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slimjim Super Member
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Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 9:12 pm Post subject: making dovetails |
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No stovey, this isn't about bird hunting. Wondered if anyone had seen a tool like this lately? I'd like to find one to use to shorten the barrel on one of my .22LLRs. Wheeler Engineering doesn't produce it anymore.
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gelandangan Super Member
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Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:07 pm Post subject: Re: making dovetails |
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I thought brownell sell those stuff still?
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slimjim Super Member
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Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 4:52 am Post subject: Re: making dovetails |
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This is a hardened steel that is much harder than the steel used in a barrel so you can use a file on it and not worry about damaging it. Video's on how to use it are all over the web but can't find any for sale.
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Aloysius Super Member
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Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 5:22 am Post subject: Re: making dovetails |
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SJ, you don't have a friend with a milling machine? Or a teacher in some technical shool?
It's easier to mill straight than to file straight (and a good milling machine has smaller tolerances).
I would say I'll borrow you mine but I think it's about 100x to heavy for a decent transportcost.
One could also consider not to use a dovetail... think about how your tubemagazin is connected to the barrel and have a look at how Mauser put his aiming devices on a K98. Or how did Remington do this on a Nylon 66?
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slimjim Super Member
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Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 5:33 am Post subject: Re: making dovetails |
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Aloys, I'll start looking for a friend with a milling machine in his home as a back-up. I'll have to buy a good dovetail bit.
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stovepipe Super Member
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Aloysius Super Member
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Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 2:36 pm Post subject: Re: making dovetails |
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and cutting equipment is always expensive + you still need the equipment to use it.
So when it's for 1 dovetail and you don't have a friend working with a milling machine...
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slimjim Super Member
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Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 6:13 pm Post subject: Re: making dovetails |
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stovepipe wrote: |
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Thanks stovey! I'll look him up.
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slimjim Super Member
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Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 6:56 pm Post subject: Re: making dovetails |
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Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 5:51 am Post subject: Re: making dovetails |
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Interesting read on dovetails.
Dovetails
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Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 4:54 pm Post subject: Re: making dovetails |
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slimjim wrote: |
http://dandtcustomgunworks.com/index.html |
There's a familiar looking shiny gun in that there gallery !!!
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slimjim Super Member
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Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 7:07 pm Post subject: Re: making dovetails |
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Ominivision1 wrote: |
Interesting read on dovetails. |
Thanks OV1. I'd wager he has had some practice. I'll have to decide how much I want to my sweat into this effort.
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fnuser Super Member
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Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:13 pm Post subject: Re: making dovetails |
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chambered221 wrote: |
slimjim wrote: |
http://dandtcustomgunworks.com/index.html |
There's a familiar looking shiny gun in that there gallery !!! |
Yep I've seen it too.
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stovepipe Super Member
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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 9:30 am Post subject: Re: making dovetails |
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Hmmm.....could it be..... good ol' "Boomer" maybe?
slim- unless yer dead set on DIY, contact David and see if he'll do it. Where he installed my muzzle brake you cannot tell where the bbl starts or the brake ends, can't even catch a nail on the junction. This guy's good.
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