Hello

Can someone direct me to a place where in can find some attractive and functional ones? websites would be great if possible.

Thanks for your help

Thanks Clemson

I have seen them but they both take a special wrench to screw them in and the same wrench won't fit both of them.

I thought I have seen some other crossbolts on some very nice rifles that use a screw driver.

Anybody else got any suggestions?

Thanks for your help

I use 1/4-20 all-thread glassed in using Acraglass, then plug with ebony. Don't need a screwdriver that way.

Brownells used to sell a couple of styles of spanners for crossbolts. I use the Talley's and just use a couple of pins in the holes and a screwriver or some other rod to place across the pins and screw them in . No big deal. You can also buy Allen flat head machine screws and use them instead of the screws that require a spanner. The proper size flathead has a big head and you can put it in a drill if you don't have a lathe and file head to required size. They are merely caps to cover the hole in the stock. Just don't use a flat bottom counterbore to cut hole. The allen screw is not un- attractive. Just as traditional is just a piece of allthread and ebony or rosewood pegs to fill the holes.

The B-square is really nice. If you get their crossbolt kit, it comes with a couple of the spanners. You can also buy more.

This jig is really nice, perfect for front crossbolts on mausers. I have found that by measuring VERY carefully and using a drill press with careful anchoring of the stock, you can do the rears pretty well too.

I had Roger Kehr engrave the heads of a set of them for a 9.3 x 62 I built. He did a beautiful job, and even a simple design made them look very elegant (if I may say so myself). I ended up rust bluing them, then silvering the blue with vinegar and polishing them with a cloth to a low luster. The blue stayed in the engraving, making it stand out. I don't recall his price and wouldn't want to speak for him anyway, but it was very affordable.

Todd

TMG do you have any pic's you can post or email?

Are you in NC?

WA

Send me a PM with your e-mail address and I can send you some hi-res pics tomorrow. I cannot recommend Roger Kehr too highly - beautiful work, fair price.

I was in NC at the Mecca of Medicine (Duke) for a year, but am now back in MI. I liked NC, perhaps the most beautiful state I have seen, but being a far northern boy I missed winter. I did some work over in your neighborhood - very nice. One of the neatest things about NC was the variation in topography as you move across the state.

TG