Things be startin' to warm up here , and business is picking up a little .
Yesterday I remade a nut from a Chevy to fit a Ford Bronco front hub and
cleaned up the threads on the hub . Today I drilled a Rem 760 receiver for a
scope mount and started the machining on a barrel for a Russian SVD build *.
Who knows what tomorrow will bring ?
Apparently word is spreading that there's a small machine shop in the area
now , and I'm diggin' it . Looks like I'll be getting a variety of small
jobs , just the market I was looking for .
And my just-planted strawberries are showing new growth ...
--
Snag
* I've gotten hooked up with a small gunsmith shop . The 760 was for a
customer , but the SVD build is his . We'll also be working on a demilled
RPD build , as soon as he gets done drawing up a new lower receiver .

On 2014-03-16, Terry Coombs wrote:
Things be startin' to warm up here , and business is picking up a little .
Yesterday I remade a nut from a Chevy to fit a Ford Bronco front hub and
cleaned up the threads on the hub . Today I drilled a Rem 760 receiver for a
scope mount and started the machining on a barrel for a Russian SVD build *.
Who knows what tomorrow will bring ?
Apparently word is spreading that there's a small machine shop in the area
now , and I'm diggin' it . Looks like I'll be getting a variety of small
jobs , just the market I was looking for .
And my just-planted strawberries are showing new growth ...

What an awesome feeling, money rolling in etc...

Congrats/...

i

I've built an RPD. let me know if you need prints or any advice.

Karl

Karl Townsend wrote:
I've built an RPD. let me know if you need prints or any advice.

Karl

The guy I'm doing it for is an engineer , he's drawing up the lower and
sending it to me as a pdf to see if it'll work - he's changing things a bit
, like putting an AR pistol grip on it . Everything else is in a kit which
includes drawings . But if I get stuck I'll fershure ping you .

This guy has programmed CNC , but has like zero experience in manual
machining . We spent a couple of hours this morning with him watching . Had
a bad moment or 3 when that barrel blank started singing even with the
follow rest . Once I got past the skin it seems to have settled down .
Changing over to brazed carbides helped too I'm still using the original
lantern toolpost .
--
Snag

....
This guy has programmed CNC , but has like zero experience in manual
machining . We spent a couple of hours this morning with him watching . Had
a bad moment or 3 when that barrel blank started singing even with the
follow rest . Once I got past the skin it seems to have settled down .
Changing over to brazed carbides helped too I'm still using the original
lantern toolpost .

You may want to watch Stan's videos on building the RPD:
http://www.projectguns.com/rpd.html

Karl Townsend wrote:
...
This guy has programmed CNC , but has like zero experience in manual
machining . We spent a couple of hours this morning with him
watching . Had a bad moment or 3 when that barrel blank started
singing even with the follow rest . Once I got past the skin it
seems to have settled down . Changing over to brazed carbides helped
too I'm still using the original lantern toolpost .

You may want to watch Stan's videos on building the RPD:
http://www.projectguns.com/rpd.html

Bookmarked , and thanks !
--
Snag

"Terry Coombs" wrote in message
...
Things be startin' to warm up here , and business is picking up a little .
Yesterday I remade a nut from a Chevy to fit a Ford Bronco front hub and
cleaned up the threads on the hub . Today I drilled a Rem 760 receiver for
a scope mount and started the machining on a barrel for a Russian SVD
build *. Who knows what tomorrow will bring ?
Apparently word is spreading that there's a small machine shop in the
area now , and I'm diggin' it . Looks like I'll be getting a variety of
small jobs , just the market I was looking for .
And my just-planted strawberries are showing new growth ...
--
Snag
* I've gotten hooked up with a small gunsmith shop . The 760 was for a
customer , but the SVD build is his . We'll also be working on a demilled
RPD build , as soon as he gets done drawing up a new lower receiver .


Me and my eldest son shot a few drums in an RPD last year in Switzerland.
The guy who owns is a gunsmith with his own range under his house! When I
went over a couple of years ago, he let me try his MG34. Nice piece. He is
currently rebuilding an MG42. want!

