Its been so long nearly forgot , for you Cev. William . Been so long cant remember the numbers. Cut the chamber with my home made reamer on the lathe , Here is where I left off on stock work , just work on it a bit at a time may never finish. Shoots very good Accurate and does not move. Can use , and do use .32 H&R Mag. load data . No sign of harm to brass and sure none to the RB action. Any How for what its worth , Thought you may want to see my progress. Thats me Slow But Sure! ,,DT
DT,
That is Coming along very well indeed.
As to the speed, my own "Projects" are also proceeding at a 'Snail's Pace" mostly due to my restricted Finances in retirement.
I have not had any "Work Calls' from My Union Dispatcher in several Months now. The "Cost of Living" raise in My Social security, Military, and VA disability retirement payments was 0.3 Percent this year in spite of Taxes Increasing at over 2 percent and the "CoL' raises to Current Government Employees being 2.7 percent.
I now have a pair of Ruger Revolvers added to my projects: one is a Single Six in .22 Cal that has been converted to a Long Barrel .25ACP Single Eight. the other one is a Single Six in .32 H&R Magnum that I am investigating making into a 'convertible' between Colt and S&W family .32 Cal Cartridges.
My rifle projects are Going Slow at my Gunsmith as he is 'buried' in more Work than the shop can handle for the Last Year.
Mine are of the "Back burner - low Budget" type ot keep my costs down.
A Home "putter Project" has been started in Converting a 1890 Winchester Pump to .25ACP and a Carbine Length (20 inch long) Barrel.
I have a 'Bubba Cut' 1890 Barrel out to "John Taylor Machining" to be Fitted with a .25ACP "TJ" 1;14 twist Liner.
I have already reworked the Front housing and Bolt to move the Firing Pin tip from "RF" to "CF" by re-drilling the bolt breech face and grinding off the original tip and drilling for a 5/64" (.078") Dowel Pin for a new firing pin tip. The original Tip
hole was filled with a steel rivet and filed Smooth after setting it.
I have a New made replacement '.22WRF Tube Magazine that will take the .25ACP cartridges in the spring inner tube and have opened the Loading Port width to allow Inserting .25ACP cartridge through the side of the Outer sleeve tube.
A Used "S-L-LR" Cartridge Lifter is to be reamed in bore enough to accept the .25ACP cartridge rim, keeping the Cartridge Length "Toggle' in the process so there should be little or no feeding problems.
I have Stocks and other parts in my home 'parts stock' from supporting my two Win 1890s in .22WRF, one of which also is a WRF/WMR interchangeable Conversion.
The Best way to survive 'retirement ' is to keep busy.
Best Regards,
Chev. William