http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__Aimoo CityAimooen-USAimoo http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/New-Category-to-Fill-1-965349.html 45nut 2004-06-22 20:32:13.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks By request and due to efforts by Starmetal,Buckshot and others in gleaning and sharing improvements &repair tips I have opened a new category.In order to get the most out of this post I may as well ask a couple of experts how da' heck do ya start with a box of parts someone else took apart and e http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Winchester-Model-100-1-951069.html no_1 2004-06-23 15:05:07.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks "A friend of mine has asked me to return his Winchester Model 100 308 in working order,he insists all the parts are included and that he only took it apart to clean it...................... 45nut"I wish I could offer more but here is a start. Parts available here:www.thegunrack.net/Winchester_CF_par http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/A-cold-bluing-trick-Worked-well-for-me-1-866787.html Buckshot2 2005-02-08 21:03:11.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks ......................I've useda couple cold blues over time. Both say to wash in cold water and then card with fine steel wool. In the process of doing the action and barrel of a Springfield I decided to us a brass cup wheel in the Dremel instead of the 4/0 grade of steel wool I'd always used.Worke http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Cartridge-ID-and-Chamber-Casting-1-834467.html sundog50 2004-07-27 07:28:40.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks Trying to help a feller out figuring out what it is he acquired. Nice after market fluted bbl on a Rem 700 short action. Appears to be a .22 caliber, but haven't been able to determine what flavor of .22, no markings. Orignal owner not available for comment. A 22-250 (fired case) will chamber but ap http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Scope-mount-base-ID-1-830770.html Maineboy 2005-03-13 02:38:27.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks I bought a steel scope mount for my Savage 99 on eBay that was advertised as a Weaver and is so marked. However, standard Weaver style rings don't fit it, it looks like the bottom ring must attach to the base by a screw through it. I'd like to know where to get the proper rings. I hope someone can h http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Cylinder-for-Ruger-1-796387.html scrounger 2005-01-17 09:33:46.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks I have a Ruger Blackhawk in .30-Carbine. I don't have a rifle in that caliber. I do have a rifle ( Contender Carbine ) in .32-20. Is it possible to rechamber the Ruger cylinder to .32-20? Is it smart? That is, would I be as well off in getting another cylinder in .32-20? Friend of mine, Jim Harris, http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Fix-tip-on-P-14-fireing-pin-1-795723.html lar45 2004-11-09 17:45:30.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks Hi all, I picked up a Rem P-14 action in a bag the other day. I got it all put together and the fireing pin looks like it has a small chip out of it and it doesn't extend past the bolt face very far. How would be the best way to fix this? braze a drop of brass onto the tip, then reshape?My thought h http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Anschutz-triggers-1-776298.html fourarmed 2004-09-30 08:34:50.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks Just bought a 64 MS, and the trigger needs work. I think this is the same trigger as in the Exemplar pistol, of which I have owned 2. Both had fine triggers. In this one, however, the second stage is long and creepy, which I have never encountered on one before. I know the vertical screw tension http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Single-Shot-Shotgun-Converted-to-Single-Shot-Center-Fire-1-762833.html no_1 2004-10-01 12:39:34.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks Anybody know anything about converting these things?  I saw someone posted something about their dad doing some conversions by boring out the shotgun barrel at the break open area then silver solder a barrel  into it.  I think I saw a web link once also, but cannot find it.& http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/looking-for-large-ring-mauser-receiver-tap-to-rent-1-719810.html manleyjt 2005-03-01 06:57:12.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks I thought I would ask here on the forum first before renting from one of the tools rentals. Does anyone have a 1.1 x 12 TPI tap that could be rented (or loaned) I will gladly pay shipping both ways and a rental fee. I have a Santa Barbra Large Ring standard length action that has threads that were n http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Drawings-1-691927.html wills 2005-01-10 19:30:18.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks http://lapetoire.free.fr/pages/Armes_epaule_mod.htm http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Need-help-with-M54-trigger-1-657920.html joeb33050 2004-10-11 08:27:55.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks My M54 Winchester in 30WCF shoots cast bullets very well, even though it has a very heavy trigger pull. I brought it to a gunsmith-the only one I could find in Miami, and he said that the pull cannot be improved. The trigger is the bolt stop, there's a lot going on between the trigger and the bolt.I http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Changing-stock-on-Rem-1100-1-639370.html 7br 2004-11-06 23:18:37.