Bill Calfee
Gun Fool
A picture, a fascinating picture...
CYA friends:
A few months ago I had a dream......
I wanted a 40-X RFBR pistol, and I most of all, wanted it in a XP-100 factory modified stock.
But there was no way......
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And now that dream has come true......I still can't believe it...
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Not only has it come true, but it is absolutely freaky how detailed perfect this 40-X RFBR pistol, in an XP stock, has turned out...
Below is a picture of the 12:00 locking lug seat in this 40-X action....
100% contact........which is rare for 40-X's.......
I've worked with in excess of 100 40-X breech bolts over the years.......and a great deal of them have no bluing removed from the 12:00 locking lug, since it never touches the locking lug seat in the action....
40-X's bear on the 6:00 locking lug in the at battery position......
And the 6:00 locking lug takes all the wear from camming the breech bolt closed.....
So a lot of 40-X's never bear the 12:00 locking lug in the action.....
But look at this picture........
100% lug contact......at 12:00.........
Man I'm cited CYA friends.
Man this thing has come together so pretty.
Your friend, Bill Calfee
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PS:
I don't want anyone to be misled here......
The 12:00 locking lug in this action, like all vertical lock-up actions using the Remington pattern trigger, does not bear as much as the 6:00 locking lug....
This picture is more of a demonstration of the "blueprinted fit" of the pieces, of this particular 40-X action.
In other words, when this 40-X action relaxes upon firing, the parts mate 100% perfectly together.
This is the singular thing that allows a vertical lock-up/Remington trigger action, to produce accuracy.
CYA friends:
A few months ago I had a dream......
I wanted a 40-X RFBR pistol, and I most of all, wanted it in a XP-100 factory modified stock.
But there was no way......
_________________________
And now that dream has come true......I still can't believe it...
___________________
Not only has it come true, but it is absolutely freaky how detailed perfect this 40-X RFBR pistol, in an XP stock, has turned out...
Below is a picture of the 12:00 locking lug seat in this 40-X action....
100% contact........which is rare for 40-X's.......
I've worked with in excess of 100 40-X breech bolts over the years.......and a great deal of them have no bluing removed from the 12:00 locking lug, since it never touches the locking lug seat in the action....
40-X's bear on the 6:00 locking lug in the at battery position......
And the 6:00 locking lug takes all the wear from camming the breech bolt closed.....
So a lot of 40-X's never bear the 12:00 locking lug in the action.....
But look at this picture........
100% lug contact......at 12:00.........
Man I'm cited CYA friends.
Man this thing has come together so pretty.
Your friend, Bill Calfee
________________________
____________________
PS:
I don't want anyone to be misled here......
The 12:00 locking lug in this action, like all vertical lock-up actions using the Remington pattern trigger, does not bear as much as the 6:00 locking lug....
This picture is more of a demonstration of the "blueprinted fit" of the pieces, of this particular 40-X action.
In other words, when this 40-X action relaxes upon firing, the parts mate 100% perfectly together.
This is the singular thing that allows a vertical lock-up/Remington trigger action, to produce accuracy.
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