Come on down. I have a Brownell's checkering cradle that is missing the rear saddle, that you can have
That saddle is easy to make from some scrap wood
J Wisner
Type: Posts; User: James Wisner
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Come on down. I have a Brownell's checkering cradle that is missing the rear saddle, that you can have
That saddle is easy to make from some scrap wood
J Wisner
Forum: Swaging
I have 2 of his press's and .224 dies for the 40 gr Hornet and 50 - 60 bullets.
Made LOTS of 52 gr bullets with RF jackets, even some 60 gr using older Sierra jackets.
Shoot very well out of...
Forum: Our Town
Recently I pulled out my E.R.B. novels and worked my way thru the John Carter of Mars. Have now started on the Tarzan novels.
I bought a bunch of them in the 70's and 80's, then a cousin gave me all...
Watch the clearance section of Midway
Last month I got a Saeco 4 cav mold to my door for $ 159.00
Guess not many people want a 4 cav wad-cutter mold in 32 caliber
I have picked up several Lyman 4 cavity round ball moulds over the years, currently have the following sizes
.235, .323, .375, .433, .440, .457, .490
J Wisner
Forum: Our Town
I have known three Men who were at Pearl that morning
Two I did not find out where they were, they simply like many would not talk about it.
The third was my Wife's Grandfather, he was on the...
Forum: Leverguns
What is the age of the rifle.
There are 3 different extractors due to the long production, and 2 of them are long out of factory Marlin production
Type 1 up to 1957, angled small flat spring...
Forum: Our Town
Most likely a Colt Officers Model, Heavy Barrel in 32 New Police ( 32 S&W )
I took me a number of years to find.
Colt only made aprox 1000 of them in 1940-41
The other one was from a good...
Forum: Our Town
It appears that I got rid of all those old powder dump parts.
I can supply a copy of the factory manual, and parts list.
I bought a lot of replacement parts in 2011 and have some spares I would...
Forum: Our Town
That is the factory old unit
The bushing in the center rides on the nut in the ram to push up on the arm to drop the powder when the ram/shell plate is up
Not the best system as each time the ram...
Forum: Military Rifles
Look for 94 or 96 Swedish collars
Several sources out there and they are brand new collars, that will work just fine on M98 bolts and extractors
J Wisner
Forum: Special Projects
John.
I never have had a single primer issue in my 1941 22 Hornet short rifle M70, and have shot it far more than I can remember.
Perhaps you encountered a M70 that was off spec ?
The wife...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
The bolt handle is indeed threaded into the sleeve.
BE VERY careful as there are left hand and right hand threaded units.
Winchester changed it at one point to help prevent the handle from twisting...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
The tang screw may not have been relieved enough and wedged back starting the crack
Forum: Swaging
I have 2 of the older Rockchuckers I use for swaging
I did it another way.
Made a new toggle block, with larger drill rod pins, and shortened the ram stroke to 2 5/8" like the old smaller...
Forum: Our Town
I sent a email to my buyer at Brownell's, below is her response.
Good afternoon,
Yes, our UPS account is currently on hold. Unfortunately, I do not have much information on it at this time. ...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Also tear down the bolt assembly, and check the cross pin under the handle that acts as the dry fire stop for the firing pin.
Seen many of that pin broken, and then that would cause the chamber...
Forum: Casting Equipment
The past few years after finding rust on one of my molds.
When done casting I clean really well and then take a acid brush and coat the cavity's, and bottom of the spure plate/top of mould with a...
Forum: Special Projects
Guns that have been thru a fire, that is a WIDE variation of damage
In the past 52 years I have been Gunsmithing I have seen the good and the BAD
One fire the rifles were stacked up in a...
You have a SWEET HEART of a handgun there. I wanted one since the 1982 Colt Collectors meeting when I saw my first one, but I was collecting Pythons and Diamondbacks at that time.
Fast forward to...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I currently have a Spainish 1893 action in my shop.
I pulled the bolt out and tore down the firing pin cocking piece to compare to a Swedish cocking piece.
The Swedish cocking piece would go on...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Most of those have an alumium base, so the last couple I installed I filed the base to clear the stock, then used a black sharpie to recolor what I had filed on.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I have all ways removed the bushing first from the slide, then take out the recoil spring, then the rest of the take down is a snap.
I would look at a Wolff spring set to replace all of the coil...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Gunor.
There was a Bullet Casting outfit up in the Seattle area back in the 1990's, I forgot their name, and they no longer are around.
I bought a LOT of bullets from them and still have a bunch...
Forum: Our Town
My wife's Grandfather was on the USS California that morning. His was MIA for 10 days until the mess of all the destruction was somewhat sorted out enough. Like many he would never talk about it.
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BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |