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Old 10-06-2009, 08:33 AM
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[QUOTE=Bullseye Smith;1123371]Aussie can I ask why you didn't do the B/C gap while the barrel was off. For me that is the easy way, and most of the time I don't need a lathe.

What I didn't show was that I always fix the endshake before I put the barrel on and while the barrel is off I measure from the front of the frame to the front of the cylinder and get my zero reading.Then on the lathe I trim the barrel to lenght,So when all is done I have a zero reading with the barrel and cylinder in the frame.Then I trim the back of the barrel to get a 3-4 thou gap and cut the forcing cone with an 18 deg cutter then chamfer.This is different but I get a better fit this way.

Gary,The inserts are split(they don't come that way).When you pull the bottom off the wrench it all comes out and the inserts fall away.I make my own barrels when I can find the Shillen blanks or order 4-6 blanks direct from Clark Custom Guns in LA.


Ken
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