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  1. GREENSWLDE

    Has anyone tried to make Wedge keys for barrels?

    Most of the Old Originals I Have collected around the Old B'ham Gun trade were all Steel Castings and so well cast they need very little file work.. The Old Boys were very good at casting small parts usng the Lost Wax process, used by the Ancient Egyptions.. Even the Escuchens were Cast.. O.D.
  2. GREENSWLDE

    Has anyone tried to make Wedge keys for barrels?

    Some people do make their lives Difficult.. A piece of Mild Steel about 5/8"x 3/8 three times as long or more than the key"..Mill it or File it to the thicknes you wont leaveing enough to form the head. Saw slot the required depth aaaand weld up the end where you don't need the slot.. File the...
  3. GREENSWLDE

    Any SxS trap shooters out there?

    I'M with Feltwad on this one. Find yourself an English Live Pigeon Gun. My Stensby of Manchester Percussion Never let me down.. Have a few bits of Gold,Silver & bronze to proove it..12br 34"Tube, 23/4 drs Swiss 2, card over powder 1/2" fiber, 1/16" card , 11/8oz 8's with 1/16" over shot...
  4. GREENSWLDE

    2024/2025 Squirrel Hunting Thread...........

    Ya dow need Camo .Jus a few Peanut Feeders on twees an a 22 pelet gun. Twee conservation. The keeper had 235 last year. No total for this year yet but it' mounting.. Go well, O.D.
  5. GREENSWLDE

    2024/2025 Squirrel Hunting Thread...........

    I like the Gap tween the frame and the wall as a rest. .22 slug an eh dont goo now were
  6. GREENSWLDE

    2024/2025 Squirrel Hunting Thread...........

    I don't eat sqirel They only tast like peanuts AND Lead.!!
  7. GREENSWLDE

    Hy-Hunter Buccaneer questions

  8. GREENSWLDE

    Hy-Hunter Buccaneer questions

    100 Quid(equivalent) is a Good excuse for tryin a bit of DIY.. A bit of Spring steel, An ammer, a Blow lamp, a few bits of owd fire brick to make a muffle ( put in a Safe place ) and a trip to the local(friendly) Black Smith for some advise and ya could av a new Friend & hobby or part time Payin...
  9. GREENSWLDE

    Lock coming loose during shooting.

    SUGUGST THAT THE PIN HAS AN UNDERSIZED THEAD OR THE LOCK PLATE HOLE IS OVER SIZED Check the hole for size with a Tap if you have one.. O.D.
  10. GREENSWLDE

    Treso Aluminum Bronze Nipples

    Yes ,There is a Gentleman in UK. Try Asking The MLAGB site. O.D.
  11. GREENSWLDE

    Building a TRS Scottish Pistol (?)

    Hi Rudyard, Sorry I havn't been in touch recently. I will get back on line and come clean.. now 90+6months.O.D.
  12. GREENSWLDE

    Building a TRS Scottish Pistol (?)

    A Dental mechanics Flexible shaft kit is the most useful tool in my Shed. Tungsten and Diamond burrs can shift a lot of mtal very quickly. O.D.
  13. GREENSWLDE

    Treso Aluminum Bronze Nipples

    I found that Berilium burned out with my heavily charged .461" M/R (100gr No.3 under a 550gr bullet). I was lucky enough to find 3 pieces of 3/16"dia Tungsten rod with holes thru'. 20 thou.,15 thou and 10 thou.. An .125"section of 010"Silver soldered into a case harded steel nipple has solved...
  14. GREENSWLDE

    Need something soldered, recommendations

    That's my usual remady. Have no end of bent wedges..O.D.
  15. GREENSWLDE

    Lifespan of a Rifle?

    Lucky Man. A friend in RSA also has one and I have an 1899 Cal Gustav 96 Mauser that is almost like new with lovely Arctic Birch Stock. Shoots Well also..O.D.
  16. GREENSWLDE

    SOLD Unique One Of A Kind (Mule's Ear, Side Hammer, Striker?) .50 Cal READ entire description please.

    Don't know Who made it but it's nothng like a Old Lock. Leaf spring would have normally been used up till 1900.Best Guns Are still made with Leaf Springs Even BERETTA'S AND PURDEY'S
  17. GREENSWLDE

    How old are ya?

    Hi DALE. Nice to find another NONOGENARIAN. Best Wishes,OLD DOG 21/03/--34..
  18. GREENSWLDE

    How old are ya?

    Just turn'd 90 ****.. First taste of BP was a Single 10b used by an "OLD" Lengthsman to shoot Crows (when I was about 12). From "His" length of Verges "He" kept for the Local Council. Shot size 5's or several lengths of fine Watch chain scrounged here & there. Worked Wonders on flocks of Rooks...
  19. GREENSWLDE

    Mainspring Fabrication

    Grain structure will not change from austanitic to martensitic at below1300 degrees Cent--720 far. Bright Cherry Red (which is unlikely when bending stirp for gun springs) so the structure still runs along rolled steel if the strip is taken along the roll direction..O.D.
  20. GREENSWLDE

    Mainspring Fabrication

    I always use CS65 for Gun Springs.. Make your self a "V" block and a narrow V punch with a small Rounded end to fit the the double thickness of the V Bloc to allow for the metal thickness.. After hardening S65 put it in the lead pot at melting temp.. to temper. O.D.
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