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks I need to change a stock on a M1100 LT20.  I have the butt plate off and can see a slotted brass insert.  How do I proceed to remove the stock? http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Parker-Hale-5B-for-M1917-1-592704.html sundog50 2004-12-23 05:55:22.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks Anyone have a source for these?  And I read where the spring and bolt for the P14 was needed to make it work correctly.  Any comments?  Thanks.  sundog http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Anyone-used-a-Boyd-s-Semi-Inletted-Stock-1-587562.html AnthonyB 2004-12-08 19:44:00.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks A buddy has asked me to put one of these on his Savage 340.  How much inletting remains to be done?  How much beer will be required to complete the inletting?  Tony  http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Stuck-case-1-526930.html sundog50 2004-08-02 07:40:38.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks I was going to neck some .308 down to .243 to neck down to .22 Cheetah.  Well, the .243 die had a case broke and stuck in it.  First time I every had it out of the box.  It was gained in trade with other stuff.  So, throw it out and get a new one or send it to RCBS to extract the http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Tapping-into-a-blind-hole-Not-just-gunsmithing-1-522999.html Buckshot2 2004-11-13 16:33:02.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks Next time the need arises drip melted wax into the hole to fill it. As the tap decends into the hole, all the chips off the teeth are carried up and out of the hole by the displaced wax. Tried it myself the other day. Pretty neat!.....................Buckshot http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/two-inch-barrel-for-Colt-D-frame-1-448330.html leadlunk 2005-02-03 02:49:09.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks Anyone have one???thanks http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Home-grown-reamers-1-421020.html lar45 2005-03-20 05:39:41.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks Hi Buckshot, found my way here.This is what I've done with some success and some failures.O-1 drill rod, turn on lathe to the dimensions you want or just slightly larger. Make a jig to hold both ends on the mill table and be able to index it. I've been cutting 4 flutes with an end mill. Cut just sli http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Not-so-fast-on-that-22-Chetah-rebarrel-1-410886.html sundog50 2004-11-18 08:58:36.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks Yea, I Know, playing with those heathen bullets again.  I managed to develop a procedure that keeps from shoulder splitting the brass.  Anneal onceit fired 243, run them through a 243 FL die sans stem, then through the 22 Chetah, and load them with 75 grainers over 30 gr of 3031.  For http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Rechamber-or-Rebarrel-it-s-gonna-happen-1-403179.html sundog50 2004-09-15 16:31:23.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks Okay, I think I've had all the fun I can stand playing around with the .22 Chetah. Time to do something a little less 'out there', and possibly a whole lot more real boolit friendly.It's a 700 short action, nicely bedded in a decent wood stock, excellent trigger, and good scope. If it is possible, I http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Hand-slug-lapping-a-Marlin-30-30-barrel-advice-please-1-399082.html Oldfeller 2005-01-06 05:51:30.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks HELP !!!!For those of you with lots of experience running lap slugs up and down a barrel, please share any gotcha's or nastypitfalls to hand lapping as I am planning to do my 1st hand lap job tonight on the tight spots on my Marlin 30-30 barrel. Idon't want to fall into any know pitfalls or rabbit h http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Removing-Drift-adjustable-sights-1-367589.html TCLouis 2004-09-08 14:41:06.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks Drift them out from left to right or just the opposite as viewed looking down the barrel?LouisBor right to left?? http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Looking-for-a-source-for-L461-Sako-parts-1-359097.html Jesterd 2005-03-25 12:54:53.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks I snapped the bolt stop on an old Sako.  The bolt stop is the same on both the L461 vixen and for the Riihimaki actions.  Does anyone know of a source for finding old sako parts.  Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Bill. http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Need-a-M1917-Enfield-Ejector-Spring-1-315010.html marlinlover 2005-02-04 08:17:44.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks Need a M1917 Enfield Ejector Spring... mine broke..Anyone know where one can be found, preferably a new and improved one? http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/World-s-best-gunsmith-1-277165.html Oldfeller 2004-09-28 09:37:27.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks http://www.kucer.homestead.com/files/Kcr_GUNS2.htmlGotta admit, he has an eye for fine detail like no other gunsmith I have ever seen .......<g> Oldfeller http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Good-buys-1-259863.html Tpr Bret 2004-10-18 18:22:46.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks Stopped by our local department store with honey bunch the other day and got her a new dinning room table. Hapened to notice they have a sporting goods dept. ( 1st time I've been in this place in a year and a half, it's new.) I moseys on over and finds Weaver scope rings. I needed a set and picked u http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Mac-Perfects-My-Custom-Rifle-1-228159.html NVcurmudgeon 2005-01-28 03:46:02.