Thank you for posting such wonderful videos. I have considered taking some gunsmithing courses and watching your videos has inspired me. Just wish I could find a mentor such as yourself to help me in my studies. Your attention to detail is truly remarkable! Thank you once again for the priceless videos.
I go to alot of gunshows and look for used Winchester M-70 rifles... 99% of the people out there wouldn't believe some of the hacked up rifles that people swear up and down were "professionally built"...
You've just added one more thing for me to check on when I inspect a rifle... Thank you for posting this video...
Sorry SGR, I should have said the 2nd last time I learned something about bolt actions was from R.J. Your vids have answered a lot of questions. I remember a story of a guy who had his bolt handle fall off after the 1st shot during a hunt. It was a custom 700. He let the same smith repair it, and handle fell off again on next 1st shot. This timing thing and the handle position vid explains why. Safety glasses and new rifles, don't leave home without 'em.
Sometimes you can get a bad solder job. At the factory they are done electronically and sometimes the time alloted is not correct for the sliver solder to adhere. I normally tin both surfaces over first and then re-flux and all you have to do is add a little solder and heat to right temp. We still get some that have been knocked off with a 2x4 or hammer in frustration that the bolt will not open. Allot of people think that the rifle chamber is a full length sizing die.... it is NOT.
The last time I learned something about bolt action rifles was after reading an article by Rick Jamison, explaining why you can't feed a cartridge directly into chamber of a true C.R.F. Mauser rifle. I really like these vids. Thanks sgr218.
Ok i get the concepts of what you do when timing, but what does timing do to help the rifle, better accuracy? smoother action? what problems will happen if its not done right? safety thing? these im still confused about that, but perfectly clear about what it is you do
Timing is important for this reason. If you don't have it you loose your cam and that is what extracts the fired case from the chamber. The bolt will have a "CLICK" at the top and you will find extraction of the fired case hard. It doesn't have anything to do with accuracy, however if you print it, sleeve the bolt, re-cut the threads, accurize the receiver and you can't extract the cartridge after you fire it you didn't gain much.Its part of the package so to speak.
Thank you for posting such wonderful videos. I have considered taking some gunsmithing courses and watching your videos has inspired me. Just wish I could find a mentor such as yourself to help me in my studies. Your attention to detail is truly remarkable! Thank you once again for the priceless videos.
browngrizzly1 1 year ago
Whitehorse,
You are correct there are allot of hacked up jobs out there. I see them all the time.
SGR
sgr218 2 years ago
I go to alot of gunshows and look for used Winchester M-70 rifles... 99% of the people out there wouldn't believe some of the hacked up rifles that people swear up and down were "professionally built"...
You've just added one more thing for me to check on when I inspect a rifle... Thank you for posting this video...
Whitehorze 2 years ago
Sorry SGR, I should have said the 2nd last time I learned something about bolt actions was from R.J. Your vids have answered a lot of questions. I remember a story of a guy who had his bolt handle fall off after the 1st shot during a hunt. It was a custom 700. He let the same smith repair it, and handle fell off again on next 1st shot. This timing thing and the handle position vid explains why. Safety glasses and new rifles, don't leave home without 'em.
livinagain2004 2 years ago
Sometimes you can get a bad solder job. At the factory they are done electronically and sometimes the time alloted is not correct for the sliver solder to adhere. I normally tin both surfaces over first and then re-flux and all you have to do is add a little solder and heat to right temp. We still get some that have been knocked off with a 2x4 or hammer in frustration that the bolt will not open. Allot of people think that the rifle chamber is a full length sizing die.... it is NOT.
SGR
sgr218 2 years ago
Yes sir.... Rick is right.
SGR
sgr218 2 years ago
The last time I learned something about bolt action rifles was after reading an article by Rick Jamison, explaining why you can't feed a cartridge directly into chamber of a true C.R.F. Mauser rifle. I really like these vids. Thanks sgr218.
livinagain2004 2 years ago
Ok i get the concepts of what you do when timing, but what does timing do to help the rifle, better accuracy? smoother action? what problems will happen if its not done right? safety thing? these im still confused about that, but perfectly clear about what it is you do
eballaryder05 3 years ago
Timing is important for this reason. If you don't have it you loose your cam and that is what extracts the fired case from the chamber. The bolt will have a "CLICK" at the top and you will find extraction of the fired case hard. It doesn't have anything to do with accuracy, however if you print it, sleeve the bolt, re-cut the threads, accurize the receiver and you can't extract the cartridge after you fire it you didn't gain much.Its part of the package so to speak.
sgr218 3 years ago
Thank you for taking the time to explain that part. Love the videos, its interesting to see them.
eballaryder05 3 years ago
Thanks for your interest in them. I hope it has helped.
SSGR
sgr218 2 years ago
I have a much better understanding of bolt lug to bolt handle timing now! Thank you so much! This has been very, very helpful!
nosegunner 3 years ago