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Avaliable steels I did some ringing arround today to all of the majior steel suppliers.. Bohler didn't have any of the v-136 Hy-tuf in stock (I could only get 150mm Dia:eek:). The guy i spoke to was well known to my boss as being very knowledgable but had never heard of thyssen 6580 or 6582...

Decisions Decisions!! Ok gentlemen there is obviously some varying differences of opinions here as to exactly how strong the steel in an action needs to be. (Of course in this forum i totaly expected this):D Since i have to rely on the knowledge and experience of others and since none of you...

Update Ok so after looking at a few steel suppliers webistes i can get 4140, 4340, EN26 in hardned and tempered condition 31-38 HRC from interlloy. I can also get 709m and V-136 Hi-Tuf from Bohler, but not sure of the supplied heat treatment, supplied as annealed i think. So as work have an...

Thanks All very good advice... Thank you fellas.. We occasionaly have jobs sent out for heat treatment at work and Peter i guess it's a global problem as they have an appaling record for crap work. We were pretty quiet last year so in the down time i made my self a nice set of Vee blocks...

Ok gentleman some good info there.. Thankyou. I'll have to make a few calls to the suppliers and see what grades of 4140 and 4340 i can get. For most of the jobs i do at work we use just a generic grade 4140 and 4340. ie the cheapest! :D No Peter i didn't blow up my Sako.:D It's basicly...

G'day all. I have gone as far as i can with my other projects for the moment and i'm looking at having a crack at building an action from the ground up. Has anyone here actualy built there own action? Probably sounds crazy to most but i am seriously considering this. Second hand Rem actions are...

Thanks.. Thanks for the indepth reply Peter.. I started to do the calculations you have done but couldn't find any ref of hardness of receiver or UTS/mm2 for 4140. The numbers clearly add up and that totaly reassures me now!:D BTW thanks for the conversions to metric.. Much easier for me to...

Berger.. Another vote for the 95Gn Berger VLD.. Cheers Leeroy

Thanks everyone! G'day all. I feel much better now..:o Jackie, Thanks for the tip.. I chased the original thread by hand after the first disaster and i will do them by hand from now on..:D Peter, just to be sure.. I used a generic 60 deg threading insert to cut the thread, which have a...

G'day all Just wanting get some advice from the more Knoledgable smiths here. I was truing up one of my old sako actions this weekend, the usual set up in a spider chuck with a mandrel down the raceway to clock off. Faced the front face and the lugs no problem, but made a huge stuffup...

Sulpher powder 1911 I've used plane old sulpher powder before. You can get it very cheaply from the Chemist. (Used as a laxative) I Just melt it in a small metal container over my outdoor BBQ. (It's a little to smelly to do it indoors) Give the chamber a light coat of oil and use some patches...

Thanks Thansk for all the input guys. I didn't solve the "Beading" problem but it seems that if you put on enough coats of the stuff you get good coverage.. :-) The bed job went well and the action poped out no problem.. I might try some of the other methods instead of the "Blue goop" in the...

G'day All I'm doing some bedding work on a blued action and while i have used Acraglass Gell a few times before i'm having a problem with the release agent. I have noticed that the release agent seems to "Bead" up on the blued surface. It has done this on every bed job i have done but not as...

Thanks G'day Guys Thanks very much for the replies. Are these sizes (0.046 0.053) average case sizes or min/max headspace? I have measured a few .22 magnum cases and they are arround 0.046. Thanks again Leeroy

G'day All Can Anyone tell me (Or where i might find) the dimentions of a set of 17 HMR headspace gauges? If i know the sizes i can make myself a set. I have looked at the SAAMI site and done several GOOGLE searches and found nothing! I would have thought that this information should be readily...

Thanks for the reply Bryce. Thinking about it, you are most likely right. I don't think my 8 twist barrel is going to stablise a 95 Grainer going that slow. I might still give it a go though just to see. The load dosn't have to be very accurate at all, as long as they fly straight and i can...

G'day Guys.. If after some info on making some reduced loads in my 6mm BR. I'm trying to get down to arround 1300-1400 FPS. Can anyone sudgest a starting load for Burger 95 Gn VLD using AR2208 (Varget)? Ive read that reduced loads can sometimes increase pressure spikes when firind but this...

Welding... G'day Douglas. Welding it didn't realy worry me to much. The tig welding was done a little at a time so not to much heat input, and allthough it is actualy fully welded all the way arround there was no signifigant distortion. Besides that, the welded part is well behind the bolt...

Cz 452 G'day Calvin Nice looking job so far mate!:D I have a similar project on the go at the moment, (well actualy on the backburner). But just thought you might be interested. Here are a few shots of how i solved the mounting screw in the tang area. A shaped block of 4140 was tig welded...

Lathe help G'day Mike What you have described in your post sounds fairly normal for a reasionable quality lathe. You can adjust the tail stock over to correct for the difference in diamiter. As you described your barrell is 0.0018 larger at the tail stock. So the tail stock should be moved...