tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31086957279705549582024-02-18T19:41:47.704-08:00D'Arcy Echols & Co.D'Arcy Echols & Co.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17072790333332368327noreply@blogger.comBlogger178125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108695727970554958.post-74296105528491795572024-01-18T07:41:00.000-08:002024-01-19T19:56:53.458-08:00The 450 Rigby Part 2<p><br /></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'll let D'Arcy pick this up again</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The action work began with addressing the bolt. After indicating the part in the lathe, I began by opening the bolt face from the standard belted magnum diameter to the larger diameter of the 450 Rigby rim diameter plus .005”. With this operation complete, the bolt was removed from the lathe and transferred to the mill. Inverted vertically in a dedicated fixture, I carefully re-contoured the surfaces to allow the larger cartridge case rims to roll in under the extractor hook and into the bolt face as the bolt pushed the cartridges forward and out of the feed well. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQR0YuB3SdAdKa88HULn8o6ooMiDNVkMm66ocu1s_H0iU5HvFNZU2vL7PCF2y7n1he7J0_1sSDYX-O7Zu0opNseHoeQM5Ou5VhdpNXhtUv3ExOANHx19w-Cro_mhDxVUBV0-w731cQgKrw2V12Vt4MbqjRs4AzQnXVCAKT_o0GQbKeaMpA7eofI3FRkNrT/s1280/IMG_1605%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQR0YuB3SdAdKa88HULn8o6ooMiDNVkMm66ocu1s_H0iU5HvFNZU2vL7PCF2y7n1he7J0_1sSDYX-O7Zu0opNseHoeQM5Ou5VhdpNXhtUv3ExOANHx19w-Cro_mhDxVUBV0-w731cQgKrw2V12Vt4MbqjRs4AzQnXVCAKT_o0GQbKeaMpA7eofI3FRkNrT/w640-h480/IMG_1605%202.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The FZH-supplied extractor was then modified with a few select needle files and reshaped to work in harmony with the bolt face and the provided Norma brass. The function of this operation alone is what gave the claw extractor system the street cred that it has had since day one. Done improperly, it either retards feeding, or worse, renders the entire system into a push-feed receiver. I allowed .005” to .007” of extractor tension applied between the hook and the extractor groove of the case, once I had everything correctly timed. The carefully contoured face of this extractor and the added clearance machined in the extractor slot side of the receiver allowed the bolt to be closed over a round dropped directly into the chamber and will give the shooter one additional round in total capacity. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The OEM-supplied FZH bolt handle was removed and a new bolt knob that had been previously checkered and engraved was installed. Traditional big-bore aesthetics aside, I prefer to sweep the bolt handle to rear by about 15 degrees. The client agreed. “I think it looks better,” L.B. told me. “But, more importantly, it shortens the length from grip to bolt face which makes bolt operation easier, and much easier under stress. 15 [degrees] is about right for aesthetics and function. Moving the bolt head any more to the rear risks bumping the strong hand trigger finger knuckle under recoil.” </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The notch for the modified bolt handle root or base was then machined into the correct position, angle and depth to allow the bolt body to align the recoil lugs into the required vertical 6 and 12 o’clock positions when engaged with the recoil seats within the front ring while in-battery.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB-SoPVr-b6I8hrOFyZcjGGtxKvTWoZ2-_Z3Er1aYT2jxz39Iui4oLiViypJuTJb1mMyVhxs2-Bk9ptKCHikgPPSmo2vQRxOODP7U_9wwQcQtB4W2gnxhihWNfuga5ZkEf-YmFd7PycpZCjawnu6zChjNILxVVl-hC_g-Oe59cNtbh0_hBy26aGe_hmi3N/s3072/P9163169.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB-SoPVr-b6I8hrOFyZcjGGtxKvTWoZ2-_Z3Er1aYT2jxz39Iui4oLiViypJuTJb1mMyVhxs2-Bk9ptKCHikgPPSmo2vQRxOODP7U_9wwQcQtB4W2gnxhihWNfuga5ZkEf-YmFd7PycpZCjawnu6zChjNILxVVl-hC_g-Oe59cNtbh0_hBy26aGe_hmi3N/w640-h480/P9163169.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio01iiMoadS6dPWfTyKC2AmQfLZFmFIrMvsEmJAkMwY7sbo-9TnNLdRtwdWBI5ak8sjvrSyHt31DHiJMH-L0dofNbmpg22mc35cZqoeY3lWGJzZX_WM0Fs4sgCE96depvP2OpP70Pe4oSkjVVzGQq2UlxlsEy0vbXWbXgdVWTMvS_WgTQA0rqFhCdTWIGR/s3072/P9163176.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio01iiMoadS6dPWfTyKC2AmQfLZFmFIrMvsEmJAkMwY7sbo-9TnNLdRtwdWBI5ak8sjvrSyHt31DHiJMH-L0dofNbmpg22mc35cZqoeY3lWGJzZX_WM0Fs4sgCE96depvP2OpP70Pe4oSkjVVzGQq2UlxlsEy0vbXWbXgdVWTMvS_WgTQA0rqFhCdTWIGR/w640-h480/P9163176.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Now, it was time to modify the receiver. As requested, the topside of the completely annealed receiver had been machined for a 375 H&H-length cartridge. This allowed me maximum flexibility since it’s far easier to remove steel than to add it back on—I never was much of a welder. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Snaking rounds into a magazine as one is back peddling and trying to reload when a situation goes south is not as exciting as it sounds. It was necessary to create a system that was easy to load under stress, which meant opening the ejection port to the correct dimensions. The 450 Rigby cartridge is typically loaded to a 3.750” overall length, so the ejection port and rear bridge on this receiver were modified to allow a loaded round of this length to be loaded easily through the top of the port or the extended left side of the of the receiver. Almost 1/8” of material was removed from the rear bridge alone. I also wanted to remove the front square bridge to allow the rife to be carried with one hand and not suffer the pain of those four corners getting in the way.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLwkOBfYsd9VESvVT3_sY_vIuMXRYPL0-YDsJfMYFcdIMSLzCwhw-7OsTVS7nNDV5nVvJX4uFiua9ImTRrBH9SpuYyU_FDYRQEl2lz-aHh9LtuHwUkg1T-PrJxk07wLvYkuUQyp2cDs1nGWlHT3innuJLjtV5Cq6gB4ZPIqxb5zmuwOHvH56H2MF0ueDNk/s4608/DSCN3249.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLwkOBfYsd9VESvVT3_sY_vIuMXRYPL0-YDsJfMYFcdIMSLzCwhw-7OsTVS7nNDV5nVvJX4uFiua9ImTRrBH9SpuYyU_FDYRQEl2lz-aHh9LtuHwUkg1T-PrJxk07wLvYkuUQyp2cDs1nGWlHT3innuJLjtV5Cq6gB4ZPIqxb5zmuwOHvH56H2MF0ueDNk/w640-h480/DSCN3249.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4X7w4r6iUI39Q-0E8CkiYGjm2RFtvdrwFHZSKJsEjKZJx6LsIo_tYMd1hA7Jmdkig0Esz9isLSlP_EPVEgkJ9jM_eOoeoiKAczg5KN_0Sx1zBz-NXnTyxEqj6GiqqZk1j7SFC14WokVTvhhhZY2hePr0zTwMJ6wr5iAHI9VscErRpGBOVA0IhaRHoC02/s1106/DSCN3254.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1106" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4X7w4r6iUI39Q-0E8CkiYGjm2RFtvdrwFHZSKJsEjKZJx6LsIo_tYMd1hA7Jmdkig0Esz9isLSlP_EPVEgkJ9jM_eOoeoiKAczg5KN_0Sx1zBz-NXnTyxEqj6GiqqZk1j7SFC14WokVTvhhhZY2hePr0zTwMJ6wr5iAHI9VscErRpGBOVA0IhaRHoC02/w640-h480/DSCN3254.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> From the mill to the surface grinder </span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7sQqsmb32YDBLprAhrQrUrqvrgrmI8vvd2jdXJM9apYYmwa-Kwy35VokIw6fqI1qC_5r_fk-nV4RY7rDPxwiy4zTJR10evsv8Ag64r6-y0HOYYCLq6GUkZBt-dclB94YXELpuDkIElMEk0-yHkkSHE5i5qAwt4Aw9ZVcJ9BJ09e7UlyeCE7pRuyB9scha/s1280/DSCN3258.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7sQqsmb32YDBLprAhrQrUrqvrgrmI8vvd2jdXJM9apYYmwa-Kwy35VokIw6fqI1qC_5r_fk-nV4RY7rDPxwiy4zTJR10evsv8Ag64r6-y0HOYYCLq6GUkZBt-dclB94YXELpuDkIElMEk0-yHkkSHE5i5qAwt4Aw9ZVcJ9BJ09e7UlyeCE7pRuyB9scha/w640-h480/DSCN3258.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span> The receiver was then returned to the milling fixture with the bottom side facing up. If there was ever a time to measure five times and cut once, that moment had arrived.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjFHHpqkU92O0I8gSv8Cp2AwGXi8aeNszmd-uivqiEmvZFVnfY4PPIzwBcG1ioT1Cpxm8DP8OLXele9xqfzo9nurE0JdMWsn_gRAQIhB_riUHHuaxDgNh-DhomgTagY9NeUmNVfAPNDxNykswAMhFLEtQ22-x1tylVphl1wbKKmNHsT5lgRaX0qNYNITfy/s1106/DSCN3264.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1106" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjFHHpqkU92O0I8gSv8Cp2AwGXi8aeNszmd-uivqiEmvZFVnfY4PPIzwBcG1ioT1Cpxm8DP8OLXele9xqfzo9nurE0JdMWsn_gRAQIhB_riUHHuaxDgNh-DhomgTagY9NeUmNVfAPNDxNykswAMhFLEtQ22-x1tylVphl1wbKKmNHsT5lgRaX0qNYNITfy/w640-h480/DSCN3264.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_Cb5EzZztceAsmbqTe1zv-BifY2SJrzlPORca3ibidqX42vNB__1Af76bvC9fc9jtFYd4O8c1vwYUsic_JZWg_SKiRBO9R1GYkGSdlZudnS1cj_CAkTkPV3QNmX9B8_fmRbeDN7XeYZFurEOqDmRQk7vTOzjziGBxDPug9wbIxfbMiNQ2ZglBS4C_ne0/s4608/DSCN3266.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_Cb5EzZztceAsmbqTe1zv-BifY2SJrzlPORca3ibidqX42vNB__1Af76bvC9fc9jtFYd4O8c1vwYUsic_JZWg_SKiRBO9R1GYkGSdlZudnS1cj_CAkTkPV3QNmX9B8_fmRbeDN7XeYZFurEOqDmRQk7vTOzjziGBxDPug9wbIxfbMiNQ2ZglBS4C_ne0/w640-h480/DSCN3266.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMwg3zMnmm9mFZNiqS0Pe9YiEUOW5ILtxyKViYDO1gwff3m3lkII4P01dIM8X2aziRIYz8opaRISCV8rDIjZBlaJXcrMoOvTkvSB4yQtJdRi4m-u9bjR00N4nCRWgEgU6UV7Rf-bSmu8AYSrYw7DAhqDF-a2nA9gDyK7CKOsD4u8Auv1bk8MJUaXW1QEzi/s640/IMG_1090.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="640" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMwg3zMnmm9mFZNiqS0Pe9YiEUOW5ILtxyKViYDO1gwff3m3lkII4P01dIM8X2aziRIYz8opaRISCV8rDIjZBlaJXcrMoOvTkvSB4yQtJdRi4m-u9bjR00N4nCRWgEgU6UV7Rf-bSmu8AYSrYw7DAhqDF-a2nA9gDyK7CKOsD4u8Auv1bk8MJUaXW1QEzi/w640-h478/IMG_1090.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> A longitudinal slot was machined through the feed well and into the bolt raceway that would soon be wide enough for the 450 Rigby round.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6o8rGx2KQT8HWtdux9tz8j6xbkQx9H7go8PrG7FN-vrqmc-VjNicWPE1UgQ0boLdRpO147EPP11KNNfyRV4U4p4pMPPtQoj9nv0-rFNke12J6fs3IuuDipI-TOLhgZ_JIdWVD4sIgKAj6jQNGMFmqkldeofjfyVSnZCiAFs380QtSKsBO5DmPBa55j-5/s1106/DSCN3279.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1106" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6o8rGx2KQT8HWtdux9tz8j6xbkQx9H7go8PrG7FN-vrqmc-VjNicWPE1UgQ0boLdRpO147EPP11KNNfyRV4U4p4pMPPtQoj9nv0-rFNke12J6fs3IuuDipI-TOLhgZ_JIdWVD4sIgKAj6jQNGMFmqkldeofjfyVSnZCiAFs380QtSKsBO5DmPBa55j-5/w640-h480/DSCN3279.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> To allow me to set the magazine assembly on the receiver, I had to cut the slot for the rear standing tab at the back of the mag box first. This tab centers the magazine box opening directly under the receiver’s feed well so cutting this cavity required attention to detail.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsUyz_dQ3ItoGGUyK2OpaRufUTeyoYT4yHrBTA3Oo58hBiFUmEp9cFJYw_-KmiGkHwd0deKrXEJZz8g4fJNX4HrTfS4PdqI8GjYFCxvGoGQ3fS-M_1NqNhUVyzFH_og_emc3aRipJRzxd83qCj9K8tbJ0S5PWOOZggdKEM-ldR1NtmqF0-LPfPcE5T1u1i/s1106/DSCN3283.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1106" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsUyz_dQ3ItoGGUyK2OpaRufUTeyoYT4yHrBTA3Oo58hBiFUmEp9cFJYw_-KmiGkHwd0deKrXEJZz8g4fJNX4HrTfS4PdqI8GjYFCxvGoGQ3fS-M_1NqNhUVyzFH_og_emc3aRipJRzxd83qCj9K8tbJ0S5PWOOZggdKEM-ldR1NtmqF0-LPfPcE5T1u1i/w640-h480/DSCN3283.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span>Tooling was then selected to plunge through the bottom side of the receiver and into the bolt raceway. At this point, the phone gets placed in the car and the shop door is locked. With a variety of standard and ball end mills, the correct depths and tapers of the feed well, angles and radii were then established.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsbpHoBvKnaD1UrEpONXfZ1xxzdQb81cZTcmyaAZgDkqFR_0yldJWchN2-emS0xQgwYE6R30JCeOMxzebguX3wNuNfbDWX9bz485hgPBwvmdicQxT6Ycu6gT-0Ct9qCyk25wCDFNq-zqLLx92XElC3X7JmQQRSKSLBmCPfqJFVbqm4JjFyYy6EjAEa0wb/s640/IMG_1093.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="640" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsbpHoBvKnaD1UrEpONXfZ1xxzdQb81cZTcmyaAZgDkqFR_0yldJWchN2-emS0xQgwYE6R30JCeOMxzebguX3wNuNfbDWX9bz485hgPBwvmdicQxT6Ycu6gT-0Ct9qCyk25wCDFNq-zqLLx92XElC3X7JmQQRSKSLBmCPfqJFVbqm4JjFyYy6EjAEa0wb/w640-h478/IMG_1093.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span>With the slot cut to the correct depth and width, the assembly was able to sit flush on the receiver. With both guard screws finger-tight you could visually see and lay out with a scribe the edges of the inside of the magazine box. These edges were used as a reference to compare with the crib note diagrams that I may or may not have scribbled on a napkin.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> The magazine box was installed over the feed well one last time to make sure all the required steel had been removed. Only then was the receiver removed from the fixture. </span></span></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuB06WLr0LYKy_Yr0b_BoL6b0-6JPI2tJfUnIlpQEINyA2dzOG6ylWlV5tdQb05RSDxss2JncQv4CpTfKR4lUzMHqF95aDy0nzPjNRM75ey6p9cQ4oiXjF5LDmk44dPCuoXmrDTDWUHOMRY42h2B8i-QW-jCfZUUh97iPBY3dBuzBD0rT4dF4M6eOeqPY9/s2592/IMG_3639.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuB06WLr0LYKy_Yr0b_BoL6b0-6JPI2tJfUnIlpQEINyA2dzOG6ylWlV5tdQb05RSDxss2JncQv4CpTfKR4lUzMHqF95aDy0nzPjNRM75ey6p9cQ4oiXjF5LDmk44dPCuoXmrDTDWUHOMRY42h2B8i-QW-jCfZUUh97iPBY3dBuzBD0rT4dF4M6eOeqPY9/w640-h478/IMG_3639.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Now a mandrel was screwed into the receiver and, with the mandrel held in the bench vise, I begin to use mold making stones on all of the machined surfaces blending and removing the machine marks and smoothing the transitions. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">At this point, it was time to install the barrel by indicating it in with a gimbal set up ala Hambly-Clark, Jr. This precise method has become the only one that I will use in my shop to thread, fit and chamber a barrel. I would be using this chambered barrel to set up the feeding while the bolt and receiver were still in their annealed state. The chamber was cut with the Henriksen reamer and intentionally run .008” to .010” deeper than required for the feeding process to be begin. Later, the barrel would be set back to establish the proper headspace after the heat-treating process of the bolt and receiver had been completed. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpgJI924osPrdJNkyYUlndm0ectl8RvjUbsKyaRfME2rLnvWp48edbsyKsoo7Ge1UVVxy13_2SogoS3W5PyRYJk55KQoVHgZGmA-JcTaXajD2NM2QOMfNUBzk8xOGdrPiGhskqxyIGTj8328yC5O_nHsJkGuB15ata37h5Bk2QbOMiNF2egT54VFI4IQY-/s640/photo.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="640" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpgJI924osPrdJNkyYUlndm0ectl8RvjUbsKyaRfME2rLnvWp48edbsyKsoo7Ge1UVVxy13_2SogoS3W5PyRYJk55KQoVHgZGmA-JcTaXajD2NM2QOMfNUBzk8xOGdrPiGhskqxyIGTj8328yC5O_nHsJkGuB15ata37h5Bk2QbOMiNF2egT54VFI4IQY-/w640-h478/photo.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">With the barrel now installed hand-tight, I attached the bolt stop, the completely assembled magazine, the newly fabricated follower and a generic w-shaped magazine spring. I begin to run dummy 450 Rigby cartridges from the magazine into the chamber. The bullet ramp was addressed first using rotary carbide burs, then rotary stones followed by needle files and experience. Test feeding and fitting began with one cartridge at a time coming off the follower first, then two at a time, and continued until the entire loaded magazine would feed. During this exercise, I also determined the best magazine spring to use with this cartridge payload. Not all springs are the same-- not all of them collapse or shift forward and rearward the same and, using a large selection of springs, I tried and eventually found the best spring for this application. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is important to pay attention to how the cartridges leave the mag box, where the bullet nose first engages the bullet ramp as well as the path that the bullet takes as it travels up the ramp. If you begin this procedure with a spitzer or round nose and you believe you’ve got your mag box, feed well and rails just like you want them. It’s now time to make up a complement of flat-nose dummies and run these through your receiver group.This can be quite humbling on the first go round. I prefer to use the Barnes Flat Nose Solids as my dummy bullet standard.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">If and only if, these flat-nose rounds behave and show no resistance when being run into the chamber at the same speed that you might use at the range, then it’s time to move onto the next phase. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Next, the bolt body and receiver as well as the striker, safety wing and bolt shroud are hand polished to a 220-grit finish. These nicely polished parts were sent off to be surface hardened in a carburizing process. Only then, once all of the components are at their final hardness, do I dare run the bolt at speed to allow me to do the final feed work. This "at speed" test is ultimately separates the chickens from the pigs. </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;">In the words of one of my favorite bands "</span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;">It's a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll" </span></p></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAjWQS_KQ8Y_FU15XUAIi_lt_Ma9PBzF28_WVDV4TZcuIkpDTK-2waFoOLE47flwDw135GradiREr2BhbrW9q5MYLpeMv3bBXTuSXJJ3UnzWw2hKCbrDuqG0FOKxB5kvxzbLxRP3fbQs_D3kDLrEL9fDk1ntu3xsShuH07Z-YNLWYifeDbdyG9GfOcWYC5/s640/photo%204.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="640" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAjWQS_KQ8Y_FU15XUAIi_lt_Ma9PBzF28_WVDV4TZcuIkpDTK-2waFoOLE47flwDw135GradiREr2BhbrW9q5MYLpeMv3bBXTuSXJJ3UnzWw2hKCbrDuqG0FOKxB5kvxzbLxRP3fbQs_D3kDLrEL9fDk1ntu3xsShuH07Z-YNLWYifeDbdyG9GfOcWYC5/w640-h478/photo%204.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>D'Arcy Echols & Co.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17072790333332368327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108695727970554958.post-50148017566158283372023-12-27T09:30:00.000-08:002024-01-21T11:09:19.284-08:00450 Rigby Classic <p><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">450 Rigby Project, Dreaming Big</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">By Keith Wood <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Sometimes, the desire to own something can defy logic. This is the story of a special rifle, one built by hand to meet the dreams of a client. In today’s throwaway society, this rifle is a rare example of a complete commitment to quality. A rifle built to serve a purpose but built to be the best that it could be. L.B.<span style="color: red;"> </span>is an experienced big game hunter with several quality rifles at his disposal. He certainly didn’t “need” another rifle. There’s little fun to be had in practicality, though. L.B. knew what he wanted and he knew who he wanted to build it. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">“It started as a young kid, reading stories about Africa and professional hunters and dangerous game,” L.B. said. “I fell in love with classic Mauser's, open-sighted rifles and big cartridges. I always thought it would be kind of neat to have a professional hunter’s type gun of my own someday. But being lefty and young with limited resources, I didn’t think it would ever happen. Then, one day, after many years of hard work and good fortune I realized that I had the means to actually commission this type of rifle, so I got together with D’Arcy and talked him into building me one.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-indent: 0.5in;">L.B.’s rifle would be a heavy bore, built to face potentially dangerous game. A functional work of art with classic lines, this left-handed Mauser would be chambered in the mighty yet esoteric 450 Rigby. Most importantly, this rifle was built to function. It had to feed, fire, extract and eject as if L.B.s’ life depended on it. Because, one day, it might. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Let’s begin with the chambering. Though he’d initially intended the rifle to be chambered in .416 Rigby, L.B. ultimately decided on the London firm’s larger creation, the .450 because it fit his idea of a specialized, open sighted dangerous game rifle just a bit better. The .450 Rigby is a relatively new cartridge by big bore standards, developed in 1994 by John Rigby & Company. The .450 is, essentially, a .416 Rigby necked up to accept a .458 bullet. This cartridge bests the .458 Lott by 200 feet per second of muzzle velocity and does so without a belt. In short, a stopping rifle, ideal for Africa’s heaviest game. