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  1. LRI

    Gunsmithing Running Automotive Grease in Firearms

    So, 40ish orbits ago, I attended a Hunter Safety Course in Grand Forks, ND. I watched the instructor pull out a shotgun that had taken a bath in a slew earlier that day. He "cleaned" that thing by sticking a diesel gas pump spigot into the muzzle and making a nice puddle in the dirt lot of a...
  2. LRI

    Cadex rebarreling

    OP. We'd be happy to help. I just need a barreled action. We'll match the contour and sort out the dimensioning inhouse. Easy stuff. C.
  3. LRI

    Maggie’s Strawberries.

    Sent it.
  4. LRI

    My next venture: Ti base for the XM-3

    XM3 titanium base is now fully modeled. Here is an assembly file of it plopped onto an action. I'll make a couple out of steel or 7075 just to check the fit before I turn the machine loose on 6AL4V. The hard part is over, now its just proramming.
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    M40 scope base project by LRI

    As requested. A legacy piece next to our stuff. You be the judge.
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    M40 scope base project by LRI

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    M40 scope base project by LRI

    All soldered up. Now to cool and then cleanup in the "Blast-a-tron."
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    M40 scope base project by LRI

    Alignment mandrel for clocking the rings for soldering.
  9. LRI

    M40 scope base project by LRI

    Here's a finished base. 3 steps left: Split the rings. Solder the rings to the base. Finish with parkerize solution. Hopefully my dern saw blades arrive today. Talking with Ryan awhile back, I made the decision to engrave our logo on the bottom of the rear bridge pad. This is an attempt...
  10. LRI

    M40 scope base project by LRI

    Progress. These are first articles of the base. I'm playing around with options regarding the screw holes. I'll finalize how I am going to do that this morning.
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    M40 scope base project by LRI

    Parted off, yes. Rebored? No reason to.
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    M40 scope base project by LRI

    Wellzz..... the arbors arrived. Hoping the blades show up on the brown truck.
  13. LRI

    My next venture: Ti base for the XM-3

    Here's the artifact gents. This was peeled off of a legit XM-3 that saw its last deployment during Fallujah. Starting the dissection today.
  14. LRI

    New McMillan HTG M40A1 smear stocks!!!

    When my order arrives it'll be announced. It'll be 1st come, 1st serve then.
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    M40 scope base project by LRI

    A few to run yet, then its time to sort out the bases. Hoping my new "razor blade" parting saw arrives today so I can have a first article.
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    New McMillan HTG M40A1 smear stocks!!!

    FYI: I have 10 of these on order.
  17. LRI

    M40 scope base project by LRI

    Some bright and early stuff: The boss on the bottom of the ring is threaded to 1/2"-32tpi. By some kind of cosmic force I lucked out and got the thread timing right on the first try. The ring screws into the base and just starts to shoulder up contact at the correct clock position. -I'll...
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    M40 scope base project by LRI

    After a quick blast.
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    M40 scope base project by LRI

    Some progress. I have the Op3 portion of the rings vetted now. I took a break to whittle out the threaded pocket they attach to on the base. The bar in the photo is just a saw drop from an earlier job. I've just silver soldered it. It's locked in place. I think I'm going to poke a hole...
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    M40 scope base project by LRI

    One of my cardinal rules as a business owner is adhering to the "you rig it, you ride it" rule. If I bring something to market, I absorb the startup costs to put it on the shelf. I've never nor will I ever take a deposit for stuff like this. Anyone who has loitered on this forum for a...
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