A few 11mm extractors I’ve been working on.
the one on the right is original, the other 3 had the feed lips smashed off. I built up weld over the amount needed then used the mill to shape.
All of them function, some are just not as pretty as others. Practice practice I suppose.
Nice work, they look fine and if they function, that's all that matters. It's a fine line sometimes between what is just enough weld and what is to little. You don't know if you have enough until you mill it and see if you have any voids. If you are really anal you can go back and fill those low spots in and mill it again. Sometimes I'll mig something and if it needs a some touch up I'll go back over it with the tig.
Hey everyone, now that the shooting ranges are starting to open back up, I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions to help me figure out my feeding issues on my Chauchat. I have the gun out shooting and its doing about 3 round bursts and then jamming the bullet tip into the top of the...
One of my very good buddies on the board felt bad that I had to sell some of my stuff over Memorial Day so he found me a scope to buy for my old M14 rifle.
I really appreciated the thought, my wife less so and I haven't seen her or the rifle for a day now, kids say she went hunting upstate...
What to do.......
The elevation mechanism is brass
The bending knees are brass
The leveling foot adjustment is brass
My gut says polish all the brass and hot blue all the steel.
My brain says Laser match the original blue/grey paint and make it look correct.
Well my friends and peers,
What say...
I attended a local sheriffs annual qualifying event in 1990. That was the last time I shot this Lewis gun.
Recently I uncovered a 97 rnd drum that I knew I had never used. I had stored the gun with the main spring relaxed, so when I got into the field, I set it for just over 12 on the...
Hey Everyone, I hope you have all been having a good spring. One of the best parts of mine has been getting my T-Gewehr back. I bought a bolt at auction and a bolt-less T-gewehr separately. When I received the T-Gewehr, it appeared someone had unscrewed the barrel a bit. Well... thanks to a...
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These broken feed lips were the common way of demilling them back in the day so they are certainly worth saving.
