Found another piece to play with

[DaveG]

I started to get myself organized a little, putting stuff away. and cleaning a bit - in order to get the shop doors re-opened. One of the first things I found in the store room was this twin tube Bullpup action I started. 



The action itself is really already complete. Barreled in .22 using an FX ST bore, breech accepts Marauder mags, reg installed, twin tubes net @360cc's of air, and a trigger set at @6.5oz. I shot this build as a regular gun before switching the breech, machining/adding the parts to make it a twin tube, and BP. It was wonderfully accurate at that time, so I do have high hopes for this version of the build. 

Spent a little time with a concept for putting wood on it...



I also found a hand full of other actions in various states of build. Some are already shooting, but need wood, some need some parts made to finish off... I have one small box that contains the gathering of parts that represent 6 actions build on the same spec, along with the 'list' of parts to finish them off ;-) Feels like a re-birth of sorts...

 

[manabeknives]

The projects seem to be adding up...hope you take it easy on yourself. At the same time, I can't wait to see your finished works.....always been a fan of your styling. I'm going to follow you throughout the process because I find it fascinating! The only question is do you start and finish one project at a time? Or do you do multiple builds at once? Looking forwards to your builds!
Mike Manabe

 

[DaveG]

I'm in no rush to get anything finished, so don't feel terribly concerned about pushing myself. It will be another week or so (we have 3 doctors appointments this week) before I actually spend a day in the shop. First order of business will be finishing some stuff I owe people, a small handful of projects that have been long overdue. Once that is done, I am going to do whatever my heart desires, when I feel like doing it ;-)

In general , I will start a batch of stuff, and as an idea festers in my head, I will pull one out, and take ti to where I feel it wants to go, all the while planning, or figuring the next one, etc... They get to a certain point where they kind of take on a life of their own. If I get stuck, or bore with progress on one, I move to something else - so, there is seldom just one thing happening.

 

[Lawrence]

Another beauty. Love following your creativity. Best wishes for the return of your good health.

Larry

 

[DKL]

That is beautiful like all of your work

 

[HauntedMyst]

That is very cool. Is it an earlier piece? I notice a lot of your later pieces had cocking bolts separate from the loading bolt, which I thought was very cool.

 

[DaveG]

Actually a more recent piece. For a while there - I was working towards a full batch of CNC produced actions. There were two models that would be made from the parts, some of which are common between the two... one had a side cocking knob separate from the loading probe, the other did not. They were to be the TAC7XX and Trident actions... That plan is now history, although I still have about half the parts needed ;-)

This Bullpup action is based on a Trident action. It was already assembled and tested as a regular long action, and then parts were removed and replaced with parts to make it into a double tube BP set up...