I’ve recently decided to change-out my current 300 Win Mag for a Weatherby Vanguard S2 Stainless. There was nothing inherently wrong with the beautifully timbered CZ 550 Lux that I had but it had become a bit of a...
One down; two to go! The Brazilian Comblain Carbine fixes!
Today was quite productive with one of the Brazilian Comblain Carbine fixes complete. The small retention locking screw for the action was finished off and blued. It's now in-place and is a perfect fit. The new replacement screw now...
32 Ballard Extra Long
For those wondering what a 32 Ballard Extra Long (32 Wesson Extra Long) looks like as mentioned in the previous post; the above picture shows the 32 Long Rifle (black bullet) next to the full length 32 Extra Long.
Making the action retention screw for the Brazilian Comblain Carbine
Well it was back to the lathe today for an attempt at recreating the tiny locking screw that retains one of the main action screws in place. This is a very difficult screw to make as the specific thread...
The 32 Long Rifle Cartridge
The big brother of the world's most popular cartridge; 22LR. If you've found this page, you may already know how difficult it can be making a 32 Long Rifle (32LR) cartridge or even the centerfire version of it. There's...
11x50R Belgian Albini
Today was an attempt at recreating a dummy cartridge in the 150 year old 11x50R Belgian Albini. This antique and long obsolete cartidge is actually very similar to the 11x52R Beaumont cartridge. This shouldn't be too surprising given how...
Brazilian Comblain Carbine Stock Escutcheon Nut Underway
A two week Easter break is so far proving fruitful with the stock escutcheon nut recreation underway. I was going to start with some 5mm brass sheet but decided on using 20mm round bar stock after the sheet was...
Brazilian Comblain Carbine needs work
I recently picked up this very scarce Model 1892 (4 Mosquetao) Brazilian Engineers & Artillery Comblain Carbine at auction. In fact at this point in time; it's the lowest serial number of all the known remaining carbines. Unfortunately the...
Small Arms Nation. Something different…
Sharing firearm history and preserving it for future generations. Welcome to my site where among other things, I'll be sharing my interest and passion for firearms including collecting and antique firearm restoration. It'll be a developing record of topics...