making dovetails

slimjim · Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 9:12 pm Post subject: making dovetails

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.

Vince · Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 9:42 pm Post subject: Re: making dovetails

Nope...but looking at it, I don't reckon it would be too hard to manufacture one similar.

Cheers, Vince

gelandangan · Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:07 pm Post subject: Re: making dovetails

I thought brownell sell those stuff still?

slimjim · Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 4:52 am Post subject: Re: making dovetails

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.

Aloysius · Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 5:22 am Post subject: Re: making dovetails

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?

slimjim · Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 5:33 am Post subject: Re: making dovetails

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.

stovepipe · Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:04 am Post subject: Re: making dovetails

slimjim wrote:

No stovey, this isn't about bird hunting.

What?

Try David White at D & T Custom Gunworks (deersniper here). Maybe he can make a jig for ya or....D & T can simply do the whole job with perfect results. Shorten and recrown starts at 50$ for bolt actions. Shoot an e-mail to him and be specific. Tell him I sent ya. Very Happy

Aloysius · Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 2:36 pm Post subject: Re: making dovetails

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...

slimjim · Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 6:13 pm Post subject: Re: making dovetails

stovepipe wrote:

D & T Custom Gunworks

Thanks stovey! I'll look him up.

slimjim · Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 6:56 pm Post subject: Re: making dovetails

dandtcustomgunworks.com/index.html

Ominivision1 · Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 5:51 am Post subject: Re: making dovetails

Interesting read on dovetails.

Dovetails

chambered221 · Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 4:54 pm Post subject: Re: making dovetails

slimjim wrote:

http://dandtcustomgunworks.com/index.html

There's a familiar looking shiny gun in that there gallery !!!

slimjim · Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 7:07 pm Post subject: Re: making dovetails

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.

fnuser · Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:13 pm Post subject: Re: making dovetails

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.

stovepipe · Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 9:30 am Post subject: Re: making dovetails

Hmmm.....could it be..... good ol' "Boomer" maybe? Very Happy

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.