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks When I retired, I bought myself a retirement present.  I wanted a rifle that did not hark back to the era of Townsend Whelen, when men were men and packed nine pound rifles.  Accordingly I bought a Remington 700 Stainless Laminated Mountain Rifle in .260 Remington, with a then to http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Mounting-a-scope-on-a-Contender-barrel-1-217028.html Dipperman 2005-02-12 13:55:46.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks I am in the process of trying to figure out the best way to mount my new Leupold 2x EER scope on a .41 Mag Contender barrel. (This barrel has never had a factory load or a FLGC bullet through it.) I would like totry a set of Burris Signature Rings. The decision is whether to use the Burris LU-TC sin http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Home-Made-Butt-Plate-1-215383.html sundog50 2004-07-15 06:18:41.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks Any reason why I couldn't pour my own custom butt plate with bedding compound?  I thought about taping the end of the stock to make the mould.  Damn the holes and paint with release agent, and then pour it full.  When dry it could be drilled and shaped as necessary.  Bedding comp http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Looking-for-a-Bolt-1-192372.html Bug91 2004-10-10 01:52:50.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks A friend asked me to post this. Anyone have a bolt assy. for a Remington 788? He needs one for a short action with the .473 bolt face... I.E., .22-250, .243, or .308. Thanks. http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Savage-340-in-30-30-rebarreled-to-375-Winchester-1-190102.html no_1 2005-01-18 21:36:22.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks I have seen a couple of these around in various calibers but one in 30/30 has my mind wondering. I like the .375 Win round and have a #3 chambered in it. I have also wanted to re-barrel one of my 336's to that caliber too but have not since the 30/30 336 does pretty good. So now my 2 brain cells are http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Handy-simple-Mauser-bolt-takedown-tool-1-183527.html Buckshot2 2004-10-04 21:16:03.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks ...........Yes I know how to do it while taking it out of the rifle, both large and small ring. However, should you have to take on down for some reason in the fired position (checking function, stoning, etc) loose bolt with no rifle, whatever. Better then putting the cocking piece sear against a be http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/1911-Type-Auto-1-113542.html scrounger 2004-08-11 09:17:11.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks I'd be willing to bet that one or two of you guys know a little bit about the 1911 type autos. I just looked at a Mitchell Arms 1911 type .45 Auto with all the bells and whistles... and a little problem. When the gun is in Condition One, cocked and locked, pulling the trigger drops the safety and th http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/8mm-06-Reamer-1-95446.html no_1 2004-06-25 03:02:59.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks Anyone have a 8mm-06 finish reamer & headspace gauge they would be willing to loan for a reasonable price? I have a mil-surp mauser that has the bolt bent, drilled for scope and I want to rechamber it.Thanks,Robert http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Help-for-an-NEF-trigger-please-1-77838.html ejjuls 2005-01-16 08:05:50.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks Hey to the wise and thoughtful master of casting....?Just got back from the range with the ol' NEF 45/70. Unfortunately my dies, and supplies hasn't arrived yet from Midway, so I was out shooting some PMC Factory 405grn loads that are supposed to duplicate the BP loadings for the ol' Govt. round. An http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Bisley-Front-Sight-1-72931.html sundog50 2004-10-20 10:24:40.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks Solder gave way while I was trying to adjust (bend) for windage on a stainless .44 mag Bisley.  Sight did not come loose, solder broke.  How to fix?  sundog http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/antique-double-action-question-1-65085.html RSG3 2004-07-26 11:45:33.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks Hello folks, I sorta inherited an old double action revolver . The barrel is about 3" long and octagon shaped. As near as i can tell it's around a .32 cal., i used a set of calipers and the the cylinder chambers were about .332". It seems to be nickle or chrome plated and the only writing on it are http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Scope-mounting-for-a-southpaw-1-27920.html sundog50 2005-01-15 20:27:02.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks Any reason why a scope can't be rotated 90d counter clockwise for mount on a left hand bolt gun?  Elevation becomes windage and windage becomes elevation.  sundog http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/QUESTION-FOR-BUCKSHOT-Mauser-in-7-62x39-1-13330.html oldelkhunter 2005-03-05 00:36:58.0 Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks Buckshot,Did you 'smith your 7.62x39 Mauser? Theprimary area of concern I have is the extractor. Did youhave to get an oversize extractor from Brownells to make it work? I built one on a M95 action and hadno problem, but it was marginal. Also, did you use a .310 bore barrel or .308?Old Elk Hunter