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 **** ...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 !