I've got this old gun #2

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I've got another project going on now with this ugly old gun. The stock has been worked over pretty bad but the rest looks ok
This one loads through the stock and I'm going to make it mag fed and make it similar to this picture I found while looking at gun stuff
The bottom of the receiver was quite a bit different than the mag fed version with a really big hole that had to be filled in . I have a mag fed version to take measurments from so that's a big help.
I made a filler piece from another receiver and welded it in. I almost brazed it in but figured I'd get less heat distortion with the mig.
Looks kinda crappy but theres no holes or bad undercutting . It finished out with a little milling and file work

 

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I've got another project going on now with this ugly old gun. The stock has been worked over pretty bad but the rest looks okView attachment 1300321
This one loads through the stock and I'm going to make it mag fed and make it similar to this picture I found while looking at gun stuffView attachment 1300322
The bottom of the receiver was quite a bit different than the mag fed version with a really big hole that had to be filled in . I have a mag fed version to take measurments from so that's a big help.View attachment 1300325
I made a filler piece from another receiver and welded it in. I almost brazed it in but figured I'd get less heat distortion with the mig.View attachment 1300333
Looks kinda crappy but theres no holes or bad undercutting . It finished out with a little milling and file workView attachment 1300334

I had ordered some parts for the mag guide and spring so I didnt have to make them this time
Before clamping it in the mill vise I made two aluminum sleeves the same diameter to help get it setup with the bottom pointing up
I drilled and tapped the holes for the angle bar and spring while in the mill.




I also made a new end cap that was more like what I thought would look better and recessed an allen head screw in the end as a way to tighten it.

Here is what it looks like so far. I'll shorten the barrel to 17 inches and make a shroud for it and I've got a piece of walnut for the new stock.

 

[ckaberna]

Awesome write up

 

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Thanks ckaberna

I made the barrel shroud today and the rest of the related parts , the sleeve for the back end that goes around the mounting lug ,a reducer for the front ,the tube and a nut to hold it all together. I got the tube (20 dollars on amazon) hole pattern laid out and set it up in the lathe to drill all the holes with a 3/8 ball end mill. I also drilled and tapped the mounting holes for the sights while it was setup. The original cocking handle was really short so I made a longer one of those out of a piece of drill rod


Now it's starting to look like something. I knurled the nut that holds it all together and drilled 6 1/8 inch holes around the end to put a 1/8 rod through them to tighten the nut

 

[300_whisper]

That’s awesome…what a cool idea.

 

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A buddy dropped this piece of walnut off at my house so I cut off a piece for the new stock. It was just rough cut so it got a few passes through the planer to true it up then a couple trips across the table saw to get a straight edge
After trimming the forend I put it in the mill and cut the bottom with a flycutter to true it to the top. I had to do the inletting in two setups cause I only have 11 inches of travel and needed a straight edge to set in the viseI've been drawing on this for a week trying to finalize a design , finally satisfied went ahead and cut it out with the bandsaw and finished the inletting

 

[300_whisper]

Dude! You are super talented! I love this. So cool.

 

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This is supposed to have kind of a military look so I wanted a metal butt plate. A piece of 16 gauge from work turned out to be just the right thing . I made a paper pattern and glued it to the metal then gave it a dusting of black paint so when the pattern wore out I still had the paint outline to go by. Rough cut it with a cut off wheel then used a disk sander to finish it upView attachment 1303601
It wouldn't look right unless the mounting holes were dimpled so I made a dimpling punch to give the holes the right look

To give it the right curve I used the drill press for a press and worked the curve into it.

Now with that on I can do some more shaping


And here's what it looks like now with the back end pretty much done

my weekend starts tomorrow and it's supposed to snow saturday so should get plenty of shop time this weekend

 

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Well I've just about got this project finished. I found a rear sight from a thompson contender in my junk box for the rear and I milled one out of aluminum bar stock for the front. The front of the stock I left pretty much square except I rounded the corners with a round over bit in the router. My usual finish, minwax rosewood stain and umpteen coats of wipe on poly and buffed out with steel wool to a satin gloss finished it up. I still need to anodize the aluminum parts but I'm going to save them up till spring cause I'll have a bunch more by then.
Hope you all enjoyed and maybe I showed something you can use.

 

[300_whisper]

This was great!! Thanks so much for sharing. Tons of talent on this forum.

 

[ebb]

Nice job it looks great

 

[Bojo]

Damn nice job OP !!!!