Making a 366 Rigby

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Ryden said:
Dave, that's an invitation that I will accept for sure!
At the moment I keep myself busy, sometimes with the most bizarre things

In January we had dinner at my sister in law and apparently it was the International Irish Coffee day so we all had one or five, it was definitely more than one.
As were sat around drinking coffee, talking and watching the kids play some stupid game I was browsing on eBay and came upon something with the name Safari and had the bright idea that it could work well with the rifle so I made a bid.

The next morning I found out that I'd won.




Three empty bottles of Ralph Lauren Safari after shaveo_O:oops::confused:

Well, bought is bought.

So I now have cut crystal bottles of Ed's Red solvent, Ballistol and my secret recipe slacum to use when cleaning the gun.
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Classy, very classy
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Some of my buddies will sometimes sit and drink in my "shop" while im working on stuff....those would be dangerous, cause im POSITIVE one would take a swig before realizing it wasnt what he was expecting...........

That said, I dig it!
And when I learn to NOT make a huge disaster of my work bench pretty much as soon as i clean it up, ill do something like that...probably make some polished brass rods to go with them too.....
 
LoonWulf said:
Some of my buddies will sometimes sit and drink in my "shop" while im working on stuff....those would be dangerous, cause im POSITIVE one would take a swig before realizing it wasnt what he was expecting...........

That said, I dig it!
And when I learn to NOT make a huge disaster of my work bench pretty much as soon as i clean it up, ill do something like that...probably make some polished brass rods to go with them too.....
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Well, in this case I was expecting it, only I didn't expect so many refills.
Anyhoo, I'm used to doing embarrassing things only this time there was someone handling the shipping and I somehow had to explain this.

That realization was a really awkward moment.

About benches, if you only knew the pains I take to try to clear the immediate area and only take close ups in my pictures.
I try to put tools and stuff back in their places while I'm working but they somehow sneaks back and I swear they bring their friends along:mad:
 
I think I might have seen my first Corona casualty.

This guy hasn't moved at all for 25 minutes, doesn't react to hard breaking or honking.
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If it was Monday morning i wouldn't bat an eyelash but it's Friday, we should all go to work with a big smile, a spring in our steps and an inner voice saying 8 hours 2 minutes remaining.

8 hours 1 minute 50 seconds remaining
 
I was sorely tempted I can tell you!

We did a brake check when the car before us stopped for yellow and our driver was set to push through, no reaction.
 
One always has stock work to be done lol. Still have to bed my mauser stock, back words because I like doing it before the finishing is done. Still not sure to free float the barrel, the first 2" under the for end tip are a pressure point.

I think because the Douglas are stress releaved the gun does not walk. I should really piller it tho, kinda hard on the front screw on mausers because the bottom metal and action piller lock into each other .

I stripped the bluing off the bottom metal floor plate and bolt parts, for rust bluing I can boil that stuff at home here, for the barrel and action I think I'll make a steam chamber.

It's getting there hope to shoot it soon lol. IMG_20200323_153614.jpg IMG_20200323_153629.jpg IMG_20200323_153856.jpg IMG_20200323_153843.jpg IMG_20200323_153748.jpg
 
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the Days of My Life, but this one is mercifully done.

The guy in the back is still there but the driver said that as long as he doesn't start to smell he can ride for as long as he wants.

Now I'm going to pick up some things for tacos and a bag of crisps and we'll see which Bond movie we haven't seen for a long time
 
The pad turned out to be a "prototype"
When I glued the back I clamped it to hard and it wrinkled.
And I definitely need to work on my sanding skills.
And the masking tape lifted the leather paint in spots.

But seen at a distance with poor eyesight and the sun in your eyes it looks really good.

I'll just claim it's down to over 80 years of hard use from the recoil of this extremely potent caliber.

