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G'day Gents.. I've had a few customers ask me about barrel blocks recently.. Not having built a rifle with one as yet i was thinking on how best to clamp the barrel in the block.. My first thought would be that most barrels are not totally straight and parallel (within in a the 0.001 i...

G'day Mike If Phil is to busy, i may be able to help. Cheers Leeroy

I always use a dead center to push the reamer until the pilot engages in the bore. This keeps the reamer steady while it's unsupported and greatly helps to prevent chatter. Once the reamer pilot starts to engage in the bore i switch over to a tube style pusher as described earlier in this...

Thanks for the reply's so far fellas, but i'm not too keen on chambering anything between centers, let alone a barrel that's supposed to be the highest end of long range accuracy. I like to have em dialed in dead nuts at the throat, which simply isn't possible (except by shear luck) doing it on...

G'day Gents As the title says I've had a few inquiries from customers about fitting 2" dia barrels. I thread and chamber through the headstock, but my lathe only has a 1.6" spindle bore so I'm looking at some kind of mini "Headstock" setup on the bed way with a 2.5" bore to effectively allow me...

Full form Carbide inserts all the way!! I get min from various manufactures, i Just wait till we get the reps in the workshop with discounts etc and get them when they are cheep.. Otherwise i pay around $18 - $25 and insert.. Cheers Leeroy

G'day Lee I have VFD's on both my mill and my lathe.. Both are 1.5KW motors (2HP) and i run 2.2KW rated VFD's (3HP) . I chose to up rate the VFD because even though the motor is rated 2HP it can deliver quite a bit more than that for a short time without any problems.. The VFD has current...

It really depends on how the brake is made and how it is fitted.. My preferred method is to finial bore the brake bore dia when it's being fitted to the barrel. I clock up the bore with a long stylus indicator, thread and index for the brake and then finial bore with the brake screwed on the...

This works for me.. This is not the cheapest method but works very well indeed.. Cheers leeroy

G'day gents.. As the title says i'm looking for a Winchester mod 70 magazine spring and follower. I'm converting a 22.250 into a 260 rem with a long throat and need to replace the spring and follower for a longer one.. It's a post 64 mod 70A (no floor plate) I've spent a whole afternoon...

Dennis it must take you an age to cut a full depth thread at those depth of cuts.. I use full form carbide inserts, thread at as fast a speed as i can manage(usually around 200 RPM) and for the first three or four passes in feed at 0.010". I don't bother with setting the compound, i just...

Mate you read my mind.. I was thinking almost exactly the same thing. I still have the contaminated powder, maybe i'll get brave enough to give this a go. Maybe.... Thanks to everyone who replied.. Cheers leeroy

G'day Guys Thank you all very much for replying.. I will get on the phone and have a chat with Dave Kiff in the coming week.. Cheers Leeroy

G'day Gents As the title says i've made a bit of a blue when unloading the unused powder from my powder thrower. I was loading some 284 shehane with ADI 2213sc and picked up a 3/4 can of ADI 2208 by mistake and poured the remaining 2213 into the 2208 bottle. I guess about 1/2 cup full. So...

G'day Gents Ok so after quite a few years of procrastinating I've finally gotten my Armourers/Gunsmith License. Mostly chasing the long range BR work but will of course be doing short rang Br as well. I've been collecting reamrs over the last few years and have about a dozen in various cal's...

Al Almost all cnc machines will have whats called "Jog" wheels. These are like hand wheels but are electronicly connected to the axis. Most have about 100 "Clicks" per rev of the jog wheel. You can then set on the controll how far each 'click" of the handwheel will move the axis.. In...

G'day Al I'm a CNC machinest and i operate these type of machines every day. From what i could read from the ad i would be a little wary of this machine. First off these arn't like the little bridgeport mills you have now.. This thing is a monster and will take up about a 1000 cubic feet of...

Thanks for the info re the "Bolt Click".. I am planning to have a 0.003 resize reamer made to the same spec as the reamer and will be making my own resizing dies. I assume that this will take care of the sizing isues? Unfortunatly i didn't get up early enough this morning to put the order in by...

Thanks guys for all the input, i now have all the info i need.. I'll give PT&G a call tomorrow and put my order in.. Cheers Leeroy

G'day gents. I sent and e-mail off to PT&G last week enquiring about a quote for a 6mmBRX reamer. I haven't heard back from them yet and was going to give them a call but need a little info first.. Can anyone tell me the correct neck size for a turned neck for the new blue box lapua brass? I'm...