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I think you finally found something Bailey sucks at. Every thing else he does spectacular!
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Damascus hornet double rifle...in progress
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I think you finally found something Bailey sucks at. Every thing else he does spectacular!
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Damn snow knocked out the power to my shop for three days....But I did have power at my home, so I brought her home to tune up the triggers. Take note of the springs. The coil springs I was using were just a touch too wide for the frame opening, and rubbed when removing the trigger group. I replaced them with Belleville washers. They are washers that are cupped. The cool thing about them is the amount of power they have in such a small space. These washers are significantly stronger than the coil springs. Plus, they allow fine tuning of the resistance by stacking them in parallel ( facing the same way). Not to mention, with 36 on each pushrod, there is a lot of redundancy so failure will never be an issue. They look cool too. Only drawback is they are expensive, $1 each.
Here is the trigger group partially inserted into the frame.
And as for you Bruce....and your comment on my pictures.....I agree, you just can't do everything. Plus, I lost my good camera in Wyoming, chasing antelope. Next time, I will take a picture of a return address
Here is the trigger group partially inserted into the frame.
And as for you Bruce....and your comment on my pictures.....I agree, you just can't do everything. Plus, I lost my good camera in Wyoming, chasing antelope. Next time, I will take a picture of a return address
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A folding peep sight....bad pictures, but the sight work nice.
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I am a couple of days away from boxing her up and sending her off. Last thing to do is finnish the scope rings and do the final mouning of the scope. I designed and made the rings. Quick release by pressing the button on the side of the rear ring and slide backwards about 1/2".
From here, I will blue the rings, lap them for proper scope fit, and mount/sight in the scope.
Thanks again!!
From here, I will blue the rings, lap them for proper scope fit, and mount/sight in the scope.
Thanks again!!
Eduardo Berardo
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My respects! This is a high STATE OF ART!!! Very impressive and wonderful!
Congratulations Mr. Bradshaw!
Eduardo Berardo
Congratulations Mr. Bradshaw!
Eduardo Berardo
Wow Bail, You are amazing buddy!! Great work:thumbup:
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It's finished. Been a ton of fun to build this little rifle. I sent it out yesterday to be reviewed by Chuck Hawks.
Before sending it, I double checked the regulation and sighting in of the scope. Final group at 50yds....
We have a range setup in a pasture behind my shop. One of the targets is a 18"tall steel pig siloet. The pasture fence to the pig is 220 yds. Standing, off hand, one shot from each barrel rang the steel. I like to use this as a hunting simulation as it looks and feels more real than a paper target. The hornet doesn't have a lot left at that range, but you can see the imapact marks.
Shots were about 8" apart. I wasn't shooting for a group, just mounted, and let em fly. I am pretty happy with it's accuracy.
Here's a few final pics.
Before sending it, I double checked the regulation and sighting in of the scope. Final group at 50yds....
We have a range setup in a pasture behind my shop. One of the targets is a 18"tall steel pig siloet. The pasture fence to the pig is 220 yds. Standing, off hand, one shot from each barrel rang the steel. I like to use this as a hunting simulation as it looks and feels more real than a paper target. The hornet doesn't have a lot left at that range, but you can see the imapact marks.
Shots were about 8" apart. I wasn't shooting for a group, just mounted, and let em fly. I am pretty happy with it's accuracy.
Here's a few final pics.
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I just received this email from Rocky Hays. He is part of the gunsmithing staff for Chuck Hawks. They did a test firing of this rifle and will write an article on it to be up soon. I thougt it important to include the whole e-mail showing issues with the rifle as well as the good stuff. The issues are correctable and will be taken care of as soon as it's in hand.
"Bailey,
We got the Hornet out to the range for test firing, and we're all finished. It's boxed up, and I'll ship it via UPS Ground tomorrow (Tuesday); I'll send you the tracking number
We were not able to find factory Remington ammo; the only ammo we could get was Stars & Stripes, 33 grain speer tnt's. The gun shot very well with this ammo, although it
was about 2 1/2" high at 50 yds. The regulation on the gun seems to be perfect--I don't think you could tune it any better. Good job. We shot it at 150 yds and 200 yds; it
shot under 2" groups at both distances--still about 2 1/2" high and 2 1/2" right. If it were my gun, I'd probably zero the scope at 100 yds for the 33 grain ammo
We had some problems with the triggers. We measured the front trigger pull at 5 pounds and the rear trigger at 7 1/2 pounds; both trigger pulls seemed excessive. And the
trigger pull did affect the accuracy of our shooting--the left barrel (front trigger) shot tighter groups than did the right barrel. You told me how to remove the trigger pack, but
we did not remove it, and we made no adjustments on the triggers. When we dry fired the gun to test trigger pull, the right firing pin remained protruded and was catching the
extractor so that we couldn't open the gun. Also, the right firing pin seems a little high, as it is making drag marks on the casings
The staff really liked this little gun, and loved the idea that it was made with Damascus steel--it was very pretty and very unusual
It may be as much as a month before the article on your gun is posted; I will send it to you as soon as it's up
Rocky"
"Bailey,
We got the Hornet out to the range for test firing, and we're all finished. It's boxed up, and I'll ship it via UPS Ground tomorrow (Tuesday); I'll send you the tracking number
We were not able to find factory Remington ammo; the only ammo we could get was Stars & Stripes, 33 grain speer tnt's. The gun shot very well with this ammo, although it
was about 2 1/2" high at 50 yds. The regulation on the gun seems to be perfect--I don't think you could tune it any better. Good job. We shot it at 150 yds and 200 yds; it
shot under 2" groups at both distances--still about 2 1/2" high and 2 1/2" right. If it were my gun, I'd probably zero the scope at 100 yds for the 33 grain ammo
We had some problems with the triggers. We measured the front trigger pull at 5 pounds and the rear trigger at 7 1/2 pounds; both trigger pulls seemed excessive. And the
trigger pull did affect the accuracy of our shooting--the left barrel (front trigger) shot tighter groups than did the right barrel. You told me how to remove the trigger pack, but
we did not remove it, and we made no adjustments on the triggers. When we dry fired the gun to test trigger pull, the right firing pin remained protruded and was catching the
extractor so that we couldn't open the gun. Also, the right firing pin seems a little high, as it is making drag marks on the casings
The staff really liked this little gun, and loved the idea that it was made with Damascus steel--it was very pretty and very unusual
It may be as much as a month before the article on your gun is posted; I will send it to you as soon as it's up
Rocky"