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Fig. 3-6 SIDE CROSS SECTION AND END VIEW OF BARREL SHANK Fig. 3-8 SIDE CROSS SECTION OF THE ACTION OPEN This shows the action of the extractor and the extractor lever in halting the opening motion of the action. It also shows the hammer cocked and on SAFE, a position the hammer will remain in when the action is closed. Also shown is an alternate firing pin design, as described later in the text. The smaller right view shows an alternate method for the breech block plunger arrangement, plus the...
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This drawing shows the left breech block side with the trigger guard attached to it, and top and front views of it. The trigger guard is silver brazed in place. Two breech block sides are required, both identical in size and shape, with the trigger guard attached only to one side as shown here. The radius dimension for the curved rear surface is the same as the radius dimension shown in Fig. 5-6. The extractor activating pin shown here above the pivot hole is a press fit into the left breech...
Rear View Of The Receiver 1
The side wall of the loading port can be made thinner than shown. Fig. 3-5 SIDE CROSS SECTION OF THE RECEIVER This also shows the location of the trigger guard hinge pin and the suggested angle of the breech block hole. The sert, at top, shows an alternate blind hole construction for the top shelf. See text for details. Fig. 3-5 SIDE CROSS SECTION OF THE RECEIVER This also shows the location of the trigger guard hinge pin and the suggested angle of the breech block hole. The sert, at top, shows...
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Rear, side and top views of the extractor. The extractor fits between the bottom of the receiver ring and the top of the breech block extensions. It functions equally well with rimmed or rimless cartridges due to the tension provided by the spring and plunger shown clearly in Fig. 5-4. This spring tension allows the extractor to snap down and back up behind the rim on rimless cases when the action is closed. The top view shows the notch provided for the plunger which activates the extractor...
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On closing the No. 2 VAULT LOCK action, the hammer is left cocked and on SAFE as shown here and to fire the rifle the safety must first be pulled back. One of the author's FM No. 2 VAULT LOCK rifles. It has a stock and forearm made of myrtlewood, a Bushnell scope in Buehler mounts and an engraved receiver, engraving done by Neil Hartliep. Close-up of the engraved action on the rifle shown in Fig. 3-H. It is shown here opened. Wfr ' gt - Amateur gunsmith Ronald Van't Hof made this fine FM No. 2...
Fecker Woodchucker
An F.D.H. CH1COPEE R.F. rifle chambered for the .22 Long Rifle cartridge ready and fully equipped with sling and scope for the small game hunter. This was our prototype model with a 23 half octagon barrel, 4X Bushnell scope, Jaeger 7 8 carrying sling and auxilliary open sights. An F.D.H. CH1COPEE R.F. rifle chambered for the .22 Long Rifle cartridge ready and fully equipped with sling and scope for the small game hunter. This was our prototype model with a 23 half octagon barrel, 4X Bushnell...
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This drawing shows the top and side views of the assembled receiver with the unfinished tang in place and the front end view of the octagoned receiver ring with the two receiver sides in place ready to be steel welded to the receiver ring. Note the V channels on both sides of the receiver channels made by beveling off the edge of the receiver ring and matching area of the receiver sides to form a channel in which to lay the steel welding bead. See text for details.
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Fig. 3-11 FINISHED TRIGGER GUARD HOUSING This drawing shows side, top and front end views of the finished trigger guard housing. The finger lever spur is bent into the desired or required curve and need be only two-finger width in length. Make holes and pins for the hammer and trigger 9 64 in diameter. Make the four small holes and pins 1 16. The lines on the right front end of the housing show the recess for the hold-close plunger, shown in detail in Figs. 3-25 and 3-26. The dotted lines at...
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This part, like the trigger, safety and hammer, is 5 16 thick. This part pivots on the same pin that holds the hold-close plunger in place. Fig. 3-25 HOLD-CLOSE PLUNGER ARRANGEMENT This drawing shows a view of the hold-close arrangement. It shows the front right end of the trigger guard housing with the hold-close plunger and spring in place and the plunger engaged in its notch in the extractor housing.
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Fig. 2-7 FRONT VIEW OF THE FINISHED RECEIVER Fig. 2-6 REAR VIEW OF THE FINISHED RECEIVER Fig. 2-7 FRONT VIEW OF THE FINISHED RECEIVER CROSS SECTION OF CLOSED ACTION Mid-sectional view of the right side of the entire action, with every part sectioned except the hammer parts. This view shows the action closed, hammer cocked and sear safety in SAFE position. Fig. 2-9 TOP CROSS SECTION VIEW AT BORE LINE Top sectional view of the closed action, sectioned at the bore line. This view shows the hammer...
