Ruger Standard Train Wreck

smokeywolf

smokeywolf

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Very nice machining John. You've obviously spent a few years standing in front of a mill. Your know-how and finishes are impressive. Not too many home shops have dividing heads. Another good example of how tooling is frequently at least as important as the machine itself.

John, the sight ring that you machined has significantly different geometry than the one on the finished gun. Also the one you machined is obviously aluminum, which would have to be andodized or sprayed with a "Gun Kote" type product, as, to the best of my knowledge, aluminum cannot be parkerized.
I guess my question is, what material did you use to fabricate the one that ended up on the gun?
 
JohnK454

JohnK454

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Thanks, guys!

That is the original ring as pictured being made in the dividing head. The issue that cropped up was sight height; ended up modifying it (severely) and then making an entirely new rear sight as shown to make it shoot where it was looking. The finish is a spray/bake finish called Moly Resin sold by John Norrell. There is one Flat Black that turns greenish if you crank up the cure temp slightly; resembles old parkerizing.
 
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carpetman

Active Member
Yes great work. Thanks for sharing---by the work, both the machining and the photography. Not being a machinist some of the explanation is over my head, but I think that front sight would be the equivalent of a barrel with integral Rib?? BTW I do know something about lathes, I think Eli Whitney who was more well known for inventing the cotton gin also invented the lathe.
 
smokeywolf

smokeywolf

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Actually carpetman, some form of the lathe has been in use for well over 3,000 years.

Don't see how you could impove on that finish. I'm going to have to make note of the Moly Resin
 
fiver

fiver

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they had to ,,,cut rifling was before his time.
maybe he changed how the lathe was spun or geared or sumthin else.
 
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