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PostPosted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 3:07 pm 
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Теперь предлагаем бесплатную ежедневную маммографию!
Теперь предлагаем бесплатную ежедневную маммографию!
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A friend at work welded me on a front sight to my concealed carry Swiss Vetterli. Before I load some BP rounds, it looks lilke it could stand to be crowned.

I've seen guys on other forums talk about a brass screw chucked up in a 1/4" drill but can't recall what abrasive.

Any advice will be sincerely appreciated!! Pics of the Swiss flamethrower shortly. SW

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 9:34 pm 
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If I can recall right they used valve grinding compound.

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:07 am 
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I don't know how much you want to spend but Brownell's sells recrowning reamers.
When I recrowned my 10-22 barrel I put it in a lathe and recut it. Turned out real nice and shoots good.


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 5:37 am 
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The Brass round head screw works well. Abrasive wise, rouge emery cloth-it's between 1500 and 2000 grit- is a good starting point. A dremel or similar moto tool is better than a drill, because of the rheostat speed control. Just drape a piece of the rouge emery cloth over the screw head, and let the friction do the work of keeping things even. Slower speeds, and light pressure are desirable. You can work your way up to the finer polishing compounds. Flitz metal polish is highly recommended for final cutting.

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 11:34 am 
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Теперь предлагаем бесплатную ежедневную маммографию!
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I get the mess cleaned up in the reloading room I'll give that a shot. SW

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 11:24 pm 
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I've used a fine grit ball tip grinding stone, then followed up with 1,000 grit silicon crabide paper over the ball tipped handle of a glass cutter to polish out the hemispherical crown. Worked fine.
I've also used the round stone only and it also worked fine though not as pretty.


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:14 am 
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Теперь предлагаем бесплатную ежедневную маммографию!
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Somebody told me to use a mouse ball. :-o Dipped in vaseline & then abrasive. All my mice are the laser type though... I'll try to score some brass screws next time I'm over to home depot. SW

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PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2010 12:35 pm 
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i've used the brass screw/valve grinding compound then jewelers rouge for final polish worked pretty good

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PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2010 4:35 pm 
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It turned out well. I used simichrome polishing stuff & it did the deal Now if the wind would ever go down, I'll try for a group. SW

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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2010 11:04 am 
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congrats , glad it worked out well , i hear ya on that wind , been blowing 15-30mph for days now , only good thing is we have had no major storms


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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2010 2:48 pm 
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Yesterday was a rip-snorter! 60mph winds with gusts of more. Blew down some of my back yard fence. Man was I ever thankful I got off my butt & cut down that dead birch!!!

So I'll go score some posts & quick-crete. Get a few things lined up before the ins adjuster passes judgement.

A PITA but small spuds compared to Mario's roof trying to relocate to another area code. SW

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....I was more ticked about the 9 days straight with no power,.... :roll:

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