JB

JB wrote:
"Terry Coombs" wrote in message
...
Things be startin' to warm up here , and business is picking up a
little . Yesterday I remade a nut from a Chevy to fit a Ford Bronco
front hub and cleaned up the threads on the hub . Today I drilled a
Rem 760 receiver for a scope mount and started the machining on a
barrel for a Russian SVD build *. Who knows what tomorrow will bring
? Apparently word is spreading that there's a small machine shop in
the area now , and I'm diggin' it . Looks like I'll be getting a
variety of small jobs , just the market I was looking for .
And my just-planted strawberries are showing new growth ...
--
Snag
* I've gotten hooked up with a small gunsmith shop . The 760 was for
a customer , but the SVD build is his . We'll also be working on a
demilled RPD build , as soon as he gets done drawing up a new lower
receiver .

Me and my eldest son shot a few drums in an RPD last year in
Switzerland. The guy who owns is a gunsmith with his own range under
his house! When I went over a couple of years ago, he let me try his
MG34. Nice piece. He is currently rebuilding an MG42. want!

JB

I've never really lusted over a full-auto weapon , I'm more the
hide-and-snipe kinda guy . Might be partly due to growing up out west where
100 yds was a short range shot ... the thing I miss the most here is that
there aren't many 'chuck colonies . I have seen a couple of individuals on
the highway , so maybe I just haven't looked hard enough .
The interesting thing about Caleb's really! build is that he's
redesigning the lower to utilize an AR buttstock/buffer tube and an AR type
pistol grip . Thinks maybe we'll use 7075-T6 for it . I'm excited !
--
Snag

"Terry Coombs" wrote in message
...
JB wrote:
"Terry Coombs" wrote in message
...
Things be startin' to warm up here , and business is picking up a
little . Yesterday I remade a nut from a Chevy to fit a Ford Bronco
front hub and cleaned up the threads on the hub . Today I drilled a
Rem 760 receiver for a scope mount and started the machining on a
barrel for a Russian SVD build *. Who knows what tomorrow will bring
? Apparently word is spreading that there's a small machine shop in
the area now , and I'm diggin' it . Looks like I'll be getting a
variety of small jobs , just the market I was looking for .
And my just-planted strawberries are showing new growth ...
--
Snag
* I've gotten hooked up with a small gunsmith shop . The 760 was for
a customer , but the SVD build is his . We'll also be working on a
demilled RPD build , as soon as he gets done drawing up a new lower
receiver .

Me and my eldest son shot a few drums in an RPD last year in
Switzerland. The guy who owns is a gunsmith with his own range under
his house! When I went over a couple of years ago, he let me try his
MG34. Nice piece. He is currently rebuilding an MG42. want!

JB

I've never really lusted over a full-auto weapon , I'm more the
hide-and-snipe kinda guy . Might be partly due to growing up out west
where 100 yds was a short range shot ... the thing I miss the most here is
that there aren't many 'chuck colonies . I have seen a couple of
individuals on the highway , so maybe I just haven't looked hard enough .
The interesting thing about Caleb's really! build is that he's
redesigning the lower to utilize an AR buttstock/buffer tube and an AR
type pistol grip . Thinks maybe we'll use 7075-T6 for it . I'm excited !
--
I really envy you guys in the US. We'd be in jail long before we finished a
homemade catapult these days. As it is, we still have to go to Europe to
shoot now. Quite a few of our old gunclub 'donated'/exported their guns to a
Belgian club before the post-Hungerford & Dunblane kneejerk bans came into
force. Even our olympic shooting teams have to go abroad for practice. Poor
show. And remind me just HTF taking our legally held firearms has reduced
guncrime? Really poor show.
JB

JB wrote:
I really envy you guys in the US. We'd be in jail long before we
finished a homemade catapult these days. As it is, we still have to
go to Europe to shoot now. Quite a few of our old gunclub
'donated'/exported their guns to a Belgian club before the
post-Hungerford & Dunblane kneejerk bans came into force. Even our
olympic shooting teams have to go abroad for practice. Poor show. And
remind me just HTF taking our legally held firearms has reduced
guncrime? Really poor show. JB

Have you been following the developments in Connecticut ? Apparently the
bans aren't going too well there . I think this may be the beginning of a
slow-rolling revolt against oppresive and in many cases unconstitutional
laws that have been passed in recent years . Time will tell .
--
Snag
"When they pry my cold dead fingers ..."

