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Gunner Asch
 
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Default Putting a hole in a frame rail.

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:14:40 GMT, "Ace"
wrote:

That gives a different twist to 'overkill'.


If you hand load, that hole would cost about $.20 and take about 1
minute to make, given you really need to look at the other side of the
rail and make there there are no brake lines and whatnot.

Gunner, who has punched holes in metal for fasteners with firearms
before

Okie Engineering..its an art form.





"Gunner Asch" wrote in message
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On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 03:14:56 GMT, "Tom Gardner"
wrote:

So far, everybody else has offered brute-force sollutions. I'll bet this
is
faster and easier. Center punch the center, draw a circle 7/64" smaller
than the finished hole, prick marks on this circle 1/8" apart, use an air
drill and 1/8" stub bits and drill these holes, knock-out the slug,
clean-up
with a tapered reamer, finish with a sized reamer.

If you are really careful, a .243 winchester will make a nice
.308-315 hole in a frame. Might have to grind off a little crater wall
...

GUnner

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner



"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner