Ok for all that wanted some more information on the 45-70 that I built here you go. I started with the reading of an article about the 45-70 Sandy Hook Trials in 2015 and was amazed what they had achieved, so I decided to look in to building a rifle that would be designed on the same parameters as the guns in the trials. This led me to finding the DeHass book and I read it front to back 2 times then decided on building the FM Vault Lock 2 in the book, I studied the plans for around 2 months and finally figured I was ready to give the build a go. I started by looing for metal sources and bought all of the metal except the block for the receiver . I started doing some figuring on the sizing for the strength of the receiver, I wanted it to be strong enough for a magnum. I ordered the block of 4140 pre hard steel. Then for the barrel that was a real journey trying to find a 3 groove 1-18 twist, finally settled on a 6 groove 1-18 twist magnum contour unchambered unthreaded barrel from McGowan. I got everything together and started building in May of 2017 and finished it in October of 2017 all except for the engraving it would take me until June of 2021 to find the design that I wanted for the engraving. I have had a good time building the firearm it has been very rewarding especially after taking the deer with it this year. I hope this was a good enough explanation of the building of the firearm if there are any questions I would be glad to try to answer them, Thanks for reading.
Ray
Ray
