It's done

[Kurt]

I will have to get a throating reamer made to open the throat first before a larger diameter bullet will chamber. That is my next option with that barrel. And if this fails it will get relined.

[Don McDowell]

I can get the .435/6 bullets wrapped in the Seth Cole 8 lb paper in cases resized with your die.
I've had good results with this deep grooved barrel, and I keep thinking back to what Bodine wrote Sharps about preferring deeper grooves as he thought they kept from having to wipe so much. I'm thinking he was really onto something because this barrel much prefers blowtubing or just a dry patch.

[Kurt]

Don.

The largest diameter bullet in the starline case my chamber will except is a .441" unless I breach seat the bullet then I can seat a .447GG. Using Norma brass a .439" is a tight push to seat a bullet in a fired case unsized and get it chambered.

[Don McDowell]

The Norma brass is getting pretty thick at the 2.4 length. Starline not quite so thick. I haven't tried the Jamsion brass as I'm using it in the 45-90's and I don't want to get them mixed in with a bunch of 44's.

[Kurt]

Well it's done for now till the wood settles down in my climate before I go any farther.

I have 5 coats of Tung oil on the wood rubbed in with my fingers and sanded 600 grid rubbing the sawdust in to fill the pores between coat. It still need a few more coats. It's taking shape, but for now it will do.
Kurt

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[Lumpy Grits]

OUTSTANDING work, Kurt
How long do you wait between coats with the Tung oil?
Gary

[Old Jim]

Well now .... ain't that nice !!!!!!

[Kurt]

TNX. Guys I like the none gloss look of the rubbed out oil finish. I still have some sanding to do when the wood settles down. I don't want to take off to much and have the metal higher then the wood.
Gary the first coat I let sit in the house one day before I steel wooled it. It depends how fast the oil set up so it doesn't feel tacky. I was able to apply two coats a day leaving the wood hang outside in the breeze. I wet sanded the oil with 600 grid till the oil started to dry then I rubbed it in with my fingers and let it dry. When it was dry I lightly steel wooled it smooth and repeated the process.
Today I shot about 35 mixed rounds of leftover stuff that I ran through the sizing die so they would chamber. It held 5" at 200 yards. Not bad for a bunch of mix-matched loads for fitting the chamber.

Kurt

[Lumpy Grits]

THX Kurt.
The 600 grit you speak of. Is that the 'wet or dry' type sandpaper that is used for auto body work?
Sure is a beauty
Gary

[Hiwall55]

Well Kurt I got an email from Gail and she said to send my final payment to them that my rifle is about done. It's a two barrel set, 38-50 and 40-60 Maynard . Both use 30-40 brass so I don't have to change extractors. I'll post some pics when I get it .