Peabody Rifle chamber sleeve job: Anvil 112

[@515Earl]

Mark, you are a national treasure and I enjoy learning everything you offer to teach. Thank you for taking the time to make videos to pass on your knowledge rather than hoard it like some people tend to do.

[@drubradley8821]

As per your question.. "How do they get that relief cove cut put in there?"..... Manually. Here is a video of the "ENDIE", not the "OUTTIE" or the "INNIE"... The the "OUTTIE" and the "INNIE" are two other processes, still manually dealt with, by means of manually assembling the cutting tool(s) once inside of or passed through an obstruction area... Although, this video I am placing a link to, may look primitive, in their processes, where as today manufacturing processes of full throttle automation has allowed for a more efficient mass production, there is still some processes, that no machining center can simply handle. At least not with out buying, or having built some high measure of specialty machining system that performs just that one odd/random step, that can be handled simply manually/by hand and cheaper tooling. I would recommend simply watching the video for the sake of how great our beloved western world has it. But, if you pay note starting at the TIME STAMP of @6:00 for about 30 seconds... You will see, the dual "ENDIE" manual hand cutting tool in action, and the cutting surfaces dimensions are simply controlled by the nut at that other end, which also serves as the ease of removing the cutter to then remove the shank from the already reamed double shear holes, for the sewing machine's lift arm axle/bell crank axle. Enjoy. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGOUo6iDfMp6l5Y

[@marknovak8255]

Nice video. Proof that high speed stuff can be built without lots of money.. Thanks

[@MrJento]

Mark, I defer to your knowledge, skills and ability in discussions with my friends. I once ran a machine tool business. So your question on production. The Martini-Henry rifle is a modification of the Peabody. And that lockup of the loading tray/bolt to the frame is epic. The British cut that frame with a device called a “side brooch”. It plowed out a rounded grove up in the frame. A rough cut in essence. A rounded cutter, think file, was then suspended on a shaft and partially rotated to further finish the cut. It was finally finished to dimension by lapping in the bolt with abrasive paste. This is why you can’t just swap bolts among old martini rifles. The tolerance on that bolt and the abutment is typically 0.001 inch or less longitudinally when in battery. And yet “parts” bolts for those guns may vary by 3-5 thousandths of an inch bolt to bolt. Because rach was fit using this laborious process. Now today we would use a 5-axis CNC with a ball end mill and simply cut that fillet and be done. They did not have that luxury. They improvised. Enjoyed your video as always. Fox out.

[@danmenes3143]

Would a "side broach" be similar to a shaper cutter?

[@MrJento]

@@danmenes3143 The “ thingy” I saw in a museum of industry in England was a mechanical brooch. Usually the bit is flat and cuts into the stock as it’s secured to the table. This one had an extension that stuck out the side with a button that would cut in a “blind” space. I eas informed that it had been used on the “muskets”, several martinis being on display I presumed that was the musket in question. I am not a machinist by trade. I came into CNC equipment on the computer side. But in consulting on programming I frequently asked how’d you make this thang in the bad old days. They were usually glad to explain all the gigs and fixtures to me. Then I’d write them a cad/cam file and go home. Different strokes for different folks. We learn as we go. Then I went home, took my martini all apart cleaned off the grease and started looking at tool marks up in the nooks and crannies. Fox out.

[@monkeyship74401]

As always Thank you for showing us exactly I shouldn't be messing with altering antique firearms. I enjoy watching a master craftsman employing his skills.

[@slade7499]

Yours is, literally, my favorite channel on KZbin. I get a little excited every time I get notified of a new video. The pleasure is all mine, sir.

[@mrsmith8436]

Mark buddy your one of a special breed that may in fact be lost forever once our generation has passed and I can only hope those watching truly appreciate the knowledge and wisdom you so graciously take the time to share with us all. Thank you much. I always look forward to your video’s. Peace, health, prosperity and long life to you😊

[@gmctech]

It's fantastic to watch a talented, experienced gunsmith at work! I could watch this for hours!

[@matthewbecker3674]

ANSWER❤❤: the Watts Bros Tool Drill is used to machine square holes. When the lathe is running, you can see the head "bouncing" around in its guide. Based on a concept which uses an equilateral triangle with bisecting curves of constant width. Square holes can be so sexy. "Triangular Wheels" on the Curiosityshow channel provides a simple tutorial, explanation, and application! April '56 issue of Popular Science shows how to make one.

[@PatRMG]

Glad to have had this Peabody in my hands. Thanks for the video, Mark!

[@GrandDungeonDad]

What a fun conversion. As always Mark it is a pleasure to watch you work sir.

[@gotsloco1810]

I suspect the radius was cut using a cam directed single point tool something like a shaper or planer. Today I might do such an operation with a die sinking EDM. But that is not suitable for high volume production. I look at how many of the cuts are made on lever action firearms and wonder how it was done. Manufacturers in the past built a lot of dedicated machinery.

[@krockpotbroccoli65]

Bag O Gun. Something every gunsmith is familiar with. Also, some of the machining feats they accomplished with primitive machine tools prior to the advent of electricity are absolutely mind boggling.

[@Bhartrampf]

I agree, a lot of scrapers, chisels and files used as well back then.

[@Sven-_Trials]

Watching Mark reminds me of my friend who used to build hydroplanes. They may use simple tools but the skill behind those tools is what makes a gun run or an unlimited go 200mph in one piece. You would be a fool to question their method or madness..

[@wilsonlaidlaw]

Lovely to watch an artist at work.

