I had the action inlet into stock beautifully.

Approaching the point where I could photograph and show you.

Then ....

Ah .... Nutz ....

Don't worry - nothing ruined. BUT ... A major oversight. Can you find it from the information I just gave you?

Gary

Aw nuts You forgot to drill bolt hole for attaching barrel and action to said stock and no counter sunk NUT HOLE? Or maybe ( over sight) no scope grooves on barrel ???
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Thanks Kurt!

I'll have to do those ....

Hahaaaahh. No. Got that covered.

Ok - good .... It's not THAT obvious. Anybody else??!

Gary

Well - I corrected the issue I found. Took some backtracking on the stock. I've moved on and progressed well.

AND .... After having Kelly look up the sander I needed online - and coming within a click of ordering it - I decided to make ONE more scrounge thru the shop. By the time I was filthy and soaked with sweat (lower shop has no A/C yet) ... I was about to text her to click the mouse when .... I "felt a disturbance in the force". I scanned all around. THERE! 1 1/2 percent of the thing showing on end!!! Yay!!!!!!! So happy to work!!!!!! Don't have to BUY another.

Working.

Gary

Hmm, you had the action fit beautifully... Did you miss the reservoir tube diameter?
Just a guess.

Pedro

Tell me more .....

I see you posted pics of the stock with action in a new post. Did you miss the hammer knob slot?

No - you were close. But I wanted to hear your reasoning.

I'll tell you tomorrow. In the event anyone else wants to play.

Gary

Can I play? Cocking knob/lever hole, maybe?

Thanks. No - it just wasn't time to accurately cut that yet, before the action was seated.

Best,
Gary

Hmmmm, trigger geometry off?

Hi Gary,

Following on Pedro's previous post, the one that mentions the channel for the reservoir's tube. I do believe that since this action is sitting deeper within the stock, you probably didn't left enough material to insert the air reservoir tube. Just a guess.

Best,

julio

Hi Guys,

Sorry - some things happened which took over the day. Not planned.

Past due time to reveal my oversight.

Drum Roll Please .... ..... DING!!!

"The Gulf Coast Finish .... has mass". Duoooohhhh!!!!!

There I stood ... With the stock perfectly inlet ... the action just vacuum sucked itself into place ... the welding of the action components were dead straight ... the machining of the inlay recesses .... perfect .... the fit .... perfect!!!! I was saying to myself ... "Barnes ... you old fool .... once again .... you've made something worth far more then you've asked .... " When ... all of the sudden ..... ..... That perfect fit isn't gonna be perfect once you have applied the Gulf Coast Finish!

And so ... I had to machine the entire void areas once again. That meant clamping up the stock in the milling machine vise ... exactly as I had before. Moving and aligning. Winding the head of the machine up to get the angles and bit clearance needed. And then ... cut it perfectly to the new diameter.

It seems to have worked. I shall see after I apply the finish. I do not now have a copy of the action, with finish applied, to measure. I am going on experience.

So; we had some close guesses. But - nobody followed through on the logic of "why?" The Gulf Coast Finish adds thickness. And ... I had even taken this into account when I made the barrel clamp and considered the slide breech area. I have plans for both. But .... that darned WOOD got me again. haha.

Well - it's all corrected now. Hey - another day ... another 0$ ... I just need more days!!!

GAry

Gary,

I've been watchig a lot of maching on YouTube lately. Setting up to work on a piece that has already been manufactured has been the subject of many of them. What I find interesting about repair work is the approach the machinist takes to a particular task as there can typically be more than one way to do most projects. I usually try to think about how I would approach the project and then see how an experienced machinist ends up doing it. Usually the methods are different and I learn something.

No doubt you recovered nicely.

Lon

Hi Lon,

After a while - maybe now - you will find that your mind presents solutions that use the tools it knows you have. Or maybe with some more minor modification.

The videos you refer too will be helpful - but will usually present a solution based on the tools that they have - and frequently ... you don't have.

Your solution will always teach you something.

Thanks for posting.
Gary

Gary,

It never crossed my mind about the coatings. I assumed bluing and I may have missed how you planned on coating the gun in your description of the build.

Looks like you sorted it out!

Pedro

Hi Pedro,

Haha. You were correct about the diameter being factored incorrectly - just not the reason for same.
Gary