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One thing you could do is to drill out that aperture, tap it, and then use replaceable inserts for Lyman, Redfield, or Williams sights. You could even drill out one of those to your own preference. Williams, for example, has an aperture with a 0.150 hole size called, oddly enough, the...

A hardwood spline joint would, I think, be better and easier. Or if you have to use a "rod", just use a birch hardwood dowel. I don't see any advantage (and some disadvantage) to a steel rod in a case like this.

Yikes!! You sure aren't from around here, Erwan!! In full disclosure, there is a gallon of MEK in my barn, but it's been there for about 25 years and my wife is very strongly against my using it. I'm not sure where I'd be able to buy it today. The places you used to be able to get it simply...

It may be better to concede defeat and toss the stock. In any event, I would not want to depend on a pure glue joint for the necessary strength. I don't know what kind of joint you attempted there, but if I were desperate to save such a stock, I would probably cut out the damaged/glassed...

Including the lederhosen? Must be a big hit at a rendezvous. 😂

Most people who have commented on the Crockett appear to indicate that using a particularly tight ball/patch combination doesn't improve accuracy over a simply "snug" combination that allows easier loading. In terms of lube, I tried a lot of things, but the secret seemed to be the Simple...

I primarily target shoot. Can easily go through 50 in a sitting. :rolleyes: I have it now so that it produces very close groups but loading effort is slight and practically no fouling build-up (using combo of Simple Green and olive oil as lube). I also put a fiber optic dot on the front sight...

I'm planning on trying Ballistic Products #1 1/2 super buckshot (0.310") when I run out of my current supply of the Hornady 0.310". 00 is way too big for my barrel.

My impression from the beginning was that my barrel was pretty "tight". I would guess there is some variation.

I get groups like that (from a rest, like you) with 20 grains Schuetzen at 25 yds, a .310" Hornady (or other) ball, and .015" pillow ticking. These Crocketts are GREAT, although I have a lot to say about the really crappy inletting and interior stock work on the fully factory-assembled one I...

I wish you luck. I've never had any luck with the red dot sight (a fairly decent one by all accounts) that I bought many years ago and tried on at least three rifles. I could get it to work well at any single distance, but shooting at any other distance was just a mess -- much worse than with...

Well, I always enjoy all the old cop shows from the 80s and such where the detectives are picking off the bad guys at about 75 yds. with their 2" snubbies.

And you posted that in this forum because ... ??? ... You were having a slow and lazy Saturday and just wanted a flurry of intensely emotional social medium action? 😂 😂 😂

With respect to handguns, I'm pretty much in the tradition of Quigley Down Under's "Never said I didn't know how to use it" , but without anything near that level of skill. :rolleyes: I'm definitely a marginal pistolero at best.

Some people are independent thinkers. :) Never said I was frustrated. Just said she wasn't having any of it. Some people are independent thinkers and like to stick with what works well for them. 🙃

My wife went through Catholic girls' schools from Kindergarten through high school. She has indicated that the teaching technique at that time involved a certain amount of "apply ruler briskly to knuckles of student". I'm afraid it didn't seem to help her math skills or broad knowledge of...

Did you do a search for whether it would be necessary to anneal nickel to work it? One simple search quickly produced this: Heat Treating of Nickel and Nickel Alloys There are, of course, a number of others.

I'm confused. Sawing generally, in my experience and understanding isn't "working" the metal. "Working" involves things like swaging it (or "swedging" as some prefer it in an odd vernacular), hammering it, bending it, or "forming" it in some way, compressing or expanding it. You can file or...

Well you almost always can, can't you? Just turn it off. I never use it. I'll own up to and suffer for my own mistakes -- but not for those of any editor, human or otherwise.

Try not to breathe the fumes. A topic encountered with some regularity in forums in which topics of brass musical instrument repair are discussed is "Why not use epoxy rather than solder?" It's a question usually raised by those who have no experience of soldering and are reluctant to have to...