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09 April 2009, 21:07
tnekkccGunsmithing to laugh at
On another forum, a guy is asking for help with a gun he bought.
Did it come with the spare ring to keep in his pocket
09 April 2009, 21:18
WestpacScope and extractor... It's got to be a set up. I don't think "vise grip" checkering, i.e. the trigger guard, really caught on in the States. I think that's more of a European thing.
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10 April 2009, 01:13
BaxterBSprooooiiiinnnnggggg!!!!!!
10 April 2009, 02:13
jeffeossoone ring?
not-feeding-or-extracting CRF
muddled with trigger guard?
tape for extra grip while cleaning the bore?
that shootaway's 308 to go with his 458 one ringer?
10 April 2009, 02:37
Dago Redi was hoping this thread was going to be a bunch of posts like that. can't we get more bubba smith pictures? Thanks all.
Red
10 April 2009, 02:38
JBrownquote:
that shootaway's 308 to go with his 458 one ringer?
The same thing came to my mind.....
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10 April 2009, 03:08
jimatcatperfect waste of a boyds' thumbhole varmit laminalte....
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10 April 2009, 03:31
craigsterHopefully he bought it really cheaply.
10 April 2009, 04:29
Jon In TucsonDarn,
I've been laboring for years to produce a beauty like that....
Still am not up to that level of craftmanship.
Jon In Tucson
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10 April 2009, 05:04
Dr. Louquote:
Originally posted by jimatcat:
perfect waste of a boyds' thumbhole varmit laminalte....
It's a perfect use for a Boyds thumbhole laminate.
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10 April 2009, 06:23
SR4759It just needs a tie wrap around the front bell and through the slotted fore end. That extractor ring can be a nasty thing if it pops into the recess for the 3rd locking lug.
10 April 2009, 07:35
craigsterquote:
Originally posted by SR4759:
It just needs a tie wrap around the front bell and through the slotted fore end. That extractor ring can be a nasty thing if it pops into the recess for the 3rd locking lug.
A tie wrap? How tacky! I think a hose clamp would add a touch of real class.
10 April 2009, 09:16
rcamugliaUnique!
I have learned to only say positive things here on the Forum!
10 April 2009, 10:21
303GuyWhen was that posted? Not April 1st? (I've been caught too many times for one year!)
Regards
303Guy
I like the idea of using the front of the scope base to stabilize the front half of the scope. For high end scopes like the Simmons Whitetail sitting on it, I can't think of a better method.
10 April 2009, 10:50
homebrewerHas the trigger guard been munched by a pair of vise grips, or am I seeing things that ain't there?
10 April 2009, 11:56
EterryNo joke, I once saw a rifle at a local shop (an italian mil-surp) that had wood screws drilled in the stock holding 2 pieces of bar stock which was cobbled to a set of rings holding the scope. The owner brought it in cause it wouldnt group!!!! The smith told him he would remount the scope if he promised not to tell anyone who had worked on it. True story, I should have took pictures!!
Eterry
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10 April 2009, 14:11
smallfryjpb I like those adj. rings!
I am back from a long Hiatus... or whatever.
Take care.
smallfry
10 April 2009, 14:18
wildboarA fine technical solution indeed; it can fit 1", 26mm and 30mm scopes!
10 April 2009, 16:39
jeffeossolooking back at this thumbholed thing ... you know how you can tell it's unfired?
there's not gore and most of someone's eyebrow hanging off the scope ...
look at it, eye relief most be "zero", like a "real" sniper scope -- so the fine designer could put the scope right ON his eye...
whew!
10 April 2009, 16:40
jeffeossoquote:
Originally posted by Eterry:
No joke, I once saw a rifle at a local shop (an italian mil-surp) that had wood screws drilled in the stock holding 2 pieces of bar stock which was cobbled to a set of rings holding the scope. The owner brought it in cause it wouldnt group!!!! The smith told him he would remount the scope if he promised not to tell anyone who had worked on it. True story, I should have took pictures!!