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">One of L.B.’s stylistic inspirations for this project was the .416 Rigby carried by Professional Hunter Harry Selby. This iconic rifle wore only iron sights, which was the arrangement that L.B. wanted, but with a slight twist; L.B. wanted a ghost-ring rear sight instead of express leaf. Many experiences hunters/shooters are convinced an appropriately designed rear aperture is superior to an open sight in nearly all respects, so that route was chosen. “D’Arcy’s ghost-ring peeps are just so elegant and nicely done, it had to have one.” </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Like Selby, L.B. is left-handed. Unlike Selby, he wanted his to be a true left-handed rifle – thinking that, had one been available in his time, Selby might have used one himself. Even now, the number of makers making a left-handed Mauser M98 is a short one. After conferring with D’Arcy, L.B. settled on a German-made FZH. D’Arcy being D’Arcy, took things a bit further. “I had the chance to examine a right-hand FZH before I began the 450 project, and since this would likely be the last Left-Hand Magnum 98 that I will ever assemble I wanted to use the best Left-Handed receiver available”. “I called FZH and inquired whether I could get a receiver with a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>solid bottom<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>like the older Mauser and FN target receivers.” A solid-bottomed receiver would allow D’Arcy to set up and machine the feeding geometry to his own specifications, taking the .450 Rigby’s dimensions specifically into account. “They [FZH] said no, which did not surprise me. I then called Ralf Martini as I knew he ordered these receivers in small lots and he got me exactly what I wanted. At Ralfs one odd request FZH had an idea the receiver would be going to me and didn't want the action being modified by an unqualified buffoon. Ralf assured them that I had more than one ball peen hammer and knew how to use them.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdImZ6PrRfne-VmzPZPJ56Z_FwQHk99c7r0Pfqb0c0itdcnsL1pEF8lMbSWuMMyUWrcid7y4zk1yBoeeRahYBUEU18jNmhtqTW5qaIQO-oPqM0MLBUj9GMcbbfJim7UWnxHO7G_kyoRxaWAwlmKuA-43Uzpri6LUcw5UCIBYNjEf8y7Xcz-8d6taoT3zkU/s4608/DSCN1899.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdImZ6PrRfne-VmzPZPJ56Z_FwQHk99c7r0Pfqb0c0itdcnsL1pEF8lMbSWuMMyUWrcid7y4zk1yBoeeRahYBUEU18jNmhtqTW5qaIQO-oPqM0MLBUj9GMcbbfJim7UWnxHO7G_kyoRxaWAwlmKuA-43Uzpri6LUcw5UCIBYNjEf8y7Xcz-8d6taoT3zkU/w640-h480/DSCN1899.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOhprbJRFfuqtTbHdLoURUhY3N7XSq3xekPxBSnsQGwTwoJnY1o_EYfAQL1AQjDVpJoC1KDsh-lfe0PSCrlIFd1QxBKcOuRKMMFdoPw1zAtpOblCaNyL9TjgPiJpkF6DAT-YWWbmImYWNG9ZnvBmqEChAy4zqBjkK26AuwNj2GATgDIqahSfvriJr1jI3j/s4608/DSCN1900.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOhprbJRFfuqtTbHdLoURUhY3N7XSq3xekPxBSnsQGwTwoJnY1o_EYfAQL1AQjDVpJoC1KDsh-lfe0PSCrlIFd1QxBKcOuRKMMFdoPw1zAtpOblCaNyL9TjgPiJpkF6DAT-YWWbmImYWNG9ZnvBmqEChAy4zqBjkK26AuwNj2GATgDIqahSfvriJr1jI3j/w640-h480/DSCN1900.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1u-eFZKYSku1PFE2weFK9mGqKxWLHOl7H0hChIIZ2qO6nFlB_Za9laurMGvjw-qsIwcPGuYpHv1BWolApKaTj6upEFfBumK6lVBC4LgrKND_fCEaaHOSgga8zewtWuhuT0H5PgqJDaGmYKsTUOZnXYFq7Ak4zB4BDpXlEbbwfD7YPkGrosznh7VDY-4jx/s4608/DSCN1898.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1u-eFZKYSku1PFE2weFK9mGqKxWLHOl7H0hChIIZ2qO6nFlB_Za9laurMGvjw-qsIwcPGuYpHv1BWolApKaTj6upEFfBumK6lVBC4LgrKND_fCEaaHOSgga8zewtWuhuT0H5PgqJDaGmYKsTUOZnXYFq7Ak4zB4BDpXlEbbwfD7YPkGrosznh7VDY-4jx/w640-h480/DSCN1898.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The receiver arrived just as requested, in an annealed state and very nicely machined. German firearms engineering at its finest.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">L.B. had several other stylistic and functional goals for the rifle, the most important of which was the design of the stock. “I really wanted it to handle like a shotgun,” he said. “I've done a fair amount of shotgun shooting, mainly trap and sporting clays. When you're shooting a shotgun, gun fit is so important because your dominant eye is essentially your rear sight. I wanted to take some of those [custom shotgun] ideas and put it into my heavy rifle and that's what we did.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">L.B. loved the classic lines of D’Arcy’s stocks but with a few important tweaks. He wanted a larger fore-end and also requested a palm swell added to the grip layout and a functional thumb flute on the left side of the comb. The stock blank selected was a piece of California French Walnut that was purchased from Scott Wineland at one of the SCI conventions. This blank was well laid out, dense and very attractive.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">During the planning process, L.B. examined numerous classic express rifles and came away determined to borrow some of their design cues, paying homage to a proud gun making tradition. “I loved the way the front bridge of the old Rigby’s were scrolled with the logo on it,” he said. “I also liked all the lettering and badging that was on a lot of those original Mauser's and I wanted to replicate that on my gun. This is going to sound a little hokey but my vision was that this would be bit of a tribute gun for PHs all over the world. I also wanted to give credit to Mauser and what they've done and even Rigby. The old Rigby London guns were so classically and tastefully put together.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The Planning of this rifle took some time, as did the acquiring all of the appropriate components. D'Arcy had two Magnum magazine assembly blanks left over in inventory from the construction of a pair of 505 Gibbs rifles. The exterior of the assemblies were 70% machined with the exception of the release latch slot and the actual release. Magazine material was made from 4130 chrome-moly steel that had a Rockwell hardness of 30-C to prevent the front and rear wall of the magazine to be damaged during recoil. The no one-size-fits-all approach that Echols is known for would apply here- this magazine would be made specifically for the 45O Rigby cartridge to insure absolute reliability. To that end, the geometry of the inside of the magazine was determined. An EDM wire internally cut the required taper inside the magazine boxes well as the relief pockets along the sidewalls to reduce friction between the cases and the sides of the magazine wall as the rounds rose out of the magazine.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3QKJ4q90IrxLQ9EJHUOJ-qecZSs5s6LvmX3VQaPvTKiMGLMGdniJJtSH2VUduns-8Lp92lS-GzfxbHmPTNtg1oFoTagrHyeNPeBZQAJ_pZjQNXGcvOSAikuB5rs68xmbqbJZCn08gL4tOayjFLbFGZuJtXRcdnRnSQ_Au1OUotSt44athpB8vkpqoQyK9/s3072/P5153325.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3QKJ4q90IrxLQ9EJHUOJ-qecZSs5s6LvmX3VQaPvTKiMGLMGdniJJtSH2VUduns-8Lp92lS-GzfxbHmPTNtg1oFoTagrHyeNPeBZQAJ_pZjQNXGcvOSAikuB5rs68xmbqbJZCn08gL4tOayjFLbFGZuJtXRcdnRnSQ_Au1OUotSt44athpB8vkpqoQyK9/w640-h480/P5153325.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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A 1-14 twist was ordered from Krieger but later on LB requested a 1-12 Twist. The presses stopped as Krieger went back to work. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">With a mental blueprint and enough parts, it was time to stop agonizing over details and make something. In the next installment, we will follow D’Arcy through the process of turning L.B.’s dream into a reality.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></span></p>D'Arcy Echols & Co.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17072790333332368327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108695727970554958.post-18061351789744674612023-12-16T11:17:00.000-08:002023-12-16T11:17:51.003-08:00Dispatches from the field <p><br /></p><p>I received this picture from Tanzania recently of this old Eland Bull taken with a 375 H&H Classic built on the only CorBon Model-1 that I have mentioned in an earlier post. The owner is an ardent African hunter and devoted double rifle fan preferring to get as close as possible before attempting any shot. So this 375 H&H has seen little actual use since its completion but has always been in tow. Always the brides-maid but never the bride until now. This 375 is astonishingly accurate. </p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVX4_Z2pHBOKSKpqtwQ5Uv4GaFHWq-qtkdV5zDh_AuMVY3rqWIxJy-1Q9MaO8B7bZRPEK5WA8BCJyYtoFygaJWhca3npy2moD0CMeE6cOaWJMOHeLYCz9iMGd0omt1cAvm3_EDnmjhX5hKIXTOua4X932gUu8mnwOvgZaTi0RwNisG7elFxofNTSBc5v5M/s640/IMG_4084.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVX4_Z2pHBOKSKpqtwQ5Uv4GaFHWq-qtkdV5zDh_AuMVY3rqWIxJy-1Q9MaO8B7bZRPEK5WA8BCJyYtoFygaJWhca3npy2moD0CMeE6cOaWJMOHeLYCz9iMGd0omt1cAvm3_EDnmjhX5hKIXTOua4X932gUu8mnwOvgZaTi0RwNisG7elFxofNTSBc5v5M/w480-h640/IMG_4084.jpeg" width="480" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhChzuRxqX61Ya8w1aFSm1MxjKdIE3hRdMV1QLwZ7Oj_Mz8FUJ0pqhgntGscecNMRm3QpjFGZ7Yx2LrnbdxrX39hwGHxUF6-7Y2OmdvFKSMearx58aCqKn-3jULkBnWsSqwmwvf8WPAv8dLSroXK7U2w8kB36GqK2ghg9NCJpKsxcbTUJFiFi9Xl2ygwzzv/s5403/print%202271.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1017" data-original-width="5403" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhChzuRxqX61Ya8w1aFSm1MxjKdIE3hRdMV1QLwZ7Oj_Mz8FUJ0pqhgntGscecNMRm3QpjFGZ7Yx2LrnbdxrX39hwGHxUF6-7Y2OmdvFKSMearx58aCqKn-3jULkBnWsSqwmwvf8WPAv8dLSroXK7U2w8kB36GqK2ghg9NCJpKsxcbTUJFiFi9Xl2ygwzzv/w640-h120/print%202271.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Terry took yet another great Oregon Blacktail Buck with his Legend chambered for 300 H&H. This rifle has seen more field use than many Willys Jeeps. Well done Nieg !</div><p></p><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitv4RWtY7sHtXLb_9-u_X2ouk3wLFxYYa5_7zkUFx6GY8krbd8OAz-s4wANvkM8-Seb7j-wYegxhy-ci-AL9n8Udu1MNbWoz3lbeqVQogQiH732dYg3Y4ZwwLEacTkqe63eOkLySlHL7Xr_gpLi6VhqB5TAZ6IPYjAOGWxeAnrxGlBw75IdYIr-Al_Mr80" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitv4RWtY7sHtXLb_9-u_X2ouk3wLFxYYa5_7zkUFx6GY8krbd8OAz-s4wANvkM8-Seb7j-wYegxhy-ci-AL9n8Udu1MNbWoz3lbeqVQogQiH732dYg3Y4ZwwLEacTkqe63eOkLySlHL7Xr_gpLi6VhqB5TAZ6IPYjAOGWxeAnrxGlBw75IdYIr-Al_Mr80=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br />Klein made it back to Africa and put his Legend 375 H&H to good use </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-5AHPM2zl8qQ7aDbiFmOvt16hltGZrE6QnEuDQIUXa4C6Gk7NgtwA8snYdH4YA0DGUjqKUMKuirJn1F1PFi6J940gJg6cXLXHjtyEkZt9bAkcshuMJGSOZMtKtXl9ZMnvn6JnsSx_7mHuXjToReqQbjzy_ytY9QhYhyphenhyphenPLaUWeKyZ-tyo2eLKpcXYtlGB/s640/image1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-5AHPM2zl8qQ7aDbiFmOvt16hltGZrE6QnEuDQIUXa4C6Gk7NgtwA8snYdH4YA0DGUjqKUMKuirJn1F1PFi6J940gJg6cXLXHjtyEkZt9bAkcshuMJGSOZMtKtXl9ZMnvn6JnsSx_7mHuXjToReqQbjzy_ytY9QhYhyphenhyphenPLaUWeKyZ-tyo2eLKpcXYtlGB/w640-h480/image1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_uC51FqBfm2qetS9_mmK8XoBV8gu0mhqW4FT8ZienOwPB0qwjLmkQ4QcoRbp1XqxJwEaHxzJ3xY_87PUrAyZ-eLpWwyteNRtoosaUau2tj4rZ3o05IS59iSTFO1gSY7clFIezRanUwcad9G8kU6Smdp4sE_z_JSUOqezu4OMKIs9tw7xJQJA_INLrlGhT/s640/IMG_0693.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_uC51FqBfm2qetS9_mmK8XoBV8gu0mhqW4FT8ZienOwPB0qwjLmkQ4QcoRbp1XqxJwEaHxzJ3xY_87PUrAyZ-eLpWwyteNRtoosaUau2tj4rZ3o05IS59iSTFO1gSY7clFIezRanUwcad9G8kU6Smdp4sE_z_JSUOqezu4OMKIs9tw7xJQJA_INLrlGhT/w640-h480/IMG_0693.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ78Bejh-2dhrb2gJHWQRyt0yZHdzL_tZV2G4i8LjDvS5VVIFSODICd1iUwuTEzz0iXHMVt3EJudd41ljFTjIfAG9_iPdEurCgTNd5kc_DuGCOwvnpPm7Lszse4xjqwujJ3MD9emhchYYgLI7EOnh7vyt2SwhuzeBjdIWdwoWSYtyefpDqRkW7Hy7crsVD/s640/image5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ78Bejh-2dhrb2gJHWQRyt0yZHdzL_tZV2G4i8LjDvS5VVIFSODICd1iUwuTEzz0iXHMVt3EJudd41ljFTjIfAG9_iPdEurCgTNd5kc_DuGCOwvnpPm7Lszse4xjqwujJ3MD9emhchYYgLI7EOnh7vyt2SwhuzeBjdIWdwoWSYtyefpDqRkW7Hy7crsVD/w640-h480/image5.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwBp69WZ7ze5yy6pN5o9bIm8TSOxpJgpIsJcBxECVt3hKAYGIBTToVjrkQwB9YERBkuepoWaWeSqE8A0KPl8fcyLB0g0yuDQht2vJX4dQ2O7T9oFvkdUH7nvI5pq3WSew03R8GTerx-Io10iNCgCGeiBzVbqF4OT4sykS_PEKGsRvRSpUsUEI-toRbFH-/s4032/IMG_7006.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwBp69WZ7ze5yy6pN5o9bIm8TSOxpJgpIsJcBxECVt3hKAYGIBTToVjrkQwB9YERBkuepoWaWeSqE8A0KPl8fcyLB0g0yuDQht2vJX4dQ2O7T9oFvkdUH7nvI5pq3WSew03R8GTerx-Io10iNCgCGeiBzVbqF4OT4sykS_PEKGsRvRSpUsUEI-toRbFH-/w640-h480/IMG_7006.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Tom used his Classic Ruger Number-1 25-06 that I built for him in 1984 to take another Elk at age 80 ! I only hope I know where and who I am at age 80. Another notch on the 25!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKTR-_-wsirwuMXcnySzvrdW0oQL8mr9ipQ2ZpAzA1PTjkkvDSzajY-sEmNDRJ2BrsTK6GXyOo-KnZbGPB_a62UICMMki2pdJ4E74ZVXx7a2oMWid1nY3CLjeb610GaoE2A2WSW4rCka4U93FjV92ku39jgdoo_gpNIhmROhyphenhyphengk5CMWoAzzhJerJbHQQ_7/s4032/IMG_3885-preview.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKTR-_-wsirwuMXcnySzvrdW0oQL8mr9ipQ2ZpAzA1PTjkkvDSzajY-sEmNDRJ2BrsTK6GXyOo-KnZbGPB_a62UICMMki2pdJ4E74ZVXx7a2oMWid1nY3CLjeb610GaoE2A2WSW4rCka4U93FjV92ku39jgdoo_gpNIhmROhyphenhyphengk5CMWoAzzhJerJbHQQ_7/w480-h640/IMG_3885-preview.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGvoRhbF9msi8Yx73kM9QPDBtmQFZkBg2LpuRWnGJtHozmT3JiLv8vdOORW3YaJTHqOWTvP-rGWcw7BTHwcx1tCu_N6ktSV-J0gwvkte7gxTRaOX9j_BmEv97A8T_bEdUsSSgspQntJq_DPkxBbfftaOwnKY-waqAtx2stHVS9rr53ruV9PjKuyP1HuCv/s1008/web%205459.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="1008" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGvoRhbF9msi8Yx73kM9QPDBtmQFZkBg2LpuRWnGJtHozmT3JiLv8vdOORW3YaJTHqOWTvP-rGWcw7BTHwcx1tCu_N6ktSV-J0gwvkte7gxTRaOX9j_BmEv97A8T_bEdUsSSgspQntJq_DPkxBbfftaOwnKY-waqAtx2stHVS9rr53ruV9PjKuyP1HuCv/w640-h254/web%205459.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgheARvvpDadRghluW5x1K0MLRen0ryoaflffs6UZKRuatuLJlcIpxtSiXQGU5ax2DmvVsphctWDRiGqC4jbZU4RkcOnLVhMdJkenBLFN21Fs87Vwa9h6Ahpf08OayKBD1TrUQjjqsl1NWaihNi8ICB-TJ9KpaBBzdrN5keWkGQuLoxsDVU5LBicMN322Di/s1008/web%205443%202%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="1008" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgheARvvpDadRghluW5x1K0MLRen0ryoaflffs6UZKRuatuLJlcIpxtSiXQGU5ax2DmvVsphctWDRiGqC4jbZU4RkcOnLVhMdJkenBLFN21Fs87Vwa9h6Ahpf08OayKBD1TrUQjjqsl1NWaihNi8ICB-TJ9KpaBBzdrN5keWkGQuLoxsDVU5LBicMN322Di/w640-h410/web%205443%202%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>G travels back to the ram pastures of middle Asian and takes another excellent Marco Polo Ram with his Legend 300 Winchester </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilheEA832PbC62pvsXpkK5YHEm8-EzewDG-baYrd3osMmZZ6M50mJ5fYpSakuWjEbld5bL3cdiTobFqo8hdzMAJDh5hfNvwIAfDm2-w3MJFVwg7iozDSpbNgA4EHIQHhIzzTohXoUz-5plX31Uq0yNtC_B4ZUbrKQWjfWg-LqgLJvIWLpQXurFV58_2yjP/s5140/master%20print%205356.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="5140" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilheEA832PbC62pvsXpkK5YHEm8-EzewDG-baYrd3osMmZZ6M50mJ5fYpSakuWjEbld5bL3cdiTobFqo8hdzMAJDh5hfNvwIAfDm2-w3MJFVwg7iozDSpbNgA4EHIQHhIzzTohXoUz-5plX31Uq0yNtC_B4ZUbrKQWjfWg-LqgLJvIWLpQXurFV58_2yjP/w640-h138/master%20print%205356.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvmcSgnuyhqsHHjx4Qe3oCY0PS3etrv0lCt8af_c7Z3_0NllL017KxIQmWJpVjMD4dwll5fSstGr5oskjK8arQPoxuNCyTQy9xbqaPITPZiBXyS35r_hbbGYxAVnTkMjlkzlphCF_Pg656oBr_badiFBmqy1oIfJor9fFaWq8Wr2yvgWwZrSPkf4hBji-N/s4032/IMG_1871.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvmcSgnuyhqsHHjx4Qe3oCY0PS3etrv0lCt8af_c7Z3_0NllL017KxIQmWJpVjMD4dwll5fSstGr5oskjK8arQPoxuNCyTQy9xbqaPITPZiBXyS35r_hbbGYxAVnTkMjlkzlphCF_Pg656oBr_badiFBmqy1oIfJor9fFaWq8Wr2yvgWwZrSPkf4hBji-N/w640-h480/IMG_1871.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Gran and Glenda still getting after it with a Classic I built for Gran in 1983. It's now on its 3rd barrel. If this rifle could talk it would have a lot to say about where it's been and what it's gathered from the field </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPkE4MH5R9OJjeVXK6fJFZRjR6yCFShzNx2JudY7aAQ9cIRw0KVwVImbBjoG2vzhC43YXzbW-CPnf1XQcI7Oljh2QRYwod0HiUh8ruZNb9kk2jpVYzXBE3Wt109JTCsm4m750q74pCIiFmGvSGM2gixARUMr0ibJxmnJ4UDgtqPF0WdoEcYQzEXpu4ABhJ/s4032/IMG_0915.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPkE4MH5R9OJjeVXK6fJFZRjR6yCFShzNx2JudY7aAQ9cIRw0KVwVImbBjoG2vzhC43YXzbW-CPnf1XQcI7Oljh2QRYwod0HiUh8ruZNb9kk2jpVYzXBE3Wt109JTCsm4m750q74pCIiFmGvSGM2gixARUMr0ibJxmnJ4UDgtqPF0WdoEcYQzEXpu4ABhJ/w480-h640/IMG_0915.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br />D'Arcy Echols & Co.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17072790333332368327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108695727970554958.post-48724892861032656822023-12-11T19:51:00.000-08:002023-12-13T05:41:05.884-08:00News from the field. <p><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Chet and Leslie have been in the bush quite a bit this year. March found them in Zimbabwe on an elephant hunt. Taking one a trophy bull and the other management Bull as well as a crocodile that had been making off with local village goats and donkeys. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKmCx22OSNjkVVgCEL5asvdGSz95jloTFe94pVwvqo9r5miFNjhCuXaNS3dMQkpsBEqIFf091Srf7K-LxZqEz8wdrVdDZJ2h3VBVCmkk1HkZ-7-CLL_6QWnHgCRAvF4_2rGyOF-5xFcsmBhUI4hccirTmzLWFM07Zat-CgSAKcHGRXdV-m8zq1krEycxe/s4000/20230318_170521.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKmCx22OSNjkVVgCEL5asvdGSz95jloTFe94pVwvqo9r5miFNjhCuXaNS3dMQkpsBEqIFf091Srf7K-LxZqEz8wdrVdDZJ2h3VBVCmkk1HkZ-7-CLL_6QWnHgCRAvF4_2rGyOF-5xFcsmBhUI4hccirTmzLWFM07Zat-CgSAKcHGRXdV-m8zq1krEycxe/w640-h480/20230318_170521.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvLC13i9VymsBwOAResy5iK5mUnRK8AIm8EV4Kn6UEPl0kb1CvuCgyTAD2zOKK_XVx0ljBdVV0rrQRLPsnD_IC4F-vAJzTyn7-VuYGlkm8tZ0K8PdebvwZSLTBbWC_hl-XmGJ5EMC1V2ccLjfABCCl7cAqDtbCPRsRl2v_2Cy5Pcz8XZihU7zxzPMPq8j/s4000/20230325_115052.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvLC13i9VymsBwOAResy5iK5mUnRK8AIm8EV4Kn6UEPl0kb1CvuCgyTAD2zOKK_XVx0ljBdVV0rrQRLPsnD_IC4F-vAJzTyn7-VuYGlkm8tZ0K8PdebvwZSLTBbWC_hl-XmGJ5EMC1V2ccLjfABCCl7cAqDtbCPRsRl2v_2Cy5Pcz8XZihU7zxzPMPq8j/w640-h480/20230325_115052.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">For this trip Chet was armed with a Burgess/Echols 3UE Classic 416 Remington Magnum and a Echols/Simillion Legend Model-70 458 Lott, both assembled quite a few years ago and both undergoing some collaborative re-vamps at the clients request. The 416 is headed back to Zim this coming year on a Buffalo-Lion hunt.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="1599" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB47KHhJU2BnVZ8IGvwLb-n-7Ss0XPvnD35pCLcBz5sKdRPBWZbYDtK6cmETURVGJ_ZgOQUfr4KapQXBlkg7vzXO47ieVc0vEK8oSE3kpURZab9DJE7gtB8iZuLFR08eu6QYiub-m0s1IghOnSAjCmON2zwBWfSu66WANBjOcy-CuSVc4AyCEwIWNuuHSS/w640-h186/i-ntSwjMd-X3.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This barreled action was originally set up with a set of Burgess vertically split detachable 1'' rings. Which worked very well with 1" scopes like the Leupold 3X, 4X and 1.5-5X Leupold variables. Chet has the same history that I have and tends to break scopes at an alarming rate. The only set of 30mm Burgess detachable rings that Tom ever made were for me and they failed to hold a Heavy 30mm Zeiss 1.5-6 from sliding in recoil on a Classic 375 H&H. Chet really wanted to use a current Schmidt and Bender on this 416 3UE and somehow talked me into fitting a set of LX 30mm rings onto this rifle. I still don't know how he pulled that off. That scope now isn't moving anywhere. