Remington model 6

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I've filled spots like that with sanding dust and epoxy. If it was smaller i'd consider super glue.
I don't think it would affect the strength of the stock at all. It's just a bit unusual to have a knot in a rifle stock.

[dallen]

for what I'm going to use the rifle for it wouldn't hurt anything, the stock I put on the 1885 actually has a knot in it a very small one but still a knot.

DA

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Pm me an address and i'll mail it to you. I have a chunk for the forearm too.

it might take a day or two for me to find a box though. My wife just recycled everything.

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No pictures today, but I spent some time turning out a blank for the chamber reamer.
I've made D shaped reamers before, and still have it, but I think I'll try my hand at cutting flutes into this one on my mill.
I think I've devised a way to clamp it to the table. Now I just need to figure out where to cut, how much to cut, and how to rotate it half way acurately. I'll probably relieve the backs of the cutting edges by hand with a stone, or possibly a dremel.

I'll accept ideas or suggestions on any of this, of course.

[dallen]

if you have a photo of how you did your firing pin I'd glad to look at it for you, the paper that I'm using to build this thing off of is lacking in a lot of the little details. if you catch my drift.

DA

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I'm using the same picture that you are.

I was planning on a round piece of drill rod. I'd like a tiny spring to keep it away from the cartridge, but this isn't really necessary.
I was going to drill it at a slight angle towards the rim since that seems likely to work best with my hammer. I was just going to flatten a spot on it so that I can put a cross pin that holds it in. This is how the original seems to be done, and it's how the other small rolling blocks seem to be done.

I've done it before on Jaco pistols, and the only difficulty seems to be in getting the pin to contact the rim of the cartridge.

[dallen]

(02-22-2015, 05:16 AM)fix Wrote: I'm using the same picture that you are.  

I was planning on a round piece of drill rod. I'd like a tiny spring to keep it away from the cartridge, but this isn't really necessary.
I was going to drill it at a slight angle towards the rim since that seems likely to work best with my hammer. I was just going to flatten a spot  on it so that I can put a cross pin that holds it in. This is how the original seems to be done, and it's how the other small rolling blocks seem to be done.

I've done it before on Jaco pistols, and the only difficulty seems to be in getting the pin to contact the rim of the cartridge.

thanks I'm looking at using the same setup in mine, think I'll see if I can make an insert with a burr on it to mark on the block where the pin should be then drill from the barrel side first. But have to have a barrel first before I can deside which way to go.

My 1885 has a loose firing pin in it, which is pulled back when the lever is lowered to open the breech.

DA

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In the past, I have just blacked the block, loaded an empty and used a piece of 1/8 rod to spin it so that it leaves a mark on the block. This allows me to see where the pin needs to go.

It works best if you file the flat of the empty cartridge a bit first so that it makes a good ring.

[dallen]

that trick and the sine vise should make it a no brainer for a redneck like myself to get it right the first time,

I'm thinking of trying a coil spring inserted vertically between the bottom of the block and the floor of he frame where the leaf spring mounts to put upwards pressure on the block. Somewhere in my clutter I have an assortment of small springs.

DA

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Spent the last couple of days making a chamber reamer to cut the chamber.
I made two, and messed both up.
They had four flutes, but since I'm not all that bright, only three flutes cut.

I now know that I can make chamber reamers, at least for straight wall cartridges. As long as I remember not to mess them up next time.