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Gunsmithing
Teaching somebody to chamber a barrel
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<blockquote data-quote="SageRatShooter" data-source="post: 1628923" data-attributes="member: 100099"><p>Tbaxi - I've been a member of this forum for years and never post responses because of the useless opinions and non-helpful rants that are pervasive on this site. I'm going to break my rule here because you ask a legitimate question and over half of the responses were unjustified personal attacks on you for asking a simple question. I would make the following suggestions based on my experiences. I found the Darrel Holland gunsmithing series DVD's very helpful you should be able to find them on-line (or something similar) they are dated but thoroughly cover the basics. I rented them from "smart flix" but think this site is shutdown. If time permits watch all the DVD's (after schoolwork is done). Design your rifle project like any engineering assignment parts needed, specs, etc. Keep your first build relatively simple. Follow up with the smith/machinist you've contacted after watching/reading as much as possible and discuss what you have in mind and hopefully he will decide to help. Be willing to compromise on caliber because if the smith has been retired for awhile he may not have the current hottest caliber reamers and ordering one for a single build will significantly drive up the unit cost. You can rent reamers so search on line for some low cost alternatives for reamers and go/nogo gauges. Ask lots of questions. Good luck and hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SageRatShooter, post: 1628923, member: 100099"] Tbaxi - I've been a member of this forum for years and never post responses because of the useless opinions and non-helpful rants that are pervasive on this site. I'm going to break my rule here because you ask a legitimate question and over half of the responses were unjustified personal attacks on you for asking a simple question. I would make the following suggestions based on my experiences. I found the Darrel Holland gunsmithing series DVD's very helpful you should be able to find them on-line (or something similar) they are dated but thoroughly cover the basics. I rented them from "smart flix" but think this site is shutdown. If time permits watch all the DVD's (after schoolwork is done). Design your rifle project like any engineering assignment parts needed, specs, etc. Keep your first build relatively simple. Follow up with the smith/machinist you've contacted after watching/reading as much as possible and discuss what you have in mind and hopefully he will decide to help. Be willing to compromise on caliber because if the smith has been retired for awhile he may not have the current hottest caliber reamers and ordering one for a single build will significantly drive up the unit cost. You can rent reamers so search on line for some low cost alternatives for reamers and go/nogo gauges. Ask lots of questions. Good luck and hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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