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxcffof5Upk8_SykRaTVxx7HaEUTrwJi49-0PfGJvrQGXDtcChKpjIVhyudMsuiJkYyzZZtzkgN9AF0f_PGvi0Jin9-a3ItALqGnDzmHGvzxoHU6ZBOwPHgDdHjvsvXtj6CGsWRMCWO-4HEnLjOf1t0hdLfUyzLfdDxk9HvrZ1_WI_AX0cZr5Wro-1SImt/s2048/i-BGPwScW-X4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="861" data-original-width="2048" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxcffof5Upk8_SykRaTVxx7HaEUTrwJi49-0PfGJvrQGXDtcChKpjIVhyudMsuiJkYyzZZtzkgN9AF0f_PGvi0Jin9-a3ItALqGnDzmHGvzxoHU6ZBOwPHgDdHjvsvXtj6CGsWRMCWO-4HEnLjOf1t0hdLfUyzLfdDxk9HvrZ1_WI_AX0cZr5Wro-1SImt/w640-h270/i-BGPwScW-X4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-loPY3VOwC3o5uC33_bWvWYvb9a_JahPZ7LrBnL5F9-5X4lr6X9i0cNdDLbDGXGOiXHTwLXiRTykwE5UtEGV48Hekiau01uE4C8lNSRz9GdaLrTFZTXxrxd0zksZWrqAKT2CRyI7qr0fM5udqA8J8dOprGi-bEypqhkOoRHyf48P-eEYeKyaMiipHQn5y/s2048/i-4XTRWJn-X4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="2048" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-loPY3VOwC3o5uC33_bWvWYvb9a_JahPZ7LrBnL5F9-5X4lr6X9i0cNdDLbDGXGOiXHTwLXiRTykwE5UtEGV48Hekiau01uE4C8lNSRz9GdaLrTFZTXxrxd0zksZWrqAKT2CRyI7qr0fM5udqA8J8dOprGi-bEypqhkOoRHyf48P-eEYeKyaMiipHQn5y/w640-h164/i-4XTRWJn-X4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">This fall Chet was lucky enough to draw a coveted Wyoming Bighorn permit and both he and Les rode into the high country to poke around in the scree fields and Ram pastures of the Absaroka Range.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8tLvqQQ11Sf-hEg1OMUVwl7DV2h0v1MTDiuMbQr-EltuxRLKpdCVk0mDS6mh9rMhon6r9-9iR5VrWvCYdz3FFTXCOV_7cpoKWdFmLKgIODflVygqUbG7u2fA08qUDvLhdhe6S_bCTJ8exEYr9hIlkHpjy5ncydDzRhO5QF4-pIwLE2JS_EYpIBG3BS8u/s2000/Resized_20230902_084459.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"></div></div></div></blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />D'Arcy Echols & Co.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17072790333332368327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108695727970554958.post-18089437527309471002023-04-30T15:35:00.000-07:002023-04-30T15:35:24.769-07:00Somebody's Got To Do It<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Needless to say the testing the of 3 LX-1's has been pretty intensive. These 3 rifles have now been used in 6 countries and on a variety game. 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The sighter and fouling round impact is shown low and left. A rough scope correction is made and the Next 3 rounds land high and right of center. <span> Matt Rowberry was the trigger man for these first groups.</span> </div></blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5-t2phOBA4qPiFQEzkMzd89M-tp4qVt3P9DVeG975jE7yy7UM5-x_aXSCIEJsSrUj25zUH8noUw3b8hVNkeHWQJPyKhWjVTVhAU0llPL5Iny9lS6Ye2gZBklzxvZ7QpdwqvEllk-yidok3rQHOR3qijBq2Zk7u3qGUJbCsGXm-zbmxDJoyyi_3Jg3w/s2016/IMG_3645.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5-t2phOBA4qPiFQEzkMzd89M-tp4qVt3P9DVeG975jE7yy7UM5-x_aXSCIEJsSrUj25zUH8noUw3b8hVNkeHWQJPyKhWjVTVhAU0llPL5Iny9lS6Ye2gZBklzxvZ7QpdwqvEllk-yidok3rQHOR3qijBq2Zk7u3qGUJbCsGXm-zbmxDJoyyi_3Jg3w/w480-h640/IMG_3645.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Factory Remington Safari Grade 300gr Swift A-Frames </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4VcsXGay46xeRt4tV7r_RXkPiHMVf2-6xwsC9SeV0OsPLNDxNfFpxzRyAeKVca5O5gg7fqPOQMm9Yy5jqXoUlfVLW_d5hcTGCjVytcMSUZiCHeFS4k_VWbdkLX8se6fbz1d56U-9LdoaEdfjvt_6SrUdEEQ9p-P7x-ckQ8x9gu4k_FuG4qPhjvRUf7w/s2016/IMG_2978.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4VcsXGay46xeRt4tV7r_RXkPiHMVf2-6xwsC9SeV0OsPLNDxNfFpxzRyAeKVca5O5gg7fqPOQMm9Yy5jqXoUlfVLW_d5hcTGCjVytcMSUZiCHeFS4k_VWbdkLX8se6fbz1d56U-9LdoaEdfjvt_6SrUdEEQ9p-P7x-ckQ8x9gu4k_FuG4qPhjvRUf7w/w480-h640/IMG_2978.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;">Then Bret Wursten sent 3 Barnes 300gr Vortex Round nose solids down range </div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGeUiuKLSZbV1Z8ANb_gGlQjkNt-tF-TEZwqOd61fR61-wLTutIyVRB8IMsYml7drKgHYXd99P5lx3W6sOzxsQjxGLXkiki61BTpxU5HIOTwF3THTsx66SqyMTzdmlfEY8B3w-SldMk2XvID_rncTpNd6qi19sCJ1XV1n93edttwmJ9x7YMFlKw-mqA/s2016/IMG_1592.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGeUiuKLSZbV1Z8ANb_gGlQjkNt-tF-TEZwqOd61fR61-wLTutIyVRB8IMsYml7drKgHYXd99P5lx3W6sOzxsQjxGLXkiki61BTpxU5HIOTwF3THTsx66SqyMTzdmlfEY8B3w-SldMk2XvID_rncTpNd6qi19sCJ1XV1n93edttwmJ9x7YMFlKw-mqA/w640-h480/IMG_1592.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNf-QDBnu4yBH2fOIk1qBSxqJfCggD04K10vURKldJ9IMrtTQAjUMV-UWgNrlKfIJ0F1hEnTtE8cA9iFI2dbCAV5wMmeD2PXtwGeXjFHgIy2-GwuuDOKp-NfnQYFKbDh9IPnEIRLmyLycQZsIMrT7C0zVDxMv-c73IpwUD2FrdDfV5fkJqqFWCP0VIhQ/s4032/IMG_1696.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNf-QDBnu4yBH2fOIk1qBSxqJfCggD04K10vURKldJ9IMrtTQAjUMV-UWgNrlKfIJ0F1hEnTtE8cA9iFI2dbCAV5wMmeD2PXtwGeXjFHgIy2-GwuuDOKp-NfnQYFKbDh9IPnEIRLmyLycQZsIMrT7C0zVDxMv-c73IpwUD2FrdDfV5fkJqqFWCP0VIhQ/w640-h480/IMG_1696.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">When given some leash this barrel, receiver, stock and combined effort of materials and engineering will do its best to amaze even me. Here are three, three shot groups fired back to back with Hand-Loads using a combination of 1 TSX, 1 Barnes Banded </span><span style="text-align: left;">Flat-nose Solid and 1 Woodleigh Hydro in each group. All these bullets weighed 300grs. The 1st group fired is on the left. A scope correction was made and the middle and right hand groups are shot.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">MY, my, my</div></span></div><br />D'Arcy Echols & Co.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17072790333332368327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108695727970554958.post-25630906535240319252023-02-07T07:40:00.003-08:002023-02-07T07:46:50.424-08:00 Putting together Ser # 0001 late one evening Part 5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Prototype number 1 was completely assembled late one evening and run through the paces as best one can do without a barrel installed. So far, so good.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIXMvNBrnX3l2COQn7_NvJhcQeX91rfHbEh3shv7FHlfhmtyinUUNJeA9j65XBU3vCIWuDaVCUyzGbHU9VQEDM3MTZZSDvCc7VsT7x8NfUS4J34qOf5PzuLaFHIJWfPuc7xDZukzjn8aBD4pjC1DXDMD9zBUcWSEQN6XQF4yqAvcj0RcgxKyOY1kwtoQ/s4180/Print%20Edit%201638%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="4180" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIXMvNBrnX3l2COQn7_NvJhcQeX91rfHbEh3shv7FHlfhmtyinUUNJeA9j65XBU3vCIWuDaVCUyzGbHU9VQEDM3MTZZSDvCc7VsT7x8NfUS4J34qOf5PzuLaFHIJWfPuc7xDZukzjn8aBD4pjC1DXDMD9zBUcWSEQN6XQF4yqAvcj0RcgxKyOY1kwtoQ/w640-h388/Print%20Edit%201638%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitkO9M1eTV0k7LbngD-70PdEqjrw3gjlAe6qOyXVDyGJmpeBZimfExzu_V8bAVl2h85HZF4WdkKwKoMu-23qzXOytDtn-JSiNlLrY3hgX7tG6Z_fzBgdQVrOMVMEiCbEa3yBHDaI9OYSnshN3qtBCd3YVpcC0lmE4oQVEGLevi1dcsI-BJS8gWNqKjHA/s2100/Web%20Edit%201647.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1645" data-original-width="2100" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitkO9M1eTV0k7LbngD-70PdEqjrw3gjlAe6qOyXVDyGJmpeBZimfExzu_V8bAVl2h85HZF4WdkKwKoMu-23qzXOytDtn-JSiNlLrY3hgX7tG6Z_fzBgdQVrOMVMEiCbEa3yBHDaI9OYSnshN3qtBCd3YVpcC0lmE4oQVEGLevi1dcsI-BJS8gWNqKjHA/w640-h502/Web%20Edit%201647.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 15pt;">LX-1 Specifications </span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">If anything, the LX is a </span><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">return to the earlier basics</span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> of bolt action engineering with one pivotal twist and that is the implementation of computer-generated modeling, machining done with modern multiple axis machining centers, implementing modern materials coupled with advanced heat treatment capabilities for those materials chosen. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">The idea behind the project was to combine what I considered the best features from a variety of receivers made in the past and blend these together into a singular modern manufactured big game receiver. Then machine the parts with</span><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> 100% repeatability from one receiver to the next.</span></b><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Within reason the design did not have meet a specified budget ceiling rather it was more important to maintain the accuracy of all the final parts being the objective and not a price point. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">The end goal was to produce a receiver and bolt that did not require blue printing, a receiver that did not require the rebuilding the trigger, safety and fire control system. Having a feeding system that was properly set up to begin with and a scope mount system that was bullet proof right out of the box. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Having spent the last 4 decades re-vamping, modifying and morphing pre-existing receivers into what I considered reliable actions for Big Game hunting I finally had to admit I’d become very tired of repairing and repainting the same old fence. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Points of interest</span></b><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">1. The receiver body is made from 416 Stainless material. These are available in Right- and Left-handed models. The flat bottom of the receiver is like the Winchester Model 70. The sides of the receiver are radial in cross section and then tapered under the stock line to allow ease in bedding and removal from the bedded cavity. The action utilizes 3 guard screws with the front screw mated into a boss that takes full advantage of the thread form in width and length. The barrel threads within the receiver are cut to 1.062 x 16 TPI The bolt face utilizes a cone breech design. There will be no need to blueprint this receiver as it happened at birth.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">2. The Bolt Body is made of Chrome-Moly Steel along with 98% of the remaining parts of the receiver group. This change in steel composition allows the C/M bolt to operate or run with noticeably less friction when the bolt is manipulated. The amount of material left on the bolt handle root also blocks the extractor slot behind the ejection port of the bolt raceway as a physical gas block. There will be no need to blueprint this bolt body for the same reasons of design.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">3</span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">. The bolt stop was designed to be robust. The flange of the stop itself acts as a gas block within the solid side of the bolt raceway. The back side of the stop fits flat against a pocket machined into the receiver that will take the impact of the bolt being manipulated under stress. Pressing the rear of the stop against the receiver pivots the stop away from the receiver allowing you to remove the bolt body with one hand if necessary. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">4. The scope bases are integrally machined into the receiver eliminating the need for an externally fit scope base secured by 4 screws alone. These dovetails are machined very low on the receiver and are designed with a .010 down slant angle towards the muzzle</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">5. The Trigger is a direct copy of the original Model 70 trigger. The advantage of this design was the brilliance of so few moving parts and is impossible to put out of commission environmentally. The LX version is machined to closer tolerance than the original M-70 trigger could be machined due to manufacturing tolerances and cost constraints at the time.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">6. The claw extractor system is arguably hard beat on a big game hunting rifle. The LX features a claw extractor made from appropriate machined steel and fit for the OD groove diameter of the cartridge cases to be used when requested. The length of the extractor places the tail or rear end to the extractor under the rear bridge of the receiver to prevent the extractor from being stripped off the bolt body during manipulation of the bolt under stress. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">7</span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">. The bolt shroud is machined, timed and fit to prevent the shroud, firing pin and safety as an assembled unit from rising away from the sear pad, thereby effecting the weight of pull of the trigger. The shroud supports a 3-position wing safety. Allowing the rifle to be properly unloaded with the safety still engaged. A flange on the leading edge of the shroud also acts as a directional gas shield at the rear of the bolt notch raceway.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">8. The Floorplate and Trigger Bow assembly are made in a 3-piece design with a release latch lever located inside in the bow. </span><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">The Magazine boxes and followers are made cartridge specific; One Size does not fit all with the LX-1</span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">. The magazine boxes are made from heat treated steel and will not distort over time when used with heavy recoiling rounds. Currently there are 3 separate magazine boxes available. Group # 1 is designed for the 25-06 up through the 35 Whelen, the 2nd group is designed for the standard belted magnums, such as 264 Winchester, 7mm Remington, 300 Winchester, 416 Remington up to the 458 Lott. The 3rd magazine box is designed for the 300 H&H and 375 H&H Magnum.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">9. The scope rings are made from heat treated 4130 Chrome-Moly steel. Currently they are available in 1”, 30mm and 34mm ID diameters and in a selection of heights to keep the scope as low in height that is reasonably possible. They will allow most </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">50 </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">mm objectives too clear a sporter weight contour barrel. The limiting factor is the mounting length of the straight tube section on any given scope. These rings can be detached in 30 seconds to allow a variety of scopes to be used, a backup scope to be quickly installed to replace a damaged primary scope. A recoil stop is machined integrally into the clamp jaw of each ring and prevents any forward or rearward movement of the scope during recoil. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">10. In an effort to reduce weight for those that feel physically challenged the following parts will be available in 7075 Aluminum. The follower, 1” and 30mm scope rings as well as the Floor Plate and Trigger Bow Assemblies can also be made of 7075. This option only applies to Legends and not Classics. Everything else will be made of Carbon or Stainless steel. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>D'Arcy Echols & Co.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17072790333332368327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108695727970554958.post-65607923368102228842023-02-06T10:38:00.008-08:002023-02-07T11:26:56.324-08:00"The word is Plastics" Part 4<p style="text-align: center;">3D printing has become my friend, draw the part, print the part and review the part before you make one from steel. What is not to like?</p><p style="text-align: center;">From idea, too CAD, to plastic, to concept fruition.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Of course none of these parts could be used to build a functional firearm but the 3D printed parts do offer you a visual model to tweak a design concept or abandon it. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlewgw_UT6aeNPRYrEbqF-CYp67MctI5hPADSn9eILdzz8IyaE5zgdAKZkmBoOZfTaWMD07nRDUMazRLdKARn28XtKnO6zdxbFDdpVRvsnwgPAtDrH9Kw1aCxuUxwjDpfmsKR4uSOaDE8n1aM6HEeTjFVh7dWGPAITFqQbbkjTity_TAPLVGaZ-b-znA/s640/IMG_0090%202.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlewgw_UT6aeNPRYrEbqF-CYp67MctI5hPADSn9eILdzz8IyaE5zgdAKZkmBoOZfTaWMD07nRDUMazRLdKARn28XtKnO6zdxbFDdpVRvsnwgPAtDrH9Kw1aCxuUxwjDpfmsKR4uSOaDE8n1aM6HEeTjFVh7dWGPAITFqQbbkjTity_TAPLVGaZ-b-znA/w640-h640/IMG_0090%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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How many Left Hand LX-1 receivers will be made is still a guess at this time. In this 1st run of we elected to make 2 to begin with, both of these are dedicated to future projects </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBYZEyP7nROeRpF7rlYRZApFgM5_bqBokepm-ABuYpBXVRYi5J6rRdGxet-2X_GcTsNo8yL2BfrxsQWCeXfNowHyIywFoYh_CsjQ-aCj0wTRCIrkpwNXabG9T3zfa4lHPj2f0sBrzMPjR9jtDwpx0BctE0FEAS82MPwPRKEpSFaL3w9EPAnNY8UU4M9Q/s640/IMG_7131%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBYZEyP7nROeRpF7rlYRZApFgM5_bqBokepm-ABuYpBXVRYi5J6rRdGxet-2X_GcTsNo8yL2BfrxsQWCeXfNowHyIywFoYh_CsjQ-aCj0wTRCIrkpwNXabG9T3zfa4lHPj2f0sBrzMPjR9jtDwpx0BctE0FEAS82MPwPRKEpSFaL3w9EPAnNY8UU4M9Q/w640-h480/IMG_7131%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHF7aC4IxbvEmLXh0CbPws1uCE3ZSk7jcGduAEcTUZQSf4eEmX-Vapf_jAvhY7lnQHksVhvG8z1HK0Jpx40ROeXV3Us1w6NGJCNQgrWg3DuSGrUZuYoU1DlewWwygpF48SHLFVVI-Vy38kUKfH6CwFNjwNSU9wCJ7jAmKjRr1nQCHxPNB_Gs6nVg3BA/s640/IMG_7139.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHF7aC4IxbvEmLXh0CbPws1uCE3ZSk7jcGduAEcTUZQSf4eEmX-Vapf_jAvhY7lnQHksVhvG8z1HK0Jpx40ROeXV3Us1w6NGJCNQgrWg3DuSGrUZuYoU1DlewWwygpF48SHLFVVI-Vy38kUKfH6CwFNjwNSU9wCJ7jAmKjRr1nQCHxPNB_Gs6nVg3BA/w640-h480/IMG_7139.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-1MiYACRv8EAosj8prOMOtm1gApLxLZePu0MZNlCt_0nuiTlCkTa4YpmBE4ENRAuSqUKrIpep1UAryIh_nm8Z4IhczpR7d6lcIqJGJw9LQ4MUiMgJZjCF-dJojSlmlD4oEcVlC7s00dLR_LQr1Emx6S6N4ovrrm9R16dNzOSlR6MheTb1UkJC8SmSQ/s2016/IMG_7136.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-1MiYACRv8EAosj8prOMOtm1gApLxLZePu0MZNlCt_0nuiTlCkTa4YpmBE4ENRAuSqUKrIpep1UAryIh_nm8Z4IhczpR7d6lcIqJGJw9LQ4MUiMgJZjCF-dJojSlmlD4oEcVlC7s00dLR_LQr1Emx6S6N4ovrrm9R16dNzOSlR6MheTb1UkJC8SmSQ/w640-h480/IMG_7136.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBeeybCfdwqr1s4ujSMqeHG4Pb90ZSt5z3Ok1ffirz3n030qJ1HA__VneTfN8yf6WwAEcfTIkL0F9esbrMU7y8aE7a2pa6He6bR_qz2KGwJoNZeRxvhvQ5n7eHYfqwYeylA3XEDQ6Lc9Sr09Onh6mz40VKpVIKMxmWD4atELoA4DYqBK8xRvTXZ4e-Vw/s2016/IMG_7143.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBeeybCfdwqr1s4ujSMqeHG4Pb90ZSt5z3Ok1ffirz3n030qJ1HA__VneTfN8yf6WwAEcfTIkL0F9esbrMU7y8aE7a2pa6He6bR_qz2KGwJoNZeRxvhvQ5n7eHYfqwYeylA3XEDQ6Lc9Sr09Onh6mz40VKpVIKMxmWD4atELoA4DYqBK8xRvTXZ4e-Vw/w640-h480/IMG_7143.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGGUtks7B0hW3qfOCPBs9Dvt4WMhKGFJZP7em02uiG4fec756HdRpgEyZz9GLUH9y5vy5bW8I97YpA2JNpscx4gH-Q71pGSBrRGwZruDl0KWeh6azOaLzkz5VXC_PuXdF1QaXdSdrQlcmYQsWdfmx-SNooXvZBfHmFnhw630TqKsOHWj3XrzAQW2JOQ/s2016/IMG_7243.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGGUtks7B0hW3qfOCPBs9Dvt4WMhKGFJZP7em02uiG4fec756HdRpgEyZz9GLUH9y5vy5bW8I97YpA2JNpscx4gH-Q71pGSBrRGwZruDl0KWeh6azOaLzkz5VXC_PuXdF1QaXdSdrQlcmYQsWdfmx-SNooXvZBfHmFnhw630TqKsOHWj3XrzAQW2JOQ/w640-h480/IMG_7243.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>D'Arcy Echols & Co.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17072790333332368327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108695727970554958.post-66463791702162447182023-02-05T07:35:00.004-08:002023-02-06T10:24:03.786-08:00From Concept To Prototypes Part 2<p>There is a point when the mouse, the calipers and in my case even the pencil are set aside and chips need to me made. With most of the initial fixtures now on-line material began to arrive and be cut to length.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkE4vJLvFwLS1AuNbs2nDr79QamXkUI7VCdmxwV92_bsl6V1JS736NXrZTFXdmjDfZ4B7XrYcZilYeyb7ynWeOhbbIlkC3hi3LDWNldt09e8F7ig-nnT8lFeO0Tq-lp2bU3m-z4U4dG61Hd9qKE0uDxAkPMMqy5g4Hcdy_Fu-AWgJeQ791NA2VmLVu_g/s640/IMG_5158.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkE4vJLvFwLS1AuNbs2nDr79QamXkUI7VCdmxwV92_bsl6V1JS736NXrZTFXdmjDfZ4B7XrYcZilYeyb7ynWeOhbbIlkC3hi3LDWNldt09e8F7ig-nnT8lFeO0Tq-lp2bU3m-z4U4dG61Hd9qKE0uDxAkPMMqy5g4Hcdy_Fu-AWgJeQ791NA2VmLVu_g/w480-h640/IMG_5158.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1bZOZe_X62gOsFm-B1EzURxgKIcDBlLig-2P5qk_gbgy9C3ZPxDD-agYfdxCuVmEM_ApaIX-l9Gs8ZYwgQFCRCqA39kS15klTNrrE9UkNJ1hYlXohkR55WWxhEwnWEdbWWw6k7ovRdwGsfH-NHTKqMCMWDF4TCxm0YeIxfiuu_XORmC2Y171ngK9JEw/s640/60444860596__31C64753-766A-49AA-B41C-C7A60FB06CA9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1bZOZe_X62gOsFm-B1EzURxgKIcDBlLig-2P5qk_gbgy9C3ZPxDD-agYfdxCuVmEM_ApaIX-l9Gs8ZYwgQFCRCqA39kS15klTNrrE9UkNJ1hYlXohkR55WWxhEwnWEdbWWw6k7ovRdwGsfH-NHTKqMCMWDF4TCxm0YeIxfiuu_XORmC2Y171ngK9JEw/w300-h400/60444860596__31C64753-766A-49AA-B41C-C7A60FB06CA9.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Deep hole drilled, reamed and moved into the next stage of production team CVM is caught in a lighter moment </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfDlBZrKxw4GY15c5lCtnumoZcXPFQhQxsIQUJpKV-raq8jrDYf7DgswmDuERAH42LDq_d7jqx6877xm2HhBdDdhLeEDfxhZuHSm_lO9uqZGIec0z9htP1923fVQ0uvEP1FtHWE2ioItrwTnPSfLwJwSJCtPhx6xcmfULa1GHnCIbBaUs2G35hv2E_Qw/s640/Resized_20200227_140355.