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Mori Seiki MS750 (my baby) Nardini 1440 Hardinge HLV-H (restoration project but I stole it!)

yet one more reason not to use a sako extractor. In my experience even modifying the extractor doesn't get the ejection angle low enough. Most of the time they will eject without a scope on then you will find they hit the turret on the scope. You could plug the ejector hole and redrill it to...

I would go with an electronic etching machine

Most likely lug set back. Long model 70s suffer from this because there is very little metal left behind the lower lug when they are opened for the H&H cartridges. It will most likely be the bottom lug also since its the one taking to load without sufficient meat behind it. I've fixed two...

The answer to your question is yes and no. A factory cocking piece will work but it must be modified to work with the safety. From reading your post I'm not sure you understand. Fitting 3 pos safeties is a pretty complicated task for someone that hasn't done any. The cocking piece must have...

One of my customers stopped by the other day and he just recently had a case rupture in a brand x action (rem style) with no ejector, he took a very bad shot of gas in the face which could have been less had the ejector been in place.

maybe so Mike I haven't actually had a new gun apart recently. :confused:

I just worked over an x mark trigger, I really don't see what is so different about it. If anything I thought it was easier, the trigger itself is one piece and the pin comes out easily unlike the older triggers. I keep wolff reduce power trigger springs on hand for rem triggers so I installed...

I took it apart and stoned the trigger and got a nice 2lb pull out of it. It is actually easier to take apart because the pins aren't pressed in like the old ones. One pin and the trigger comes right out and it is one pieces too. The glue on the screws however were a different story, why...

A fellow brought me a 700 in pieces from another smith. The bolt stop release doesn't fit and this is a xmark trigger. My question is do they have a different release? I don't have any in the shop to compare. I think someone got the parts mixed up. If it is different does anybody have one...

Well I understand that the tir is kind of trivial but its just something I wanted to do, it won't cost me anything but a little time and I'm finally getting caught up so I can work on some of my own stuff. I have the die blanks sitting there and I can always knock the the neck out and switch...

I have the bug to start shooting some more and am planning to build myself a new rifle. I want to use the beggs cartridges in both 220 and 6mm. What I am wanting to do is make my dies without neck bushings and try and reduce loaded round run out. So my question is without having much first...

I thought about this a lot and came up with the following. I set my barrel in the mill vise in vee block jaws (any way to clamp will work fine). I then screw the receiver on hand tight (don't crank it down just butt it up to the shoulder). Going off of the bottom rails starting with them...

geez Butch, wish I had a thread mic.:D

Find yourself some inconel and drill some holes in it... that will teach you all you need to know about work hardening and drilling in general....and swearing too! I have experianced more of this however with cromo than 416, I've broke a reamer before from "breaking through" the work hardened...

For everyone using bench grinders the single best thing you can do to get a burr free chamfer is to make sure your wheel is dressed and running true. I usually end up using whatever wheel is in my tool and cutter grinder since it is always dressed well. You wouldn't believe the results it will...

Maybe I'm just lazy but I find the kits from brownells very convenient, I know when to refill and have the part number right there (I'm talking scope screws nothing bigger than 8-40). If cost is that big of an issue just make it up somewhere else. If people are really complaining about the...

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Thats correct, make it read just like a micrometer. Forget the four hash marks and mark the body just like a micrometer barrel. Sure it would change if you sharpen the reamer but you can cut alot of chambers before then. The only disadvantage I see is that on a 223 case head you would not...

If you have the hash marks on the body you wouldn't need any thing extra and it could move from one reamer to the other and repeat. It seems like a simple improvement to me that would greatly benefit the user