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This is Ihc general outline of a classic patterned buttstock that we made on our FM VAULT LOCK rifles. The comb line drop at front comb and heel , measured from center of bore line, is 5 16 at comb corner and 3 4 at heel. See text for further details. This shows he detail of the thunibholc stock used on our .22 rimfire target rifle see Fig. 3-K . The comb line is just below the bore line. This may be too high for some shooters. A 1 2 rubber buttplate was used to produce a nonskid surface.
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This shows rear, side, front and bottom views of the breech block. See text for further details. This shows rear, side, front and bottom views of the breech block. See text for further details. This drawing shows the side, top and front details of the finger lever. This drawing shows the side, top and front details of the finger lever. This view shows trigger details, both side and top views. This view shows trigger details, both side and top views. Side and rear views of the sear safety. Also...
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Fig. 5-15 TANG AND STOCK BOLT Views of the tang and stock bolt. Exact size outline drawing of the stock and forearm of the F.D.H. CH1COPEE As described in the text, this photo shows the drillpress setup to grind the radius surface on the rear of the breech block sides. This shows the drillpress set-up to grind the support shoulders. See text for further details. Instructions and Sequence of Operations for Making the F.D.H. CHICOPEE C.F. Action As you may already have noticed if you have...
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these people in mind when designing our rifles or when writing this book. The following gunsmithing books contain a wealth of rifle building information and we suggest you get all of them and learn what is in them Gunsmithing by Roy E. Dunlap N.R. A. Gunsmithing Guide by various qualified authors Mr. Single Shot's Gunsmithing-Idea Book The Modern Gunsmith by Clyde Baker and Rifle Gunsmithing by Jack Mitchell. From beginning to end we had the amateur gunsmith and the home workshop craftsman in...
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Here the No. 1 VAULT LOCK action is shown with its horizontally swinging hammer in the fired position resting against the breech block. In this position the action cannot be easily opened because the hammer is engaged in a recess in the rear of the breech block. After the hammer was released it pushed the sear safety to its lowest position as shown here, and held down in this position so the hammer can be cocked again by the sear safety hold-down positioned in the left wall of the receiver with...
Component Parts Vms
This is the exploded view drawing, with all parts identified and numbered. It also shows the general shape of most parts and their relationship to each other. The parts in this view are not drawn to scale. Fig. 4-2 SIDE CROSS SECTION VIEW OF THE F.D.H. CH1COPEE R.F. ACTION This shows the action closed, locked and with the hammer in the at rest rebound position. This is the position the hammer is automatically placed after firing by the design and shape of the mainspring and mainspring strut. It...
Cross Section Of The Trigger Guard Housing
This drawing shows the location of the hole at E for the pivotal bar. The rectangular hole for the trigger need be only long enough to allow insertion of the trigger. The round hole forward of the trigger is for the trigger overtravel stop screw and the larger hole just forward of the guard bow is for the trigger weight of pull adjustment screw. These holes are also shown on the top view of Fig. 3-11. A trigger spring of medium or heavy tension 1 8 diameter and about 1 2 long is adequate and...
Assembling And Fitting The Breech Block
Before the breech block halves can be assembled and fitted two items will have to be made. They are the firing pin retainer block assembly see Figs. 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4 amp 4-8 , and the trigger guard see Figs. 4-1, 4-2 amp 4-7 . Use 1 4 thick mild steel for the firing pin retainer block and make it as shown but leave its upper end ungrooved, and do not drill the firing pin hole both of these jobs are best done later on. Use 1 8 tool steel for the breech block face and leave its top surface...
Liiips 1
This photo shows the receiver chucked into a 4-jaw lathe chuck and a 1 reamer being used to ream the hole to its final size after drilling. Lacking a regular milling machine some minor milling can be done in a turning lathe setup using a lathe milling attachment as shown here. Here the end mill is being held in the lathe chuck, the receiver in the milling attachment vise and the groove in the bottom of the receiver is being milled out to final size. The best way to thread the hole in the...
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This shows it closed, locked and with the hammer cocked. Note that the sear engagement adjustment screw in the hammer now limits the sear engagement to a workable minimum. Figs. 5-1 nd 5-2 also show the function of, and the purpose of, the safety lever positioned between the locking lever and the hammer. This safety lever is activated by the locking lever. The sole purpose of this lever is to prevent the hammer from being cocked and the rifle fired UNLESS the action is fully locked closed and...
