Greener Jim
Plastic
- Joined
- Dec 7, 2017
New member here, hoping you guys can help.
So I’ve had a little bit of a baby over the last year or so, I’ve designed a rifle action in my off watches at sea.
The receiver ring will be machined and the bolt head is a Savage item. However there is a few bits which aren’t pressure bearing, but must be tough, which I wish to make by hand (files and a small amount of pillar drill)
What steel could I use for this? I would of course be using whatever steel it is in the annealed state. 4140 is easy to get and will be what the receiver ring is made from but I’ve never tried hand working it.
Thanks in advance,
Jim
So I’ve had a little bit of a baby over the last year or so, I’ve designed a rifle action in my off watches at sea.
The receiver ring will be machined and the bolt head is a Savage item. However there is a few bits which aren’t pressure bearing, but must be tough, which I wish to make by hand (files and a small amount of pillar drill)
What steel could I use for this? I would of course be using whatever steel it is in the annealed state. 4140 is easy to get and will be what the receiver ring is made from but I’ve never tried hand working it.
Thanks in advance,
Jim