Making Barnett N.W. gun for Ricky

[Rob M.]

When plate is in ...mark boundary lines , these are rough , for shaping and such later ...carry lines over and under to Side plate side , measure tail of lock and make mark on S.P. side ....

 

[Rob M.]

Put lock plate in and undersized drill , drill down each hole , put part over holes and trace them , mark sear arm location .... Mark under stock , center line , where slot needs to be , intersect sear tunnel ....will be trigger slot

 

[Rob M.]

Get all parts inlet in , fit the lock, back together , into mortice ...inlet black all over internals and on cock ...keep putting it in the mortice and working it ...remove any and all black until the lock fits back down and the lock goes to all positions , easier said than done .....long drawn out process ... With undersize bit drill out beginning of trigger slot into sear arm tunnel / hole ... Later you can put screw driver in there to work the lock ....

 

[Rob M.]

Finally ! GEESH !!

 

[Rob M.]

Make a trigger ....

 

[Rob M.]

Make the existing trigger slot bigger to accommodate the trigger , get room up front for pivot pin ...adjust trigger , trim trigger , etc. ....this took forever today ! Take off any extra wood underneath lock mortice ....

 

[Rob M.]

I'm not terribly happy with it but ...progress . The quality of these RE Davis locks keeps dropping g while the price keeps climbing . I need to get some tools to tweek some of the corners they are cutting and dial the lock in . I usually dont do work on the locks as it negates their warranty and the %$#@&% then charge me for trying to fix their &%$# ups but ...for little stuff I dont want to wait a month for the lock to return to me I need a few tools . I heard about a diamond file that can file down hardened parts , like the tumbler in this case ...wonder if thats a real tool ,thing ? Need to ask a locksmith ... Any who ...got it to " working mechanism " stage so far ...cut stock to L.O.P. and make a buttplate next ....after coffee break

 

[WALT53]

I'm not terribly happy with it but ...progress . The quality of these RE Davis locks keeps dropping g while the price keeps climbing . I need to get some tools to tweek some of the corners they are cutting and dial the lock in . I usually dont do work on the locks as it negates their warranty and the %$#@&% then charge me for trying to fix their &%$# ups but ...for little stuff I dont want to wait a month for the lock to return to me I need a few tools . I heard about a diamond file that can file down hardened parts , like the tumbler in this case ...wonder if thats a real tool ,thing ? Need to ask a locksmith ... Any who ...got it to " working mechanism " stage so far ...cut stock to L.O.P. and make a buttplate next ....after coffee break

The quality of every thing is going down and the prices are almost double on a lot.

 

[Rob M.]

Make an appropriate buttplate out of brass ...

 

[Rob M.]

As soon as I get the L.O.P. I'll cut the stock to length then start attaching the buttplate , etc.

 

[Rob M.]

Just some random pics ...gettin the buttplate started down ...some guide line on comb for later .... cut off a piece of 100+ year old steel to forge a trigger guard from later ...

 

[Rob M.]

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[Rob M.]

Just gettin started ...

 

[WALT53]

Just gettin started ...

Trying out the new toy eh boys gotta play I guess ,so do you heat the heads of the nails then hammer them or just hammer them cold .

 

[Rob M.]

Trying out the new toy eh boys gotta play I guess ,so do you heat the heads of the nails then hammer them or just hammer them cold .

Yeah , first use of ye ole anvil ..man , I need a nice stump for it ... I just hammer them cold , mild steel ... then anneal it

 

[Rob M.]

Made nails and now buttplate is inlet , on , secured ....like it

 

[Rob M.]

My CNC machine is workin good , gettin her knocked down from 2x6 to " in the rough " stage ... mortices back ...

 

[Rob M.]

Got the trigger guard made in the rough , have to make the finials on it and drill holes , etc. I like it ....

 

[Bnewberry]

Wow! I am impressed with how fast this is coming together!

 

[Rob M.]

Trying out the new toy eh boys gotta play I guess ,so do you heat the heads of the nails then hammer them or just hammer them cold .

Wow! I am impressed with how fast this is coming together!

Its weird !?! This one seems rather fast !