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  1. J

    Bedding three band rifle

    Very interesting. I’ve heard of a couple of accounts where original rifles were bedded in the manner you described. Do you have any pictures of the bedding?
  2. J

    Bedding three band rifle

    I’m glad this topic came up. I was aware tightness of barrel bands can affect accuracy but never thought of it in that way.
  3. J

    Bedding three band rifle

    Interesting, does this help with accuracy? My first thought would’ve been that leaving them loose would allow barrel movement thus decreasing accuracy, then again I can see how cranking them down tight could put stress on the barrel also decreasing accuracy.
  4. J

    Bedding three band rifle

    Sounds like solid advice. Can you elaborate on what you mean by leaving space in the barrel band for expansion. That’s the first I’ve heard of that. Is it for heat expansion or maybe shrinking and swelling of the wood over time?
  5. J

    Bedding three band rifle

    Yeah I normally wouldn’t consider glass bedding on a ML, but since it came bedded I figured why not.
  6. J

    WITHDRAWN 15 Gauge Side by Side English Muzzleloader Shotgun

    PM sent
  7. J

    Bedding three band rifle

    Has anyone here ever bedded a two or three band enfield style military rifle? If so how did you do it? I plan on using glass bedding since the rifle came from the factory with bedding in the breech area. I think I am going to skim bed over the old bedding since it’s chipping and cracking in...
  8. J

    SOLD Uberti 1851 Colt Navy .36

    Me too!
  9. J

    Uberti deceiving arbor fit

    I’m contemplating doing weld build up on the end and refitting it that way it looks “right” and is a permanent fix
  10. J

    Uberti deceiving arbor fit

    Yep, removing the barrel after shooting is usually pretty difficult, and it gets harder the more you shoot.
  11. J

    Uberti deceiving arbor fit

    That’s an idea right there. I hear he does great work.
  12. J

    Uberti deceiving arbor fit

    I read some posts on here before about fixing short arbor issues. I’ll see if I can find it.
  13. J

    Uberti deceiving arbor fit

    Yes initially the frame would engage fine and everything looked good, but I’m not worried as much about warping or bending the frame in to close the cylinder gap. I’m more worried about the long term consequences of shooting hot loads with a short arbor.
  14. J

    Uberti deceiving arbor fit

    I haven’t thought about checking ID, and I’m not sure what would be a good way to do that. I do know that the arbor is short either way and doesn’t reach all the way to the bottom of the arbor hole based on the measurements I took. From what I see my wedge looks fine. Just the bluing...
  15. J

    Uberti deceiving arbor fit

    Yeah lead maybe not the best. I may pull it and make another from something harder.
  16. J

    Uberti deceiving arbor fit

    I have just one shim I made of lead. I’m hoping that will help. Not sure how easy it would be to tighten the arbor but I’ll have to look into that.
  17. J

    Uberti deceiving arbor fit

    I’ve shot some hot loads through my Walker on a few different occasions and now my arbor has a very slight wiggle. I’m not sure if it was like this before or not. I was actually trying to fix the short arbor issue when I discovered the wiggle. I was previously aware of the Uberti arbor...
  18. J

    Long Range Muzzle Loading in the UK, 2024

    Looks like a great time. Love to see the pictures from these events. Thank you.
  19. J

    some whitworth shooting

    I think I dated it to 82 or 83
  20. J

    some whitworth shooting

    Serial number is 655
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