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfDlBZrKxw4GY15c5lCtnumoZcXPFQhQxsIQUJpKV-raq8jrDYf7DgswmDuERAH42LDq_d7jqx6877xm2HhBdDdhLeEDfxhZuHSm_lO9uqZGIec0z9htP1923fVQ0uvEP1FtHWE2ioItrwTnPSfLwJwSJCtPhx6xcmfULa1GHnCIbBaUs2G35hv2E_Qw/w400-h300/Resized_20200227_140355.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ibyied_lpRXKlf20_mtZA4aKZA5QbQkV90MLY6lBn3RmeU3IU0sTM4NEmr5lOcpEjgOakQXUzXdSWkOVu4g7P2oeqQbG1BCtJQuSlyg715ZYlhyaoecgM2_PAEC645grBef9782PQPptnR1n9XcxmgXi11Xp440z3HmlUndZXirzhP20GsACUqZF5Q/s640/IMG_1245%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ibyied_lpRXKlf20_mtZA4aKZA5QbQkV90MLY6lBn3RmeU3IU0sTM4NEmr5lOcpEjgOakQXUzXdSWkOVu4g7P2oeqQbG1BCtJQuSlyg715ZYlhyaoecgM2_PAEC645grBef9782PQPptnR1n9XcxmgXi11Xp440z3HmlUndZXirzhP20GsACUqZF5Q/w300-h400/IMG_1245%202.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">With the first machine operation completed the pair is prepped for the next OP. Notice the lower half of the recoil lug located on the northern end of these two billets. Ser # 0001 and #0002 began to take shape.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE2qwYklnXOrcE6yKDlqwLv236DTMAaNToq2J6Iobf5-JNcKOlpo8g4KyeLEphWfFOcA2584g2CGt3xr2Efb2lo-E1kfWfkQQGe-49Bofj--Qn8_cIoPa817BtK8w-CJFmbx2pWB5j1p4E0wdnUpuefbCTKcwlnlCHSdWGU_NkxCakwpIjubRuO7AJMQ/s2016/IMG_7104.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE2qwYklnXOrcE6yKDlqwLv236DTMAaNToq2J6Iobf5-JNcKOlpo8g4KyeLEphWfFOcA2584g2CGt3xr2Efb2lo-E1kfWfkQQGe-49Bofj--Qn8_cIoPa817BtK8w-CJFmbx2pWB5j1p4E0wdnUpuefbCTKcwlnlCHSdWGU_NkxCakwpIjubRuO7AJMQ/w640-h480/IMG_7104.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlY6PEnQCrve91ef-J8-xOHYehqrTpUbwTGYOVKXe28grMiieQvVh9aCiQjyIS5s_cXJcwyfYPW-qeyA3iMPWP5iFNmWWAtl_Dnim5lCiVqore95OQ_rC6ip6h77Eyy0q7d8rhNPCk2R8x_f2cAJSDKqoFuHQo5SfIzHUpalUUqFyneHo74SlYlL1Lhg/s2016/IMG_5361.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlY6PEnQCrve91ef-J8-xOHYehqrTpUbwTGYOVKXe28grMiieQvVh9aCiQjyIS5s_cXJcwyfYPW-qeyA3iMPWP5iFNmWWAtl_Dnim5lCiVqore95OQ_rC6ip6h77Eyy0q7d8rhNPCk2R8x_f2cAJSDKqoFuHQo5SfIzHUpalUUqFyneHo74SlYlL1Lhg/w400-h300/IMG_5361.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">While these first receivers were being made I spent more than a few hours in the plant watching the magic unfold. When this receiver was pulled off the fixture I must have resembled a Raccoon with a newly found piece of tin foil, It was difficult to let go. </span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidn6s3E0QDS6TFgIzXJZ89nJIjvhKpb4HoyOnrmU7g_tskIV1gj0WaQsfr7izPDm3x6SXdrF_SDJQmW67JgbIWMdhQLL8vBg8Nup4oM2WLoemMeYEDotQJUmA_nJliNzhgikkTtFZw3C1G1XzupB0Wuw0fagIqzOCn641ilHSD91B_RjhSvQUMnxJA7Q/s1280/IMG_5362%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidn6s3E0QDS6TFgIzXJZ89nJIjvhKpb4HoyOnrmU7g_tskIV1gj0WaQsfr7izPDm3x6SXdrF_SDJQmW67JgbIWMdhQLL8vBg8Nup4oM2WLoemMeYEDotQJUmA_nJliNzhgikkTtFZw3C1G1XzupB0Wuw0fagIqzOCn641ilHSD91B_RjhSvQUMnxJA7Q/w400-h300/IMG_5362%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0oezbRyVqLtQP_WfR9GoJeOrNFM7JgHn3YLbkcghUnYayilSM654uyVqaYuQeaBnHTgjmr4x3vtUVjOyGP0V0T7SoDSMEE3q4omcXK9H1F0HKxjjmewBuftQJlBJM198hnQqqRM7OO_fzmV1ColvoroDT1S3lEM-N4Lk-zz73RNS52CKbM7U8Zd4jLg/s1280/IMG_5365%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0oezbRyVqLtQP_WfR9GoJeOrNFM7JgHn3YLbkcghUnYayilSM654uyVqaYuQeaBnHTgjmr4x3vtUVjOyGP0V0T7SoDSMEE3q4omcXK9H1F0HKxjjmewBuftQJlBJM198hnQqqRM7OO_fzmV1ColvoroDT1S3lEM-N4Lk-zz73RNS52CKbM7U8Zd4jLg/w480-h640/IMG_5365%202.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIAXgaduQ7HP3BtJ6_3xe0onZe6PwaIP613LCY_slTPvRd0CIH70cKcfQzFoTYEibjQfK5D5ZWvmV9oXSSjfyBuSwJ1SCbJ-r-Q74hHF5spg9x5Hgd3OfXypqPJY2mj5bGFZAdc-mMK_2NgUkCTPA3W9NW5OlgPpl9Zq4jJC4BDUJZkC-_ZICjySMzvA/s1280/IMG_5364%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIAXgaduQ7HP3BtJ6_3xe0onZe6PwaIP613LCY_slTPvRd0CIH70cKcfQzFoTYEibjQfK5D5ZWvmV9oXSSjfyBuSwJ1SCbJ-r-Q74hHF5spg9x5Hgd3OfXypqPJY2mj5bGFZAdc-mMK_2NgUkCTPA3W9NW5OlgPpl9Zq4jJC4BDUJZkC-_ZICjySMzvA/w640-h480/IMG_5364%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">The quality of the CVM machine finish is always excellent </p><p style="text-align: center;">The receiver is one thing, the additional parts then began to add up. 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Once satisfied with the results the run of those parts were completed </div>D'Arcy Echols & Co.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17072790333332368327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108695727970554958.post-68811895569238391632023-02-04T08:30:00.015-08:002023-02-07T19:25:27.454-08:00 From note pad to concept Part 1<p> </p><p>I have often been excused of glacial movement in everything I do. So true to character it took 43 years of pushing a boulder uphill to finally evolve enough and design a bolt action receiver that would be a cut above what I'd been using most of my career.</p><p>I knew what I wanted from the basic skeleton. I pushed around some rough sketches in my mind and when time permitted I began working on some prototypes parts. All this R&D was pretty random at first. Without trying to reinvent the basic bolt action design my goal was to incorporate subtle features I liked about a number of receivers such as the Brno ZG-47, Winchester Model 70, and even some of the DNA from the Remington 700. </p><p>All of these previous receivers were being made with the current technology of their time but one thing was for sure there were no 5 and 7 axis mills and lathes available in the earlier eras. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_VLPCo7wwP4-Xiuh2CMHFbU2ijw1uIt5raOatt7IDelmR5nWSBN8u9jP3xt0zon9dFpYzjQ39JwRFtS5v05Ge5jlvz3NN9cfPq1qxq5IVyvllYPDCzj9VJx4O9QM766ionQFDduRKmcKD/s2048/DSC01405.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_VLPCo7wwP4-Xiuh2CMHFbU2ijw1uIt5raOatt7IDelmR5nWSBN8u9jP3xt0zon9dFpYzjQ39JwRFtS5v05Ge5jlvz3NN9cfPq1qxq5IVyvllYPDCzj9VJx4O9QM766ionQFDduRKmcKD/w640-h480/DSC01405.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Bret Wursten and I trolling ideas</span></div><p></p><p>In this fantasy atmosphere I wondered what it would be like not to be constrained within a budget that cut corners where you actually needed those damned corners. I've been reattaching those corners for decades, Working within this imagined "no bottom line" framework some ideas began to come together. </p><p>For the next couple years every operation I preformed on the lathe or mill I imagined how I could eliminate these modifications or corrections if they were already built into a new platform. </p><p>Bret Wursten, the owner of Central Valley Machine would prod me ever so often and ask me when I wanted to put these ideas into motion? Then one day while we sat on a ridge line glassing for mule deer he poked me with a stick and said the following "Starting next week I want you to give me a half a day per week with our Solid Works Engineers and put whatever concepts you have rattling around in that thick skull of yours at least into a digital file". I'd run out of excuses. </p>We didn't miss very many of those meetings over the next 10 months. I would arrive with a few notes, maybe a sketch drawn on a napkin and we'd go to work. James would be called in to assisted when we needed to know how or if we were going to be even able to hold and machine a certain part. The weeks rolled by. Neal would drive the mouse I would look at the image and say, "We need more Cow Bell right there"<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4lDzUjJ4MLFvS3J8wn7vvpJC3YnN2yvglXhJFev9MB0zWg8fDrkLs90anUKZR0tXi5vjSRMWRcqk-1TEDGoZt1l--FOkTOzfwH0hkqhj5ySPic7HPCFWSt25cFboZfoVd7KIOLnzkFwPtPJ3sg0mAMF_SAxrG3ao1Lv6XUExYOgxA9xICRcQ_Y0nrrA/s640/image001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4lDzUjJ4MLFvS3J8wn7vvpJC3YnN2yvglXhJFev9MB0zWg8fDrkLs90anUKZR0tXi5vjSRMWRcqk-1TEDGoZt1l--FOkTOzfwH0hkqhj5ySPic7HPCFWSt25cFboZfoVd7KIOLnzkFwPtPJ3sg0mAMF_SAxrG3ao1Lv6XUExYOgxA9xICRcQ_Y0nrrA/w480-h640/image001.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div> <span> </span><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhHOGGXWGsZ3qhyfYmb6YYe_u98BTthFuXU0026C8qKOalZULdA7gpvBJcYMLq1hYzVMXLjM89Mq4wLIjpPw-4QMN_jOvunMFM4vbQAWAAmI5fLanUxnvH226cin87VIYiCJJ9tZBE1WLjvWyhygkQuy6_r2eo9A9b_POi-gYHbbdS15MAEnCgXGHMg/s2720/LX1_2018%20LOW%20PROFILE-ISO.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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"Enclosed are some of the figures you've been carrying around in your head for quite a few years". </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fZbmnKlmQeUpG7gk5l8kgr9xWhyQhUVZky2vASYtdJSi47_r3vPo6V89P8vI-4lfmQhX0TzetZczl7uueBbRlmvLKbG8baLTmDHve4hxzjDpksK0UI6JfjFUdJPeO7LuAT-39g9jO0E4-KIKAo11XsDparP3bLmEp9cv98NyiHFmBQaGh43Y0jIQWQ/s1280/LX1_2020%20LX1%20ACTION%20DIMENSIONS.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fZbmnKlmQeUpG7gk5l8kgr9xWhyQhUVZky2vASYtdJSi47_r3vPo6V89P8vI-4lfmQhX0TzetZczl7uueBbRlmvLKbG8baLTmDHve4hxzjDpksK0UI6JfjFUdJPeO7LuAT-39g9jO0E4-KIKAo11XsDparP3bLmEp9cv98NyiHFmBQaGh43Y0jIQWQ/w640-h472/LX1_2020%20LX1%20ACTION%20DIMENSIONS.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHnWrzS081BfbQS00iYZx1ffVAIWlnBsuTXBOSEXBYyi32yJoN1LSLWFFI6-dqNXpcpOC_xRFerIBGZqcY66ykqUd2MFQ_nEuUnLanbxRpknvxFISwg45OSFW1S2Y6kJ8WiWpxOm64mXDi4BmahwoLCS1XrZjFpHCrUyWKgN3oBPy9Fgo5HzlBSMsGA/s1874/LX1_2020%20LX1%20LA-ANNOTATIONS-2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="1874" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHnWrzS081BfbQS00iYZx1ffVAIWlnBsuTXBOSEXBYyi32yJoN1LSLWFFI6-dqNXpcpOC_xRFerIBGZqcY66ykqUd2MFQ_nEuUnLanbxRpknvxFISwg45OSFW1S2Y6kJ8WiWpxOm64mXDi4BmahwoLCS1XrZjFpHCrUyWKgN3oBPy9Fgo5HzlBSMsGA/w640-h460/LX1_2020%20LX1%20LA-ANNOTATIONS-2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div>D'Arcy Echols & Co.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17072790333332368327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108695727970554958.post-47088814982046190992023-02-01T18:39:00.014-08:002023-02-02T08:04:41.553-08:00The sabbatical is over <p><br />For anyone that has followed this blog for any length of time I thank you and I appreciate your patience. It has been awhile since I've had any time or energy to devote to this site. </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"> </span> </p></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"> Enough said, I'm dusted off and back in the saddle</span></p></blockquote></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9nPIXIZhFQD13iehGj8avrWuzAD_1UoTA9xoHGN0xZ3gy_ELHjLNluZ9KbpS06tpAvjpvKr4WdJIXwxkmu0gzy16vNg75QTR5TOfbkA3ppnl6g8wcXPhzDpksOhX76HlT-Lx7-cxWQgQTeQn60A7oObN5QWchiZuBpIarI4rxARUKmywMSqwX3Qz7xg/s4032/IMG_0395.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9nPIXIZhFQD13iehGj8avrWuzAD_1UoTA9xoHGN0xZ3gy_ELHjLNluZ9KbpS06tpAvjpvKr4WdJIXwxkmu0gzy16vNg75QTR5TOfbkA3ppnl6g8wcXPhzDpksOhX76HlT-Lx7-cxWQgQTeQn60A7oObN5QWchiZuBpIarI4rxARUKmywMSqwX3Qz7xg/w640-h480/IMG_0395.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>The 260 and the Kid, a lethal combination </p><p> </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"> Another Christmas Turkey invited to dinner </p></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggcNflZzywjMz0xV0ZgLuZNtkUUfKlT84KPysKcvE8Hpf-2uPVvf1f-3HHLs3Z_H5jkAi31KSxLJjHZrAwElQlvmR48qo9zRMjesIUU3wuxw4ss7K4VjOMwLou2JmFw1_oOgZgmxLai4JQkbRH-6laV7_-VF3oulFEdHuQajkNQWUGi2a_sVXl382aoA/s2016/IMG_1448%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggcNflZzywjMz0xV0ZgLuZNtkUUfKlT84KPysKcvE8Hpf-2uPVvf1f-3HHLs3Z_H5jkAi31KSxLJjHZrAwElQlvmR48qo9zRMjesIUU3wuxw4ss7K4VjOMwLou2JmFw1_oOgZgmxLai4JQkbRH-6laV7_-VF3oulFEdHuQajkNQWUGi2a_sVXl382aoA/w480-h640/IMG_1448%202.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>D'Arcy Echols & Co.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17072790333332368327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108695727970554958.post-80059092600657057642021-08-12T18:43:00.001-07:002021-10-09T12:33:21.110-07:00It took a Texan to state the obvious <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div><br /></div></div><br />The year was 2011 and I was standing in front of an interested crowd giving a power
point presentation in a Country Club just outside of San Antonio Texas. I was doing my best
to visually show those assembled the steps required to modify, blue print the receiver, then fit and
chamber a barrel. The next images showed me modifying the underside of a current production Model 70
receiver to except one of my floor-plate, bow and magazine assemblies. Then I did my best to described the art of surface grinding the receiver to install a set of my scope mounts. Fitting the stock came next and then going over the final finish work to turn the project into a finished Legend rifle. <div><br /></div><div>When the
presentation drew to a close I asked if there were any questions from the
audience. A gentleman in what looked to be his early seventies rose to his feet and
asked me the following “ Son, if it takes that much work to make a
Model 70 into what a Model 70 should be, why in the hell don’t you build your
own action ? ” </div><div><br /></div><div>I can't remember what response I gave, I’m sure it was vague at
best. He was polite sat back down and listen to me field other questions for
another 45 minutes. As everyone stood up to go he walked up to me and said “Young
fella you ought to think about what I said” he then shook my hand, winked, bid
me safe travels home and walked off. You gotta love Texas. </div><div><br /></div><div>To this day I do remember I didn't sleep much that night nor was I smugly content on the flight home. The gentleman did have a point. </div><div><br /></div><div>Through a series of similar events I was eventually recruited to design a receiver for the CorBon Bullet Company. The CAD design and manufacturing of this receiver was done by Central Valley Machine. I flew in Steve Wickert who's background is pretty deep in this area for some consulting advice to round out the brain pool. While most of my "blue prints" both mental and physical were drawn on napkins the CVM team looked at the process as standard machine work and not as a black art. </div><div><br /></div><div>Soon we had a handful of prototype receivers and waited for approval of the overall design. Then the anticipated go-ahead to start the 1st run of production. One receiver went to the Shot Show early that year and another one of these receivers was auctioned off at the 2012 SCI Convention in Las Vegas. During that convention a the steady stream of interested parties came by my booth to ask me about the CorBon Model-1 receiver. My impression was the bullet company was sitting on a winner. </div><div><br /></div><div>Sadly some ideas never make it off the cutting room floor or the launch pad. Over the next two and half years I received a lot of phone calls from those interested in purchasing this receiver and I dutifully referred them to the Bullet Company as directed. Production never began. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sadly the Model-1 stuttered, stalled and eventually died a quiet death. No one ever heard the tree fall.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEh-LKB04NXQHsQxs1SWiC2JoXV3piZEnu9xtEWktNmGWQHplRXMb4WIUF_WHGHClDvohJpq9AFTfq8uY3zBPIGydcp8nBGyi5mgHgUYZ3aGZl_R9Nj3TeU-A_A6wjx2ehz6F1uEkPjSG/s2652/Action+bolt+8825.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1186" data-original-width="2652" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEh-LKB04NXQHsQxs1SWiC2JoXV3piZEnu9xtEWktNmGWQHplRXMb4WIUF_WHGHClDvohJpq9AFTfq8uY3zBPIGydcp8nBGyi5mgHgUYZ3aGZl_R9Nj3TeU-A_A6wjx2ehz6F1uEkPjSG/w400-h179/Action+bolt+8825.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Remember that one receiver that was auctioned at the 2012 SCI Convention ? It was purchased by one of my clients that was then sold to another one of my clients. The new owner wanted a 375 H&H and below is how it all turned out. This first attempted at a receiver for both myself and Central Valley Machine laid too rest the the reservations any of us had. The barreled action fed like a shark from the 1st dummy rounds that entered the magazine and all the combined metal work operated as designed. The accuracy with this Model-1 was simply outstanding. You could load a tuna can over a case filled with charcoal briquettes and it would shoot at the 1/2"or under mark, this barrel will literally shoot anything. I give Kudos to both Krieger and William Hambly Clark Jr as this was the first barrel I ever fit using his # 4 technique as described in his book Centerfire Rifle Accuracy. </div><div><br /></div><div>Despite the untimely death of the project it was evident what we had was a solid platform to begin with, All the ducks were lined up at CVM, but still, I held the reins tight.</div><div><br /></div><div>One thing was sure the fire had been lit, all thanks to a Texan that had a lot more common sense than I did. <span style="text-align: center;">Make an action indeed, the nerve of that guy.</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHLkCbYfwmAuc3pE7QTuANTFOl80jEvO-7YGb1UjJJllioeVkdGXQL1AVr42FhYDZMyPiiuqGrYmr8bjTkAtH-uGRkQSOlH-cEZqp33PJzB8QrY8073UclgcymSQ7wUObRylwBBHqTkQOh/s3770/Print+right+side+2248.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="3770" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHLkCbYfwmAuc3pE7QTuANTFOl80jEvO-7YGb1UjJJllioeVkdGXQL1AVr42FhYDZMyPiiuqGrYmr8bjTkAtH-uGRkQSOlH-cEZqp33PJzB8QrY8073UclgcymSQ7wUObRylwBBHqTkQOh/w640-h142/Print+right+side+2248.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The first thing to do is file the different flat widths we've cut into that wasp waist shape between each feed rail. Had we been using a CNC we could have programed this step hit the RUN button and watched these mirrored contours take shape. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Instead we must make the modification blend by hand. This is best done with 6" to 8" medium cut mill files followed up with a # 4 cut file blending our stepped cuts together in an uninterrupted transition from front to rear. Since we made these mill cuts into the rails with use of the digital readout, both the depth and length these two apposing sides should blend out in <b>almost</b> a mirror image. The upper and lower edge of each rail must also be filed with a slight corner breaking radius. The transition along both rails should feel smooth and interrupted. The plan is to just blend these milled flats not hog out more rail width than is necessary.</p><p>Then starting with 180 grit W&D paper both rails should be polished top and bottom, front to rear. This sand paper work should be continued up through 320 grit. Keep the radius theme on both sides of the rails</p><p>Next you need to file an angular ejection bevel on the underside right leading edge of the rear bridge as we have left a very sharp corner that will catch on every cases being ejected. In addition any sharp corners generated by and end mill need to be chamfered with a file and then paper. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFDxIVmTz80SfXA7SPAnpaX5tEsIgyd-PWXwiy0cKKb0paFcHojlZlLG_XXcPSfq5sbGI2JplwJrZfP5tO4yDu5x5DTmNYlr_oGli9qB4Hc-8az0tM4JlZqjUDwU4WrBitQBOYZXjr1xIQ/s2016/IMG_7944.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFDxIVmTz80SfXA7SPAnpaX5tEsIgyd-PWXwiy0cKKb0paFcHojlZlLG_XXcPSfq5sbGI2JplwJrZfP5tO4yDu5x5DTmNYlr_oGli9qB4Hc-8az0tM4JlZqjUDwU4WrBitQBOYZXjr1xIQ/w400-h300/IMG_7944.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Z-vmTzLOLfKW77JplUh9xCF1E_8NwTvH_IpupQPs3HnBnUqOtLANeujXSOQBbdBCaWG_qBichRH6vcgi5SvCwU09qbx__VR06D1IBel1JyYtHOjswXaPDogYJEprgDeR18OL-ErK3UyZ/s2016/IMG_7948.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Z-vmTzLOLfKW77JplUh9xCF1E_8NwTvH_IpupQPs3HnBnUqOtLANeujXSOQBbdBCaWG_qBichRH6vcgi5SvCwU09qbx__VR06D1IBel1JyYtHOjswXaPDogYJEprgDeR18OL-ErK3UyZ/w300-h400/IMG_7948.JPG" width="300" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuqKhcMkRchuro5MR8LyBygtnec_qyu7RTpuP9anXa5Zmt0DV3PaNTGp9p8pWpy1GlILLPX-3_EKtNbLczdfFq_XXMgvpexhz0LXDpr3wxoTLsBNvkX5hftvsuCN4qIlZLY1BOfRMwNO4k/s2016/IMG_7949.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuqKhcMkRchuro5MR8LyBygtnec_qyu7RTpuP9anXa5Zmt0DV3PaNTGp9p8pWpy1GlILLPX-3_EKtNbLczdfFq_XXMgvpexhz0LXDpr3wxoTLsBNvkX5hftvsuCN4qIlZLY1BOfRMwNO4k/w300-h400/IMG_7949.