Well I picked up the rifle this morning.  To me it is very beautiful, I had never seen a schuetzen rifle first-hand.  I hope I did not misspeak about the brass.  I have tons of 30-30 brass but no proper die.  Have never fireformed before, will the ~.010 neck expansion be too much too fast?  I will keep shortening the brass until it just chambers.  No problem getting a die, just a little anxious to get shooting, even with a 'blank' load.

Later - fairly sure a sizing die is required, the 30-30 shoulder is too fat at .401.  Having picture trouble - Linux computer. 

Soon as the wife gets off the phone.  I am camera dumb.  She does not share my shooting enthusiasm, loves quilting though.

Hope the pictures are of a proper size.
Tang sight is missing, front sight is a post, barrel sight has a bent elevation screw.  I will be sending the Aydt to Bill Loos for sight work.

Here is the open action.
By the way, there is a crack on the right side against the receiver, which I knew from the Gunbroker post.  Not sure what to do about other than maybe remove pressure from the receiver.

What I was wanting a picture of is the lever itself, in the open postion. If it looks like this, it's a System Will or Hiller.

Frank

looks like a later Aydt to me too,  a lot of variations on that action,  some are almost Nines

Joe,  I'd be interested in seeing photos of that mold. 

Since most of the old original bullets were supplied from industrial makers who swedged them, stamping in a hollow base would  be an easy part of the process