Winter entertainment

Snow almost gone..except Halifax...so nearly done.
Action shaped up

Action inletted

Gosh, there was a buttstock in that chunk of wood!

On to the last furlong.....
 
oldstarfire said:
Gosh, wasn't what he told me..........darn.
Can't trust them Mormons!
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Browning's gun was really a lot simpler than the Winchester of 1885.

It'd do you some good to download the Patent drawing, which shows Browning's gun, and compare.

He was a good Mormon. No frills, right down to the shape of the lever he used, which was cheaper and faster to make than one with a bunch of curves in it. Barrels bought from Remington, because they were cheaper than making them. Etc.

You got a copy of Campbell's books on the Winchester Single Shot? He explains the story pretty well, including that Winchester worked pretty hard to try to circumvent that patent, before they bought it out.

William Mason gets the credit for a LOT of the features that made it into the production model, such as the removable lower tang, which allowed the factory to make different trigger mechanisms that could be installed on the assembly line. He was the guy they turned to to try to circumvent that patent, too.
Specific mention is made in the books of the breech block angle, as well as showing the fixture used to hold the raw forging to broach the mortise out at the 5 degree angle. There is also mention of how they eventually found an actual drawing that showed what the angle was supposed to be, as opposed to measuring actions and trying to figure it out from that.

Nice lookin' chunk of lumber! Looking more like a high wall now, with the back of the action shaped. I like the way you dealt with the stock to action fit. Nicer looking than a straight line, but still pretty straightforward to fit.

Hope it shoots as good as it looks!
How are you planning on dealing with the rimless extractor?

Cheers
Trev
 
Winchester made a very few 1885's for rimless cartridges.

They did a batch of very custom target guns for an international shooting competition chambered in 30-06 (or maybe -03), and they did a bunch of test hacks chambered in the Lee Navy cartridge that sorta was too far ahead of it's time to be a success, among others.

I can dig out my books and post a pic or two of how the factory did it if you'd like. I'll just photograph the pictures in the book.

IIRC, Frank DeHaas covered them in one or more of his "Mister Single Shot" books, maybe the gunsmithing ideas book? Going by somewhat sketchy memory here. I know it has been covered fairly well though. Mostly it's a matter of finding a way to spring load the extractor sideways so that the extractor can skip over the rim in the event that the case is placed ahead of the extractor when closing up the action. Not quite as simple as when there were no rimless cartridges to worry about! A rimmed cartridge will pick up the extractor and carry it forward as it is chambered, so it is not that much of an issue until you go without that rim.

Cheers
Trev
 
Well, it isn't Nov 11, but this will be the "last post".
All done, action is rust blued, Weaver K10, case is from my old Hi-Wall when it wore this barrel some time ago.
Now to see if the barn is in danger, at least on the wide side.....
Hope you all enjoyed this project. Maybe something different next year.
 
It'd be a darn poor end to the reporting, if you don't let us know how it shoots, eh? :)

And how did you deal with the extractor? This ain't your first run through one of these, is it?

Cheers
Trev
 
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