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Originally posted by STUD figmo Al

Me solootion...
To a wobbly stock that was cracked..glued it too..

This poor little firearm has been through the...mill..
Just used hard n put away dirty...

No ..joke..
But it is back in service now.. :0)

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That visible loader is really neat.  I have some Stevens single shot rifles, but have never see this pump.

Scope mounting on a contoured barrel...the splitting of the hairs...

Holding it in place with 2 drops of super glue...
Will check the position in the A.M....
Milled both the barrel n the mount...still will need an epoxy fller tho..but not as much... ;0)

Holes drilled n tapped..
A real bugga to do...

Had to be strait n centered. N..there is ony so much metal to drill n tap..on thos skinny tapered barrels.. :0/
Mounted scope ..bore sighted only..

Little j-4 weaver scope..
I think early 50's..or late 40's made...

Today's project..forearm ...
Made from ash wood.....
Gotta sand it down n..finish it..

Zeroed the rifle..
Not too bad..
But these old weavers will show you annah Imperfections in alignment..pertaining to the bore..
This was a complicated job fer me..n a lot of the splitting of the hairs involved..

So the crosshairs are a tiny bit off center in the old scope..
But real close..
Next few days..I will not monkey with the alignment..as it is spot on for zero as of right now..
N..a coupl'ah deer in a coupl'ah buddys freezers would be a good thing..as they both make great venison jerkey... :0)

So fer now good'nuff...
After that..(if it happens..)

I can adjust a bit....
All in all real happy with this project.. :0)

Stained forarm....

I have always liked Weaver bases and rings. The ones made of steel. To me, that’s just the way a rifle with a scope is supposed to look. It’s almost guaranteed, however, the rings will need to be lapped.
Although I don’t care for the appearance, a good picatinny rail can help with minor misalignment of holes.
I am painstaking about mounting scopes. I always check the ring alignment with alignment bars. So far, the alignment has been dead on with a picatinny rail.

That is one cool rifle.

So I got board...n decided..to finish centering the scope on this little 6mm...
Made the adjustments..
Bore sighted it as best I could..
Not wanting to go up to the range..
I..Just got a board n screwed a ammo reloading sticker on it..
Leaned the board on a convenient stump..about 25 yards away...

Didn't think it would be dead on enuff to hit the screw...
But...
It did... :0)

Made a powder dipper out of a spent n sized 38 special case..
It scoops 21.8 grains of aa2230 powder...
Just about perfect for this set up...

When I can I will run them ovah the speed-o-meter... :0)

A little tru-oil on the forarm stock..

I do ok working with metal..
Wood is a tougher deal fer me...

But I have found that one key is ...
Sharp tools..really helps..

Next possible project...
.220 swift...
On a.. falling blocks works.. action..
Much differnt from the 1885 winchester I have been working with..

Ash wood for the from scratch stock..n forarm..

We'll...see how this goes... :0/

Well put that load over the speedometer..2300 fps..

Changed the primer I was using to a harder one
N..bumped the powder load up to 23.5 grains..
Probly get me to 2500 fps or so...

Speedometered...the new load ..
23.5 grains of aa 2230
With an 85 grain speer bt bullet..
2485 fps..
I suspect..the 80 gr boolit would be about 50 fps to 75 fps faster..

But I had 6 of these speer boolits left in the box..
So I used them up..

I'm happy with thos results :0)..

The shining accomplishment of the day...

6mm boolit made from 22 magnum brass.. 92 grain..
Now I know it can be done ..wanna make a better die set up..on the lines of the 22 dies i made..
Wanna try them in the 6mm wildcat round n rifle that I made..

The loaded round...

21.8 grains of aa2230 got me ...
2250 fps with it... :0)

That equates down to ..
1035 energy ft lbs.... :0)

Made a new n better 6mm die..
Working out the bugs...
Making the bullet jackets..is best in a 2 step prosses..
Thicker brass...
Step 1..start to take out the rim step2... brings it to a .243 cup..
Then pour the hot core..n trim to lenth..

Then to the form die..n then finished in a .243 dize die..

Playing with the die depth adjustments..to find the best set up....these are hollow points..
With this die I made today..

The rims..n boolit shapes..
92 grains...
I wanna make another jig..to get closer to 80 or 85 grain boolits..

The finished sample lot..
The ones in me hand were the die adjustment samples..
Made the jig ..to cut 83 grain boolits..this is the difference in lenth..
N.. .2435.. for diameter..
Put 2 ovah the speedometer..
2507..n..2519..fps..we're the 2 readings..
With the aa2230 23.5 grain load..

Now to load a few..n see how good they do shoot at paper..

1167 energy ft lbs..is what it calculates out to.. :0)

Make shift target...
Made 8 rounds fooled around zeroing at the black square..
N final 3 shots at the white sticker. The 3 shot group just above n to the right..
Thay workin out pretty...ok...
Upped the load 3 tenths of a grain in powder too..
:0)
Pretty much a full case seeins how deep the boolits need to be seated..