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While I apologize for the resolution of the two pictures, I did want to share them. What you are looking at is a LEFT-HAND threaded ejector rod for a 1917 or 2nd Model N-frame. It was made from a modern N-frame ejector rod, and a pre-war K-frame rod supplied the knob. Handy when you are trying to get an old gun up and running.
I probably should have titled this "Fun With a Lathe".
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While I apologize for the resolution of the two pictures, I did want to share them. What you are looking at is a LEFT-HAND threaded ejector rod for a 1917 or 2nd Model N-frame. It was made from a modern N-frame ejector rod, and a pre-war K-frame rod supplied the knob. Handy when you are trying to get an old gun up and running.
I probably should have titled this "Fun With a Lathe".
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Burt, you're good brother. You need to offer gunsmithing services for a little extra change. I have a 3rd model .22 that needs a little attention in the "hand" area. Are you comming to the upcomming Memphis show next month? How about Tulsa??
Roger
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Very talented. Many of us could use your help if you wanted to make some extra money.
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Burt, you're good brother. You need to offer gunsmithing services for a little extra change. I have a 3rd model .22 that needs a little attention in the "hand" area. Are you comming to the upcomming Memphis show next month? How about Tulsa??
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Roger, I am planning to do the local show. I don't know about Tulsa. I have reservations and everything but my Mom has had some health problems that may keep me from going.
As to talent, what I have is some really good friends who are talented and who are great for bouncing ideas off of. I help them on their projects and they help me on mine. Between us, we gewt stuff built. Now that I've got this ejector rod, I have to get off my rear and figure out the rest of this project.
As to building this rod, it could also be done with the barrel style of the registered Magnums and Third models. The raw material ain't cheap. You waste a good K-frame rod and you also use up an N-frame rod.
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I guess I am missing something here. What are you going to do with this
rod ? I assume that pre-WW2 guns had right-hand threads in the extractors,
so what is this post-WW2 left-hand thread rod going to be used for ?
Later, Mike Priwer
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Hi T,
I need one of those! Send me info if you have time to do one. I have a left hand rod, don't have a knob yet. Good work!
Regards, ~Chef
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I guess I am missing something here. What are you going to do with this
rod ? I assume that pre-WW2 guns had right-hand threads in the extractors,
so what is this post-WW2 left-hand thread rod going to be used for ?
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To be able to fit a post 1960 cylinder to a pre-war gun. For example, I have a friend who got two 1917 frames. He wants to build them back into shooting guns. Model 25-2 cylinders in good shape are easier to come by than 1917 cylinders in good shape. I have a second Model with totally screwed up ratchet pads and peened out stop notches on the cylinder. A newer .44 Special cylinder can be fitted. It would have worked with the modern rod untouched also, but it would not have looked as good.
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I understand.
Thanks, Mike Priwer
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Mike, You're welcome. This was really a technical exercise to see if we could do it.
For Chef or anyone wanting one: Making one eats up two rods - that's obvious. You can use a K-frame rod to get the knob, but since the knob has to be in good shape, the rod winds up being that way also. There are lots more of those than there are N-frame ones, but they are getting harder to come by.
Finding the right N-frame rod is hard. All of them are beveled at the front. The bevel varies from rod to rod. You want the shallowest bevel possible, so that the rod looks right at the front and has the necessary strength to do its job. I had to go through about two dozen rods to find one that would work.
What would really help would be able to sit down at a parts' dealers bin and hunt them.
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