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You <span style="text-align: left;">need to address the side walls and radius of the feed well. This operation is best done with mold making stones and stoning fluid. These rapid break-down stones will take on the contoured surface you're working with and starting with approximately 180 grit and progressing up to a 300 then a 400 grit stone the sides of the feed well should soon shine like a new dime. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4rzsCA5bjgGsf53uEwTJgCSaQm-W5f_RNSDj-Tm7kPZ6HBrt5szHgR4c35O3adVJ3fwc-Lp7oWGsdkFBLk-VHJ7ODCxhYyJ6s1R0LiBIX3Twb_BV10oJCCeoEOawyuw9bHJIAx-MshvY/s2016/IMG_7943.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4rzsCA5bjgGsf53uEwTJgCSaQm-W5f_RNSDj-Tm7kPZ6HBrt5szHgR4c35O3adVJ3fwc-Lp7oWGsdkFBLk-VHJ7ODCxhYyJ6s1R0LiBIX3Twb_BV10oJCCeoEOawyuw9bHJIAx-MshvY/w300-h400/IMG_7943.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><p>You must remove the sharp corner at the rear of the feed well wall that we've generated by widening the feed well. 1st with a pillar file, then a stone and finally with paper we need to turn that sharp corner into parabola shape. Failure to do so will cause the belts on the case to hang up on that sharp corner. </p><p>Next we begin blending the 90 degree shelf above the leading edge of the magazine box ID we have established by cutting the feed well forward with the existing angle of the 30/06 bullet ramp. Some would suggest making this new angle straight from the top of the mag box to the rear edge of the flat behind the lower recoil lug seat, you could. However if you blend the standing material into the established bullet ramp angle with again a parabola shape you will in fact be leaving much more steel in the ramp area than Winchester ever left behind on factory 300 H&H receiver. This leaves the lower lug area with significantly more material and removes the knife edge effect at the top of the bullet ramp found all too often on a factory 300 or 375 H&H receiver. Another advantage of this extended parabola shaped ramp also puts the bullet nose in contact with the ramp sooner allowing the bullet nose to begin its rise towards the chamber as well as rolling the base of the case into the bolt face and under the extractor sooner. Remember the beaten to death term "controlled round feed" in my experience the sooner this <b>control </b>starts as the bolt is pushed forward the better the entire concept design becomes.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWaXCSyyhWj0tnU_4XCsdD8pyMpk6Z6ND1ZtMUi-ZIfRVYNf2dyw3zmOlvaJdPRD4bVEQBZgU_scEpQQRyvl4Ffl9P-f-kwLateK9eL1ESRuIPZgSRo1O-SfkgxSekknXKDd9rkb9sifyV/s2016/IMG_7973.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWaXCSyyhWj0tnU_4XCsdD8pyMpk6Z6ND1ZtMUi-ZIfRVYNf2dyw3zmOlvaJdPRD4bVEQBZgU_scEpQQRyvl4Ffl9P-f-kwLateK9eL1ESRuIPZgSRo1O-SfkgxSekknXKDd9rkb9sifyV/w400-h300/IMG_7973.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">When converting any Standard action to a Magnum you need to make up a complement of dummy rounds to cycle through the receiver to fine tune the effort. I choose to use round nose bullets on this project as if you can get these to feed perfectly every other semi or Spitzer bullets will feed but not necessarily vice versa.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin073EbFIcNyXtxxtviGqIMJ5pqON6cxqzReB_Vf7rj-jv3VTX9YzH3OJ1BqB2-7A_DNsUukZeJFy-ZTj-asl_vBnOC3KifSI2InQ5DRibMYRBulQEqjHwEI8jdYH8osvyEiie09sG6vya/s2016/IMG_7931.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin073EbFIcNyXtxxtviGqIMJ5pqON6cxqzReB_Vf7rj-jv3VTX9YzH3OJ1BqB2-7A_DNsUukZeJFy-ZTj-asl_vBnOC3KifSI2InQ5DRibMYRBulQEqjHwEI8jdYH8osvyEiie09sG6vya/w300-h400/IMG_7931.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>At this stage I choose whatever brass is available or the brass the client wants to use to properly fit the extractor hook to the those cases. <blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="text-align: center;"> Say what ?????????</div></div></blockquote><p>As an example the extractor groove diameter on a cross section of six different manufactured 300 Winchester cases I measure a while ago showed a + and - .020 variation in the six brands of brass. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3glKUsSRbgmUJHQC_TVGmFjHe7-yf0gb0a9R-kOmoAaEJVg4mSRlIjWtyJ1rPHyZ0mGdzDD3QrdpiQ4In4_nkEtaF1p4fQKaaHiuP1ge-tZDVxd3VpxpozCf0Ag7gejUNwHiR9HL7MCQH/s2016/IMG_8051.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3glKUsSRbgmUJHQC_TVGmFjHe7-yf0gb0a9R-kOmoAaEJVg4mSRlIjWtyJ1rPHyZ0mGdzDD3QrdpiQ4In4_nkEtaF1p4fQKaaHiuP1ge-tZDVxd3VpxpozCf0Ag7gejUNwHiR9HL7MCQH/w400-h300/IMG_8051.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRRXKWSnxzqpip1C63qG6i-GVvhypjwLw80_k6dCW3aDZpqOYJjU7QmFi0umRD-M_OhFVN7h4HLFEG28aTApGoHkZ0CDQHf5RYO58pGNwqL7cbb2OmW6jy0MaOdZt0NXWb89POfQnxY_TV/s2016/IMG_8053.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRRXKWSnxzqpip1C63qG6i-GVvhypjwLw80_k6dCW3aDZpqOYJjU7QmFi0umRD-M_OhFVN7h4HLFEG28aTApGoHkZ0CDQHf5RYO58pGNwqL7cbb2OmW6jy0MaOdZt0NXWb89POfQnxY_TV/w400-h300/IMG_8053.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Without plowing up too much old ground I have mentioned this in other post in the past. The fit of the claw extractor is critical to<b><i> actually give you controlled round feed</i></b>. Go back and re-read that last sentence. Now read it again. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCwiIO7iB05cwVpNKHPss94cB-6RDR3RjmvMed5EfweaMjMb24tgyBcvtj554ZJjycOJJuNeNBMnGqAoynoDXSMYhhVfMFngxvIiEMP336zFbBqKpTRT7Xw26eBF6v7uPLNWm4GTckln-N/s2016/IMG_8066.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCwiIO7iB05cwVpNKHPss94cB-6RDR3RjmvMed5EfweaMjMb24tgyBcvtj554ZJjycOJJuNeNBMnGqAoynoDXSMYhhVfMFngxvIiEMP336zFbBqKpTRT7Xw26eBF6v7uPLNWm4GTckln-N/w300-h400/IMG_8066.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A milling machine vise and a simple indicator is the best fixture to use for determining the proper extractor tension </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_p_cqPtnqejA0txOGX8QPX9YS0-ZJ0J2V7BPjehn__P4q3dK6Gy37n7YIV8VslJOAiKlqOOsGMtZp8sxVxBQzd_Tm1wE-MFD4nAxJyYElhHPWMkpRj-vOLeElLj3yhkItpUSyePqEuEh/s2016/IMG_8070.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_p_cqPtnqejA0txOGX8QPX9YS0-ZJ0J2V7BPjehn__P4q3dK6Gy37n7YIV8VslJOAiKlqOOsGMtZp8sxVxBQzd_Tm1wE-MFD4nAxJyYElhHPWMkpRj-vOLeElLj3yhkItpUSyePqEuEh/w300-h400/IMG_8070.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCCq29vdDeQfBjAoICCc6_xQ1bPkD9xxvGY1uM9hfHay4wTiVSj9rlTILPXfgc1jgbO-hSNguUX0Ve0Z2C9o-3YY_wwwR28Y5E9TD3ntBtgKM6l07CqEHbDEHdlYbUnUKU_ajfyxTmGbZ/s2016/IMG_8072.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCCq29vdDeQfBjAoICCc6_xQ1bPkD9xxvGY1uM9hfHay4wTiVSj9rlTILPXfgc1jgbO-hSNguUX0Ve0Z2C9o-3YY_wwwR28Y5E9TD3ntBtgKM6l07CqEHbDEHdlYbUnUKU_ajfyxTmGbZ/w400-h300/IMG_8072.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Depending on the extractor, zero, some or a lot of material will need to be removed from the extractor for this operation. Starting with a Standard bolt face extractor will take more time to fit than an extractor already converted for a a magnum bolt face. But starting with a standard allows more control over the final results. The actual shape of the finished extractor hook depends largely on the gunsmith and the number of these he has taken the time to actually look at the contours and geometry of one that really works well verses a dud. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwXXx2sIeYHGeF-dkfINLALQE15AUk4Oj3TNB1aew92ay_ekAid2GAlQxGR89idODKzaFdWpFfyOMfUx9kJYMW9kYZUC20JuKrBOZLLIjC1tPzXuhK8JuEiuacDh4B69eg70MD1_hsrAwr/s2016/IMG_8065.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwXXx2sIeYHGeF-dkfINLALQE15AUk4Oj3TNB1aew92ay_ekAid2GAlQxGR89idODKzaFdWpFfyOMfUx9kJYMW9kYZUC20JuKrBOZLLIjC1tPzXuhK8JuEiuacDh4B69eg70MD1_hsrAwr/w300-h400/IMG_8065.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;">The fit of the extractor hook to the chosen manufacture case should allow the extractor spring away from the bolt body .004 to .006 when the case is rolled and centered into the bolt face in the chambered position in my opinion. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt6XKu2Rc2K7ag0hywLXY8fDObBlyFMXASCDJDG3fA_ppwOZFUC6OMV0_-yLy-yZ0Ugu9dO1Bn5ugkqImIocn3HfDuY_CuHmcdQpkKSwwPzTBQb4RGTRFIky0vA4zPoXwvaVvNyVR9dtMr/s1512/IMG_8075.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt6XKu2Rc2K7ag0hywLXY8fDObBlyFMXASCDJDG3fA_ppwOZFUC6OMV0_-yLy-yZ0Ugu9dO1Bn5ugkqImIocn3HfDuY_CuHmcdQpkKSwwPzTBQb4RGTRFIky0vA4zPoXwvaVvNyVR9dtMr/w400-h400/IMG_8075.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> Note: This is a pic of a Left Hand G series bolt and a properly fitted extractor </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">In short if the extractor is too tight it will inhibit and retard the process as the case tries to roll into bolt face coming out of the magazine box. To loose a fit and the case will not be captured and controlled by the extractor hook and fall away from the bolt face if the bolts forward or rearward movement is stopped for any manner. This loose round or spent case will drop into the open gap between the rails. Can you say "Jam" "I knew you could boys and girls" </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A finished right hand extractor, filed, polished, blued and installed. Note the shape</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiK7_LhV9QHnaD6DNpuvnaVcXFzMCO5xfBn39pP8H6IHfhlcUNBpeCgPvCvMuIHxfWRYOxAlpCPSJagKTeQdjGYZbjFOWa46xBH9xi508P0a30mbUEJB1n4edXG7JRqpTV_giKA5BWk4zm/s2016/IMG_8206.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiK7_LhV9QHnaD6DNpuvnaVcXFzMCO5xfBn39pP8H6IHfhlcUNBpeCgPvCvMuIHxfWRYOxAlpCPSJagKTeQdjGYZbjFOWa46xBH9xi508P0a30mbUEJB1n4edXG7JRqpTV_giKA5BWk4zm/w400-h300/IMG_8206.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>So with the now extractor fit we need to alter the length of the Bolt Stop. The amount to remove will vary. I like to have the leading edge of the extractor hook buried just behind the back end of the magazine box opening. I alter the bolt stops length with a carbide cutter in the mill making sure the face of the shortened stop is perpendicular to centerline of the action, this part was designed to fit flush or evenly on the back of the left recoil lug when the two surfaces come in contact. </span></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjP57A7Il31MVA8dp-S39SLdfqiyWEVEaGtMEklXZzfnvCuBgDhC7Nl3qNaXQ3VQmNwbz8hRDYnLm4Xe3KvMHQlUX5eLSmSiJVvg8716weKQOkK_TX1uU7c56moWfEpQe9U0tcrvigaDv/s2016/IMG_8035.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjP57A7Il31MVA8dp-S39SLdfqiyWEVEaGtMEklXZzfnvCuBgDhC7Nl3qNaXQ3VQmNwbz8hRDYnLm4Xe3KvMHQlUX5eLSmSiJVvg8716weKQOkK_TX1uU7c56moWfEpQe9U0tcrvigaDv/w400-h300/IMG_8035.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>The ejector blade is done in a similar manner <b>BUT</b> the angle of the ejector sticking out of the fully retracted bolt face needs to be considered. I want a minimum .110 of ejector blade sticking out of the bolt face with the blade <b>parallel to the bolt face </b>when fully when retracted. That's why we alter the Bolt Stop 1st. </div><div><br /></div><div>Now we address the follower, the 30-06 follower is not going to work as it's now to narrow to use in the 300/375 magazine box. A Pre-64 300/375 H&H OEM follower might work but much of this depends on the shape and width of the parabola you cut into your rails or if you chickened out and elected to leave the rails straight per the factory Winchester theme. Likely the OEM 300/375 follower is going to slip up through the new rail contour with the wasp waist and not hold the last round in the magazine under the rail properly. So what follower do we use ? That is a damn good question. </div><div><br /></div><div>NECG offers a 98 375 H&H length and width follower, Swift/Blackburn sometimes has them in stock, if Jim Wisner has any on hand I'd recommend his hands down. A 375 G Series Model 70 follower might work but frankly I've never tried one. </div><div><br /></div><div>No luck finding one ? If you've gotten this far then making a follower shouldn't be beyond your capabilities and given the choice I'd make it with similar geometry to a Mauser 98 follower instead of the Pre-64 Winchester follower. Having made more than my share of these over the years just plan on most of a day making and polishing the follower from a block of steel. When I've read online that someone felt scalped by paying more than $50 for a follower I know this cry baby has never had to make one.</div><div><br /></div><div>Note: The follower on the left and is chrome-moly 300/375 Echols Classic/Legend follower. The center follower again made in this shop is for a 300/375 magazine and the material is 7075 Aluminum that will be hard anodized when completed. T<span style="text-align: center;">he other follower on the right is a steel 300/375 follower made by Winchester. </span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGEdvPSLTanNrqBFfU2nXR9y6WE4HPKuiK8FDtp3OKNAo4LYdQneM0Q8KNx7jVy6yUSquNQuqHUVo5FNEvKeyrxokgf4G2EZnd_y3Rl0nGwg6IND2_XTob42_vXoEob_1WoOgAfcD6Lz2/s2016/IMG_8199.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGEdvPSLTanNrqBFfU2nXR9y6WE4HPKuiK8FDtp3OKNAo4LYdQneM0Q8KNx7jVy6yUSquNQuqHUVo5FNEvKeyrxokgf4G2EZnd_y3Rl0nGwg6IND2_XTob42_vXoEob_1WoOgAfcD6Lz2/w400-h300/IMG_8199.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">7075 Aluminum what the f_____?</div><div><br /></div>The original 300/375 OEM Winchester magazine box is very thin and subject to a lot of abuse resulting in major dents appearing in the both the front and rear walls of the magazine box in recoil if the rifle is fired a lot. The owner of this rifle shoots quite a bit so the 7075 was chosen as the follower material. It will also have a 3/16" Delrin bumper placed in the leading and rear edge surface of the follower to further negate any mag box deformation caused in recoil. Slight modifications can be made to the follower if necessary to tweak the functional movement of last round coming out of the magazine. Holding the last round under the feed rail and then releasing the last round in the magazine is one of two functions of the follower, <b>so you better get it right</b>. You will need to have the fixtures or a means to hold the follower to make as well as tweak one, kind of chicken before the egg situation. <br /><div><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: justify;">With the barrel installed we now begin checking the progress of what we'</span><span style="text-align: justify;">ve done by cycling one, then two, then three and then all four of the dummy rounds through the receiver. What we're doing now is likely removing steel from the area in the newly established bullet ramp to allow the rounds to slide easily up the bullet ramp. I want to monitor the contact point on the bullet ramp with Red or Black Sharpie and remove with a Crossing or Pippin file the required amount to do so. Great" you say "How much is required ?". The simple answer is, you file and blend the outer edges of the bullet ramp until the bullets contact the ramp on either side of the ramp when driven forward with the bolt. Each side of the ramp should require the same amount material removed when the final shape is established. </span></div><p style="text-align: justify;">The larger the bullet diameter or the further away the bullet nose is from the centerline of the action the more material will need to be removed. This can take 5 minutes to a number of hours depending on the case and cartridge design. When you feel you have the best shape working for you then you can use a Foredom hand tool with the proper sized cartridge rolls and or the rapid break down stones to go over and remove the file marks and then I paper polish entire bullet ramp. You want that bullet ramp smooth as a Beagle's ear. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzW4jvDyfrG6g4xQk_fjnecv9YqLeiSlZm0N6tiM8K0ob9aFeTeJrVCsqom2aZag7MLPdbxi77j1g91IdTCNGChWl3nIaJr0a__VFichQ51QeqePZwJH_moe06FDqCYxmdPpn92tGwOnU/s2016/IMG_7977.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzW4jvDyfrG6g4xQk_fjnecv9YqLeiSlZm0N6tiM8K0ob9aFeTeJrVCsqom2aZag7MLPdbxi77j1g91IdTCNGChWl3nIaJr0a__VFichQ51QeqePZwJH_moe06FDqCYxmdPpn92tGwOnU/w400-h300/IMG_7977.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">You need to also make sure that the rear of the receiver above the magazine box has a smooth transition above the box opening with no, zero, nada lip over hanging the box for the case rim to catch on. These two surfaces should be flush. The rear of the feed rails should also have a radius that is filed and then polished so as you load the magazine the cartridge rims won't catch on a sharp corner anywhere at the rear of the mag box and receiver. We good ?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Strip all the parts and clean all bits of steel and polishing grit out of the receiver, ejector and stop bolt area with a good solvent and compressed air. Wipe it all dry but do not oil it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now is the time to cycle the bolt at normal speed and then very aggressively with a dummy round in the chamber and a <b>full </b>magazine to look for any problems. There will be a few and most will stem from sharp edged corners you neglected. Now lightly oil the rails, bolt body, raceway, etc and try it again. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When this conversion is 100% complete you will have a Pre-64 300 H&H that Winchester would have been proud of and possibly would have done if given a little more slack in their leash. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is not the time to call your favorite smith and ask for the exact same conversion without being willing to go the distance to pay for the effort. The smith will have the better part of two solid days in this endeavor and we haven't even re-addressed the one original scope base hole in the rear bridge being removed. That's for another Blog post I'm afraid. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The 1st of these conversions will seem a bit daunting, after the 3rd you'll be wondering why you hadn't done this long ago.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><br /></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><br /></div></blockquote><div><p><br /></p></div>D'Arcy Echols & Co.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17072790333332368327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108695727970554958.post-18767894304518665402020-08-26T12:27:00.005-07:002020-08-30T10:35:52.930-07:00Converting a Pre-64 30-06 to 300 H&H Part 2<p>A majority of machine work has now been completed to the magazine cavity and feed well but the rail width modification is still required. The OD of the belted case as well as the shoulder OD is larger than the 270/30-06 class of cases so additional room through the rails must be made to accommodate for these larger case diameters. </p><p>It is the height of the case that protrudes above the rails and allows the lower edge of the bolt face to engage the protruding case and then allow the bolt to shove it towards the chamber. The case must stick up through the rails ENOUGH as its pushed forward or the bolt face will override the case head and cause a jam. Most 270/30-06 Model actions are approximately .545 to .550 in width from one feed lip or rail to the other side at the very rear of the feed well opening directly above the magazine box and then widens to .600 to .610 directly above the bottom of the bullet ramp. This geometry has work since the 1st Pre-64 stepped off the bus so it's hard to argue that it isn't adequate, is it prefect? well...............</p><p>All the next cuts will be made from the center-line of the receiver so you must establish the best means to do so. Again the fixture I use allows me to do this very easily. Finding the center-line I start off and finish using only a 3/32" carbide end mill. I widen the existing width at the rear of the rail from the original .545 to .610. Taking a photo of this operation is difficult at best due to the close proximity of the mills spindle being so close underside of the action. </p><p>With the help of the DRO I will now cut stepped flats into the rails in incremental lengths from the rear forward and later on file and blend these transitions. If you had a CNC you could write a program to do this parabola shape, push start and step back. