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I inherited a few sleeved XP100s made up as rifles in Lee Six stocks. The sleeves are aluminum and they obscure the serial numbers. I was curious about what's involved in removing the sleeves, cleaning them out, milling a viewing window and reattaching the sleeves. These are really nice...

I believe him to have been one of the few geniuses I've known in my life. His interests were very narrow, but incredibly deep.

Barrel Fitting and Chambering Instruction? I'm interested in barrel work and have pretty much all the equipment and tooling one could possibly want. I inherited a very nicely setup and fully functioinal Clausing 5914 with many chucks, cutters, tool holders, dial indicators and reamers. My...

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Actually, that's a good point. My benefactor was an enthusiastic turner of necks. He even neck turned .17 Ackley Hornet. I'll have to look around for some different brass. The case I tried was unfired...I took a big position in the .222 a while back and didn't get to load all the brass I bought.

I've been working on a photography project, documenting my recently expanded collection of rifles. As I inherited from my gunsmith father in law a few benchrest rifles, some of which go back to the beginnings of the sport, there have been a few rifles that are a mystery to me. One that came up...

Right bolt, left port. So good to hear your response. I have a couple of the silhouette pistols as well, but haven't gotten around to photographing them.

I have a couple of sleeved XP100s in Lee Six stocks that will eventually need to be sold. One's in .22PPC and the other in .17BR, which I believe is a tweaked .17 Remington, but I'm not totally sure. They both feature Burns bolts and I believe Burns triggers as well. The problem is that there...

Well, you guys were right. On the tang. Tiny little numbers. 13x range.

I have an interesting old benchrest rifle I inherited. It's in a canary yellow Lee Six stock and I believe the action is glued in. It's a Wichita with 3 lug bolt and left port but there seem to be no markings on it at all. I was hoping to find the serial number but didn't see it. I had a...

That looks very professional, although (in my opinion) the cursive font may be a bit out of place. I would probably attempt to coordinate my engraving font with the style used on the action? Unless your intention is to use that font as part of your identity as a machinist, then more power to...

Is this something that could be done by hand? I've seen some slight modifications to neck diameter and throat dimensions done that way, but it was on black powder cartridge rifles, so the barrels were .40 and .45.

You guys are right, of course. The buttpad in question was a KickEez and I replaced it with a Pachmeyr. The hole spacing was an easy fit and I marked where to cut by taking a couple of 10/32 screws (which fit the threaded bushings in the stock) and pointing one end. Leaving the sharp...

All my Remingtons shoot, just some better than others.

That's interesting. Now that I have a good photo of what's happening, I'll pursue Pachmeyr just a little further. It isn't like it's that much money to just get a new one, but I thought they might like to know about it. Any other makers that might be worth looking into? You know, I'm...

I think they were bought out by Lyman(?) and Lyman's warranty is extended only to the original purchaser. I haven't found the contact info for the Pachmeyr division, but I'd think they would like to know about this...

I have a McMillan stock and the buttpad has totally failed. McMillan says it's a Pachmeyr Decelerator, but I've never seen one come apart like this: McMillan offered to sell me another Decelerator or send the rifle in for replacement. I'll put the new one on myself, but was looking for...

They aren't Leupold. They're Beuhler and can be vertically adjusted by manipulating shim stacks inside the rings. I guess once they're in the right configuration there is little chance of things shifting, but it seems cumbersome by today's standards. I called them up in Orinda and, although...

I think you're right. That's my plan.