On Sun, 16 Mar 2014 09:11:38 -0500, "Terry Coombs"
wrote:

JB wrote:
"Terry Coombs" wrote in message
...
Things be startin' to warm up here , and business is picking up a
little . Yesterday I remade a nut from a Chevy to fit a Ford Bronco
front hub and cleaned up the threads on the hub . Today I drilled a
Rem 760 receiver for a scope mount and started the machining on a
barrel for a Russian SVD build *. Who knows what tomorrow will bring
? Apparently word is spreading that there's a small machine shop in
the area now , and I'm diggin' it . Looks like I'll be getting a
variety of small jobs , just the market I was looking for .
And my just-planted strawberries are showing new growth ...
--
Snag
* I've gotten hooked up with a small gunsmith shop . The 760 was for
a customer , but the SVD build is his . We'll also be working on a
demilled RPD build , as soon as he gets done drawing up a new lower
receiver .

Me and my eldest son shot a few drums in an RPD last year in
Switzerland. The guy who owns is a gunsmith with his own range under
his house! When I went over a couple of years ago, he let me try his
MG34. Nice piece. He is currently rebuilding an MG42. want!

JB

I've never really lusted over a full-auto weapon , I'm more the
hide-and-snipe kinda guy . Might be partly due to growing up out west where
100 yds was a short range shot ... the thing I miss the most here is that
there aren't many 'chuck colonies . I have seen a couple of individuals on
the highway , so maybe I just haven't looked hard enough .
The interesting thing about Caleb's really! build is that he's
redesigning the lower to utilize an AR buttstock/buffer tube and an AR type
pistol grip . Thinks maybe we'll use 7075-T6 for it . I'm excited !
If you do use 7075-T6 you will really enjoy machining it. Being harder
than 6061-T6 it doesn't machine as fast but the chips are nicer and
getting a really nice finish is easy. Sorta like the way 4340 in the
heat treated condition or 15-5 and 17-4 in the normalized condition
sure look good when machining.
Eric

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wrote:
If you do use 7075-T6 you will really enjoy machining it. Being harder
than 6061-T6 it doesn't machine as fast but the chips are nicer and
getting a really nice finish is easy. Sorta like the way 4340 in the
heat treated condition or 15-5 and 17-4 in the normalized condition
sure look good when machining.
Eric


I've machined 7075 before , and you're right , it is sweet to work with .
--
Snag

On Sun, 16 Mar 2014 14:33:43 -0000, "JB" wrote:


"Terry Coombs" wrote in message
...
JB wrote:
"Terry Coombs" wrote in message
...
Things be startin' to warm up here , and business is picking up a
little . Yesterday I remade a nut from a Chevy to fit a Ford Bronco
front hub and cleaned up the threads on the hub . Today I drilled a
Rem 760 receiver for a scope mount and started the machining on a
barrel for a Russian SVD build *. Who knows what tomorrow will bring
? Apparently word is spreading that there's a small machine shop in
the area now , and I'm diggin' it . Looks like I'll be getting a
variety of small jobs , just the market I was looking for .
And my just-planted strawberries are showing new growth ...
--
Snag
* I've gotten hooked up with a small gunsmith shop . The 760 was for
a customer , but the SVD build is his . We'll also be working on a
demilled RPD build , as soon as he gets done drawing up a new lower
receiver .

Me and my eldest son shot a few drums in an RPD last year in
Switzerland. The guy who owns is a gunsmith with his own range under
his house! When I went over a couple of years ago, he let me try his
MG34. Nice piece. He is currently rebuilding an MG42. want!

JB

I've never really lusted over a full-auto weapon , I'm more the
hide-and-snipe kinda guy . Might be partly due to growing up out west
where 100 yds was a short range shot ... the thing I miss the most here is
that there aren't many 'chuck colonies . I have seen a couple of
individuals on the highway , so maybe I just haven't looked hard enough .
The interesting thing about Caleb's really! build is that he's
redesigning the lower to utilize an AR buttstock/buffer tube and an AR
type pistol grip . Thinks maybe we'll use 7075-T6 for it . I'm excited !
--
I really envy you guys in the US. We'd be in jail long before we finished a
homemade catapult these days. As it is, we still have to go to Europe to
shoot now. Quite a few of our old gunclub 'donated'/exported their guns to a
Belgian club before the post-Hungerford & Dunblane kneejerk bans came into
force. Even our olympic shooting teams have to go abroad for practice. Poor
show. And remind me just HTF taking our legally held firearms has reduced
guncrime? Really poor show.
JB


Its off topic, I suppose, but did gun crimes really change radically
after the gun "ban"?
--
Cheers,

John B.

