Wiebe 404 Jeffery engraving

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07 December 2023, 02:47

Scrollcutter

Wiebe 404 Jeffery engraving

The 404 is one half of the project. The other being 375. They are both very well put together and the stocks are well...Wiebe! Nuff said.
Photos aren't very well done. Maybe the files are too big and degraded the quality. /Shrug

thanks for looking - Roger

Roger Kehr
Kehr Engraving Company
(360)456-0831

07 December 2023, 10:46

surefire7

Geez, this kind of work just amazes me! I can’t imagine what it takes to do such artwork. True craftsmen!

07 December 2023, 21:16

Duane Wiebe (CG&R)

Roger never fails to impress...always "just right"

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09 December 2023, 04:26

bghntr416

Outstanding as always. I hope we get to see the finished product.

09 December 2023, 04:58

Kolo-Pan

I'm just curious. Is that engraving done on soft steel that is first annealed and later reheat treated, or made on hard steel?

10 December 2023, 09:18

Scrollcutter

I think that most of the metal sans barrel and action are mild steel. Barrel isn't very hard, but action requires some graver angle mods to strengthen the point and leading edge. Even then lots of resharpening.

Roger Kehr
Kehr Engraving Company
(360)456-0831

17 December 2023, 03:51

Duane Wiebe (CG&R)

These two actions are by Mayfair...Roger tels me even the guard screws were super hard.

The barrels are Lothar Walther... they seem to be about "norrmal" hardness compareable to any brand of barrel I;ve used

17 December 2023, 04:53

jeffeosso

quote:
Originally posted by Kolo-Pan:
I'm just curious. Is that engraving done on soft steel that is first annealed and later reheat treated, or made on hard steel?

i seem to recall that barrels range from 25-30C and actions from 28-40c - the barrels aren't SOFT, but they aren't hard - a typical knife edge is 50-70 c

opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club

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the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR
What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR.
476AR,
http://www.weaponsmith.com

20 December 2023, 08:09

Scrollcutter

I think that you are right about the hardness ranges.
Chromoly actions are within those ranges for sure. Casehardened or carberized actions can be way harder.
My carbide gravers come in at 91.5c. They are hard enough but take a beating and require frequent sharpening due to chipping.