Eterry
like dustcover scope mounts on sks's? wow, talk about wobbly!
10 April 2009, 18:02
MikeMichalskiToo many guys with so much money that they've become elitist. Don't you remember being poor and wanting something, anything to shoot?
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10 April 2009, 18:10
tiggertateI get your point Mike, but being poor doesn't force one to become a dumbass. After all, those could belong to some wealthy miser.
The very best one of these pictures was the one of a barrel headspaced with two flat washers between the barrel shank and receiver ring.
It spawned one of the best one-liners in AR history when ForrestB posted "That's so stupid; even I know one of them is supposed to be a lock-washer!"
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10 April 2009, 19:03
jeffeossoquote:
Originally posted by tiggertate:
It spawned one of the best one-liners in AR history when ForrestB posted "That's so stupid; even I know one of them is supposed to be a lock-washer!"
Harry - I am billing you for a coffee soaked keyboard.
10 April 2009, 20:08
tnekkcc
This pic has been around since the world wide web started up in the 1990s.
I tried to copy that on an Enfield No4 with a length of steel L bracket drilled and tapped to the side of the receiver. I epoxied a Weaver rail to the top of the L bracket.
The epoxy broke loose with the first round fired, and the scope, rings, and rail all fell off.
10 April 2009, 21:33
Doc224/375Some where in my pictures I have a photo of a Military modified Sporter the scope was set into
the bottom rings and GLUED IN !. That's right NO Cap or Top Rings !.
Just when you thing you have seen it all !.
11 April 2009, 21:11
mousegun1I saw one worse than that at a gun show a guy was carrying a 95 spanish mauser rebarreled to 22-250 all the metal work was file worked with an assortment of round and triangle files- even the mounts. the stock had all sorts of silver and jade rock inlays the guy only wanted a grand for it -it was hard to resist
11 April 2009, 21:51
shorthairLet me guess he came well recommended by Obama.
11 April 2009, 23:04
Bob G2 Years ago at my Rod and Gun club's sight in day, I was working the range assisting people sighting in their rifles and shotguns. I thought I had seen everything until a gentleman came in with a TC inline with a scope mounted on it. I was at one end of the firing line and happened to look down to the other end where this nimrod set up. I watched him fire a few rounds and I walked over to him and asked if he was having any trouble. He told me he his scope wasn't working very good. I had to hold back my laughter because his scope was mounted BACKWARDS! I would not want to be in the same woods as him.
Do it right the first time.
11 April 2009, 23:04
SR4759I sort of collect Bubba brand rifles with some restrictions. The metal work has to be un-molested even if the wood has been murdered. This way I have acquired some fine barreled actions with black wrinkle painted (or worse) wood. They shoot well but I only shoot them when no one else is at the range.
11 April 2009, 23:05
homebrewerquote:
I had to hold back my laughter because his scope was mounted BACKWARDS!
Holy shit!! How did you keep from
him off the range?
11 April 2009, 23:17
Bob GI guess you have to give everyone a chance. Some people either have no Common Sense or don't know how to read instructions.
Do it right the first time.
12 April 2009, 16:17
hawkins"Instructions", I don't kneed no stinking
instructions.
Take Care!
12 April 2009, 16:59
Steve LathamIt's O.K.!, It's probably got a bayonet further down near the hole in the end!
12 April 2009, 21:18
tnekkccScope mounted backwards?
I have 100 rifles with Weaver rails and 50 scopes with Weaver rings.
The scopes and rifles play musical chairs at the range.
The mounts, rings, and scopes are black.
The benches are under a rain roof, and there is no lighting.
The Pacific Northwest is usually under a dark rain cloud.
My scopes stand a 50% chance of going on backwards.
13 April 2009, 00:49
SR4759quote:
My scopes stand a 50% chance of going on backwards.
Not much of a problem until you put the rifle on the bench backward.
13 April 2009, 18:53
Lincs StalkerHere in the UK, we have some gunsmiths to avoid
Scope Problems
