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Post by wordweaver3 on Jun 15, 2016 0:15:53 GMT
There needs to be a ban on the assault khopesh. Anyone can just go out and buy 1500 BC cutting edge military weaponry. It's just not right.
Gun grabbers using a tragedy to forward their cause is about as predictable as flies to shit. I tried to find what actual weapons were used and I kept finding press stories showing the AR-15 used in Sandy Hook. Chances are it wasn't actually an AR, which will disappoint the press.
Won't keep them from trying to ban them anyway.
Anyhoo. Got the Mosin stock as good as I can possibly get it. Unfortunately it's very humid today and I can't spray without risking setting issues again. So I did a little bit of polishing on the sear for shits and grins and without hardly trying I got it down to 3-4 lb pull.
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Post by demonnachos on Jun 15, 2016 0:37:43 GMT
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Post by Horsie on Jun 15, 2016 8:10:20 GMT
I have several weapons that were among the most advanced infantry weapons of their day, and they all pre-date the Hindenburg disaster.
That's a pretty light trigger pull, I think mine might be slightly lighter, although I could (and probably should) make it a little heavier if I took out one of the shims I put between where the sear and receiver, around the screw that holds it in place.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jun 15, 2016 11:09:22 GMT
I was surprised by how easy it was to get that trigger pull. The only thing I did was polish the sear engagement on the cocking piece. I took a piece of 600 and 2000 grit emery cloth on the corner of a wooden block and spent about 60 seconds trying to give it a sharper profile. I didn't even think I had really done much but put it together to test anyway. The trigger broke so easy compared to before I thought I had gone too far. After a few more dry fires I realized that it was just around perfect for a rifle. There's still a tiny bit of creep but I'm afraid to alter it much more than I have. I did the safety check by banging it around and didn't have any unintentional discharge.
Though with a trigger like that I am glad that the new firing pin spring made the safety more usable than before.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jun 15, 2016 12:40:46 GMT
I keep talking about the thing I may as well put a photo or two up. I've shortened the stock about 11 inches, filled in the rear sling attachment, the cleaning rod slot, and the slots where the ring retainers were, I added a pistol grip, and a rubber butt to help with recoil as well as extend the length of pull. I'm going to paint the the stock flat OD but it looks like the humidity is gonna be way too high for the next few days and I won't be able to get to that until the weekend. I still have to cut and crown the barrel and attach a scope mount, but I think I have it nearly how I want it. The action and the trigger are working really nice now.
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Post by Horsie on Jun 15, 2016 15:15:40 GMT
That looks pretty sharp, I forgot you were putting a pistol grip on it. It's too bad you have to remove the first few inches of barrel though.
Are you going to see about bending the bolt handle?
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jun 15, 2016 16:31:30 GMT
I probably won't do anything to the bolt handle. It's not gonna be in the way with this build. I'm also trying to do as much of the work by myself as I can and that's just more work.
Any amount of barrel that I have to cut I'm gonna try and put back on with a muzzle shroud. So if I cut off 4 inches the shroud will be 4 inches. Should keep the overall look the same ish.
I kinda like the overall look without painting it. It sorta has a Fallout feel to it.
Still gonna paint it though.
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Post by demonnachos on Jun 15, 2016 20:55:14 GMT
That grip really doesn't look like it belongs there.
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Post by Canuovea on Jun 15, 2016 23:42:20 GMT
That's because it clearly doesn't.
But it may still work well enough. An interesting experiment.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jun 16, 2016 7:13:20 GMT
The pistol grip is a bit odd looking on it, but the ergonomic improvement is worth it. It feels much more natural on the shoulder now. I got brave enough to pull out the hacksaw. I took off 4 inches. After about an hour with a variety of sandpaper I managed to get all the tool marks from the saw out and get a flat profile. Technically I have a crowned barrel here, it's just a low quality flat crown with no protection. It did pass the Q-tip test so there are no burs. I want to take it to the range and see how it performs now before I do anything else to it. I could lap it later to give the crown a bit of protection, but if I fabricate a good shroud the crown should have plenty of protection.
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Post by Horsie on Jun 16, 2016 7:53:27 GMT
Fair enough, a bent bolt handle isn't something that's easy to do.
The only reason why cutting the barrel down bothered me was that you'd lose the front sight; I know you won't need it for the build you're doing, but I like iron sights!
How hard would it be to lap the crown?
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jun 16, 2016 8:30:03 GMT
Lapping is pretty easy. All you need is a drill, a brass lap bit, and lapping compound. It's not really supposed to be used for creating a crown, just finishing one. If you're patient you can make a crown with it, but it takes a long time to cut steel with brass, and you'll typically go through 2 or 3 bits to do it. There is a bolt on front sight available. I had to cut the barrel down, the part I cut off looks like a mini blunderbuss compared to the new bore. It was never gonna be worthwhile unless I went through the expense of counterboring it 4 inches.
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Post by Horsie on Jun 16, 2016 8:51:57 GMT
I imagine the compound is like a high grit polishing compound, it's little wonder you'd go through a lot of bits, you'd basically be polishing a crown into the steel.
I imagine it'd be too much hassle to make it shoot properly that way, it'd be a different story if it was a really nice rifle. You'd need a lathe to counterbore the barrel, and it probably wouldn't be cheap if when you found a gunsmith who could do it.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jun 16, 2016 15:37:16 GMT
Yep, it has super fine grit in it to polish the crown perfectly smooth. The nice thing is that it's a cheap way to refinish old crowns that might have a few scuffs and scratches.
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Post by Horsie on Jun 16, 2016 16:02:53 GMT
I'll have to look into that, I have a couple of rifles that might need their crowns touched up.
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