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLG9n47lcRwOqV0P7hsc-m1YI3WedUCvSgpq4KeW8GmDwRowmc42uYDl4wec90t1bGK3K_dBhdqKX9ap55Hxx324-PF2aZh6uyf56mxPEi23wwaa9iby6YkPLu7ON7xBX1kufOn9_cr2A5/s2016/IMG_6034.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLG9n47lcRwOqV0P7hsc-m1YI3WedUCvSgpq4KeW8GmDwRowmc42uYDl4wec90t1bGK3K_dBhdqKX9ap55Hxx324-PF2aZh6uyf56mxPEi23wwaa9iby6YkPLu7ON7xBX1kufOn9_cr2A5/s640/IMG_6034.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can just make out the stepped width progressional flats cut into the rails </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCvItPbiqOrcMu5QrfBavui7aLkhdowf5kyhpu8pIgl-iWZxodlUBuJqUBUzktEvKM6FpHHZtyxTZDjJGwzCe0Hz4zUQ28_ECB-j5XG3BMrkg-RXEcJcqmP0tqj3Vdq-p-aPVa28145hrN/s2016/IMG_6039.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCvItPbiqOrcMu5QrfBavui7aLkhdowf5kyhpu8pIgl-iWZxodlUBuJqUBUzktEvKM6FpHHZtyxTZDjJGwzCe0Hz4zUQ28_ECB-j5XG3BMrkg-RXEcJcqmP0tqj3Vdq-p-aPVa28145hrN/s640/IMG_6039.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Cutting the width and or SHAPE of the rails becomes a matter of interpretation and just how anal retentive you choose to be and still live with yourself. I would say that every Pre-64 70 I have ever worked on left the factory with the rails being straight in nature and wider across the front of the rails above the feed ramp. What I prefer to do today is the widen the rails in the partial parabolic fashion. Tom Burgess referred to this as a candle flame shape. Wider in the mid section of the rails than in the front and in the rear sections, How much you say ? at the widest point .620 to.625 seems to work out pretty well for me for the 300 H&H. When the parabola cuts are blended you also need to file or stone a radial profile to the top and bottom side of each rail. Failure to so will cause the brass to hang up as each case if rising out of the feed well and mag box. Time spent polishing the blended rails will pay off </div><div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19HPTCAO2Pi6hlalYE0iVQrmKLb-Kh-3mh_ktZ-3At_QFKQxyvpka1jmjdA6y75S_vGJZBjrKHh71PRl6sslHHAH1pm3KF-riXY0BAquvtoaT1ejguHq_l_-nodNaUh048MfFw-8QBgJC/s1551/LX1_2020+LX1+LA-RAILS.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1551" data-original-width="620" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19HPTCAO2Pi6hlalYE0iVQrmKLb-Kh-3mh_ktZ-3At_QFKQxyvpka1jmjdA6y75S_vGJZBjrKHh71PRl6sslHHAH1pm3KF-riXY0BAquvtoaT1ejguHq_l_-nodNaUh048MfFw-8QBgJC/s640/LX1_2020+LX1+LA-RAILS.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div>The ejection port is next and again carbide is your only reasonable option. I make a pass or two usually removing .006 to .010 of steel to clean up the leading edge of the ejection port and back of the front ring. I then begin opening up the ejection port to the rear. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuFh9gPHZenUhUMjL2CxJ3wE5zxrz3gX5GPx8wNXSkOWcaPTKeZP4-3xvuKfGPtaRvbbhIR1HDBsuN6rKspQYN7qBoZVNXnuxGcSYIKnxKciyZF2r6H39uxQNQfprW8H6CVnPA29SyKlXC/s2016/IMG_6036.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuFh9gPHZenUhUMjL2CxJ3wE5zxrz3gX5GPx8wNXSkOWcaPTKeZP4-3xvuKfGPtaRvbbhIR1HDBsuN6rKspQYN7qBoZVNXnuxGcSYIKnxKciyZF2r6H39uxQNQfprW8H6CVnPA29SyKlXC/s640/IMG_6036.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The number 3 scope base screw hole will always be cut away in this operation so you'd better have plans for repositioning that screw hole and what rear scope base you will ultimately use after this conversion.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKADmEZe13C1dPVk-4M0r9odZIgQe9Yp5gX2ABmqaZB8gsqKtZXkQ8WDP7t9sJD1v_eNZss5aaUfp5OPSbOoMltaWw0y_TIm4dxb6a15eqvJZHJwb4uat3DiL6wBDlpkkJtdHkPnMhyphenhyphensNG/s2016/IMG_6037.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKADmEZe13C1dPVk-4M0r9odZIgQe9Yp5gX2ABmqaZB8gsqKtZXkQ8WDP7t9sJD1v_eNZss5aaUfp5OPSbOoMltaWw0y_TIm4dxb6a15eqvJZHJwb4uat3DiL6wBDlpkkJtdHkPnMhyphenhyphensNG/s640/IMG_6037.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">How far you go to the rear is up for considerable debate and much of the next series of cuts will depend on your extractors length. The Standard OEM Pre-64 extractor is approximately 4.420 in over length. Some gun smith's will insist that the tail end of the extractor MUST be tucked under the right side of the rear bridge with the bolt turned down into full battery so the extractor's tail has no possible way of becoming jammed in ejection port. If you follow this as a rule then you can really only open up the ejection port to approx. 3.400. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So if this is a concern you can modify the rear bridge as shown below, similar to the original factory receivers leaving a standing wall and blending an angular cut from the 3.600 opening you've established from the center line of the action out to the edge of the standing wall. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">This Pre-64 30-06 length action below has been chambered and set up for a 7mm Mashburn with an extended throat and uses up most the 3.600 real-estate in over all loaded length. To keep the 4.420 OEM extractor tail under the rear bridge I needed leave some standing wall as shown at the arrow. The OAL of the new opening is 3.600 but the port length is still 3.400. This still requires snaking the rounds in though the ejection port and under the scope mounts. While this takes some finesse and practice for rapid loading the extractor stays contained 100% of the in time in or out of battery. I've done many conversions in this manner especially when chambered for heavy calibers and are iron sight dedicated rifles. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOd9UfS7BCYf45GRaYYzHa6sMbBdpYWtasonEBpq9P1OOpcK8Qn7T1xsMyUT_aaJyGup0xgw20Y9tyqyyfsmDLtXOnhVsBhrCBJRr9PxPSO9O7jJ_EZkT2yvLtgDLSmZoMvIgrWmioxjix/s2048/IMG_1729+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOd9UfS7BCYf45GRaYYzHa6sMbBdpYWtasonEBpq9P1OOpcK8Qn7T1xsMyUT_aaJyGup0xgw20Y9tyqyyfsmDLtXOnhVsBhrCBJRr9PxPSO9O7jJ_EZkT2yvLtgDLSmZoMvIgrWmioxjix/s640/IMG_1729+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Then along came the Willams Firearms Company and their version of a M-70 retro fit extractors. </span><span style="text-align: left;">The beauty of this Williams extractor is some of these were machined with an extra .130 in extractor length. </span><span style="text-align: left;">I can't remember what date these came to my attention but I've used a dozen or so of these and still have a few squirreled away. This now gives us another option if you have one of these longer Williams units. To my knowledge Willams has ceased production and these are no longer available. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Jim Wisner from time to time will make a run of an even longer extractor 4.900 as seen below for both right and left handed current production model 70 actions and these are also of excellent quality.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Williams Long Extractor </span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYm_ppoxUX7SM1F4Y2zlk1Vp6fp0scj0UpGiNod8BloppRhA5uLaHnXXA9MnU8-w-fOmQLB2V3KYU5Z6XiNXrje5OG2rN8MbgRNLk1Zj8AZTmUWxxxGvRsQDuRUlYyVwYkXS67KgH7xwg6/s1968/IMG_6394.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1476" data-original-width="1968" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYm_ppoxUX7SM1F4Y2zlk1Vp6fp0scj0UpGiNod8BloppRhA5uLaHnXXA9MnU8-w-fOmQLB2V3KYU5Z6XiNXrje5OG2rN8MbgRNLk1Zj8AZTmUWxxxGvRsQDuRUlYyVwYkXS67KgH7xwg6/s640/IMG_6394.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wisner Long Magnum M-70 </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv-zoW_A0khZdZWm5Yz3oamFuUiGzIzStqbVhyphenhyphenIjxsmZONA6UY3ld8KWTn0CsU0OJq5yNPYvPZPYFmG_ZfqEV9XwD-Rv4lzoQTtBMw-fSYYkxfag5HNo8w7wCG8izGZ7QPNCEnHXd3ouiF/s2016/IMG_6410.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv-zoW_A0khZdZWm5Yz3oamFuUiGzIzStqbVhyphenhyphenIjxsmZONA6UY3ld8KWTn0CsU0OJq5yNPYvPZPYFmG_ZfqEV9XwD-Rv4lzoQTtBMw-fSYYkxfag5HNo8w7wCG8izGZ7QPNCEnHXd3ouiF/s640/IMG_6410.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div>Provided you have on hand 0ne of the Williams longer than normal Extractors you can now open the ejection port to 3.600 completely. "But," you say "the tail will not be buried under the rear bridge !!!! " Well Yes and No as you lift the bolt out of the battery position and the bolt body rotates up the extraction cam the rearward movement in rotation places the LONGER Williams extractor tail under the rear bridge well before the bolt has completed its rotation.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5hsJ8aiNo2dYtVXrl_VE-ouLjBsSCmAq2-xD7alGsSnCCNN5DCaf9zP4T8NO8BUKRbgjtrGC8KD3w0i39BpEYtFXFxl5-AvwRJ2shEwpO_cjFlnL8ot8BEhFtzx0NzPmknnRcxL9CkWz/s2016/IMG_6392.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5hsJ8aiNo2dYtVXrl_VE-ouLjBsSCmAq2-xD7alGsSnCCNN5DCaf9zP4T8NO8BUKRbgjtrGC8KD3w0i39BpEYtFXFxl5-AvwRJ2shEwpO_cjFlnL8ot8BEhFtzx0NzPmknnRcxL9CkWz/s640/IMG_6392.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiFQuHM_kCZJydsUivvFTKV5deczi2n_fK8_hk5B9Am3C05hbxalfp_CrIjjC09cf63Hb3DNzvyHXsL3095C2hZVh4rbRpTaf5oPQphN67ht9thtUIKT4_rCX1Rrj59DuS4acXnWph1ue9/s2016/IMG_6393.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiFQuHM_kCZJydsUivvFTKV5deczi2n_fK8_hk5B9Am3C05hbxalfp_CrIjjC09cf63Hb3DNzvyHXsL3095C2hZVh4rbRpTaf5oPQphN67ht9thtUIKT4_rCX1Rrj59DuS4acXnWph1ue9/s640/IMG_6393.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>To confuse the issue even more below is a standard Pre-64 action and OEM follower that is chambered for 280 Remington that has the ejection port opened up the 3.416. Note the tail of the extractor showing with the bolt in full closed battery and then the tail tucked under the rear bridge as the bolt is opened. The result is a longer loading port and a captured extractor tail. </p><p style="text-align: center;">The wonder of it all !</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcaj79H0qPTc03V7IS4C6K0iZB90MF6UuVfQ62NcyE4Gu1DukMtpOIujL6HbUe2Fhl25AfG4-6ScaahZYRlnwtkfxgAPpAwPDpYrNLJuiPnCS9Yde3O_BOM-uK2VIez95L0YuWqbh9USu-/s2016/IMG_6404.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcaj79H0qPTc03V7IS4C6K0iZB90MF6UuVfQ62NcyE4Gu1DukMtpOIujL6HbUe2Fhl25AfG4-6ScaahZYRlnwtkfxgAPpAwPDpYrNLJuiPnCS9Yde3O_BOM-uK2VIez95L0YuWqbh9USu-/s640/IMG_6404.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwLnzHTwoX27h2U6ABdK_joruXYzjWIVKyH6PnvyvsBD2iPHLe8Kje9fYyyG7Bb5nW0wrufc-gCwwzHEYtMjtbChVT6GwAu0z2ckTR4CXeZkCOQ1FRn6Bw7RECNe2ww3EiA551V5mQ4ZZ/s2016/IMG_6406.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwLnzHTwoX27h2U6ABdK_joruXYzjWIVKyH6PnvyvsBD2iPHLe8Kje9fYyyG7Bb5nW0wrufc-gCwwzHEYtMjtbChVT6GwAu0z2ckTR4CXeZkCOQ1FRn6Bw7RECNe2ww3EiA551V5mQ4ZZ/s640/IMG_6406.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwHR4Oka71RE2D2KhlrhX-goqoUt5GXgycULfDt61WNwfQUjvTKRnDkigqxKyVo4oSlNR314PTy8_50uVyHFqoU1XSW4tnssdxBkhPdP-SNUYpz4nPnoDitizrI2F4nbszRf6aK6-VBdUg/s2016/IMG_6405.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwHR4Oka71RE2D2KhlrhX-goqoUt5GXgycULfDt61WNwfQUjvTKRnDkigqxKyVo4oSlNR314PTy8_50uVyHFqoU1XSW4tnssdxBkhPdP-SNUYpz4nPnoDitizrI2F4nbszRf6aK6-VBdUg/s640/IMG_6405.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>A lot depends in any conversion or modification on the the materials at ones disposal. You will see similar adaptations of this on many of the Magnum length actions chambered for long cartridges. Note the visible exposed tail on this extractor fit to this H&W magnum 98 action, lift the bolt and the tail end slips under the rear bridge before the bolt rotates completely up the extraction cam, no fuss-no muss.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptiA4TgsKMJ2OfpKN6JRF1oBq6E8yNTtgHZR0nRUT8PMmrdUBocG2nsdAJXU8sCikvcz98GUL5-mV5wotHAmtyngmJ9v6RSV6hPzRwAy4iflleE9NYuFtTWLFgUiNGwtIfkrITF0SZGIe/s1200/master+web+gibbs+505+2900+copy+3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptiA4TgsKMJ2OfpKN6JRF1oBq6E8yNTtgHZR0nRUT8PMmrdUBocG2nsdAJXU8sCikvcz98GUL5-mV5wotHAmtyngmJ9v6RSV6hPzRwAy4iflleE9NYuFtTWLFgUiNGwtIfkrITF0SZGIe/s640/master+web+gibbs+505+2900+copy+3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;">Time for lunch </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div>D'Arcy Echols & Co.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17072790333332368327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108695727970554958.post-61614049160423104032020-08-09T08:27:00.002-07:002020-08-09T08:28:35.607-07:00Converting a Pre- 64 Mod-70 action from 30-06 to 300 H&H Part 1<br />
In the late eighties as I began to set up or build more 375 H&H's for hunters and finding suitable actions/rifles to do so could be a challenge. By this time I had used quite a few original Pre-64 Model 70's that had left the factory as 300 H&H and 375 H&H rifles and while they all mechanically worked except-ably there were a few things that seemed to crop up over and over again with these factory long-magnum receivers that could use some attention to detail and revision.<br />
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I began to consider using the standard 270/30-06 receivers as they came from the factory and modifying them to remove the factory idiosyncrasies that I felt I could correct. Do they need correcting ? Yes, No, Maybe, so let's see.<br />
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The one area of contention is usually the 300/375 magazine cavity that holds the magazine box in place just under the feed well is usually cut with a gross amount of clearance. In short most mag boxes rattle in place. Not always a great feature to have a full magazine migrating in recoil as it will begin to distort the mag box over time and use. Then there's the amount of material removed from the lower recoil lug seat as the actions underside is by design opened up forward to allow the 3.600 length cartridges to be used. Yet another major issue is the way the factory then changed the bullet ramp angle and usually left a razor sharp edge at the top edge of the bullet ramp. There had to be a better way.<br />
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A radial notch was then cut into the rear edge of the front ring and another large radial cut was added to the front of the rear bridge to allow loading the rifle quickly from the top side of the action with these longer rounds. All was great when those rifles were fit with the Lyman or Redfield receiver sights or even kitted out with the shallow V's found on many older Model 70's. You had an opening in the top of the receiver you could fill the magazine as you back peddled away from danger.<br />
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Scope use changed this paradigm radically. Once the 1 piece scope mount became vogue you then had to really practice to load that rifle quickly. A fault ???? not in the original design idea but the system still worked day in and day out. Especially by those that had to make a living with these Model 70's.<br />
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Thousands of standard length 98 actions have been altered too except the 300/375 H&H and those suffered the same fate. It works, no doubt about it and still does.<br />
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So in an effort to make a "better" mouse trap can we use a a Standard Model 70 chambered for a 270 Win or 30-06 ? You bet.<div><br /></div><div>I going to assume you have already opened up the .473 bolt face to .538 or what ever you deem the right Magnum bolt face size and fit and chambered the 300 H&H barrel. At the same time you've also modified your standard extractor hook to a magnum hook. As you're going to need that H&H chamber to use for feeding trials sooner than you think. <br />
<br />You also need to understand that this is not a one hour conversion, requires a milling machine, carbide tooling and a very secure way of holding the receiver while it is being modified. The barrel should be removed and in this case the rifle receiver was also going to be fit with my scope mounts. So the 1st course of action for me was to true up the underside of the receiver as my fixtures for fitting a set of my mounts are made to work with the underside of the action being machined flat, so we're now killing two birds with one sledge. With the underside of the action leveled off the feed rails I then make a number of passes along the bottom of the receiver with usually with a 4 Flute 1/2" carbide end mill until the bottom side of the feed well and trigger area and tang are of the same level. Then I insert a 1/2" end mill into the collet that has a .030 corner ground onto the end mill. I then cut the recoil flat pocket behind the recoil lug so it is also flat. At the same time the recoil flat pocket is being cut the back face on the contact surface of the recoil lug is also being machined 90 degrees to the the recoil flat. The pic below illustrates why this alone should be done.<br />
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While not the same Pre-64 we're going to open up the photo below display's a very common occurrence with all Model 70's and that is the recoil Lug being originally machined into a wedge shape unfortunately being wider or thicker depending on your perspective at the BOTTOM of the lug. All with complements from New Haven.<br />
<br />Below .006 has already been removed from the back of this G -series recoil lug face and were still not cleaned up or perpendicular. Tightly Glass Bed such an action with this integral wedge into a stock and you risk breaking the stock before you get the barreled action back out of your bedding job. This issue is more common than you think with the Model 70 having machined a couple hundred of them I can guarantee this anomaly. <br />
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Since we're converting a 270 action to 300 H&H the next step is to carefully begin to open up the feed well originally set up for the 3.400 width and length magazine box. Now we're making room for the longer and more tapered 3.630 length 300/375 OEM mag box.<br />
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Since the client supplied and original 300/375 magazine we begin fitting the new box into the feed well cavity. We measure the thickness of the back wall of the magazine and note its .030 thick. The box will rest on the lip at the rear of the mag well. Usually this lip is recessed approx. 200 deep into the feed well just ahead of the middle guard screw. The 270/30-06 magazine box back wall is approx. .050 thick and the 300/375 box is .030 in wall thickness. So we can move the back wall of the feed well even further to the rear by another .015 to .025 usually. <br />
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The lip that the rear of the box sits on is machined to the same thickness as the back of the 300/375 mag box. There must be a seamless transition for the base of the belted mag cases to slide up the magazine and into the feed well. As the 300/375 magazine is wider at the back of the feed well the width on our 270 action must also be modified to reflect this new width. Measure the width at rear of the 300/375 box and cut away for the center-line of the action accordingly on either side at the rear.<br />
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Note the 2 red arrows as they show other areas I will need to machine to allow for the proper width in the feed well with the new 300/375 magnum box.<br />
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But first the forward end of the receiver must be cut away to the overall extend length of the longer mag box. The cavity being cut will also serve as a Depth Stop for the forward end of the mag box like the shelf in the rear of the feed well. So it will also be cut to the same depth as the rear shelf at .200.<br />
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This OP is best done with a 1/2" end mill to match the radius on the front of the 300/375 magazine box. Cutting away from either side of the actions centerline establishes the front cavity shape. Again care must be taken to the cut this overall length to the numbers, now is not the time to be sloppy<br />
