Stolle Teddy action re- work
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Doesn't look bad to me but if I were gonna do anything, I think I'd send it to Kelblys to replace the steel insert, altogether.
jackieschmidt
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I would lap them a little, declare the gall lines grease grooves and not worry about it. Looking straight in, you have great lug contact.
Kelblys is now basically a CNC production shop. I doubt very seriously if they would do it.
Kelblys is now basically a CNC production shop. I doubt very seriously if they would do it.
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Bolt lugs are good as bolt not original to action. I can lap if necessary and make special tool to do it. It Is a 6ppc and when I got it, it wouldn’t close on the gage and new prepped brass did not want to go. Put barrel in lathe and lengthened chamber about .008” to correct. Works fine now with no issues.
Just wanted to see if it could be done.
Just wanted to see if it could be done.
DaveTooley
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Piloted lap to remove the high spots then shoot it. No need to complicate this.
jackieschmidt
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Just as a info, the way Kelbly did their actions was to install the steel insert, and then do all of the finished machine work. The word as they used an interference fit thread, more or less mating the two till death did they part.
This was opposed to the way Stiller did his aluminum actions. He installed and torqued the finished threaded steel insert into the fully machined aluminum action body.
This was opposed to the way Stiller did his aluminum actions. He installed and torqued the finished threaded steel insert into the fully machined aluminum action body.
DaveTooley
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Interference fit and a long, very long cheater bar
jackieschmidt
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Is that a stiller insert? Or a Stolle.
Yes, while I've not had the insert replaced in a Kelbly, I have in the Stiller. 350ft/lbs of torque along with loctite and an interference fit at two locations, is how Jerry did his inserts...per himself.
That's not what the Stiller looks like...fwiw. I've just always assumed the Kelbly and Stiller were installed the same way, but maybe not. The Stiller has a smaller step, then the threads, then a larger step that the bbl faces up to. The two steps are both an interference fit with loctite and torqued to 350ft/lbs! The math works for this. Trust me. I can go into more detail.
LVLAaron
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I don't think that insert was ever in an action... It's interesting that it's threaded though, I would think both the insert and body would be threaded in the same operation...
Either way, if they aren't threaded to the action, I'm really curious how they assemble them.
Either way, if they aren't threaded to the action, I'm really curious how they assemble them.
A mandrel? Everything could be done from the other end, in a single setup though
jackieschmidt
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So, were Kelbly actions finished machined after the steel insert was installed? I just assumed They were since everything mated up so well.
LVLAaron
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My fault here - I meant threaded for the action screw, not the barrel tenon.
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