"John B." wrote in message
...
On Sun, 16 Mar 2014 14:33:43 -0000, "JB" wrote:


"Terry Coombs" wrote in message
...
JB wrote:
"Terry Coombs" wrote in message
...
Things be startin' to warm up here , and business is picking up a
little . Yesterday I remade a nut from a Chevy to fit a Ford Bronco
front hub and cleaned up the threads on the hub . Today I drilled a
Rem 760 receiver for a scope mount and started the machining on a
barrel for a Russian SVD build *. Who knows what tomorrow will bring
? Apparently word is spreading that there's a small machine shop in
the area now , and I'm diggin' it . Looks like I'll be getting a
variety of small jobs , just the market I was looking for .
And my just-planted strawberries are showing new growth ...
--
Snag
* I've gotten hooked up with a small gunsmith shop . The 760 was for
a customer , but the SVD build is his . We'll also be working on a
demilled RPD build , as soon as he gets done drawing up a new lower
receiver .

Me and my eldest son shot a few drums in an RPD last year in
Switzerland. The guy who owns is a gunsmith with his own range under
his house! When I went over a couple of years ago, he let me try his
MG34. Nice piece. He is currently rebuilding an MG42. want!

JB

I've never really lusted over a full-auto weapon , I'm more the
hide-and-snipe kinda guy . Might be partly due to growing up out west
where 100 yds was a short range shot ... the thing I miss the most here
is
that there aren't many 'chuck colonies . I have seen a couple of
individuals on the highway , so maybe I just haven't looked hard enough
.
The interesting thing about Caleb's really! build is that he's
redesigning the lower to utilize an AR buttstock/buffer tube and an AR
type pistol grip . Thinks maybe we'll use 7075-T6 for it . I'm excited !
--
I really envy you guys in the US. We'd be in jail long before we finished
a
homemade catapult these days. As it is, we still have to go to Europe to
shoot now. Quite a few of our old gunclub 'donated'/exported their guns to
a
Belgian club before the post-Hungerford & Dunblane kneejerk bans came into
force. Even our olympic shooting teams have to go abroad for practice.
Poor
show. And remind me just HTF taking our legally held firearms has reduced
guncrime? Really poor show.
JB


Its off topic, I suppose, but did gun crimes really change radically
after the gun "ban"?

What do you reckon happened? ;)

It seems that the effect on gun crime was minimal if anything at all [don't
quote me on this though, as I'm sure there are many 'official' statistics to
prove that the ban was effective]. However, a lot of honest, law abiding
folk lost ££££££ on their legally held, cherished firearms [the 'buyback'
was at "market value". *Post ban* market value. ie; 2/10ths of sweet FA] I
got offered £200 for my customised, ambidextrous 1911 Colt Gold Cup with 8
magsand 2 sets of leather. This cost me £700 (used, from another club
member) and i spent £550 on gunsmithing work and accessories over the
years. I shot at my absolute best with that Colt. My ported S&W 686 with
comp trigger job set me back a little less, but they still only gave me
£180. I donated my reloading presses to a friend who is heavily into
blackpowder breechloaders, and battle reenactment. the *many* sets of dies
and tons of spare brass went FOC to a Belgian gunclub.
I'm just glad I made the most of the hobby while i had the chance. As I
said, these days I have to go to mainland Europe now to use more than an air
pistol.

JB

On Mon, 17 Mar 2014 22:45:31 -0000, "JB" wrote:


"John B." wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 16 Mar 2014 14:33:43 -0000, "JB" wrote:


"Terry Coombs" wrote in message
...
JB wrote:
"Terry Coombs" wrote in message
...
Things be startin' to warm up here , and business is picking up a
little . Yesterday I remade a nut from a Chevy to fit a Ford Bronco
front hub and cleaned up the threads on the hub . Today I drilled a
Rem 760 receiver for a scope mount and started the machining on a
barrel for a Russian SVD build *. Who knows what tomorrow will bring
? Apparently word is spreading that there's a small machine shop in
the area now , and I'm diggin' it . Looks like I'll be getting a
variety of small jobs , just the market I was looking for .
And my just-planted strawberries are showing new growth ...
--
Snag
* I've gotten hooked up with a small gunsmith shop . The 760 was for
a customer , but the SVD build is his . We'll also be working on a
demilled RPD build , as soon as he gets done drawing up a new lower
receiver .