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Then the new magazine box is place back into the feed well and you need to determine of much additional steel to remove that is overhanging the new magazine box. This transition BEHIND the feed rib needs to be flush with the top or opening of the new box. This is done one side at a time and in this case with a 1/4" ball nose carbide cutter to match the original radius as cut into the action at the factory. The steel was removed .005 at a time until the top of the box and feed well blended seamlessly up to the rib in the box. DO NOT remove any material above the rib or there will be hell to pay.</div>
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<br /></div>D'Arcy Echols & Co.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17072790333332368327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108695727970554958.post-21014711653834908702020-07-15T12:08:00.000-07:002020-07-18T08:16:09.196-07:00Hmmm ?<br />
Recently I was asked to machine and partially replicate a Holland & Holland 98 Mauser stock. When the rifle was in my hands there were two things that really stuck out that I have yet to encounter in the past.<br />
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Chambered for 458 Winchester the H&H scope mounts had been installed with their own answer to heavy scopes moving under recoil. You simply drill through the ring bands and install set screws that bite into the scope tube.<br />
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I'm not sure if the Zeiss warranty covers this type of upgrade ? It would have been interesting and easier to have actually left the appropriate .030 gap between the upper and lower ring halves to see if that might have solved any recoil movement issue with proper ring tension. Clearly no attempt was made in this regard. Rifle making at its best.<br />
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Then we have the TWIN safety arrangement. Since I do not know how the rifle originally left the factory the following is purely a guess on my part.</div>
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Clearly the rifle began life set up for iron sight use as the butt stocks drop and cast off is perfect for acquiring those sights, you throw it up and you're looking straight down the line of sight. All the parts carry the original Mauser Serial number stamps. The Mauser Wing/Flag safety would have been a perfectly serviceable set up in tandem with its original 98 trigger. You can see they engraved the SAFE into the wing.</div>
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Clearly with the scope in place this original wing safety is not going to be our best choice. It's either On or Off SAFE. Not really convenient in a tight spot. I suppose you could slip a round into the chamber and lower the firing pin carefully onto the primer as some do I'm told and then when required to shoot you'd lift the bolt to cock the rifle and you're into game, so to speak.</div>
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I THINK ????? the barreled action was then fit with a very nicely inletted secondary Sako style 98 Trigger with a recessed pocket for the safety button to nestle into. The inletted mortise for the Sako style trigger and the an original 98 trigger require a very similar inlet footprint so we have to assume the Sako unit was the 2nd trigger unit fit into this stock. </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Now For some reason that is not at all clear the Sako trigger assembly was then modified in such a way to keep the safety in the FIRE position permanently, So the rearward, falling sear block would not rotate into the SAFE position on this trigger unit. I could not move it at all, it has been completely deactivated.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">A lot of keen effort has been expelled to properly install this Sako trigger unit such as to machine and then hand file a slot through the tang to allow the bolt lock feature to operate as designed. Which then begs the question if you de-activate the SAFE position mechanically and freeze the mechanisms rearward movement so </span><span style="text-align: left;">it can't move reward.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">It would have been nice to install and original looking Oberndorf style bolt knob but with the proper geometry to clear the scopes ocular bell as seen so often since the early seventies.</span></div>
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Another question is instead of removing the original wing safety altogether and perhaps plugging the cavity at the rear of the original shroud/sleeve they choose to leave the safety wing in place. If this rifle is carried in the field with the scope in place it's again either on SAFE or FIRE until you remove the scope and rotate the original wing into the desired position then replace the scope. </div>
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As a new stock is being made to replace the original the Stock Maker requested I sort out the safety-trigger issue as we're starting with a clean slate. The rifle will now a a conventional 2 position wing safety to clear the scopes Ocular bell and a 3rd trigger installed which is a Swift Blackburn trigger unit. </div>
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D'Arcy Echols & Co.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17072790333332368327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108695727970554958.post-11404389979000999072020-07-12T16:42:00.000-07:002020-07-19T10:16:53.344-07:00Lightning strikes twice <br />
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On the Friday before Memorial Day I asked my wife Rebecca if she wanted try and shoot a spring Gobbler ? Having shot her first turkey, a hen, during our protracted fall season months earlier she gave me the thumbs up and a plan was put in motion. Following Lexi's preference for the afternoons we drove onto another property shutting off the engine about 3pm. As we drove in we saw a mature Gobbler displaying to a lone hen approximately a 3rd of a mile away from where I planned to park. Having hunted this property before I thought I had a fairly good idea of how to approach those two birds, concealed hopefully from view and then set up within a 150 yards or so. No doubt love struck this one Long Beard might consider a blind date engagement if given the chance.<br />
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While we tippy towed through the cedars we caught glimpses of another Gobbler that had shown up on the scene and at least two more hens had appeared. A half an hour later we crawled to the very edge of our selected cover and settled into the landscape. I let out a string of yelps and was met with immediate reply's from both Gobblers. For the next hour the gobblers and hens answered my calls and it was easy to tell they were slowly feeding in our direction.<br />
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The next time we heard the gobblers it was evident they had changed plans and dropped down into a very steep ravine and were headed over to very spot we had originally come from. A third Gobbler had joined the two other toms and the hens had vacated the area maybe to return to the nest. Gobbling to beat the band the 3 mature birds walked out of sight heading up the ridge-line. From where we sat going after them now would have only spooked them due to the terrain so we headed to the truck to prospect another location on the ranch. I was already formulating the next attempt.<br />
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Memorial day we pulled to a stop at just before 4pm, quietly shut the doors and listened intently hoping for a clue as to where the three Long Beards might be. Slowly we slipped down an over grown two track that I hoped would put us in good position to maneuver whenever we finally heard the birds. Not a gobble did we hear. Feeling more than confident the birds were close by I was reluctant to try and cover too much ground but did step out of the tree line to glass further up the fields above us. When I did all three gobblers spotted me about the same time I spotted them roughly 300 yards above us. Spooked but not frantic they started trotting up the hill away from us. Oh fudge !!!!!<br />
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My original plan A was now clearly down the toilet but as plan B was now showing even better promise. The birds were now traveling away from their preferred roost trees and it was still well before sundown. We dropped out of sight and clawed our way up that very steep ravine I mentioned from two days before. We were in fact following them uphill and in doing so now had put the roost sight 150 yards below us. Shortly we poked our camo netted heads over the lip of a dike and without seeing the gobblers I began to assemble an ambush spot at the edge of a clearing between two major groves of maples. A few limbs were cut and pushed into the ground, my camo netting strung between some other limbs and soon Rebecca had a nook to slip into that while offered a limited field of fire it gave her 100% concealment. It would have to be as if my plan worked the bird or birds would be right on top of her before she saw them.<br />
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I had brought one Jake decoy that evening and placed it 27 strides away from her hide and in the direction of the the roost. I quietly told her I felt the birds were less than 200 yards above maybe feeding but still on alert. I thought they would stay above us until actual sundown and then slowly make their way down the edge of the maples downhill towards us and the roost. If my guess was right the birds would just appear hard on her right side and may never utter a gobble or a cluck, in short they'd arrive silent and without warning.<br />
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I told she'd better have the shotgun at least leaning on the cross bar in front of her to keep her movements to a minimum if they did indeed arrive. I said they might get distracted long enough by the decoy to give her a chance to maneuver for a shot if it presented itself, That I wasn't going to call at all and then said if they do arrive it likely wont be until after 8pm. She nodded and pulled up her face mask as I slipped into the tangle of maples 10 feet behind her. I had almost zero field of view but it didn't matter what I could see.<br />
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It was about 7:30 that I felt that leaving the Bug Spray on the kitchen counter was definitely a mistake as the mosquitos became persistent. Both of us endured the onslaught as best as possible and kept as still as we could. The sun dipped behind the horizon behind us and the stage was now set. If something was going to happen it would be pretty soon.<br />
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I saw the partial outline of a Gobbler hard to my right and his red head at what later turned out to be approximately 8:15. He was perhaps 15 yards away at the edge of the maple tree-line walking down hill. The maples were so thick he never saw me or Rebecca. I didn't dare hiss or whisper about his arrival I just watched. Then another bird appeared right in front of my wife perhaps 15 yards in front of the hide. Head out stretched it peered into the very space she was sitting and she never moved. Then the presence of the decoy got the best of him and he turned towards the fake. As he gathered himself into a fighting stance I saw her raise the the 20 gauge and pull the trigger in one fluid motion. The bird was flopping his last as we crawled out of the morass. I think my wife's eyes were the size of tea cup saucers. Her smile alone was worth the price of admission. I had seen this bird before as he had a distinctly crooked beard that a left hand twist. We'd seen him on Friday and I had seen him a number of times the year before hunting with Lexi.<br />
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The bird was big, typical of an older mature Rio in our area and in prime condition even this late in the breeding season. We sat for awhile and talked about how he just appeared on her right flank almost close enough to touch when he walked in front of her blind. I congratulated her on not moving until he was distracted by the decoy and for a moment I think she'd forgotten all about the deek and its role in the ruse. She hadn't seen the other birds as she was riveted on the one almost standing at her feet.<br />
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<br />D'Arcy Echols & Co.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17072790333332368327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108695727970554958.post-29030418974598455342020-07-12T13:38:00.002-07:002020-07-19T10:23:43.520-07:00Spring Gobblers <br />
Eventually this spring we became bored with being bored and decided to flatten our own curve and slipped into the May Turkey season without asking permission or getting anyones approval. This year we'd be hunting a new piece of property and Lexi and I managed to spend an evening with the landowner as he gave us the lay of the land. Quite a few birds were seen and I spent the next couple days scouting at dawn and late in the afternoon putting together a plan.<br />
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One group of four Long Beards got my attention as a pattern emerged and a rough blind was built late one afternoon while those Gobblers fed towards their roost. When the evening gloom began to take hold I made a few last minute adjustments and slipped out of sight back to the truck. I texted the land owner that evening and told him where we'd be at sunrise and he asked if I also wanted to shoot a bird along with Lexi if the chance presented itself ? Now really, what could I say ?<br />
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At 19 a Dawn Patrol attempt is never Lexi's favorite tactic as she's been just as successful hunting from noon until sundown for anything, sleeping in is always good duty in her mind. But she never starts to debate this approach unless it's well into the season. Rebecca decided to go so we saddled up under a star filled sky and nosed the truck through the darkness. We left the truck 45 minutes before any hint of light could creep into our valley and walked the last 700 yards to the hide.<br />
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I set up three deeks as team settled in, looked over the scene one last time slipped into the trees and sat down. The Model 12's were fed some teeth and a hunt that is always a favorite of mine began to unfold once again. 15 minutes went by before Lexi pointed a finger to our right indicating she must have heard birds calling from a limb above us. Then she pointed directly in front of us into a tree line 400 yards away, it was that direction that most interested me as the gang of 4 roosted in those trees. Then she pointed to her left and across the wheat field.<br />
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10 minutes later six birds sailed into the field coming off a high ridge on our right flank. Another group including the gang of 4 ran out of the wood line and into the field at our front and then I saw a Gobbler sail into view from our left front far across the field. The older Gobblers quickly assembled to sort out who was actually in charge that day. The Jakes that had also arrived stood off to the side minding their manners.<br />
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I yelped and cut with a 50 year old Lynch box call now wore and repaired more than once. That Lynch has been the voice of the grim-reaper ever since my father gave it to me as a teenager. The response was immediate and for the next five minutes I tried my best to sound attractive and looking for companionship and it must have been convincing this morning as the mob headed our way. The birds soon dropped into a swale that would hide them until they were almost in range.<br />
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For ten more minutes the birds were out of sight, I had just given a few clucks and purrs when Lexi's muzzle began slowly moving to left. I about pushed my eye balls out of their sockets looking left when a big red head appeared very close to the blind followed by a scrum of other red heads all in wad. It was about that time that the first bird in really began to pay attention to the deeks. Likely a 2 year old and wanting to extract some justice on any interloper made a bee line for the Jake decoy. The mob followed with the gang of 4 in the middle of the scrum. No shot was offered as it was clearly a case of safety in numbers. For the next 3 to 5 minutes the Gobblers worked over the look-a-like with reckless abandon. Finally one of the long beards stepped to the side offering a shot that would put the other birds out of harms way. I was waiting for the shot as Lexi is now a seasoned hand at this.<br />
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In more of a state of confusion than fear the remaining gobblers hot footed it away never really knowing where the danger was coming from. Concealment and choosing the right location is a discipline that comes with time. The remaining birds finally trotted over the rise and we all stood up.<br />
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I lost a friend in January and it's left a bitter taste. Stanley Granett slipped the bonds of this world and is now embarked on another adventure carried by a high desert wind. Born in Carlsbad New Mexico he then grew up in rural Tucumcari NM. Stan and I met at the Colorado School of Trades four decades ago. He had been working cattle on a ranch in eastern Montana and had sworn to his brother Joel if he survived that one particular cold Montana winter that he was going to find a line of work that didn't require a saddle combined with an arctic wind boiling out of Saskatchewan.<br />
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As I remember Stan took to the required course work better than most and quickly developed an eye for what was good and what was junk. He grew up a rifleman and that's where his interest always found tracks.<br />
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While class ate up most of the week, the weekends were ours? Those weekends were for iron legs and good lungs and we spent a lot of time in the high country of Colorado. Not always with a goal or destination in mind just the desire to be out of doors. We were both eager, thinner and least one of us had more hair (for a while anyway). Often weatherbeaten and dog ass tired we'd return with a few trout, maybe a limit of grouse and some snowshoes hares for the freezer. We had little money but a lot of time and used it to our advantage. We always spoke freely with one another and didn't always agree on the subject, what you could always expect from him was honesty and incite.<br />
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Stan did a short stint at the David Miller Company after finishing up at CST and became good friends with Curt Crum. The two of them hunting Javelina and Couse Deer for many, many years in Arizona when they drew the tags. Stan moved back to New Mexico and settled in the 4 corners area to work for the Navaho Power Plant as a maintenance specialist and retired when he had enough years to so comfortably.<br />
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With pretty simple needs and desires he was looking forward to more time afield in his later years and he made a pretty good run at it. Hunting Oryx, Pronghorns, Mule and Couse deer when he could and chasing the same species in other states when he could draw the permits. We hunted big game a few times together later on but never enough I'm afraid. He put together a 404 over a period of time and toyed with the idea of going on one African Buffalo hunt but a year ago the wind shifted.<br />
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I will miss his southwestern drawl, humor and his capacity for fun. More than anything I'll miss his desire and excitement to look over the next ridge line even as the light is beginning to fade.<br />
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Audios Mi Amigo, save me a seat at the fire<br />
