What projects are on your bench?

[Win1892]

I always have 2 or 3 "projects" going on at any given time. Some are over in an hour, some are waiting while I look for parts, and some may be collecting dust until I get interested again. I've used THR for inspiration to start some projects and to finish others, and I'm sure many of you do also. I'd be interested in seeing what others have going on.

I'm currently assembling a tactical style AR-15 for a friend, replacing the magazine tube on a Rossi copy of a Winchester 1890 I picked up cheap at a gun show, tinkering with the trigger group on an AMT copy of a Ruger MKI, and putting a new scope and rings on a buddy's 50BMG. I also have a Springfield 1911A1 detail stripped for cleaning that a friend wants to watch me reassemble. Also, I've got a 10/22 that is in one of those takedown stocks that I'm going to DuraCoat.

What have you?

 

[navyretired 1]

I'm working on a Browning BL 22 which has some parts missing, If anyone has a basket case BL 22 I need a butt stock and complete bolt assembly. If it wasn't a grade ll I wouldn't even try but its very nice and any grade parts will work.
I'm also finishing up commercial Colt marked 1950's pre Gold Cup, National Match slide on a very early Springfield Armory, Ill. oversize frame. It is about ready for blueing or Parkerizing ( haven't decided yet)
I just finished a Sarco gunsmiths special stainless 45 frame with a Ceiner deicated 22 LR kit with the only 2 Lb trigger (request) that hasn't ever followed.
DWM 1893 Mauser action with new 7X57 MM barrel, Dayton Traister cock on opening and 2 position mod 70 style safety from (I think) by Precision metalworking.
My metal working machines are a 12X40 Grizzle gunsmiths lathe, Harbor Frieght miny milling machine.

 

[jdh]

A badly neglected M1 rifle. To start with it needs to be r-barreled. It has a bulge in front of the gas block lock and has been shot with corrosive ammo with out cleaning.

 

[Tamren]

Well, my first project is getting a bench put together.

My 2nd project is an old .22 belonging to my girflriend's grandfather, it too has been neglected and as of right now you can't even open the bolt.

My 3rd project is putting a duracoat finish on the 870 I reparkerised. The powder coat finish from Remington was flaking off after barely 100 shells. A Remington rep said I could send it in to have redone for free, but instead I chose to parkerise it while I was still at CST.

All three are going to have to wait until I start getting steady paychecks again and caught up on some bills.

 

[Drail]

An original Ciener 1911 .22 conversion slide and barrel. The steel barrel has worn the aluminum slide at the muzzle until the barrel is rattling around in the slide. (after MANY thousands of rounds) Accuracy is dismal compared to what it was when new. I plan on drilling and tapping two small holes and fitting spring loaded ball plunger screws into the bottom of the slide to push the barrel up and remove all of the play. The barrel does not tilt, just cycles straight in and out. Think it will work? At this point I have nothing to lose and I think this will be much easier than fabricating a bushing for the slide.

 

[Malamute]

A 1902 Winchester 1894 action rebuilt into a 38-55 short rifle, with a new .375" groove diameter barrel blank.

Bolt .22 rifle shortened to about an 18" barrel for a truck gun, decent rubber butt pad, stock reshaped and refinished, scope, and good irons added (better than the factory sights).

Browning 92 carbine to be cut to 16 1/2" for a carry/truck gun.

Ruger 77 in 260 that needs the throat opened up and barrel lapped. Will probably be shortened to 21" also, and decent sights added.

Pre-64 Winchester 94 combination side mount scope base/receiver peep sight. May do one that uses the stupid saddle ring hole as a mounting point. May as well put that hole to some good use.


Forgot one. Have an 1868 Springfield action (50-70) that will become a decent quality Gemmer sporting rifle, that is, it will look like a quality, period Hawken rifle (not a modern mass produced sort-of-a-Hawken-looking-rifle), but will be a trapdoor action in 50-70 caliber.

 

[Ohio Gun Guy]

I am working on just cleaning up the shop & back room to make something of it. :banghead:

I have a bad habit of digging into a project and letting the rest of the shop go. Then when I'm done, I have about as much work cleaning it all up, reorganizing, etc. I am getting smarter with age however, and I'm now building / making perminant storage & Use solutions so that my shop is more managed.

I would love to find an old gun at the next show to fix up, maybe refinish, try re-blueing, etc.

 

[Clark]

Old Bonanza co-ax press arrived yesterday.
Today I made a longer handle for it out of conduit.
I drilled and tapped the yoke, like the Forster co-ax press.

 

[BADUNAME27]

Stolle Swindlehurst action shoehorned into an Anschutz BR stock is my latest effort.

I've adopted a slightly different approach in my inletting process. Everything now is a true surface that emulates the features of the action better.

-Pardon the scribbles on the bench. It's my expedient notepad when on the phone. Gotta love the Sharpie Marker!

