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My LTR for December!!!!

Started by IamCaleb, August 23, 2013, 08:04:33 PM

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IamCaleb

August 23, 2013, 08:04:33 PM
Quote from: IamJeep;4687231This will be the rifle that will help me make Rifleman in December! If I do my part, that is. LOL... It's pretty much stock with the exception of a trigger parts polish and my own home-made charging handle....handle. Anyhow, check it out (still waiting on sling to arrive).

























ToneDef

#1
August 23, 2013, 08:46:59 PM
Very pretty. Me likey.
"Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to think. But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing." - Thomas Paine, Rights of Man, 1791

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Palatka ten twelve "Smoakin' IBC"

ThaiFighter

#2
August 23, 2013, 10:44:51 PM
Veddy nice!
"Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people."

-GBS

Proud to be funding TG and BF's retirement account... ;)

draken

#3
August 23, 2013, 11:31:39 PM
Nice! I like the CH!

Don't forget the sling! (a leather 1907 would go nicely with rifle.... but that's just me...  ;) )
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~David K. Webster~

FiremanBob

#4
August 23, 2013, 11:35:58 PM
That handle is way cool. How did you do it?
Author of "The 10/22 Companion: How to Operate, Troubleshoot, Maintain and Improve Your Ruger 10/22"

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DrRichP

#5
August 24, 2013, 02:29:44 AM
Very nice. I love the charging handle. I am looking forward to reading you earned your Rifleman patch. Best of luck to you!
DrRichP

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IamCaleb

#6
August 24, 2013, 10:58:08 AM
Quote from: ThaiFighter on August 23, 2013, 10:44:51 PM
Veddy nice!

Thank you.

Quote from: draken on August 23, 2013, 11:31:39 PM
Nice! I like the CH!

Don't forget the sling! (a leather 1907 would go nicely with rifle.... but that's just me...  ;) )

Thank you, sling is in the mail!!

Quote from: DrRichP on August 24, 2013, 02:29:44 AM
Very nice. I love the charging handle. I am looking forward to reading you earned your Rifleman patch. Best of luck to you!

Thank you, I'm looking forward to posting I earned my patch!

IamCaleb

#7
August 24, 2013, 11:08:17 AM
Quote from: FiremanBob on August 23, 2013, 11:35:58 PM
That handle is way cool. How did you do it?

Thanks!

I will let the pics speak for themselves.........


Removed handle from the rod assembly.


Chucked the rod in a drill


Polished the rod with various grit sand paper, followed by Mother's Polish.


Got a piece of dowel and some stainless hardware.


Cut dowel down to length.


Chucked dowel into drill for shaping.


Final shape/look.


Cut off original handle, then drilled and tapped. Finally assembled.


Stained to closely match stock.



Done.

Charles McKinley

#8
August 25, 2013, 01:59:56 PM
Nice lathe O0. I like the way you think.
Last evening, it occurred to me that when a defender of Liberty is called home, their load lands upon the shoulders of the defenders left behind. Just as the Founders did their duty for Liberty, every subsequent generation must continue their work lest Liberty perish. As there is no way for the remaining adults to take on the work of those that die, we must pass the ideals and duties on to the children. -PHenery

IamCaleb

#9
August 25, 2013, 04:47:42 PM
Thanks, Stand.

^:)^

douglas34474

#10
August 25, 2013, 07:29:30 PM Last Edit: August 25, 2013, 08:19:26 PM by douglas34474
IamCaleb,

Have you had a sighting issues with the sight setting so high?

IamCaleb

#11
August 25, 2013, 07:56:13 PM
No issues Douglas, it actually feels more natural than the factory irons (had to dig my cheek into the stock with the OEM).

douglas34474

#12
August 25, 2013, 08:22:55 PM
I built a LTR for a gent using the International as the basic rifle. I mounted the standard "Ruger" Tech-Sight TSR-100 which does not use the rail. Just wondering if the added height in your setup was an issue.

Thanks for the reply.

IamCaleb

#13
September 02, 2013, 09:16:00 PM
Quote from: douglas34474 on August 25, 2013, 08:22:55 PM
I built a LTR for a gent using the International as the basic rifle. I mounted the standard "Ruger" Tech-Sight TSR-100 which does not use the rail. Just wondering if the added height in your setup was an issue.

Thanks for the reply.

Zeroed the sights last Thursday, no problems with the height of the Tech Sights.

IamCaleb

#14
September 02, 2013, 09:18:44 PM
Decided to throw in a Volquartsen target hammer, auto bolt release and trigger return spring. Now it has a nice 2.5# trigger pull with very little noticeable creep. I might drill and tap the trigger to put a "stop" on it after it breaks.

malabar

#15
September 14, 2013, 11:44:48 PM
You realize that you will have NO excuses, don't you? <g>
The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances where all other rights have failed -- where the government refuses to stand for reelection and silences those who protest; where courts have lost the courage to oppose, or can find no one to enforce their decrees. However improbable these contingencies may seem today, facing them unprepared is a mistake a free people get to make only once.

-- Justice Alex Kozinski, US 9th Circuit Court, 2003

IamCaleb

#16
September 15, 2013, 12:32:17 AM
Quote from: malabar on September 14, 2013, 11:44:48 PM
You realize that you will have NO excuses, don't you? <g>

I don't know what you are talking about, that's my story and I'm sticking to it!  O0

Tomblin

#17
September 15, 2013, 09:16:27 AM
Quote from: malabar on September 14, 2013, 11:44:48 PM
You realize that you will have NO excuses, don't you? <g>

Why wait till December? ~~:)

Port Malabar Rifle and Pistol Club
Palm Bay, FL

Address: 610 Hurley Blvd. SW; Palm Bay, FL 32906

Date: October 05, 2013 - October 06, 2013   

IamCaleb

#18
September 15, 2013, 09:47:47 AM
Quote from: Tomblin on September 15, 2013, 09:16:27 AM
Quote from: malabar on September 14, 2013, 11:44:48 PM
You realize that you will have NO excuses, don't you? <g>

Why wait till December? ~~:)

Port Malabar Rifle and Pistol Club
Palm Bay, FL

Address: 610 Hurley Blvd. SW; Palm Bay, FL 32906

Date: October 05, 2013 - October 06, 2013   

Because those dates conflict with a previously scheduled activity. So, December it is.

IamCaleb

#19
November 07, 2013, 08:36:19 PM
Five more weekends!!!!   :~ :--- ..:..

IamCaleb

#20
December 10, 2013, 06:37:17 PM
OK so, I shot my first Appleseed this past weekend....December 7,8. What a blast! The instructors were great and I learned a ton. I did not make Rifleman this time around but, next time it's on like donkey kong. My high score was 197 and my lowest was 133. The rifle did it's part, I did not. Although, my skill improved ten fold with the teachings of our great instructors. I just want to say thank you for your knowledge and patience with all the shooters. See you again in February!

:~ 

Twineagles

#21
December 10, 2013, 06:43:46 PM
thanks for sharing nice looking rifle! Good luck

Mike
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