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I was in a local shop about a year and half ago and saw one of these laying on a desk. Being a snoop by nature I picked it up and chuckled. The driver of the desk said calmly " you're not suppose to see that ". Unfazed I already had a solid idea as to where this gem had evolved. My first thought was it wouldn't apply to jacketed bullets, but mono's, the sky's the limit. Certainly there was the potential for drag reduction in flight and I knew where this was headed. I placed the bullet back in the box and didn't need anymore information.Very interesting indeed.<br />
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The originator, Mark Thompson had once again been modestly pushing the edge of his envelope. Having just received a patent on this design he came by my place a couple of weeks to ago to put a few of these bullets in my hand and discuss the benefits.<br />
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As everyone knows I am not a proponent of shooting game at extended ranges, but you got to remember I don't like Fried Chicken either. The saying to each his own applies here. But the concept is quite interesting and very compelling. The twist on the bullet mirror the twist in the barrel, at least the barrels he used for testing, brilliant ! hard to machine? not for novice I'm afraid.<br />
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The helical grooves do in fact reduce drag and takes some of the drop out of the trajectory equation. Exactly how much? In his 30-378 and at 700 yards he repeatably pulled 7" from the rainbow.<br />
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If you push a pencil around paper long enough shapes will emerge that become more than an idle thought, lines drafted quickly with no real reference to scale can often pull you deeper down the rabbit hole. Sketches morph into twiddly bits, the itch needs to be scratched and in time you reach for an end mill or a file and that idea begins to leak out of you.<br />
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Phil, Tia and Taj Shoemaker ventured to Zimbabwe in June to hunt Buffalo with Professional Hunter Phillip Smythe and Ivory Trails Safari's. Both Phil and Tia shot nice old bulls and Taj was there for moral support. Phil showed with "Old Ugly" his infamous 458 Magnum and Tia shot her Legend 416 Remington Magnum. Each hunter and rifle preformed as predicted and a lot of family memories were made to last a lifetime.<br />
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He made the most out of the trip in regard to shooting with old # 52 a 375 H&H Classic as well as his 300 H&H Legend. Both rifles now well used all over the African continent. John doing diligence as usual to find the best that any area has to offer and Bob making it count when the time came. </div>
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LB spent the last 10 days in the North West Territories with Mackenzie Mountain Outfitters chasing Dall sheep. LB arrived with a lot of physical training behind him, a back pack full of the lightest kit he could assemble. Giving credit when its due LB took a Gene Simillion built 6.5 Creedmor assembled on a Left Hand Dakota 97 action. He and his guide toughed it out covering as much ground as they could with the effort paying off on the last day with this fine Ram </div>
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D'Arcy Echols & Co.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17072790333332368327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108695727970554958.post-51780516559748850042019-08-02T09:43:00.000-07:002019-08-02T17:24:49.016-07:00Fishing with Grizzly Skins of Alaska <br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;">I had clandestinely planned to take our daughter to Alaska to fish for a High School Graduation present early in her junior year. Some parents might have bought their graduate a car, others a pen set but I wanted her to experience a trip that would store some memories of place that hopefully would not loose its value when the warranty ran out. In an environment off the beaten path and in a wildness setting. It would require an outfit that had a sense of humor as we as a team can be pretty lousy fishermen at times. I know a handful of Alaskan guides that would fill the bill, all way beyond competent in every respect but this trip was going to require a special atmosphere. While all three of us would be fishing I wanted just the right mentors for my daughter on this trip. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;">Choosing Grizzly Skins of Alaska run by the Shoemaker family was a no brainier. Having operated Grizzly Skins since the mid 80's I knew we'd be in great hands. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;">Both Phil and his wife Rochelle (Rocky) have carved a comfortable lifestyle out of their own little chunk of paradise. Many of my clients have hunted Brown Bears, Moose and fished with them so references weren't required. The other draw card for me was paring my daughter up with Phil's daughter Tia. She and her brother Taj grew up on this real estate, both became registered guides, both fly, and having passed their mid 30's have solid handle on this lifestyle and of the business. While Taj is now running his own flying service out of Kodiak he's only 45 minutes air time away and regularly visits with his wife and daughter as well as to guide hunters and fishermen seasonally. </span></div>
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The 1st morning we flew to a creek mouth 10 minutes from the camp that flowed into Becharof lake and as we circled to land you could see the red backs of several thousand Sockeyes stacked up at the creek mouth preparing to enter the creek. We Landed on a gravel bar and began the quarter mile walk to the outlet. We had seen no less than 13 bears flying in the day before in the general area and now spotted a young sow with two cubs right were we had planned to fish. Then we spotted another young boar on the bank not far away along with larger bears further up the lake shore. I was in 7th heaven. Rebecca was probably thinking about safer vacation spots she'd read about but never balked as we walked towards the fishing bears. Lexi was following close behind Tia and Phil as they were both armed, she's a faster study than her parents! The sow and cubs reluctantly gave up the outlet for the time being but reappeared many times over the next 4 hours.</div>
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Our hopes were to catch a couple different species of Salmon, some Dolly Varden and perhaps some Grayling during the week and we certainly pulled that off. We caught enough Sockeyes and then some for dinner even picked up a Dolly Varden before we were done for the afternoon.</div>
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One of the highlights of the site was standing thigh deep at that river mouth and having 500 to a 1000 salmon boil up around you in a frenzy of crimson and silver urgency ingrained within them since the dawning of their kind.</div>
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Bears would show up now and then to try bluff us out of the most popular fishing spots. You became aware of a polite game of diplomacy playing out with the true owners of these surroundings and you always knew who really was the boss. We were guest and behaved politely. When fishing here you learn to remain aware of your surroundings.</div>
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What Rocky, Tia and Phil fixed in the evenings and every other meal for the following week was spectacular, fresh Salmon supplemented with Caribou, Moose, fresh salads, and the occasional Salmon Berry pie we were tucked in like ticks.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Soon we stood at the mouth of another spawning stream where Hump Back salmon could be seen leaping in the surf and jostling for position at the creek mouth. The Humpy's aggressively hit our flies and spoons and soon we were in the fish business again. The Humpy's fought hard and when beached some showed sea lice and scars from the journey so far. I looked around once and we had all four rods bent double as Phil filleted another salmon behind us. Cast, hook, release, sweep the background for bears and make another cast. While we were to early for Silvers the Humpy's kept us focused. I find it hard imagine a bigger cousin on the line but hope to find out some day soon.</span></div>
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The days flew by as they do on any good trip. There was the another bear to run into at very close range, Phil with his pistol drawn my daughter standing at his side wondering what in the heck to do next, Tia edging in a little closer to her dad, both calm but ready. No one panicked, we had the wind in our favor and the boar had other places to go. We were about to pirate his fishing hole and I knew he was politely laid up near by watching and waiting for us to leave. </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">The closest fishing to camp involved a 1-1/2 mile hike over the tundra, through a bog, into some alders to another unnamed river. We fished this spot last and were lucky enough to get into some Grayling and quite a few Dolly Varden. Our most productive fly being a salmon egg pattern drifted behind the Sockeye schools that had just moved into that river system. The largest Dolly was in the 18" to 20” range and they occasionally land bigger Dolly's some close to 30”. </span>My daughter caught one very nice Grayling on a mouse pattern and I caught one Grayling that we killed that when cut open was found to have a complete Vole in its belly. When you swim here it's at your own risk.</div>
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Taj, his wife Kate and their one year old daughter Penelope tipped a wing and flew over our heads as we prepared to hike back to camp. It was good to see Taj again it had been a few year since we'd gotten together at an SCI convention. His daughter clearly in love with her Grampa and stuck to him like Velcro the whole evening. </div>
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The next morning we packed up our kit, ate one last lunch and then said our goodbyes when the weather allowed Taj to fly us back to King Salmon for our trip home. We saw a few bears early on the way out and as the landscape rolled beneath us I felt a sense of complete satisfaction. The trip had been a roaring success on many levels and done with not only a top notch operation but also with good friends. </div>
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This spring Turkey season was going to be somewhat bitter sweet for me as my daughter would be heading for college in August and begining the next great adventure in her life. We have been hunting these birds together ever since she was four and often in the early days she'd be fast asleep in a kids back pack making our way in or out of the woods. It had become a spring ritual that we both greatly looked forward to.<br />
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This year we hunted some new ground, and I spent a fair amount of time roosting some gobblers and watching the direction of the flocks fly down at dawn. The four mature gobblers had found the potential for love with a bunch a hens and some of those hens sounded old and bossy. We had a month to make it happen and cool morning air always feels good with your back against a tree.<br />
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The first morning found us tucked in 130 yards from the roost of the same flock and like clock work the birds opened up right on cue. What they did next was pure unpredictable turkey behavior and sailed across the canyon to land and strut instead of at our feet as they'd done all the past mornings while I was scouting. Pinned down on our side of the canyon all we could do was watch the four long beards compete for attention. They finally circled way above us and worked into a wheat field 600 yards away. Call as I might none of the birds paid us any attention. Better to leave these and look for other birds for now.<br />
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Two hours later we had two jake's and a long beard within easy range but Lexi couldn't shoot for fear of possibly hitting more than one bird or sailing some heavy shot towards some plate glass windows on vacant ranch house down the hill. When the birds cleared the ranch house it was if all three birds were Duct Taped together. As if one bird they finally walked into the cedars and out of sight. Lexi finally lowered her Model 12 and face mask. The grin said it all and ended the excitement for that day.<br />
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The same scenario played itself out twice more on the next hunts. I called in one long beard we dubbed the Tank one morning with two hens. He pulled 60 yards away and bred both hens repeatedly for the next half an hour. As one hen was being schmoozed the alternate would walk over to us feed and preen 20 yards from our location then walk back to the gobbler and trade places with the other hen. That hen would then follow her sisters routine and all but stand on Lexi's boots. Finally all three walked out of sight, exhausted but content. Love will do that to you.<br />
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There was the morning of the "Sprint". We had slipped into place well before light set up two deeks and waited as the roosted flock came to life and then sailed across the canyon again, but this time we were on the right side of the canyon. I was behind Lexi and lower down a slope pressed into a cedar tree and couldn't see anything but my daughter. I heard the birds on the ground in front of us called a few times and saw her raise the 20 gauge and begin the swivel the muzzle to the right rapidly. It soon became evident that the gobbler had slipped around Lexi just out of range at a trot to catch up with some hens that had run by first. He never broke stride heading downhill to catch up with the hens in an alfalfa field. An hour later we had repositioned ourselves above that same flock which had picked up other members of the dawn fly down.<br />
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We crawled through some light sage to the edge of draw and spotted the flock only a 150 yards below us. I began to cut and yelp with a hen that was clearly in charge of this flock and soon began to work her way uphill to confront the loud mouth up the draw, which was me. The gobblers and other hens followed but were taking their damn sweet time and soon that bossy matron hen was almost in our laps. Lexi was sitting on my right, more exposed than I with gun on her shoulder. Soon the hen had worked out that things weren't looking quite showroom condition and sent out the alarm. All we could do was watch the flock trot out of sight behind her. As they headed into the center of another wheat field leaving no approach for a set up we pulled the plug and headed in for lunch.<br />
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I think for the next three hunts we called in every jake and hen on the property but the older gobblers stayed elusive. Sure we saw them, called to them, mixed it up with them but we never had one commit. One morning we had five long beards courting one lone hen. You'd think one of those toms when hearing another hen just down the hill at the edge of some maples would leave the rest of the team and hot foot it over to say hello. But no, love is just as blind with turkeys.<br />
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Preparing to hit the woods again the next morning I asked Lexi if she was ready for a dawn patrol attempt ? "Dad lets not leave until at least 1pm, as we've shot more than a few birds in the late afternoon". She had a point and with the season going into the 3rd week it did make sense. Let the hens go to the nest leaving the gobblers alone in the afternoon. Why not ?<br />
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We left at 2pm the next day and drove to the norther most part of the property to the base of canyon and as we gathered up our gear Lexi said "there's two now". I failed to see them as the two birds walked into a side draw 400 yards away. We slipped up the slope to an old earthen dam and dropped to our hands and knees and inched up our side of the dam to peek over the other side. It was then I saw the fan. A tom was in full display about 60 yards away at the edge of some thigh high weeds with just the crown of his fan visible. Crawling the final 5 to 8 yards to the top of the damn wouldn't put the bird in range and expose us from any other tactical move once we got there. So we elected to sweep wide around the bird to out left, swing above the bird and begin the call when we found some cover. Sounds great doesn't it !<br />
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So we made the move, swinging a couple hundred yards left, gaining altitude and found a thin line of trees to creep into. Just as we were setting up and looking down into the old dried up damn filled with thigh high weeds no less then a dozen hens stood up out of the weeds and began to putt softly. The gig was up but the entire flock was not really yet sure of what all the commotion was really about. Alert they slowly walked out of our line of sight.<br />
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We quickly peel back to the left and uphill again to try and get a couple hundred yards above and ahead of them hoping they'd settle down and then try to call the long beard from the flock. We were scrambling up the ridge on a terraced wheat field when we stopped in tiny grove of trees. At that moment we heard a gobble just above us and to our left. The bird was screened from view by the tiny band of trees. Lexi looked back over her shoulder at me as if to say "whoa he's close" when I motioned for her to kneel down behind my pack and point the muzzle uphill towards the edge of the terrace lip and to the edge of the trees. I softly purred and cut just once.<br />
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The bird gobbled again closer, now at the edge of the trees we were kneeling in. A jake suddenly appeared directly above us and peered over the edge of the terrace. I whispered "jake" and Lexi calmly held her fire, another gobble rattle the trees just to the left of the where the Jake was standing and then the long beard stepped into view. He looked directly down the slope at us not 15 yards away when the shotgun went off. The gobblers lost his grip on the terrace and tumbled over the edge and rolling towards us.<br />
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Lexi ejected the spent hull and walked a few feet over to the bird now flapping around as only a head shot turkey can, the pattern at that range was pretty tight and she just managed to dent the top of his scalp. Finally he kicked his last and lay still. The face mask were pulled down and we sat in the grass awhile not saying much, showing respect for the bird and trying to suck it all in as usual. I began thinking aloud as to how fast it all happened since we heard him gobble the 1st time and we both agreed it couldn't have been more than 30 seconds. By chance we were in the right spot in the only cover available for 300 yards and at the very right instant. I'd rather be lucky than good anytime.<br />
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We hadn't a clue if more birds were traveling with this jake and older gobbler but these two were headed for the very same draw the other flock was in. The season for her was now over, we'd gotten in six good hunts, saw plenty of birds and had plenty of up close encounters.<br />
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Spring Break at her selected college does not coincide with our turkey season in Utah. But there's a chance that after final exams, with a quick dust up at the dorm and a non-stop flight home we might be able to catch the last 10 days of our spring season here, my favorite time to hunt these great birds and with my favorite turkey hunting partner.<br />
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<br />D'Arcy Echols & Co.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17072790333332368327noreply@blogger.com0