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Home built CNC Mill - Gonna make a 1911
kevinj308 replied to StraightUp_OG's topic in General Gunsmithing
True dat. I will do this but the tap was only $75 the threadmill in this size is a few hundo! So the wallet won this time. No thread drift intended but for those of us inspired by this thread here's a good youtube on threadmilling. thegeekgroup is a cool channel on youtube, 16+ videos on cnc training. Kevin -
+1 on these
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screw spacing on stevens 200 and what is magazine type?
kevinj308 replied to dskinsler83's topic in Precision Rifle
All the newer Savage and Stevens are centerfeed mags. That means the magazine is attached to the stock not the receiver. The above info is slightly out of date, I do have a factory .223 and it did come center feed. Kevin -
screw spacing on stevens 200 and what is magazine type?
kevinj308 replied to dskinsler83's topic in Precision Rifle
Savage Centerfire Action Lengths Savage Centerfire Action Length Identification. To help determine what action you have, here are the action screw center-to-center measurements. Long Action: 5.062" (all years) 3rd Gen Short: 4.400" (2006 - present) 2nd Gen. Short: 4.275" (1998 - 2005) 1st Gen. Short: 4.522" (1959 - 1988) Striker: Additional Notes: - The 1st Generation Short-Actions are today commonly referred to as "J-Series". This is incorrect as a "Series" designation simply refers to a slight design change. Rifles marked "Series J" can be either a 1st Gen. short-action or a long-action. - The 2nd. Generation Short-Actions comprise most of what you will run across. - The 3rd Generation Short-Actions are the newest production models and can be easily identified as they will have the new center-feed magazine system. The only exception is rifles originally built in .223 Remington or .204 Ruger as Savage has yet to release a center-feed magazine for these smaller diameter cartridges. **The best way to remove any doubt as to which generation of short action you have is to measure the action screw spacing. ETA copied from SharpShooterSupply.com -
Home built CNC Mill - Gonna make a 1911
kevinj308 replied to StraightUp_OG's topic in General Gunsmithing
Nice! It may not be helpful for a cnc job, but I've used Ray-Vin's instructions for manually machining a casting. http://arlower.ray-vin.com/ar15/ -
Home built CNC Mill - Gonna make a 1911
kevinj308 replied to StraightUp_OG's topic in General Gunsmithing
Duuuude, that's nice. Very nice. Thank you -
Home built CNC Mill - Gonna make a 1911
kevinj308 replied to StraightUp_OG's topic in General Gunsmithing
Keep the pics coming!!!! Very nice! -
Home built CNC Mill - Gonna make a 1911
kevinj308 replied to StraightUp_OG's topic in General Gunsmithing
Great job!! And thank you very much for the photo documentation. If you don't mind me asking how would you rate the difficulty of setting up/ using cnc from a techie standpoint. By that I mean using the software and programming the machine. By trade I'm a mechanic, and we have a manual Bridgeport at work that we use for small jobs. I am NOT a machinist by trade but have some basic understanding of it. I think like a lot of people it"s the computer side of the CNC stuff that scares me. For instance I know what Linux is, but I've never used it. I don't even know anybody that does. So for someone with a good mechanical background, but not as computer savvy, how tough is this? I've been saving my pennies and shopping around for a mill at home, and now you've got me seriously interested in CNC. Thanks, and beautiful work. Both on setting it up and your slide! Kevin -
I'd recommend "Incognito: the secret lives of the brain" by David eagleman. Vivid imagination can be extremely deceiving, sometimes in a good way.
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I got it, thanks. I never cared for the name of that division. I'm always Cali-legal Maybe Cali-10, but anyway it sounds cool. Lets hope it's not our only option. I'd definitely go to just putting one rifle round on each cardboard, lol. Thanks for putting this out there Kevin
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That sounds cool, but I'm not sure I understand. Is this the beginning of a new division or a way to enjoy the match with a whatever you've got? Would the PBR be your only long gun for the match? Kevin
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550 conversion plate adjustment
kevinj308 replied to tires2burn's topic in Dillon Precision Reloading Equipment
You can just push the "thing ma jig", I don't know what else to call it either, down into the press. It's just a bent wire in two holes. Sometimes it gets lifted up a little when you take the shell plate out. Should look like this -
http://www.ray-vin.com/frtech.htm, click on the link for the book to get the instructions.
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Titegroup will work in all those calibers, and .40 too. Clays is great for .45 and I love it in my .38spl. You can definitely have just a couple of powders for all those calibers. Let's include .40 just because it's so popular, you might find yourself looking into it soon. Maybe you'll load some ammo for a buddy. For me in those calibers it's Clays in .45 and .38spl, and Titegroup in .40. I use WSF in my 9mm, but Titegroup is almost as good out of my gun. Be very careful and go very slow. Caution is the operative word. And welcome to the wonderful world of reloading. There's a TON of good info here in the reloading section. Kevin
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What "clays" exactly? I am always so confused on this. Regular clays. Their website shows data for tg, tb, and reg clays for 55gr bullets.
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I've used the Hodgdon load with clays, worked fine.
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That's just bad ass
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Wooden H Target Stand Cart
kevinj308 replied to Mark R's topic in Target & Prop Design and Construction
Cheap and simple, nice -
+1 on the coaster
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I've tried 3.5gr of Trail Boss with a 230gr LRN, it ran 628fps avg out of my 4". 3.5gr of Clays was pretty close at 640fps avg. Both at 1.250 OAL. Wasn't great accuracy out of either, but not terrible either. Kevin Nice, by any chance do you have info for lighter bullets and TB? No, sorry. I only have 230gr's. I'd be interested to see how a lighter bullet works with TB though. Please post if you get some data.
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I've tried 3.5gr of Trail Boss with a 230gr LRN, it ran 628fps avg out of my 4". 3.5gr of Clays was pretty close at 640fps avg. Both at 1.250 OAL. Wasn't great accuracy out of either, but not terrible either. Kevin
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The "ban" on political topics on Brian's forums
kevinj308 replied to gino_aki's topic in What I Like
Absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Brian and the Mod's -
Stick with it. It'll be 11 years for me in April. It took me a long time, but it's the best thing I ever did. It WILL get easier. But don't think it's so easy you can have just one now and then. I went on and off the wagon for a year like that. Kevin