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    Straight hole boring

    flip There is no reason you should have to pay a penny for a chunk of used stainless barrel. Gunsmiths, both pros and ams, usually have pieces laying around the shop and would be happy to give you some for the price of postage. Old barrels are cut up and used to make a variety of shooting...
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    Straight hole boring

    Why not start with stock that already has a straight hole in it? Such as a 22 or 6mm barrel. Ray
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    Anybody know how rimfire cases are formed?

    Madcobra The rimfires, both then and now, were/are made the same way. They are drawn from a disc or slug, into a folded head design, the primer mixture is spun into the case head while in a wet state and allowed to dry. If you will look at most of the old large rimfires you will see tick...
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    Need some information, help.

    Marcos A 222 Rem Mag reamer will clean up a 223 Rem chamber provided the neck, and other diameters, of the 222 Rem Mag reamer are equal to or greater than the existing chamber. But, 1000 rounds is really not that much. Unless you have a reamer and a lathe to do the work yourself you may be...
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    antique brass & antique live ammo question

    David I am a wannabe cartridge collector and can probably help you. The first thing needed is to establish exactly what you have. Most "collections" turn out to be accumulations of the more common cartridges with only a nominal value. But, you never know until you ask. If you want to e-mail...
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    How to machine cuts in muzzle break?

    A couple points of clarification. The item shown is a Flash Hider or Flash Suppressor, not a Muzzle Brake (Break). This may seem trivial unless you live in a State that prohibits Flash Hiders. Ray
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    Here one for all the right wing gun nuts

    I fail to see or understand what the incident near Houston has to do with guns, or automobiles?? It has everything to do with off-roading. If that family had stayed home where they belong nothing would have happened. I blame the off road vehicles. They should be banned. And I would not be...
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    barrel blanks

    MrM4 I'm not trying to be a wise a$$ here, but if you have to ask about a source for barrel blanks you probably aren't ready to do barrel and chamber work. JMHO Ray
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    herters belguim blue- what is it?

    Alan You're right. That is one of the old rust-blue solutions. I've used it and it works - if you follow the proper procedures for rust bluing. But . . . that stuff is old and may not be as effective as it was when new. You may do a lot of work only to get a splotchy, streaky blue. Or, you...
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    primer dies

    Mike I can appreciate someone wanting to make something even though he can buy it already made. I do the same thing. But there has to be a line. I equate making primers with making your own toothpicks. Someday soon the primer shortage will go away. It has before and it will again. JMHO Ray
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    Safety of pulling black powder bullets

    What DoubleD said. I'd tell the gentleman not to worry about the cartridges. They are perfectly safe. I doubt if they would fire if he tried. Collectors have hundreds of rim fire cartridges and I don't know of any incidents. Remember, 22s are rimfire too and you wouldn't worry about one...
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    Safety of pulling black powder bullets

    maynah Nobody I know will use an inertia puller on rimfire cartridges. To inert something like a Spencer you need to drill a hole in the case, dump the powder and put in some oil to kill the primer. Drilling the case has it's own dangers but can be safely done if you go slow and keep...
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    swaging bullets

    Try Corbin.
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    International arms trade!

    Gary All of the above advice is good. However, you have to go back to my comment about the laws in Guatemala. If it is OK to send an empty shell with the primer killed by oil, and the wads and shot loose, then that would be the way to do it. That is legal in the USPS system. The guy on the...
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    International arms trade!

    Gary I collect cartridges and have shipped to other collectors in countries all over the world. The sad news is that you'll have to inert the shell and then it can go USPS. You'll also need a customs declaration so don't expect that you can send it without saying what it is. You'll also need...
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    How long will the insanity last?

    Jim It's one of those things you'll just have to wait out. And then when it's over, stock up for the next time, because it will happen again. As Marty said, it was bad in the mid 90s and most of us learned the lesson and stocked up. I have sold a few of my components to young guys who had...
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    making a reamer?

    As the others have said, a 1/2 reamer is a perfectly acceptable way for a one-time job. I have made and used quite a few of them when evaluating possible wildcat cartridges. For your project you may find it faster to set up on the steady and bore the chamber. Where you will have your biggest...
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    Parts diagram

    MS Hatcher's Notebook has several drawings and I believe Dunlap's "Gunsmithing" does too. Maybe someone can scan both of them for you. I'd do it but I don't have a scanner. Ray
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    Threading bolt handle for tactical knob

    I know this is sacrilege and may get me booted off a "Machinist" forum but I have done a couple by hand. Grind the knob to a round extension of the handle, thread it with a 1/4 x 28 die and screw the new knob on. If you are handy (most all of us are) you should be able to do a nice neat job...
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    Old Craftsman Lathe for gunsmithing?

    dbar Many of the real gunsmiths from the pre-WWII era used lathes much like that one, and many not even that good. If it is accurate (good bearings, ways, etc) there is no reason you can't do most any gunsmith job with it. Your handicap will be the small spindle hole and short bed. You'll do...

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