Me and my eldest son shot a few drums in an RPD last year in
Switzerland. The guy who owns is a gunsmith with his own range under
his house! When I went over a couple of years ago, he let me try his
MG34. Nice piece. He is currently rebuilding an MG42. want!

JB

I've never really lusted over a full-auto weapon , I'm more the
hide-and-snipe kinda guy . Might be partly due to growing up out west
where 100 yds was a short range shot ... the thing I miss the most here
is
that there aren't many 'chuck colonies . I have seen a couple of
individuals on the highway , so maybe I just haven't looked hard enough
.
The interesting thing about Caleb's really! build is that he's
redesigning the lower to utilize an AR buttstock/buffer tube and an AR
type pistol grip . Thinks maybe we'll use 7075-T6 for it . I'm excited !
--
I really envy you guys in the US. We'd be in jail long before we finished
a
homemade catapult these days. As it is, we still have to go to Europe to
shoot now. Quite a few of our old gunclub 'donated'/exported their guns to
a
Belgian club before the post-Hungerford & Dunblane kneejerk bans came into
force. Even our olympic shooting teams have to go abroad for practice.
Poor
show. And remind me just HTF taking our legally held firearms has reduced
guncrime? Really poor show.
JB


Its off topic, I suppose, but did gun crimes really change radically
after the gun "ban"?

What do you reckon happened? ;)

It seems that the effect on gun crime was minimal if anything at all [don't
quote me on this though, as I'm sure there are many 'official' statistics to
prove that the ban was effective]. However, a lot of honest, law abiding
folk lost ££££££ on their legally held, cherished firearms [the 'buyback'
was at "market value". *Post ban* market value. ie; 2/10ths of sweet FA] I
got offered £200 for my customised, ambidextrous 1911 Colt Gold Cup with 8
magsand 2 sets of leather. This cost me £700 (used, from another club
member) and i spent £550 on gunsmithing work and accessories over the
years. I shot at my absolute best with that Colt. My ported S&W 686 with
comp trigger job set me back a little less, but they still only gave me
£180. I donated my reloading presses to a friend who is heavily into
blackpowder breechloaders, and battle reenactment. the *many* sets of dies
and tons of spare brass went FOC to a Belgian gunclub.
I'm just glad I made the most of the hobby while i had the chance. As I
said, these days I have to go to mainland Europe now to use more than an air
pistol.

JB

You mention "black powder" and "hand loading". Can one still own and
shoot black powder cartridge weapons?
--
Cheers,

John B.

On 18/03/14 00:39, John B. wrote:
On Mon, 17 Mar 2014 22:45:31 -0000, "JB" wrote:

"John B." wrote in message
...
On Sun, 16 Mar 2014 14:33:43 -0000, "JB" wrote:

"Terry Coombs" wrote in message
...
JB wrote:
"Terry Coombs" wrote in message
...
Things be startin' to warm up here , and business is picking up a
little . Yesterday I remade a nut from a Chevy to fit a Ford Bronco
front hub and cleaned up the threads on the hub . Today I drilled a
Rem 760 receiver for a scope mount and started the machining on a
barrel for a Russian SVD build *. Who knows what tomorrow will bring
? Apparently word is spreading that there's a small machine shop in
the area now , and I'm diggin' it . Looks like I'll be getting a
variety of small jobs , just the market I was looking for .
And my just-planted strawberries are showing new growth ...
--
Snag
* I've gotten hooked up with a small gunsmith shop . The 760 was for
a customer , but the SVD build is his . We'll also be working on a
demilled RPD build , as soon as he gets done drawing up a new lower
receiver .
Me and my eldest son shot a few drums in an RPD last year in
Switzerland. The guy who owns is a gunsmith with his own range under
his house! When I went over a couple of years ago, he let me try his
MG34. Nice piece. He is currently rebuilding an MG42. want!

