Railgun top for holding action/indexing/tune
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jackie schmidt
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Kevin
I said a while back that I could modify my Rail Gun top to do such a thing, but then all of the naysayers chimed in with the "what if's" and so much technicle mumbo jumbo, I just said to heck with it. Somebody smarter than me will have to tackle that one.........jackie
I said a while back that I could modify my Rail Gun top to do such a thing, but then all of the naysayers chimed in with the "what if's" and so much technicle mumbo jumbo, I just said to heck with it. Somebody smarter than me will have to tackle that one.........jackie
Bob Kingsbury
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So why listen to them
Rail top
Hell it's been done for years ,successfully, Look at pix of some of Bill Halls setups or call Ed Shilen, His Hall rail had a DGA glued into the block that was attached to the spine of the rail. Shot good. Seems as thou I remember Rex Reneau having something similar.
B4 I quit I had a Sleeved 700 with the front 4" or so of the sleeve epoxied into a rail block.
Hell it's been done for years ,successfully, Look at pix of some of Bill Halls setups or call Ed Shilen, His Hall rail had a DGA glued into the block that was attached to the spine of the rail. Shot good. Seems as thou I remember Rex Reneau having something similar.
B4 I quit I had a Sleeved 700 with the front 4" or so of the sleeve epoxied into a rail block.
Well,
I would like to have a dedicated top. I know serveral older rails had blocks setup to hold the action. I seen one at the supershoot for sale a few years ago but didn't look at it closely. I remember Dave Tooley telling me several were that way and he always had liked that type of set up. The Powell I have has a set of holes toward the back that looks like a block was installled at one time to hold the action.
I think I'll have a top made that will be simple. Milll the guides straight into the bottom of the top and design a block that will encompass most of the action.
Something here sounds to simple though.
Hovis
I would like to have a dedicated top. I know serveral older rails had blocks setup to hold the action. I seen one at the supershoot for sale a few years ago but didn't look at it closely. I remember Dave Tooley telling me several were that way and he always had liked that type of set up. The Powell I have has a set of holes toward the back that looks like a block was installled at one time to hold the action.
I think I'll have a top made that will be simple. Milll the guides straight into the bottom of the top and design a block that will encompass most of the action.
Something here sounds to simple though.
Hovis
Mike Bryant
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Here's a couple of photos of a Jay Young rail gun with what looks to be a Hall B action glued into a sleeve and the sleeve mounted in the block. Jerrell Mattingly took the photos and sent them to me to put on the rail gun page of my website. I think it's Gary Sinclair's rail. The barrel is floated and makes it easier to change barrels as it changed just like any varmint class benchrest rifle.