For those who may be curious about Savage and it's early model 99 takedown rifle. Here are a few photos. Years ago I had a Winchester 70SA that I had the barrel replaced with a heavy Douglas and naturally kept the original. After I purchased this Savage 99, I started thinking about a switch barrel. So checked the contour verses the forearm and found it was workable, cut a new shank and threaded with 10 tpi Square and ejector cuts, and dovetail for the stud that the forearm latches to, my... Read more ..read more

*edited* actually after more thought this doesnt make practical sense from having to re-bore as well as rechamber. So i've pretty much got my 11x29 lathe ready to start tackling some basic barrel threading. If i prove this to be sucessfull i want to have a go at a rechamber. I have some misc Rem 700 parts and specifically i have a 243 Varmint contour barrel thats almost new. Is it possible to rechamber 243 Rem to 280 AI ..read more

Ruger discontinued magazine latch spring, mine is broken, and I am not able to figure out where or how to get one. Do I have a paper weight ..read more

First I want to thank everyone for their input on my previous posts, I learned from all of them. So I'm thinking of doing a 1886 takedown conversion on one of the receivers I've got laying around. I've the NRA writeup on it and I was wondering if anyone else here has done it, anyone have any other writeups on it, drawings, diagrahms, dimensions, measurements etc. I've done some rough drawings and measurements myself but I'd like to cover all bases and think it through before starting ..read more

anyone have the demensions for these. Lanham ..read more

Been quite awhile since i last searched for a winchester 1886 magazine tube....wow have they went up. Question: where is the most reasonable one sold....browning, winchester or any other maker. You'd also think you could find some steel pipe/tubing those diameters Ok folks looking for some help here that won't break my bank ..read more

I've finished an AR-9 80% build. I didn't find it very satisfying. Drill a few holes and mill a pocket in an aluminum casting. Whatever. Child's play once you have a Bridgeport clone.At the same time, I have no idea where to get started safely building a complete firearm from blank stock. Where would you guys suggest someone with moderate machining skills start ..read more

The B-Square and Wheeler bolt/barrel jeweling fixture/jigs are no longer made and hardly ever available on the aftermarket. I found a picture of a fixture (picture attached) for which the plans were supposed to be in the Homemade Tools Website, but I can’t seem to find them. I am interested in jeweling 1911/2011 pattern pistol barrels. The fixture plans or any alternatives which would work on my table top drill press would be most appreciated. (I do not have easy access to a machine shop so... Read more ..read more

I traded for a fairly nice Remington in 22-250. My plan was to rebarrel it in 243Win as another learning project, why ruin a new receiver if it fails, but now I find out they have 3 action lengths on the 788, short short (44 Mag length), medium short (223 and 22-250) and long short (243/308). Is it merely a issue of new bottom metal and milling the ejection port to convert the 22-250 action to handle 243Win? The receiver length appears to be the same for both 'lengths ..read more

Our local 4-H club has a budding smallbore rifle program and yours truly is their poor excuse for a coach. We have some Savage target rifles and I will be fitting them with Boyd's stocks. I've also ordered some Anshutz-style forend rails that I'll inlet into the stocks. On Anschutz rifles, there are marks with numbers engraved on the rail. My question is- what to the numbers represent? Is it a measurement from some reference point (ie the trigger face)? Or is it an arbitrary scale... Read more ..read more