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Nov 14th, 2024 at 7:06pm
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Still a work in progress.  I reamed the chamber out today and now I can shoot it.  The crescent buttstock came with the rifle with a 30-40 Krag barrel.  The action is a coil spring but the 30-40 barrel has the flat spring dovetail.  I had an new? eBay purchased 40-65 barrel with no flats spring dovetail.  I finally got around to installing it on this action.  The forend is held on by a screw and is too far forward.  I will either make a new forend for the #4 weight barrel or cut a dovetail in the right location. The PB buttstock is an option and is made for a straight grip.  Someone filled the upper tang sight hole and sanded it down before refinishing.  I hope I can get it out without having to re-tap the hole.  The rifle comes in at just over 11 lbs as it.
Now to see how it shoots

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Reply #1 - Nov 15th, 2024 at 3:37am
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Jack, what is the groove size on it?

I have a really nice tapered Ron Long mold, for a .408 groove.
  

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Reply #2 - Nov 15th, 2024 at 8:51am
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That's a beautiful little rifle there Jack.  I only have experience with Shiloh's chamber, but if yours is anything like it ( about 0.050" freebore, 2.5 degrees per side taper ), then I'd recommend finding a Saeco #740 mold.  For 200-300 yards it is exceptionally good. 

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Reply #3 - Nov 15th, 2024 at 9:13am
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I have a couple of moulds to try that I picked up when I had a 40-63 Ballard.  I also have several hundred old 30-1 cast bullets from Bob Zimmerman’s estate.  I plan to do another  chamber cast after running the reamer through it. I did get the upper tang screw out quite easily with a screw extractor.  I was worried that it might have been secured with Loctite. The only local shoots here are 100 and 200 yds so my short Ron Heilman sight should suffice. I do have an MVA 108 on my 45-90 I could use.  While I have the barrel off I think I will drill and tap the no name barrel for scope blocks.  I have a Stevens 368 and a 6x Mossberg I could use on it. 
I will keep your mould in mind Frank as well as the Saeco

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Reply #4 - Nov 15th, 2024 at 11:14am
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Looks like a nice rifle Jack!
If you pull the lower tang and setup the action to level the top tang you can drill the plug screw out from the underside. I've found doing it this way usually catches the screw and the direction of the drill press will spin it out at some point before it breaks through the end of the screw.
Tope side also works if you have a left hand drill bit, and a hand drill you can run reversed.
  

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Reply #5 - Nov 15th, 2024 at 12:00pm
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I attached a spare lower tang and clamped that tang in my mill vice, leveled the action and drilled first with a center drill then a 1/8” bit all the way through. An easy out bit grabbed it quite easily.  I thought about drilling from the bottom but the plug screw had somewhat of a point.   
Next is to fireform some brass. I hope to be able to finger seat a bullet over a BP load without ever having to size a case like my 45-90 and 38-55 BP loads. 

  

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Reply #6 - Nov 15th, 2024 at 8:19pm
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I fitted the PG buttstock and added scope blocks.  Here she is with my Stevens 368 scope with Winchester A5 mounts.   

I will take a better photo when the sun comes up tomorrow.

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Reply #7 - Nov 16th, 2024 at 11:09am
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That should make it more comfortable to shoot! I have two buttstocks for my Ballard #4 Perfection in .45-70 for the same reason. The original is a deep crescent and really hurts. I built a second that's a pistol grip conversion with shotgun buttplate to make the .45-70 more comfortable to shoot.
  

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Reply #8 - Nov 16th, 2024 at 3:17pm
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I didn't find anything at the gun show (well I did get some cookies) so I am going to order the RCBS Shiloh die set.  I did kludge together a 405 Win expander in a 45-70 die body and I should be able to put together a seater combo to load up the 40 cases that I sized with a borrowed set of 40-65 dies and get the brass fire formed.  The screw hole in the barrel is not at Winchester standard position so the forearm is 1/4" or se too far forward.  I think I will work on making a new forend and if I mess that uo, I will cut a dovetail in the stock. The forend I sanded out is a bit to thin at the front in my opinion. I can shoot it as is so a new forend is not a high priority.  I would like to use my Mossberg scope (the Stevens has a post), but the blocks are too short to allow the angled rear mount screw to clear the barrel. I will have to look through my blocks to see if I have a taller set with the dual Unertl cup and Winchester holes.
Thanks to those here who loaned me stuff to get this project off the ground.   

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Reply #9 - Nov 16th, 2024 at 3:19pm
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Glad to help Jack. And glad you're getting this project close to finished too!
  

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Reply #10 - Nov 16th, 2024 at 5:28pm
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In response to Frank's question, it has a .410 groove and is 1 14 twist.  Barrel is 31 inches.   

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Reply #11 - Nov 16th, 2024 at 6:33pm
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I put on some taller blocks (not much) but the rear mount screw on the Mossberg scope still hit the barrel.   I was able to find knob in my junk box and made a new smaller diameter screw.  Here is the rifle without the tang sight installed.  I have a black version of the 4x scope as well.
  

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Reply #12 - Nov 16th, 2024 at 7:30pm
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Slick!
  
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Reply #13 - Nov 16th, 2024 at 7:40pm
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Jack, your cover plates for the Obj and + hairs, are 180° off.
  

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Reply #14 - Nov 16th, 2024 at 11:06pm
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Frank, If I knew what you were talking about I would scare myself. Smiley
  

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