JB
I've never really lusted over a full-auto weapon , I'm more the
hide-and-snipe kinda guy . Might be partly due to growing up out west
where 100 yds was a short range shot ... the thing I miss the most here
is
that there aren't many 'chuck colonies . I have seen a couple of
individuals on the highway , so maybe I just haven't looked hard enough
.
The interesting thing about Caleb's really! build is that he's
redesigning the lower to utilize an AR buttstock/buffer tube and an AR
type pistol grip . Thinks maybe we'll use 7075-T6 for it . I'm excited !
--
I really envy you guys in the US. We'd be in jail long before we finished
a
homemade catapult these days. As it is, we still have to go to Europe to
shoot now. Quite a few of our old gunclub 'donated'/exported their guns to
a
Belgian club before the post-Hungerford & Dunblane kneejerk bans came into
force. Even our olympic shooting teams have to go abroad for practice.
Poor
show. And remind me just HTF taking our legally held firearms has reduced
guncrime? Really poor show.
JB

Its off topic, I suppose, but did gun crimes really change radically
after the gun "ban"?
What do you reckon happened? ;)

It seems that the effect on gun crime was minimal if anything at all [don't
quote me on this though, as I'm sure there are many 'official' statistics to
prove that the ban was effective]. However, a lot of honest, law abiding
folk lost ££££££ on their legally held, cherished firearms [the 'buyback'
was at "market value". *Post ban* market value. ie; 2/10ths of sweet FA] I
got offered £200 for my customised, ambidextrous 1911 Colt Gold Cup with 8
magsand 2 sets of leather. This cost me £700 (used, from another club
member) and i spent £550 on gunsmithing work and accessories over the
years. I shot at my absolute best with that Colt. My ported S&W 686 with
comp trigger job set me back a little less, but they still only gave me
£180. I donated my reloading presses to a friend who is heavily into
blackpowder breechloaders, and battle reenactment. the *many* sets of dies
and tons of spare brass went FOC to a Belgian gunclub.
I'm just glad I made the most of the hobby while i had the chance. As I
said, these days I have to go to mainland Europe now to use more than an air
pistol.

JB

You mention "black powder" and "hand loading". Can one still own and
shoot black powder cartridge weapons?
Well a mate has said that black powder shooting has gone up
considerably in the UK since the ban and he is licensed for it and
shotguns which apparently covers upto a 2" cannon. UK gun law seems odd
in that apparently my mate can have an old genuine Colt revolving
pistol, black powder IIRC, which is deemed obsolete but still lethal
with no problems but can't own a new Italian replica of the same. I know
of other situations of obsolete guns being OK to own mainly due to
obsolete ammunition, illegal to alter for current ammo of course. I
think the reaction to Dunblane and the like was over the top but having
lived in the US for a period and experienced gun use and while a buzz I
see no particular need for it in the UK in my area as the sort of crime
you might want to use a gun to prevent happening is very rare.

"John B." wrote in message
news
On Mon, 17 Mar 2014 22:45:31 -0000, "JB" wrote:


"John B." wrote in message
. ..
On Sun, 16 Mar 2014 14:33:43 -0000, "JB" wrote:


"Terry Coombs" wrote in message
...
JB wrote:
"Terry Coombs" wrote in message
...
Things be startin' to warm up here , and business is picking up a
little . Yesterday I remade a nut from a Chevy to fit a Ford Bronco
front hub and cleaned up the threads on the hub . Today I drilled a
Rem 760 receiver for a scope mount and started the machining on a
barrel for a Russian SVD build *. Who knows what tomorrow will bring
? Apparently word is spreading that there's a small machine shop in
the area now , and I'm diggin' it . Looks like I'll be getting a
variety of small jobs , just the market I was looking for .
And my just-planted strawberries are showing new growth ...
--
Snag
* I've gotten hooked up with a small gunsmith shop . The 760 was for
a customer , but the SVD build is his . We'll also be working on a
demilled RPD build , as soon as he gets done drawing up a new lower
receiver .

Me and my eldest son shot a few drums in an RPD last year in
Switzerland. The guy who owns is a gunsmith with his own range under
his house! When I went over a couple of years ago, he let me try his
MG34. Nice piece. He is currently rebuilding an MG42. want!

