Anudder Lever Gun,

[Charlie]

Just to see if this Picture will post.

It's the Receiver of another "Volcanic" Rifle, except this one is Titianium.

[Charlie]

Hey, It Did !

Here is the completed Receiver.
It will Shuffle, Shoot, and Shuck, just the way it is, all ye need is a barrel of some sort.
I have already put a short, temporary barrel in it and shot a couple of rounds.

[gamekeeper]

That is so COOL....

[3leggedturtle]

Wow sure looks nice. What caliber have shot ou of it? What caliber is it gonna be? Did you assemble?

[Alan Wood]

So Charlie how far did you get with the 1873's?
Alan Wood

[Pete44ru]

Titanium ? ? Now, THAT'S impressive !

Me likey.................


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[Griff]

Titanium ? ? Now, THAT'S impressive !
Me likey.................
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Them're SOME TOUGH cuttin' tools to work that stuff!

[Charlie]

So Charlie how far did you get with the 1873's?
Alan Wood

Hey Friend,
Long time, no see !

Yeah I know, I an't been here.

That was my Buddy up in Arkansaw, "AlphaWolf", building those 73's.

I think he got a couple of um finished.

His favorite thing is to start a project, so he has a lot of projects started

[Charlie]

game keeper, you and Griff,
You guys used to drop by and offer encouragement to me when I was building that Volcanic Rifle a couple of years back.
Good to hear from ye.

[Charlie]

Turtleman, one leg gone.

This will shoot my famous little "40 Volcanic" cartridge, pushing 140 grain Flat Nose at 925 FPS.

This is not a kit, I made everything you see here, even the screws.

[Charlie]

Pete, did you ever visit my build thread ?

I'm getting old and forgetful.

[Charlie]

Actually, theres gonna be two of um.
The other one is gonna be Manganese Bronze.

[Alan Wood]

So Charlie how far did you get with the 1873's?
Alan Wood

Hey Friend,
Long time, no see !

Yeah I know, I an't been here.

That was my Buddy up in Arkansaw, "AlphaWolf", building those 73's.

I think he got a couple of um finished.

His favorite thing is to start a project, so he has a lot of projects started

Sorry about the confusion there Charlie and AlphaWolf! This looks like a very interesting project. Have you worked with titanium before. Have read that is picky to work with.

[Chuck 100 yd]

WOW !! Now,that is come good machine work there.
Very nice!

[soon 2 retire]

That's really awesome Charlie. I'm curious about finishing the outside surface. I've seen videos of Italian craftsmen at work on a shotgun receiver, either O/U or SxS and they do a lot of hand file work in the final shaping. How much of your sculpting/blending work is done by hand filing.

Bob in Friday Harbor

[Charlie]

That's really awesome Charlie. I'm curious about finishing the outside surface. I've seen videos of Italian craftsmen at work on a shotgun receiver, either O/U or SxS and they do a lot of hand file work in the final shaping. How much of your sculpting/blending work is done by hand filing.

Bob in Friday Harbor

I thought you'd be retired by now

Up above you see a Bronze Receiver, it is square and blocky.

The Titianium one is finished. It took 28 hours to go from square and blocky to what you see here.
The top chamfers were done on the Milling Machine.
All the rest was done with a Belt Sander, Files, and emery cloth.
The Belt Sander was used to remove most of the metal. Then it's files. The final finish and polish is 100% manual, with coarse to fine Emery Cloth.
I do not use Power Tools of any sort after the Belt Sander.

[KirkD]

It is definitely a pleasure to see those photos of your craftsmanship! Titanium, Manganese Bronze ...... I think you enjoy metal, and interesting metals at that! Superb job. I get great enjoyment seeing the kind of craftsmanship that people who are good at what they do, can produce. Thanks for posting.

[Charlie]

It is definitely a pleasure to see those photos of your craftsmanship! Titanium, Manganese Bronze ...... I think you enjoy metal, and interesting metals at that! Superb job. I get great enjoyment seeing the kind of craftsmanship that people who are good at what they do, can produce. Thanks for posting.

well Thank You KirkD.
You used to visit my old build thread, didn't you?

[pokey]

WOW

[Ysabel Kid]

Now I have indeed seen everything!

[KirkD]

... You used to visit my old build thread, didn't you?

I probably did, Charlie, as I can't resist admiring these kinds of projects and the skill that is required.