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Old 11-06-2012, 04:57 PM
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Howdy,
I had the barrel fitting tools from years gone by and there on Gunbroker was a Behlert barrel and rib. I talked to the fellow (Nice man) and was told it was from a disassembled 65. Hmmmmm? I have a decent one and decided to sacrifice it to the PPC gun project.
I had about a week before the barrel arrived so I tuned and polished the action, fit an internal trigger stop,bobbed the hammer, tuned and polished some more.
When the barrel came it was an easy fit . I had to surface the front of the frame to get it to snug while indexed. I had to shorten the ejector rod and drill and tap one hole for the rib.
It went together pretty good with .006 B/C gap, looks pretty cool and is slicker than wet soap.
On the down side, the forcing cone took my go/no gauge a bit past flush. It is a little big and I'm not sure what it will shoot like, but it is not that bad and may not be a problem. I'll have to shoot it and see.
Sometimes I have more fun than I should being cheap!
Here is a pic.
Thanks
Mike

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That is very cool!!
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Dang.

That just looks mean!!
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You can be proud of that one. Pro work. FUN is an understatement. Let us know how it shoots.
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You did a fine job.
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Mike: I'll bet 148 HBWC's will shoot pretty darn good in that.
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Need to see some targets from that ole "classic".
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Howdy,
Mary and I snuck off to the range today. ( Haha, spellchecker doesn't like "Snuck")
The target with 6 shots were the first 6 shots fired out of the gun. I posted a 25 yard target and fired 6 shots, double action, standing. The sight was where it was when it came to me.
The second target was a 480 point course and scores a 474, Maybe 475 but I doubt the one just below 9 O'clock will make it.
I bumped the sight up two clicks and let Mary shoot what ammo I had left.
It is going to be just fine. The deep forcing cone doesn't seem to matter. I'll bag it down next time out and see what it will do.
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Mike


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