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Ryden said:
The pad turned out to be a "prototype" When I glued the back I clamped it to hard and it wrinkled. But seen at a distance with poor eyesight and the sun in your eyes it looks really good. I'll just claim it's down to over 80 years of hard use from the recoil of this extremely potent caliber.
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When I was a kid, we had copies of several books by Edwin Tunis, including one titled Colonial Craftsmen. These explained lots of forgotten skills with clear, simple illustrations that a child could easily understand. They looked so easy, in fact, that I tried a few for myself in the back yard: hornsmithing, cobbling and papermaking. It didn't take me very long to understood why it took many years to 'master' a simple-looking craft (eventually I did get reasonably good at bookbinding.)

Given this was your first try, not so bad!
 
I've discussed the sight with the guy who's going to help me, actually we had a long conversation about all sorts of things.
He studied for Jeff Cooper and taught at Gunsite for a while.

The short of it is that I find or make pictures of what I want and send the pieces over to him, so the process is started.
 
Shanghai McCoy said:
A classic Robert A. Heinlein book. His writing often included firearms in the stories.
And, as many of us know, he coined the phrase,"An armed society is a Polite society."

And I am enjoying your build along very much. :thumbup:
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I am, too.

As a science fictioneer, I see a lot of people using the tag line "An armed society is a polite society."
I wonder if they have read the book and know the rest of the quotation. “An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.” The reference is to the then custom of dueling. There was no crime mentioned.

John Taylor spoke well of the 9.3x62 but I am sure the 9.3x57 will handle anything on the Continent.
 
Yes, manners have a tendency to be good when you might have to answer for them at dawn with three feet of steel in your hand

Or perhaps a small ball of lead is more appropriate here.

The 9.3x57 will hande anything on both our continents including polar bear and vicent/buffalo.

Today's loads for the caliber equals or surpasses those that earned the 9.3x62 its reputation in Africa and those loads are allowed for elephant.
 
As I recall, it isn't one of his better books. It kinda rambles on about RAH's views and the plot sort of fizzles out in the second half.

I suggest reading the Moon is a Harsh Mistress instead. Much more mature penmanship

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I can't even remember the name of the book. I thought it was called to Sail Beyond the Horizon but I think I've mixed it up
 
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Ryden said:
I can't even remember the name of the book. I thought it was called to Sail Beyond the Horizon but I think I've mixed it up
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You've got two RAH titles crossed -- which interestingly bracket his career: Beyond this Horizon (his first novel) and To Sail Beyond the Sunset (posthumous work).

I haven't read the latter, and generally prefer his 1950s works, both novels and short fiction. That's just me -- I barely made it through Stranger in a Strange Land.

BTW, have you read the Poul Anderson novella The Sky People? Just came across it recently -- I think it's an excellent adventure story. Another classic SF author I've recently come to appreciate is Keith Laumer (his pre-1971 work -- he had a stroke and his writing quality declined precipitously in later works.)

Apologies for my pedantic tone when I mention books. I'm a retired librarian and old habits die hard. :)
 
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Poul Anderson was a great writer. Dominic Flandry is the slickest secret agent ever. Nicholas van Rijn a hard dealing merchant with an occasionally soft heart.

Heinlein's 'If This Goes On' about the fall of the North American Theocracy left me wary of tele-evangelists for a long time.

Ryden said:
Yes, manners have a tendency to be good when you might have to answer for them at dawn with three feet of steel in your hand

Or perhaps a small ball of lead is more appropriate here.
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In the time of the story, the usual sidearm was the needle beam. In a duel "Your gun won't burn until the referee's signal."
One character had a reproduction 1911.
 
Jim Watson said:
Poul Anderson was a great writer. Dominic Flandry is the slickest secret agent ever. Nicholas van Rijn a hard dealing merchant with an occasionally soft heart.
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One of my all-time SF favorites is his The High Crusade; other Anderson favorites include Operation Chaos, A Midsummer Tempest, and Three Hearts and Three Lions.
 
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We are getting way afield here, but I always liked any mention of the Old Phoenix Tavern. Outside the plane of normal existence, if one of his characters needed a break, he could get a drink at the Tavern. And not just his characters. We see man in a trench coat with fedora pulled low, a wolf under his table; a quiet little guy and his boisterous Viking friend, and a big guy dressed all in grey leather, with an elaborate weapon at his hip.
 
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