Bill Calfee
Gun Fool
Making progress....
CYA friends:
Here's what I'm up against now.
I moved the action face of the 10-X action I'm using for my new MD-PAS triple pistol back to the 1.000" Turbo tenon length.
If I would have had any idea I was going to one day make a pistol out of this action, I would not have opened the counter bore up so wide.
.900" diameter barrels are all that would ever be used, so I only needed to open the counter bore up to say .950" at the most.
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Therefore, since I opened the counter bore up much larger than I actually needed, I'm left with a challenge in putting the spacer on the front of the action to make it XP length, plus have a place for the recoil lug.
And I'm still pondering exactly how I'm going to go about this.....although I believe I've got a basic idea of how I'm going to tackle it.
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I do not want this thing cobbed up looking.....
CYA friends, this pistol is going to be spectacular, and hopefully the forerunner of the wave of the future.
As you can see by this picture, I didn't have to make the counter bore as large in diameter as I did..
I "think" I'm going to attach the extension with four #4 screws....which means I have to drill and tap the narrow ring that's left of the original action face.
Also notice the first two threads are relieved, as are all custom actions.
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Please look at the threads on the bottom barrel in this picture....
If you use your imagination, the first two threads, right at the barrel shoulder, do nothing, because they're located in the relieve cut in the action.
If you notice, I've also relieved the threads back about 1/4" from the breech face of the barrel, this so the extractor cuts don't get into the threads.
Here's the point of me telling this:
On the 1.000" Turbo tenon, maybe slightly over half an inch of the threads actually contact the threads in the action, because the barrel threads are relieved at both ends.
If Anthony DiOrio does wind up producing the V-3 XP pistol, he will have to have the recoil lug attached in some fashion.
I've already discussed with him about having the V-3 XP tenon length be .875", then with a .125" thick recoil lug clamped between the barrel shoulder and action face, will still give us the standard 1.000" Turbo tenon length.
Doing it this way is, of course, is his decision.
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One other thing:
I installed a rear screw in my XP stock by simply drilling a hole in the bottom of the rear of the stock and running a round head, Allen 1/4" x 28 up from the bottom, with the head of the screw purchasing on the bottom of the stock..
I did this to allow me to torque the action in place, so I can start aligning the front half of the stock getting ready to attach it, while making sure I have barrel clearance......
And I was surprised at how solid the screw was, even though the stock is hollow, and the skin is fairly thin....( something for Az_Speed to think about)
Your friend, Bill Calfee
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PS:
When I get this extension for this action properly mounted, very neatly, with the recoil lug also properly mounted, it will be down hill from there on.
Man I'm cited....
CYA friends:
Here's what I'm up against now.
I moved the action face of the 10-X action I'm using for my new MD-PAS triple pistol back to the 1.000" Turbo tenon length.
If I would have had any idea I was going to one day make a pistol out of this action, I would not have opened the counter bore up so wide.
.900" diameter barrels are all that would ever be used, so I only needed to open the counter bore up to say .950" at the most.
____________________
Therefore, since I opened the counter bore up much larger than I actually needed, I'm left with a challenge in putting the spacer on the front of the action to make it XP length, plus have a place for the recoil lug.
And I'm still pondering exactly how I'm going to go about this.....although I believe I've got a basic idea of how I'm going to tackle it.
____________________________
I do not want this thing cobbed up looking.....
CYA friends, this pistol is going to be spectacular, and hopefully the forerunner of the wave of the future.
As you can see by this picture, I didn't have to make the counter bore as large in diameter as I did..
I "think" I'm going to attach the extension with four #4 screws....which means I have to drill and tap the narrow ring that's left of the original action face.
Also notice the first two threads are relieved, as are all custom actions.
_______________________________
Please look at the threads on the bottom barrel in this picture....
If you use your imagination, the first two threads, right at the barrel shoulder, do nothing, because they're located in the relieve cut in the action.
If you notice, I've also relieved the threads back about 1/4" from the breech face of the barrel, this so the extractor cuts don't get into the threads.
Here's the point of me telling this:
On the 1.000" Turbo tenon, maybe slightly over half an inch of the threads actually contact the threads in the action, because the barrel threads are relieved at both ends.
If Anthony DiOrio does wind up producing the V-3 XP pistol, he will have to have the recoil lug attached in some fashion.
I've already discussed with him about having the V-3 XP tenon length be .875", then with a .125" thick recoil lug clamped between the barrel shoulder and action face, will still give us the standard 1.000" Turbo tenon length.
Doing it this way is, of course, is his decision.
______________________________
One other thing:
I installed a rear screw in my XP stock by simply drilling a hole in the bottom of the rear of the stock and running a round head, Allen 1/4" x 28 up from the bottom, with the head of the screw purchasing on the bottom of the stock..
I did this to allow me to torque the action in place, so I can start aligning the front half of the stock getting ready to attach it, while making sure I have barrel clearance......
And I was surprised at how solid the screw was, even though the stock is hollow, and the skin is fairly thin....( something for Az_Speed to think about)
Your friend, Bill Calfee
_____________________
PS:
When I get this extension for this action properly mounted, very neatly, with the recoil lug also properly mounted, it will be down hill from there on.
Man I'm cited....
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