Now that you got me all worked up & guess i'll have to go take a cold shower!
Posts: 8352 | Location: Jennings Louisiana, Arkansas by way of Alabama by way of South Carloina by way of County Antrim Irland by way of Lanarkshire Scotland. | Registered: 02 November 2001
That's a right hander at the Ferris wheel. Turn left and you'll end up in Nemo SD. This time of year with temps in the 70's, roll the window down and enjoy the ride.
Delivery times will improve once I complete my smaller orders. From there the plan is the freeze the designs and simply produce two sizes.
The Standard, which is .187 longer center to center on screw dimensions than a milsurp 98. made in small ring and large ring config.
The Magnum, which is .437 longer center to center on screw dimensions than a milsurp 98.
These two sizes basically pick up where the milsurp 98 leaves off.
In the real world I machine parts for a major manfucturing company. Some of my stuff goes to some neat places, world wide. I'd think it must be pretty cool to open the shop door and see all these Mausers laying around.
Question: Does the employee Thrift Plan include a free action every year... Would be a fun shop to tour!
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Posts: 1641 | Location: Green Country Oklahoma | Registered: 03 August 2007
Originally posted by Stu C: Integral bolt handle? How much metal do you need to lose to get to here? Amazing.
- stu
These photos give away the manufacturing process. Properly planned with the use of a band saw not as much metal will be lost as you might think. Blanks can be nested or mirror imaged and cut with a water jet too. Often the drop off is used for another component. You can be assured at $3.50 to $5.00/lb waste is avoided if possible.
You can calculate the weight of steel at .283 lbs/cubic inch.
Posts: 13978 | Location: http://www.tarawaontheweb.org/tarawa2.jpg | Registered: 03 December 2008
Is it true that one fellow member from Australia has about $10,000 US and 5 years tied up and is still getting kissed off? No excuse for that. They know who they are.
Posts: 28032 | Location: KY | Registered: 09 December 2001
RIP...just a little adjustment in time....its 3.5 years...however Happy to report that i got some photos today and there is progress being made, the bolts are starting to take shape, hope it continues Daniel
Posts: 1491 | Location: AUSTRALIA | Registered: 07 August 2001
BUTCH hi. your wromg!!!!!!im probably one of the least patient people around, but im in a bit of a catch 22...., i have had more melt downs in the last few mounths than i have had in my entire life...belive me...funny its not the money issue, i can walk away from $10,000 but its the agro that grinding me pretty thin........hopefully things will start moving now, with the bolts going to heat treating and then for final machining , then the bottom metal and then i guess its play time i guess to be fair last year at this time the recivers were i think at the stage there at now , however Stuart made the wrong cuts in the rear bridge....i wanted full length bridges , so he had to start again , but even at that stage it was a 2.5 year wait, where as initially i was suppose to have them done in 6 weeks or so, after full payment, any way im looking , or at least trying to look at the light at the end of the tunnel, hope the light keeps on getting bigger, in the mean time im feeling very fragile, i think a private shrink may need to be called in for me, im glad i have an understanding wife and kids see what happens in the comming weeks Daniel
Posts: 1491 | Location: AUSTRALIA | Registered: 07 August 2001
Daniel, you were the ONE paying customer who voiced support for and confidence in Satterlee when the rest of us pulled the plug last year. You had already been on the hook for longer than any of the rest of us. The fact that Satterlee has left you hanging to this day says volumes about his competence and ethics.
The half-finished bolts and bodies look just like they did a year ago. It looks like the only thing Satterlee is actually working on are the vintage actions shown in the photos.
Why anyone would spend a dime or waste a minute with this guy is beyond me.
______________________________ "Truth is the daughter of time." Francis Bacon
Posts: 5053 | Location: Muletown | Registered: 07 September 2001
FORREST your right,and i cant complain, i guess i was brought up to stand by what i say even it means a loss to me,and i try to judge other by the same standard....obviously it did not work, it really came back to bite me As i said in my previous post hope fully things can move in the right direction, at an acceptable speed and get finished As you know it leaves a bitter sweet taste in ones mounth Daniel
Posts: 1491 | Location: AUSTRALIA | Registered: 07 August 2001
Originally posted by ForrestB: Daniel, you were the ONE paying customer who voiced support for and confidence in Satterlee when the rest of us pulled the plug last year. You had already been on the hook for longer than any of the rest of us. The fact that Satterlee has left you hanging to this day says volumes about his competence and ethics.
The half-finished bolts and bodies look just like they did a year ago. It looks like the only thing Satterlee is actually working on are the vintage actions shown in the photos.
Why anyone would spend a dime or waste a minute with this guy is beyond me.
I watched is thread and several others over the last year and wonder why new_guy keeps posting Satterlee advertisements when there are problems like this...
"... i can walk away from $10,000 but its the agro that grinding me pretty thin..."
then seeing these photos is like being a dog outside the butchershop window?....
"...hopefully things will start moving now, with the bolts going to heat treating and then for final machining..."
Well Ive learn something of a tech. nature from this thread,.. I was under the impression the bolts were made from prehardened material like the receiver.
Posts: 9434 | Location: Here & There- | Registered: 14 May 2008
TRAX the bolts are machined over sized, sent to heat treating and then the final machining done, so the result is the same, a straight bolt, not a warped one, but not at the expence of cutters having to cut through tons of prehardened steel Daniel
Posts: 1491 | Location: AUSTRALIA | Registered: 07 August 2001
What other M98 Magnum actions are ''readily available '',i mean no waiting time ?[since if you have to wait ,that means months, years , or never] id like to build a 505 Gibbs on a Original style m98 action with original flag safety and bolt shroud .any ideas thanks and on prices
Posts: 625 | Location: Australia | Registered: 07 April 2006
Originally posted by 22WRF: This is a post from another thread as written by Mr. Wiebe. I think it says a lot about Mr. Satterlee's work. As far as the wait, well, that is another thing altogether.
Posted 30 November 2008 05:02 Hide Post quote: Originally posted by J_Zola: Is this amount of work typically needed to get a GMA to feed? Thanks
Yep! I have a Satterlee action here set up for the 416 Rigby...feeds like ball bearings! right out of the box. This is not to condemn GMA actions...
The funny thing about that Satterlee action (which I own) is that it was converted to a 450 Rigby, after a Granite Mountain action was ordered to replace it. I got tired, frustrated and finally pissed waiting on my Satterlee action to be delivered, so I ordered a Granite Mountain action in 416 Rigby. I don't know about you, but I don't have time to wait forever for a part to be delivered. If you quote me a delivery time and then take my money......then you better deliver on your end. If it takes 10 years, then tell me ten years and not 12 months - I will make my decision based on that.