Here's step one, drawing it in CAD and assigning tool paths.



Step two, proofing it out in a chunk of 2X4 and then adding the pillar pockets and then checking the fit.








Step three, determining where/how I'm going to apply all this to the Anschutz BR stock.





Fun stuff!

 

[navyretired 1]

Hey LongRifles Inc. that is some serious nice work.

 

[lpd843]

Currently, to much is on my bench and not enough time on the shop clock!

restoring Colt Police Positive (pre war) from Katrina saltwater, having crane problems

sporterizing Enfield No4 Mk1, semi custom stock (as if theres not a 1000000)

rebarreling/chambering and stocking a 1895 Chilean Mauser 7x57 to 6.5

rebluing rossi model 68 .38

whew! be busy for a while

 

[MarkDozier]

pprojects list
restoring an old Stevens 12 ga single shot
a old pos single shot 22 - oh boy - any tips on building a stock from a blank

 

[lpd843]

tip # 1 have the right tools to do the job

if your winging it with what you have then don't get in a hurry. from a block blank use a band saw or even hand saw to take most meat off then go to wood rasps and take your time, use old stock as inletting references and go slow --- its easy to take away, hard to put back!

 

[Geneseo1911]

Well, I'm no pro, but I do love to tinker.

I have a Saiga-12 which is nearing completion; it's getting a handmade oil-rubbed walnut stock set. I just love the irony.

I have a Marlin 25n coming my way with a stock that will need to be stripped of its poorly applied, runny polyurethane coating.

I hate doing woodwork, but it seems the wood is usually the part I'm most dissatisfied with on most guns I see. Whatever happened to even cheap guns having beautiful wood? I have a rolling block Remington .22 that has some pretty darn nice walnut...too bad those days are gone.

 

[Clipper]

Nothing too difficult, I have a M-12 I've cut down to 20" that now awaits a set of rifle sights, and will get 1" removed from overall LOP with a 1" recoil pad for slug shooting.
Also have a Mosin-Nagant 91/30 I've shortened to 21" and added a m-700 bolt handle to, dropped into a ATI stock that I removed 1'2" from and replaced the 1/2" pad with a 1" pad. It will be getting dovetailed and drilled and tapped for irons next.

Most of my time lately has been with the sticks, building inventory.

 

[smilin-buddha]

Long rifles that is a thing of beauty

 

[nastynatesfish]

rebarreling my savage 110 and looking for another action if anyone has a savage carrier and bold theyre looking to get rid of...

 

[Win1892]

Going to paint an AR-15 upper and lower

 

[BADUNAME27]

Here's the latest.

Defiance Machine Receiver, Lilja barrel, chambered in 300RUM, and a freshly bedded stock to boot!

Woo Hoos!

Enjoy,


C

 

[BADUNAME27]

And here we are after inletting the top end for the trigger, cleaning up the pillar bores, and finishing off the barrel channel fungus left over from the beddin festival.

 

[godsey5]

Where to start, lots of projects.

3-4 glass bedding projects
Install barrel on turked k98
re barrel sported swede mauser
finish restoring sporteized enfield No 3 and refinish stock
collect parts to finish Ar-15 built on cmmg lower
two iver johnson pistols to try and get in running condition
find parts restore winchester 1897 shotgun
There are more I probably cannot remember right now.

Jim
Finish restoring polish mauser
repair and complete turk mauser with mag cut off

 

[RogersPrecision]

Bushing as received measured .118" between lug and flange. Slide measured .110". Would have resulted in an .008" gap between end of slide and bushing flange. About 4-5 sheets of paper.
I machined a flat in the lug slot. Silver soldered in a piece of heat treated 4142 and remachined the slot to .110".








Nice tight fit!



A little while later.



Brand new Colt Series 70 re-issue. Rear cocking serrations were pretty good.
Looked great at an arms length.
But 'pretty good' can be better.

Before:





After remachining:

 

[RogersPrecision]

I've been pretty busy.......

 

[RogersPrecision]

I frequently use macro photography to 'check' my work.
Long day today on the bench. Mostly hand detailing. About 1/2 way
through the day, I went over to Walgreen's and bought some nice, fresh
reading glasses. No scratches. 2.5x power. And I was working with one of
those bluish 100 watt bulbs.
These are fresh out of the bead blast cabinet. Carbon
steel. Sprayed on and wiped off some WD-40.
Not looking too bad, but I can see a couple of areas that need some attention.
The magnified, 2 dimensional still pictures really show the flaws. When in your hand or on your bench, the eye is constantly changing focus and is easily
distracted. Not so on a computer monitor.
Digital cameras are a cool tool. And I think they have had a strong influence
on present day cosmetic detailing.

 

[RogersPrecision]

P.S.,
I think 'Longrifles' is the HEAT!
He just might be as fussy as me.