07-22-2016, 11:45 AM
(07-22-2016, 01:33 AM)Roadracer_Al Wrote: I spent a lot of time on the Unique today. I managed to get the spring made on just the second try. I used less than 6" of wire. 365.5 feet left over. :) The extractor works great now!
Having conquered one issue, I loaded up the magazine to see how it would feed. Bam. Feed jam. So I spent the afternoon tinkering with the magazine, trying to get the bullets to point upwards more, and managed to break a part of the pusher block, which was an odd assembly of hardened steel and phosphor bronze soft soldered to the steel.
So I measured the feed block and made one out of aluminum. I loaded that up and BAM another feed jam.
This prompts me to start looking very carefully at the feed ramp, and there it is, I know what the problem is. The barrel didn't come with this gun, and feed ramp is more than 1/16" behind the feed ramp in the frame!
That's got me stalled for now. I think I'll make a shim in brass or bronze and JB weld it to the frame. I don't feel much like soft-soldering since I'd probably have to re-blue the frame, and there are a few features which I'm not entirely sure how to break down. A number of them appear to be permanently installed with pins in blind holes.
Pictures! We need pics!
Full of ideas, but slow to produce parts