A 218 bee barrel is born..
Just proof fired it...

Broke me rock drill today...bummer..

So went to the barn nbrood...
Finished up..the 218 bee project..mostly..

Had to fit the barrel..so one of the previous scope mount holes.. would line up correctly..
Was a pain to do...but successful.?.
Drilled n tapped the rest of the holes..n set the mount..
Cut for the extractor....
Had to cut the forearm to fit....
The fore arm is from a donor stock..
Look in the pics..I need to shape it to fit the receiver part..
N ..I am open to sujestions...

Then I mounted a receiver sight..for the other barrel...
Still half to do the front sight in that barrel...

18" heavy varmint barrel...on the 218 bee..
Oh..a 2.5x8 power scope ..


I got to thinkin last night.. I might look inta a 410 shotgun barrel fer it...
Just night be feasable....

Looks awesome, even with the unfinished forearm.
Just looks like it is going to be good shooter.
I like that action.
It’s a good one.
There are a couple of places that build schutzen rifles off of that action. They ain’t cheap.

CPA...
Makes a 44 1/2...
A true falling block...very strong

The 44.. is a drop block with a toggle link systum..not as strong...

Hence only pistol type power cartridges..

But that is fine by me...
Last I looked a cpa action alone was something like $2000.00...
A little rich fer me given retirment...

You’re right, I don’t know what I was thinking…
Something comes to mind about that.
I wonder if it would handle a 7.62x25 Tokarev .
It’s a bottleneck case, but it’s fast.
Probably doesn’t do a thing for many of us older farts, because it’s a commie round. Not much in the way American nostalgia going for it.
Ballistics for it are pretty good though.

Heh...

I have a buddy.in fla.
Lookin for 7.62 nagant spent cases...for me...

Just another thing to make up ideas about..

Al, if you're looking for the 7.62x38 nagant revolver brass, let me know..

Yep...
I am lookin for that brass..
Once fired or fresh casings..

front sight is on...fiber optic one...better fer these eyes to see it..
N ..the receiver sight ..is a real nice little trim one..
Very basic.. got screw in apertures commin in the mail fer it..

so.....
I have a little learnin to do on Iron sight set up..

Front post is to tall...

Shoots low....
But groups. Nice...

Ordered a .260 front sight...
That will help...

update...
Front sight came in n is on...
Fixed the zero problum.. :0)

410 gouge barrel came in.. it might just work...

I acquired a 22 marlin stock out of the rubbish..free..
So now have a new steal butt stock..
Much more cumpfy...
The forearm will go on the 410 barrel if it works.

Also I did order some 7.62 nagant brass..
N..heh a..yep..a..single 218 bee case...that was all they had in stock.. :0/
Pics to follow..

:0)

I got carried away on the mill cuts..but i learned alot..

I can fix the booboos..by glass bedding.. it will be fine..

N some spots of wood were just plain missing...
But whadd'a ya want fer ...free.. ;0)

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Originally posted by STUD

update...
Front sight came in n is on...
Fixed the zero problum.. :0)

410 gouge barrel came in.. it might just work...

I acquired a 22 marlin stock out of the rubbish..free..
So now have a new styal butt stock..
Much more cumpfy...
The forearm will go on the 410 barrel if it works.

Also I did order some 7.62 nagant brass..
N..heh a..yep..a..single 218 bee case...that was all they had in stock.. :0/
Pics to follow..

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Stock is bedded..nice fit..
N..
410 barrel cut n test fired..
This is the left over forearm from the donor .22 lr

I still halfto move the front bead..as it is 90° out to the left...

The 444 marlin 410 loads work well...n fer now me extractor is me fingernail or small screwdriver...

moved the bead...
N stained the stock..linseed oil n Casey Birchwood tru-oil stock finish..

Got a bag of 7.62 nagant cases..to play with..

A 32-20 wcf case in the front..for referance..
Igot 2 ideas.. a .308 maximum


Or I might make a25-20 stevens single shot round...the cases should work but are just ah wee bit short in the neck..but close'nuff...

I picked up a 30-06 barrel..to do the .308 max?
Just another project...

Oops...

the little shotgun patterns well....
Covers a paper dinner plate at 40ft..
N the felt wad hits the center too... :0)

Dinner plate 40 ft

dinner plate 40 ft..

A 7.62 nagant rifle...
Stock refinished....

Used a .30 carbine reamer that I made from a m1 throate reamer..
Plus an11/32 chucking reamer..to do the chamber..
M1 carbine dies to do the shell reloading...

Each one of these projects prezents..it's own kinda dilemmas...
In this barrel there's a really hard spot ..that made the machining...
A real buggah...

N it wiped out the32-20 reamer at the rim cutting part...

Bugger....

The loaded round inthe pic I have shot half ah dozen times now...

So...
I had some time today...
Made up 10 rounds of the perfured loads after test loading..for presure...

Turns out I can get 2000fps..with a 115 gr cast gas checked n powder coated bullets...for hunting load..
Backed off to 1900 fps..for every day shooting..
Chronograph worked good...
The first 6 shots let me know I had a minor issue with the reciver sight..

Fixed that...
N last 4 shots got me to zero...

Back to the loading bench.. ;0)

I made this forearm from a piece of 1.25" dowel...

Cheap ..small n..light...
Everything good n solid...

Course with me eyes now..in the bright sun.. i see 3 beads... :0/

Looks like a clover leaf... ..fuzzy one too... :0/


The 85 gr bullet might get up to 2300 to 2400 fps..

All 8n all I am pleased...

Next up.. a 25-20 barrel fer this reciver..
I picked up a 25-06 varmint barrel..for that project.. :0)

fwiw for thos interested...
I have found that a 7.62 x 39 size n decap die works well..
N a 30 carbine seating die with a taper crimp works good..

The 30 carbine size n decap die works for full length resizing if needed..
Top loads may need full length resizing..
But just by backing off a bit neck sizing works fine..