CaptainBeaky

Saw this in this morning's Metro. Except they referred to it as an "antique-style weapon"...

Good to meet up, Roland. Yup, compak is... interesting ...

Testing has happened. Nothing broke. Nothing failed. Feeding CompX was slightly better.

...and collected And a charming old girl she is too. Now to start reloading...

This sounds like gloriously silly fun

Quivering with antici... . . . . . . . . . . . . pation!

Ooh... Ooooh You have pm

Butane torch, 1" Bullfinch head. The 1/2" head didn't get the heat in quick enough, and I didn't even consider using the 2" monster.

I still have a couple of Marksman bows - a 1974 Olympic TS4, and one of the original Portland take-downs with the rosewood riser, before they went all metallic

New thread set up, as there is more than my original post in the first thread... Ok, the Durafix kit turned up, testing was done, workshop time has happened. Second set of new ears, cast in place. I enlarged the original jokes I had drilled, and put in a pair of aluminium pegs (interference fit), then used the ali braze to build up the ears using the pegs as the skeleton. I then filed down to fit, keeping the ears broad for strength. The tricky bit was getting the trigger block to sit flush with the bottom of the action body - if it sits too deep, the bolt carrier jams on the top. If it sits too shallow, everything rattles, and jams. This bit was interesting There was noticeable damage to the top of the trigger block at the front left corner, next to the slot where the action lock bar sits. I suspect this was caused by the bolt carrier, due to the trigger block moving up and down - I patched this with the Durafix as well, and filed back to the original profile. You might also notice the shiny end of the action locking lever, which has been built up with a dab of weld, because that was also damaged, by the same cause - the movement of the trigger block was reducing the engagement of the action lock, causing it to wear on one side, and bite into the trigger block beside the action lever slot. I discovered that Numrich in the US have quite a few spares for these guns: a new trigger mech complete for $124? A bit steep, that, but a new action lock assembly is only about $15, so I thought, "Why not?" The answer was, of course, because delivery is extortionate! $15 for the part, $42.50 shipping, plus taxes on top. For that money, I can make a new one if necessary! As it turned out, it was fairly easy to build the lever tip back to it's original profile, helped by the photos" the Numrich listing (see? It was useful after all ) I did a lot more polishing after this photo, but forgot to take any more photos until I had finished putting it all together. Now all reassembled, and waiting for next weekend, when I can shoot it and see if this repair holds up. (Fingers crossed!) The action is now crisp and solid, with no slop when the bolt is closed, and it hasn't lost that lovely slick feeling to the slide. Next job will be to strip out the mag tube for cleaning and polishing out. Due to the number of times I have done it,I can now strip the trigger mechanism down to its component parts in less than 5 minutes...

New thread set up, as there is more than my original post in the first thread... Ok, the Durafix kit turned up, testing was done, workshop time has happened. Second set of new ears, cast in place. There was noticeable damage to the top of the trigger block at the front left corner, next to the slot where the action lock bar sits. I suspect this was caused by the bolt carrier, due to the trigger block moving up and down - I patched this with the Durafix as well, and filed back to the original profile. You might also notice the shiny end of the action locking lever, which has been built up with a dab of weld, because that was also damaged, by the same cause - the movement of the trigger block was reducing the engagement of the action lock, causing it to wear on one side, and bite into the trigger block beside the action lever slot. I discovered that Numrich in the US have quite a few spares for these guns: a new trigger mech complete for $124? A bit steep, that, but a new action lock assembly is only about $15, so I thought, "Why not?" The answer was, of course, because delivery is extortionate! $15 for the part, $42.50 shipping, plus taxes on top. For that money, I can make a new one if necessary! As it turned out, it was fairly easy to build the lever tip back to it's original profile, helped by the photos" the Numrich listing (see? It was useful after all ) I did a lot more polishing after this photo, but forgot to take any more photos until I had finished putting it all together. Now all reassembled, and waiting for next weekend, when I can shoot it and see if this repair holds up. (Fingers crossed!) The action is now crisp and solid, with no slop when the bolt is closed, and it hasn't lost that lovely slick feeling to the slide. Next job will be to strip out the mag tube for cleaning and polishing out. Due to the number of times I have done it,I can now strip the trigger mechanism down to its component parts in less than 5 minutes...

I have used the 28g CompX in all my guns, nice to shoot, seem to break clays well enough (better than me!), and they cycle the MP153 ok with the gas valve closed down a bit. The 21g are lovely to shoot in my sbs and the Higgins, although they don't feed that well in the pump. Both are very clean burning, on a par with the Fiocchis I usually use. Lovely cartridges Shame the Higgins doesn't like them - having just bought a thousand... :(

Ok, the Durafix kit turned up, testing was done, workshop time has happened. Second set of new ears, cast in place. I also repaired some damage to the top of the trigger block, caused by the bolt carrier, due to the trigger block moving up and down. You might also notice the shiny end of the action locking lever, which has been built up with a dab of weld, because that was also damaged, by the same cause - the movement of the trigger block was reducing the engagement of the action lock, causing it to wear on one side, and bite into the trigger block beside the action lever slot. I did a lot more polishing after this photo, but forgot to take any more photos until I had finished putting it all together. Now all reassembled, and waiting for next weekend, when I can shoot it and see if this repair holds up. (Fingers crossed!) I can now strip the trigger mechanism down to its component parts in less than 5 minutes, due to the amount of practice I have had...

Yhpm

Note where is that "looking over glasses" emoji?

The 16 bore is the TOZ63 - TOZ66 is the 12 bore. Bruno22rf has one of the limited edition 16s, with the nice woodwork and engraving, IIRC.

+1

You wait for ages, then two come along at once... The trifold, shown with the bifold for comparison. Not entirely finished - a couple of edges need tidying up and having the gum trag treatment, but I'm fairly happy with the way it has turned out.

Could be worse... It could be half a slug!

Thanks, Mel It's real goatskin too

Yes, the bow should be that shape. It's a Marksman Forest Ranger, 63" length, 30 lb draw weight at 26" draw length. Marksman don't exist any more, but their designer/bowyer Keith Gascoigne now runs KG Archery, and might be able to give you more info. http://www.kgarchery.com/

This one may be available once I've finished the trifold - otherwise, yes, happy to make another one

In English, it would be "You too, Brutus?", because the verb case endings don't change in this instance. Aha! Just discovered that I can, in fact, produce the right characters for "et tū, Brūte?" on my phone. Every day is a school day...

Following a recent post about case trimming - It's "et tu, Brute?"

Mmmmmmmm....