tark
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I know I am not the only person here who takes blocks of steel and turns them into firearms. I have finished five guns so far. The two rifles were covered a couple of years ago in a thread, so I won't discuss them at great length.
The three pistols are a 45 PITA, a 38 spl and a 22 magnum. The 45 uses a cut-down 45-70 case 1.25" long. The 38 spl will actually chamber and fire .357s without any trouble, although the barrel is marked "38 Spl" I "Proved" it with an entire box of Federal 357 ammoso I feel safe shooting 38s in it.
I got the barrel blanks from Les and the guns are all copies of a rolling block, because it is a stupid simple action. Steel on the 45-70 is 1045 professionally heat treated to RC 40. The 06 is 4140 treated to the same hardness. The pistols all are unhardened steel, so contact and load bearing surfaces are quite large.
The 06 took me seven years to complete, after work, a little at a time, I made everything on the gun except the screws holding it together, the barrel and the rear sight. There is a certain satisfaction you get from making your own gun that can't be equaled. You have something unique, a one of a kind that no one else has. I believe that I have the world's only 30-06 rolling block rifle.
That makes me smile
The three pistols are a 45 PITA, a 38 spl and a 22 magnum. The 45 uses a cut-down 45-70 case 1.25" long. The 38 spl will actually chamber and fire .357s without any trouble, although the barrel is marked "38 Spl" I "Proved" it with an entire box of Federal 357 ammoso I feel safe shooting 38s in it.
I got the barrel blanks from Les and the guns are all copies of a rolling block, because it is a stupid simple action. Steel on the 45-70 is 1045 professionally heat treated to RC 40. The 06 is 4140 treated to the same hardness. The pistols all are unhardened steel, so contact and load bearing surfaces are quite large.
The 06 took me seven years to complete, after work, a little at a time, I made everything on the gun except the screws holding it together, the barrel and the rear sight. There is a certain satisfaction you get from making your own gun that can't be equaled. You have something unique, a one of a kind that no one else has. I believe that I have the world's only 30-06 rolling block rifle.
That makes me smile