down. The land the range...
  20. waksupi

    Ugly Stained Stock

    I like it as-is. Some people go to a lot of work to gain that appearance.
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