JB

I've never really lusted over a full-auto weapon , I'm more the
hide-and-snipe kinda guy . Might be partly due to growing up out west
where 100 yds was a short range shot ... the thing I miss the most
here
is
that there aren't many 'chuck colonies . I have seen a couple of
individuals on the highway , so maybe I just haven't looked hard
enough
.
The interesting thing about Caleb's really! build is that he's
redesigning the lower to utilize an AR buttstock/buffer tube and an AR
type pistol grip . Thinks maybe we'll use 7075-T6 for it . I'm excited
!
--
I really envy you guys in the US. We'd be in jail long before we
finished
a
homemade catapult these days. As it is, we still have to go to Europe to
shoot now. Quite a few of our old gunclub 'donated'/exported their guns
to
a
Belgian club before the post-Hungerford & Dunblane kneejerk bans came
into
force. Even our olympic shooting teams have to go abroad for practice.
Poor
show. And remind me just HTF taking our legally held firearms has
reduced
guncrime? Really poor show.
JB


Its off topic, I suppose, but did gun crimes really change radically
after the gun "ban"?

What do you reckon happened? ;)

It seems that the effect on gun crime was minimal if anything at all
[don't
quote me on this though, as I'm sure there are many 'official' statistics
to
prove that the ban was effective]. However, a lot of honest, law abiding
folk lost ££££££ on their legally held, cherished firearms [the 'buyback'
was at "market value". *Post ban* market value. ie; 2/10ths of sweet FA] I
got offered £200 for my customised, ambidextrous 1911 Colt Gold Cup with 8
magsand 2 sets of leather. This cost me £700 (used, from another club
member) and i spent £550 on gunsmithing work and accessories over the
years. I shot at my absolute best with that Colt. My ported S&W 686 with
comp trigger job set me back a little less, but they still only gave me
£180. I donated my reloading presses to a friend who is heavily into
blackpowder breechloaders, and battle reenactment. the *many* sets of dies
and tons of spare brass went FOC to a Belgian gunclub.
I'm just glad I made the most of the hobby while i had the chance. As I
said, these days I have to go to mainland Europe now to use more than an
air
pistol.

JB

You mention "black powder" and "hand loading". Can one still own and
shoot black powder cartridge weapons?
--
Cheers,

You can still own bolt action rifles here, and a number of my friends shoot
..308, .223, 22/250, .270 etc. Most if not all are handloaders. The guy I
gave my gear to uses it for 45/70 BP cartridges for an old rifle I think. He
and his merry band have also several cannon too!

JB

On 3/15/2014 6:49 PM, Ignoramus32753 wrote:
On 2014-03-16, Terry Coombs wrote:
Things be startin' to warm up here , and business is picking up a little .
Yesterday I remade a nut from a Chevy to fit a Ford Bronco front hub and
cleaned up the threads on the hub . Today I drilled a Rem 760 receiver for a
scope mount and started the machining on a barrel for a Russian SVD build *.
Who knows what tomorrow will bring ?
Apparently word is spreading that there's a small machine shop in the area
now , and I'm diggin' it . Looks like I'll be getting a variety of small
jobs , just the market I was looking for .
And my just-planted strawberries are showing new growth ...

What an awesome feeling, money rolling in etc...

Congrats/...

i

Nah, ig, it's all about doing what you love to do and not have some
pencil necked geek two cubicles over controlling your existence.


Steve

On 2014-03-29, SteveB wrote:
On 3/15/2014 6:49 PM, Ignoramus32753 wrote:
On 2014-03-16, Terry Coombs wrote:
Things be startin' to warm up here , and business is picking up a little .
Yesterday I remade a nut from a Chevy to fit a Ford Bronco front hub and
cleaned up the threads on the hub . Today I drilled a Rem 760 receiver for a
scope mount and started the machining on a barrel for a Russian SVD build *.
Who knows what tomorrow will bring ?
Apparently word is spreading that there's a small machine shop in the area
now , and I'm diggin' it . Looks like I'll be getting a variety of small
jobs , just the market I was looking for .
And my just-planted strawberries are showing new growth ...

What an awesome feeling, money rolling in etc...

Congrats/...

Nah, ig, it's all about doing what you love to do and not have some
pencil necked geek two cubicles over controlling your existence.


Exactly, especially when it is profitable.

i