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Post by twomoons on Oct 30, 2013 8:58:51 GMT -5
 A guy brought in a box of parts the other day and I bought the whole mess for $20 gas money. In the box was an almost complete Steven's favorite action. A little digging in the junk drawers ad the stock pile (a real stock pile) brought forth a butt stock and the rest of the action parts. I had a Remington barrel with a mint bore that some one had attempted to convert to 22 mag with a dull drill bit and cut off and rechambered to 22 lr it fitted nicely on the Favorite action. The stock is in the works and I am contemplating a full manlicher stock for the little gun. Here is where it's at so far and it shoots too.. |
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Post by Jack on Oct 31, 2013 7:33:51 GMT -5
What a nice little rifle!
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Post by twomoons on Oct 31, 2013 8:50:33 GMT -5
Yeah another 20 hours of work and I will have something to give to the grandkids. The fore stock was roughed out yesterday from a cunk of walnut treee I was given a few years ago, it's drynow.
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Post by jmarriott on Nov 1, 2013 4:39:42 GMT -5
Always loved the look of the fav
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Post by twomoons on Nov 1, 2013 10:59:28 GMT -5
Well another progress report. Today I made a spring loaded extractor for the gun since original extractors are made of unobtanium and when found cost as much as the rest of the rifle. My design works popping about1/2 the shell out of the chamber. I will probably take some stock and hand forge a buttplate for the rifle today and then it' son to finihsing the stock and making everything black and purty. Now in 1895 this gun cost less than 6.00 which translates into about $200.00 in today's money. By the time I am done I will have a parts cost of $20 in the rifle and about 30 hours of work in design and machining and finish. that means the rifle is worth  and my time is worth about $5 an hour? Oh boy something for FREE!!! |
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Post by deputydon on Nov 2, 2013 20:25:44 GMT -5
Did ya put a full mannlicher stock on it?? I'm interested!!!
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Post by twomoons on Nov 3, 2013 11:06:55 GMT -5
 Well here it is so far. I decided to turn new action screws from hardened stock and that is in the works so when they are done they will be case hardened. The action is done in dura coat as it fills the rust pits that were in the action and it blends well with the blued barrel. The stocks don't quite match but it's OK for two pieces of wood from different trees. The buttplate is hand forged from scrap iron and the front and rear sight are Remington sights from the scrap drawer. The next project is to put on a tang sight. The stocks wil need more coats of Danish oil as they dry and it wil be a month or two before it really shines up right. The whole rifle is styled from the earlier Setvens 107 or what we call the 44 action today. This was a heavier rifle and this gun weighs in at closer to 6 pounds rather than the 4 1/2 of the original Favorite. More of a bigger boy"s rifle. |
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Post by deputydon on Nov 3, 2013 20:36:56 GMT -5
Lookin' good !!!
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Post by dovehunter on Nov 4, 2013 10:29:46 GMT -5
Nice!!!
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Post by Jack on Nov 4, 2013 12:38:24 GMT -5
I definitely want to see some pics when it's all done.
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Post by twomoons on Nov 4, 2013 16:37:47 GMT -5
I am in the process of redesigning yhe extractor as what I made slips down a little and lets the shells slip past sometimes. I am fitting the new one tighter and amy make it dovetailed into the bottom of the barrel. This is because the original extractors or replicas ae so high priced and are never in stock.
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Post by twomoons on Nov 22, 2013 9:54:19 GMT -5
Well I finally got it done the other day. The extractor I designed and built had a little wobble in it and would let a ctg slip under when fully retracted. I cured this by making a new extractor that is dovetailed into the bottom of the barrel. The dovetails hold it solid and there is no slip by...but...
The darn thing took me like 2 hours to mill and file and fit, if I were to make these for other folks they would cost $50 a piece. It does make a nice litte rifle though about a pound hevier than the Favorite. I would actually like it heavier yet and am wondering what an Octogon bull barrel would be like. Next time...
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Post by deputydon on Nov 22, 2013 19:23:08 GMT -5
YUP !!!
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A guy brought in a box of parts the other day and I bought the whole mess for $20 gas money. In the box was an almost complete Steven's favorite action. A little digging in the junk drawers ad the stock pile (a real stock pile) brought forth a butt stock and the rest of the action parts. I had a Remington barrel with a mint bore that some one had attempted to convert to 22 mag with a dull drill bit and cut off and rechambered to 22 lr it fitted nicely on the Favorite action. The stock is in the works and I am contemplating a full manlicher stock for the little gun. Here is where it's at so far and it shoots too.. 
and my time is worth about $5 an hour? Oh boy something for FREE!!! 
