Tang bolt drill jig

[Hatman/2nd line]

Thanks all for your inputs!

 

[deerstalkert]

my method is free hand on a build i want to keep. it is always off just enough that i don't feel right selling it to someone.
this accounts for the over population of my gun room.

 

[ZUG]

I've used the drill press with pointy bolt screw method, and it is a chore to hold the rifle in proper position and steady during drilling. I do just as good with an electric hand drill drilling from both sides and using a smaller bit as a pilot hole then enlarging it to correct clearance size plus a bit more .

 

[Hatman/2nd line]

I've used the drill press with pointy bolt screw method, and it is a chore to hold the rifle in proper position and steady during drilling. I do just as good with an electric hand drill drilling from both sides and using a smaller bit as a pilot hole then enlarging it to correct clearance size plus a bit more .

Yes, I've used that method too but I remember seeing the jigs being shown and how much easier they seemed to be, rather than trying to hold the gun at all different angles!

 

[yellowhammer]

I'm cursed with detail perfectionism. I'm so anal I can't stand it if I detect ANY offset off of perfect center on a bolt hole on a tang or trigger or toe plate. If I punch a starting divot and use it as a starting point the #$@ bit always walks off some - every freaking time, and causes me to shout un-Christian things. To counter this, instead of punching for the drill to start on a piece of metal, I take it off the gun, start real slow and small, and even go to a file or dremel if I have to to get a pilot hole in exact center to my eye, then use the sharpened drill press jig.

 

[ColonialRifleSmith]

This is the one you're referring to. Semper Fi

The Gun Works.

 

[ZUG]

I'm cursed with detail perfectionism. I'm so anal I can't stand it if I detect ANY offset off of perfect center on a bolt hole on a tang or trigger or toe plate. If I punch a starting divot and use it as a starting point the #$@ bit always walks off some - every freaking time, and causes me to shout un-Christian things. To counter this, instead of punching for the drill to start on a piece of metal, I take it off the gun, start real slow and small, and even go to a file or dremel if I have to to get a pilot hole in exact center to my eye, then use the sharpened drill press jig.

Once you center punch you hole location use a spotting drill bit to start the hole locatiion <https://drilladvice.com/what-is-a-spotting-hole-drill-bit> once that location is started then use the correct drill bit to make your hole.

 

[Hatman/2nd line]

This is the one you're referring to. Semper Fi
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The Gun Works.

Yes! That's the one I saw before, any idea where they can be bought?

 

[Hatman/2nd line]

Found it! Thank you Colonial riflesmith!