Butch Lambert
Active member
Hey Joe,
Looking very good.
Butch
Looking very good.
Butch
Kent Owens
Well-known member
Joe,
What are you setting the head space at? You don't need a firing pin protruding past the bolt face if the headspace is .043-.043.5. I set my rimfires up to have a .038 counter bore for the rim of the case and set the bolt .005 off the breech face, for a total of .043 headspace.
What are you setting the head space at? You don't need a firing pin protruding past the bolt face if the headspace is .043-.043.5. I set my rimfires up to have a .038 counter bore for the rim of the case and set the bolt .005 off the breech face, for a total of .043 headspace.
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J Pappas
Guest
Lynn
Lynn, glad to see you are doing better. Your Father seemed quite worried about you last night. I was too after I realized what I had done. I will refrain from agreeing with you too often. You need to lighten up on me, I'm trying to get you a Calfee rifle.
Lynn, glad to see you are doing better. Your Father seemed quite worried about you last night. I was too after I realized what I had done. I will refrain from agreeing with you too often. You need to lighten up on me, I'm trying to get you a Calfee rifle.
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jGEE
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Mr. Owens... I haven't sat long enough to try and figure out how to measure head space. Dumb on my part i know -but i may never figure how and i will be "hung" so here is what i have done.
I measure my original bbl and duplicate the measurements. If i set the barrel in too deep the trigger has trouble resetting, i feel it kinda crunch, ouch that hurts when it happens i'm afraid i'm hurting something. I can tell the sear jumps past the hook (for a better word)and doesn't set. I take a little off the chamber end and cut the chamber a little deeper.
When the Eley misfired the pin strike was lite. It was working fine with the SK Match I think the firing pin really was too far back up in the bolt. I may have set it out a little too far *but* for some reason this is the best the Kimber has shot. I have to many variables to say the firing pin mod helped at this point-different barrel and different chamber reamer. I'm going back to the Shilen and see if the pin mod helped.
Mr Owens if it doesn't take too much of your time, how should i measure head space. Boy i feel like a dumb azz not knowing how to be more exact than going by the trigger won't reset or the gun won't go bang, lol.
Mr Lynn even though we "hate" each other i still consider you a friend, hey i don't even know why myself, lol. I can't say who sent the Shuls but you should go buy a lotto ticket!!
If you guys have time here are a few pics of my Kimber Bolt and the firing pin strikes it is makeing after the mods. I found some pics on how a FP should look by some kookie old guy i tryied to copy on my pin.
thanks everyone for the help... and more than anything thanks for letting me participate here at Benchrest Central.
joe
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J Pappas
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Lynn
I need to apologize for my fathers post last night. I'm not sure if he was drinking or got hit in the head by a part flying out of the lathe, when he made his post. It was out of character for him. He was pretty down this morning when he read what happened, he was afraid you hit you head when you fainted. He was glad to see you were back to your old self today on the forum.
Jessica Lynn Pappas
I need to apologize for my fathers post last night. I'm not sure if he was drinking or got hit in the head by a part flying out of the lathe, when he made his post. It was out of character for him. He was pretty down this morning when he read what happened, he was afraid you hit you head when you fainted. He was glad to see you were back to your old self today on the forum.
Jessica Lynn Pappas
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paulbowers
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if you buy a small copper coupling then split the coupling put it on the barrel it will help on the clean up later, I have just started myself please be safe it looks like you need to work on speed and feed ss is very hard to work with. I went by the junk yard pick up round bar and cut threads till I was sick of them.
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jGEE
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Mr Paul -welcome aboard, a great Bunch of guys and ladies here always willing to help us rookies. Ms Jessica in a couple post up is currently I think #9 in the PSL. (professional shooters leauge). the best shooters in the world visit here.
I have a lot to learn about lathe work. The SS isn't that bad, the Shul last nite was kinda strange how it machined. I never could get it to cut smooth, always tearing didn't matter what i throwed at it or what speed. I woulda got on here and asked for suggestions but it was midnite -this place shuts down about 9pm. My wife swears she can smell Geritol when i'm on the site , lol. joe