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As follow-up to my recent posting about the Blitz Triggerplate Drilling I am involved with, it turns out the solder didn't hold on the rifle hammer's cocking indicator pin, so I'll have to come up with another solution for that.
"Call me a coward..." if you want...
But this is how I test fired both shotgun barrels and the rifle barrel -- 2 shots each -- at the range today:
( with a 3' string on the trigger )
All is well and the action & barrels held up (which all do have Nitro proofs), so now I just need to finish the mounting of the German scope I have for it, do some refinish work that's needed on the stock, and then see if I can't make the rifle's cocking pin work.
The 2 gold marks you see on the right grip are two brass woodscrews inserted where I found a large crack in the stock (one reason why this Drilling was offered so cheap, you can see the crack extending past the comb). After opening up the crack with a shim and filling it with highly viscous CA super glue, I clamped it tight overnight and then added those brass screws at two key spots. They now stand ~1/32" proud of the stock, but they'll be filed flush when I redo the stock's finish. I may also rub some vinegar or blackpowder fouling on the ends of the shiny brass to dull them up (just like what happens with the brass on BP guns) so they don't stand out so much.
Finally, after all the above work is done -- whenever that may be -- then I'll be ready to go and shoot a round of trap with the shotgun (which is choked F and IM) and put the rifle on paper, with and without the scope.
Waidmannsheil.
Old No7
"Call me a coward..." if you want...
But this is how I test fired both shotgun barrels and the rifle barrel -- 2 shots each -- at the range today:
( with a 3' string on the trigger )
All is well and the action & barrels held up (which all do have Nitro proofs), so now I just need to finish the mounting of the German scope I have for it, do some refinish work that's needed on the stock, and then see if I can't make the rifle's cocking pin work.
The 2 gold marks you see on the right grip are two brass woodscrews inserted where I found a large crack in the stock (one reason why this Drilling was offered so cheap, you can see the crack extending past the comb). After opening up the crack with a shim and filling it with highly viscous CA super glue, I clamped it tight overnight and then added those brass screws at two key spots. They now stand ~1/32" proud of the stock, but they'll be filed flush when I redo the stock's finish. I may also rub some vinegar or blackpowder fouling on the ends of the shiny brass to dull them up (just like what happens with the brass on BP guns) so they don't stand out so much.
Finally, after all the above work is done -- whenever that may be -- then I'll be ready to go and shoot a round of trap with the shotgun (which is choked F and IM) and put the rifle on paper, with and without the scope.
Waidmannsheil.
Old No7
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