Barrel loops

[deerstalkert]

So is this a left hand or right hand gun?
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Phil, hope you don't think i was disparaging your left hand build. i always look at a gun in context of how it would work for me. selfish i know, that looks like you are going to have a gem when it is done. and the idea of eliminating one through screw appeals to me. i can drill a perfect hole half way through a stock, but sometimes i have trouble finding it coming back.
Did you build the beauty above?

 

[Phil Coffins]

Us right handed people that shoot left handed are quite accustomed to getting disparaging looks and words from normal people. I’ve gotten used to it, and enjoy debating the short comings of those poor individuals that can’t shoot from either hand. As long as the sights are more or less on top and the trigger is sort of on the bottom then I can adapt to it.
Now as to you, you’re on my like list.
The double gun is a image from the web, something to help me muddy the water so to speak!

 

[deerstalkert]

Us right handed people that shoot left handed are quite accustomed to getting disparaging looks and words from normal people. I’ve gotten used to it, and enjoy debating the short comings of those poor individuals that can’t shoot from either hand. As long as the sights are more or less on top and the trigger is sort of on the bottom then I can adapt to it.
Now as to you, you’re on my like list.
The double gun is a image from the web, something to help me muddy the water so to speak!

first time i have kinda been called "Normal"!
i like to jest and sometimes on the innerweb it loses people. i am ambidextrous on a good day. on my off days i am not even dextrous!
the gun you showed with the screw into the tang bolster, is that a rifle or pistol? how is that setup working out? i have a .45 pistol with a GM barrel that has been sitting for about 6 months now. she needs some attention. and as i have never build a left hand, and have a cousin that is a lefty i think i will finish it as a lefty. where can i find a left lock?

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

There are a great number of youngsters out there who cannot fix ANYTHING, and some of them get paid big bucks to fix things. Years ago, I had my stepson rotate the tires on my Ford Escort using the jack the car came with. He asked me why I was making him do that instead of having a mechanic do it. My answer: "Some day you might get a flat tire. On that day you will remember the old coot who made you learn how to fix it."

He graduated from college, got a job immediately, then got another job working for a bank just before his first employer closed up shop. Now he works from home. His computer is his office. I figure I musta done somethin' right.

 

[longcruise]

You are both too kind, but the folks that know me say I squeak when I walk.

I squeak to but it's got nothing to do with being cheap.

I’m trying a new “to me” way of attaching the lock, a bolt from the lock side into the tang. Seems like a good idea now but we’ll see.
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My only concern on this is the possibility that the barrel moves back with shooting and puts pressure on the bolt.

 

[Phil Coffins]

The breech of the barrel is firmly seated to the rear of the barrel channel, as I always do. Recoil should be taken by a solid wood contact rather then bolts, screws, or pins.

 

[longcruise]

The breech of the barrel is firmly seated to the rear of the barrel channel, as I always do. Recoil should be taken by a solid wood contact rather then bolts, screws, or pins.

I get that and I don't doubt your skills or knowledge but I'm thinking more of gradual and miniscule compression of the wood and/or swelling and shrinkage of the wood.

 

[chorizo]

Like my grandfather said, "That fellow is so tight, you couldn't drive a needle up his butt with a 10lb sledge".

Spot on. Recoil is absorbed by complete and solid wood contact. Anything else just leads to a split stock

 

[SwanShot]

When I was a youngster my dad was an improvisor, make it yourself guy and I learned the attitude from him, if not all the skills. Time passed, I earned good money and discovered that it was easier to buy what I needed.
Now I'm retired and money is short I am relearning the Attitude. Guys like you help remind me that there are few things I can't do, if I just make the effort. Thank you Phil