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Close-up view of an FM No. 2 VAULT LOCK action showing it closed and with the hammer is the fired position. Because the action is loaded from the side the scope can be mounted as low as its objective lens cell will permit and it won't interfere with the loading operation. To lighten this action, recesses were milled in both sides of the receiver. Note the excellent pistol grip, and the checkering done by Mark de Haas. An angled view of the FM No. 2 VAULT LOCK action showing the round breech...
Falling Block Rifle Plans
For many years a dream of mine was to design and build a non-bolt action single shot rifle I could call all my own. That dream was slow in being fulfilled and 1 kept telling myself I had good reasons for putting it off. Anyway, my dream action had to be different from all others and it had to be of simple design and construction, but most of all it had to be one I could make in my modestly equipped home workshop. It was the late John Amber, who edited my book Single Shot Rifles and Actions, who...
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action. Designed especially for the .22 rimfires, it has many features unique in a .22 rimfire rifle which you may find interesting. If you do your part well in the making of it, this might become your favorite small game rifle. For more information on this rifle, consult Chapter 4. Figure 1-7 and 1-8 show the CH1COPEE C.F. rifle and action designed especially for the smaller and moderate pressured centerfire cartridges. Look it over in Chapter 5 and you may conclude with us that it is an ideal...
Trigger Mechanism
The trigger mechanism is next in order. The most vital part of this mechanism is the sear safety. Fitting it and making and fitting some of the other trigger related parts is a bit tricky if the mechanism is not fully understood. Therefore, before starting to build this mechanism, study all the drawings showing the sear safety and trigger mechanism, especially Figs. 2-8, 2-10, 2-11, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14 and 2-15. These drawings show the side and rear sectional views of the sear safety and related...
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The author's FM No. 2 VAULT LOCK sporter in .223 Remington caliber. It has a 24 sporter weight barrel on which is mounted a Weaver K-6 scope in Redfield Jr. mounts. The wood is French walnut with the buttstock fitted with a Neidner checkered steel buttplate and pistol grip cap. The forearm is mounted on a through-bolt and floats free of the barrel. The action here is shown cocked. HOW TO MAKE The FM. No. 2 Vault Lock Action and Rifle We take great pride in presenting to you this FM No. 2 VAULT...
Information On Stocking The Fm Vault Lock Rifle
We would like to see every FM VAULT LOCK rifle well stocked and although it is not our intention to go into stock making details, we do want to pass along some suggestions to help you make a good stock and forearm for your rifle. To assist in the direct way possible we have included full sized drawings of the buttstock and forearm, along with details on a good method to attach the forearm to the rifle. We suggest that you use a quality piece of wood to make the stock and forearm as it is not...
Scope Mounts For The Fm Vault Lock Rifle
The FM VAULT LOCK rifle is not well adapted for use with open sights. However, if you wish to use the rifle with open sights we suggest the use of the Williams Guide rear sight and a front sight mounted on a Williams ramp base. To use open sights the stock will require a lower comb line than we have shown in the drawings. Any target scope can be mounted on the FM VAULT LOCK rifle using appropriate target scope bases to match the contour of the barrel. The target mount bases made for the Model...
Sights
Whether you want open sights or a scope sight on the CHICOPEE R.F. rifle you make, or you want both types of sights, we highly recommcnd that you use the blank tip-off scope base that Brownell sells. A five inch section of this base fitted and attached to the top of the receiver ring and barrel with two or three screws is ideal for a scope mounting, placing the scope the right height above the hammer so that the rifle can be readily cocked. If you want open sights in addition then we recommend...
Fm No. 1 Vault Lock
near the end of the project don't all of a sudden rush it to a finish. Take your time at this point, especially with the shaping of the stock. When finishing the metal or wood, sand and polish the surfaces level and very smooth. We want you to be proud of the finished product. If the rifle proves to be what you expected and we are confident it will, we want you to do one more thing, and that is to stamp the gun to identify it. Put your name and address, along with the year and caliber, on the...
Chicopee Action Specifications
Rear, side and top views of rotary lock release lever. Also see Figs. 4-1, 4-2 and 4-4. Side and end views of rotary lock. Also see Figs. 4-1, 4-2 and 4-4. Side and end views of the rotary lock spring, plus a view showing the starting step in forming the spring. Also see Figs. 4-1 and 4-2. This is a mid-section drawing of the slock used on our CH1COPKE R.F. rifle. The dotted lines show the areas to be routed or sawed out when making laminated stocks as explained in the text. Instructions and...