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Re-barreled FBW
Dec 25th, 2017 at 11:15am
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A few weeks ago I started a thread regarding a strangely chambered FBW Model J that I had recently purchased.  All that is now over as the barrel was so badly chambered that is was unusable and so short (26") that it could not be set back.

One of my friends offered a pristine, in the white Barry Darr 7-groove, 16-twist full octagon barrel blank.  Another friend fitted the barrel, chambered it in .32-40, and cut a new extractor.

The maple buttstock and fore end are just as they came with the rifle.  The original builder was a well known muzzleloader and it shows.  He also cut 1/4" off the rear of the action and inlet the lever into the buttstock - making the lever essentially useless for normal operation.  In this configuration, it is necessary to first cock the hammer manually and then lower the lever.

It's an odd looking thing but it promises to be a shooter. I first shot it yesterday morning in mid 30 degree weather and it produced three satisfactory groups using 14.5 grains of 296 and one 7/8" 10-shot group using 13.9 grains of 296.

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Re: Re-barreled FBW
Reply #1 - Dec 25th, 2017 at 12:15pm
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Jan,
It will be nice to see another FBW on the line at the Modesto match. Hope you get a match load worked up for
the February match.
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Reply #2 - Dec 25th, 2017 at 2:42pm
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Don't often see guns with maple stocks, but I do enjoy seeing them. That looks like a well done purpose built single shot!
  

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Nice to have friends with like interests and also nice when a plan comes together.......



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Reply #4 - Dec 25th, 2017 at 8:12pm
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Off the top of my head I can count nine rifles in our group of Schuetzen competitors that are built around the Model J FBW's Action including my own and one on a FBW's Model K.

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Reply #5 - Dec 25th, 2017 at 8:19pm
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Knowing the barrel maker, gunsmith, and the guy controlling the trigger, it comes as no surprise to me that the rifle is a shooter.

See you in February at MRC. Or, you can drive down and shoot with us in January.

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Reply #6 - Dec 28th, 2017 at 2:53pm
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Great looking piece of work there Jerry. How you going to get those little 25 bullets to rattle down the barrel and make it to the x ring???
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Reply #7 - Dec 28th, 2017 at 3:35pm
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dave_j wrote on Dec 28th, 2017 at 2:53pm:
Great looking piece of work there Jerry. How you going to get those little 25 bullets to rattle down the barrel and make it to the x ring??? Smiley


Undecided It's not mine Dave, and I didn't do the machine work.

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Reply #8 - Dec 28th, 2017 at 5:19pm
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Jack, how do like sakoman's (Allen) bench rest sled? I see you put longer 'legs' on the front of it. I haven't used mine yet
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Reply #9 - Dec 28th, 2017 at 5:38pm
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John Boy I think the sled is one of Jerry Vanwey's works of art having owned one while looking at it very closely but could be wrong. 

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Reply #10 - Dec 28th, 2017 at 8:22pm
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Jack, how do like sakoman's (Allen) bench rest sled? I see you put longer 'legs' on the front of it. I haven't used mine yet
And might add - One Sweet Looking Rifle!


Hi,

As John noticed, the sled was made by Jerry Vanwey and comes with the wheels installed.  It's the older version which is very, very good.  The newer version is even better.

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Reply #11 - Dec 31st, 2017 at 8:13pm
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Here is one last (for this year anyway) picture of the Maple-stocked FBW.

Let me draw your attention to inlet for the lever.  In order to achieve this effect, the builder cut 1/4" off the back of the receiver.  As you see, the end result of all this careful work was to render the lever useless.

In order to open the action, one has to first pull the hammer to full cock and then push inside the trigger guard.  Fortunately, the breechblocks on properly headspaced FBW's drop with little effort. 

Happy New year.

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Reply #12 - Dec 31st, 2017 at 11:49pm
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I see your point in how awkward the buried lever tail is. And, it seems to me that even if a misguided soul wanted to do that, it'd be so much harder to shorten an action that to just bend a lever. All one can ask here is, Why? Happy New Year.
  
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Reply #13 - Jan 1st, 2018 at 2:39am
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JackHughs wrote on Dec 31st, 2017 at 8:13pm:
In order to open the action, one has to first pull the hammer to full cock and then push inside the trigger guard.  Fortunately, the breechblocks on properly headspaced FBW's drop with little effort. 

Happy New year.

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Fortunately, you have a qualified gunsmith working on your rifle that knows how to correctly headspace a FBW. 

Still thinking you need to make the two hour drive down here to shoot with us in January. It would be fun!

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Re: Re-barreled FBW
Reply #14 - Jan 1st, 2018 at 11:33am
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JerryH wrote on Jan 1st, 2018 at 2:39am:
JackHughs wrote on Dec 31st, 2017 at 8:13pm:
In order to open the action, one has to first pull the hammer to full cock and then push inside the trigger guard.  Fortunately, the breechblocks on properly headspaced FBW's drop with little effort. 

Happy New year.

JackHughs


Fortunately, you have a qualified gunsmith working on your rifle that knows how to correctly headspace a FBW. 

Still thinking you need to make the two hour drive down here to shoot with us in January. It would be fun!

JerryH


Hi Jerry,

Already done.  The rifle is up and operating.  Chamber is beautiful, headspace and crown are perfect, and it seems to want to shoot - at least at temperatures below 35 degrees.

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