The Belgian Hy-Score Again.

I know I haven't posted much lately.  Been working on projects here and there, but given how much Nick and I have already covered, nothing has felt "blog worthy".  Guess I'm saying I haven't broken any new ground in a while.


This doesn't break any new ground either, but its just such a nice little gun, I wanted  needed to show it off again.  It's the old Belgian Hy-Score.  Recently cleaned it up a bit more and gave it a few coats of Arrow Wood Finish.    Put it right on top of the old finish and burnished it in with bare hands.  The patina of the rifle is still there, but warmer and better protected.  The grain stands out a bit more, too.

There's still a plan kicking around to make a new trigger.  Mentioned before that the trigger really needs another 1/2" or so of set-back.  Guess that'll also entail a new trigger guard.

Still on a sling kick, the slender 22mm (7/8") sling mounts from the HW35E finally found the right home.  They look exactly right on the old girl.

Even the front barrel band was a good fit.

Finding the right 7/8" sling was the hardest part.  This isn't exactly the place for a two point black nylon Magpul.  A trip to Dick's Gun Room did the trick.  They had a nice selection of leather slings taken off trade-in rifles. 

Digging through the options yielded an old 7/8" George Lawrence Co. #5 military sling.  A few minutes with some Sno-Seal leather conditioner, pure beeswax, and a heat gun on low had it looking like a million bucks.

Thanks for checking in.

11th Annual Flag City Toys that Shoot

The Flag City Toys that Shoot Airgun show is on Saturday, April 9th in Findlay, Ohio.  New, used, modern, vintage, cool, weird.  But most of all--FUN.  This show has it all!

For more info, click the link:

http://www.flagcitytoysthatshoot.com/#!

New Trigger Guard for the CP1-M Pistol

My single biggest complaint about the CP1-M pistol centered around the "too small for my finger" trigger guard.   Found some time this week to do something about it.













Started with a chunk of 6061 aluminum. 

At 0.625" thick it was too wide to fit the inletting in the grip. 

 I milled down to ( I think) 0.550".

It was the right size when it just fit into the wood.

Winging it with the layout.  Nothing new there.  There's a bit of stock to hog out.

To get the stock out quickly, I drilled a 1" diameter hole.

Followed by a 7/8" hole.  This removed about 80% of the material.

Scratched some lines to connect the holes and swapped milling vises to one with a different base.  As the guard will have a tapered slot,  I needed the ability to swivel the vise. 

Milled out the web between the holes.

Had some concerns about the guard collapsing and binding the milling cutter as the last of the web was removed.  Went easy on the vise clamping pressure and took lighter cuts to compensate.  Note the metal left at the extreme right for support.  It was later removed with a hacksaw.

Milled a slot in the top of the guard for the trigger blade.  The slot has to be both centered and have the correct clearances to fit around the trigger block.  The sides of this slot block in the trigger pivot pins to prevent them from walking out.

And a relief slot for the sear.

Milled some angles into the guard to lose excess metal and make it marginally less "blocky".

Hand filed the curve at the top to fit into the front of the inletting.







 












 Test fit. 

Used a transfer punch through this hole to locate the 5mm mounting screw location.

Drilled for the aforementioned screw.   Not shown:  Turned the guard over, lined up the hole again and drilled a counterbore for the head of a M5 SHCS.  (that's a Socket Head Cap Screw)

 More shaping.  Less blocky.

About done.  Here's the counterbore.  Started to deburr the edges.  Needs some sanding and spit and polish.

Obviously, it's not a full wrap guard.

A bit chunky, but it'll work.  Besides, all the metal in the front is hollow for the mounting screw

 Some milling marks.

You can see the trigger housing nested in the oval slot.

After more sanding, blending, edge relief then a light bead blast.

Gave it a shot of black epoxy paint.  It's a pretty close cosmetic match to the anodized breech.

Much, much more comfortable now to shoot.  Instead of being annoyed by the guard, I can focus on the dot alignment.  I see a few areas for improvement (which were ignored while rushing to get it done) that I may revisit--if I can talk myself into stripping the finish.

Thanks for checking in.  More soon. 

More Misc Sling Attachments

Went off on a sling kick a week ago.  After adding sling attachment points to the short barreled IZH 61, the other 61 was calling.  Then there was the BAM B26-2 with the barrel shroud... Coming on the heels of such a similar post, I'll just kinda gloss over what I did.























Since IZH #1 got the picatinny rail on the underside of the forend, I elected to side mount the second gun.  Milled a bracket from a piece of steel key stock.

 

Spotted and drilled some clearance holes.

Counterbored for the socket head cap screw heads.

Then angled the sides to make it a bit sleeker.

Knocked off the sharp corners.

And polished it out.

Made a threaded backing plate from a scrap of steel.

Blued it, then drilled a couple holes in the stock and here we are.

Took apart an Outdoor Connection 1-1/4" Super Sling 2 and fed it through.

Rear attachment is identical to the other IZH 61 sling mount.  The side mount doesn't work as well in carry mode, but when using the sling as a shooting aid, it's perfect.



The BAM B26-2  lost the forward barrel band sling stud when I made the shroud.  Don't know why, but I failed to address this at the time. It was just a matter of drilling and tapping a hole in the underside of the shroud for a sling stud.  No pics of the job--it was too easy.

Was concerned about the stud unscrewing.  Given the minimal thread engagement, that would likely result in dropping the rifle before the loose stud was noticed.   A liberal coat of Loctite 680 on the threads should ensure that a blowtorch is now required for removal. 

I really am going to get to that CP1-M trigger guard and the QB77 stock project, and the....