[@ronsorrentino6207]

Mark, for you to let us in to your shop and share your knowledge, no, the pleasure has been and is all ours. And I thank you!!!

[@BlackCoinCrypto]

As always thanks for taking us along for the ride.

[@jasongarland3165]

These videos....I really can't wait to get moved so I can get my lathe set up and finish up all the project I put on hold seven years ago. Mr. Novak has a interesting day job for sure!

[@jbryant6088]

I believe that unknown cut you're asking about was done with the same type tool used to trim down the ears on the bottom of a 1911 barrel where the slide stop holds back the barrel. Like starting an old crank style Model T Ford, you have the crank rod, and a slide on sideways reamer bit used to cut the radius as you turn the crank. The bit would have to move across the plane of the radius as it's cranked, cutting from one side to the other.

[@tomtruesdale6901]

Great video Mark, thank you for the history on the gun. I have to admit I had to rewind and watch again after you used the cleaning /ram rod to clear the shell from the chamber as I didn't think the rod had been removed but then I saw it fall out the muzzle.

[@pledgegamer]

Mark… you scared the crap out of me when you fired the gun without taking the cleaning rod out. I didn’t see it fall out when reloading the first time.

[@tqbcpc]

My thoughts as well

[@peteraugust5295]

@12:57 I would assume that was cut with a roller mill or a cutting wheel with the mandrel/arbor beeing cust above the receiverbody. Most parts where probably done on horizontal miling machines as they allow for lower cutting speeds and thus accomodate for the worse materials back in the day.

[@Chssmius]

I don't know what the technical term is historically, but a machine similar to a belt sander sized perfectly for the width of the action could relatively easily grind the small amount of metal necessary to form the round and seat the bolt.

[@webtoedman]

I have a horizontal mill, and I suspect that it would be difficult to produce the small radius of the cut using a conventional set-up. The diameter of the arbours on standard machines start at one inch, so the diameter of the cutters is bigger than that. I thought about it for a while, then it occurred to me that it could be done with a "Bull nose", (Spherical ended) slot drill. It would leave the ends of the cut with a radius, but it would not be difficult to make a smooth bodied cylindrical cutter with teeth on the end faces, driven by a shaft through the holes provided for the axis pin. Slow and inefficient, but labour was cheap back then.

[@paulnelson9907]

You know one day I'm going to show up at your shop around closing time with a few Ashton's and a 18 year old bottle of Single Malt Scotch. That way we can listen to war stories.

[@cameronmccreary4758]

To make that cut in the back of the receiver, I would modify a ball endmill so it would have a spherical section on the end and machine to near the outside. After the semicircle cut I would fixture the receiver in a rotary table and use a slotting head attachment on a milling machine to make square corners with another custom ground tool. This last operation would clean up the edges and square them to the ends of the semicircle cut area. I used to work for John Martz Luger maker from Lincoln, CA. On the barrel extensions there is a stud cut into the side of the extension and it has a radiused area that can only be accomplished by using a slotting head on a milling machine, a correctly made tool and as the slotting head is reciprocating the rotary table is turning the barrel extension cutting a radius inside a small area. There were three or four parts on the Luger pistol that had parts that had to be slotted while rotating on a rotary table. Nice work Mark!

[@Unrivaledanime]

Mark your my favorite gunsmith / personality on KZbin no one better Godspeed brother

[@Pest789]

12:54 if the radius is concentric with the hole, it could only have been done on a lathe with a tiny groove cutter style boring bar. If it's not, it could also have been done on a horizontal mill with a remarkably small arbor and cutter.

[@jimmyhoffa2816]

One of the best channels out there. Certianly the best ive found on the topic. But one of the best channels overall

[@davefleming775]

All of your videos are a wealth of info. I’m sure they will be viewed for a long time.

[@MisdemeanorThoughts]

And as always, it’s been a pleasure watching your work.

[@cheesenoodles8316]

Excellent 16 min & 7 seconds. A 45/70 Martini Peabody, that is cool.

[@j.gordonellis4175]

Man, I love watching you do your thing. I especially like all the historical firearms you work with. Thanks for sharing. From the upstate

[@MrNocash13]

Regarding the cut my money would be on some kind of line boring setup, arbour passed thru both holes with cross tooling slowly extended to the correct dia.?

[@LowQuatsSquats7529]

As far as the machining steps for that rear cut. I would assume they did the bulk of the cutting to open it up drilled both holes then had a small radius cutter that was placed through the screw hole to cut the initial rear slot and then kept increasing in cutter diameter. I wish I could draw it out because I can't very well write out what I'm thinking in a clear enough form to make sense.

[@brycedaniels8024]

Was thinking a very small line boring operation.

[@Angelina-xj5zd]

That's it, they used the screw hole to insert and assemble an adjustable cutter.

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[@MichaelDavis-cg8uj]

I also had to rewatch the shooting scene a few times to see the cleaning rod dump out the front. Had me thinking "Ummmmm.......hey Mark!"

[@Unrivaledanime]

I too thought he left the rod in lol

[@tomtruesdale6901]

LOL me too

[@ianturpin9180]

Me too

[@kajiarrow7761]

Im guessing that cut was either done entirely with a horizontal mill or with a slot cutter cut vertically then a small boring bar looking tool to clean up the edges

[@quiettime6871]

Beat me to it!

[@kajiarrow7761]

Another thing that might work is a custom slab cutter on a keyed shaft that runs through the bolt holes.

[@andrew051968]

Yeah that's what I was going to say. Horizontal mills were a lot more common in the late 1800's / early 1900's.

[@pghgeo816]

@@kajiarrow7761 I was envisioning something like that a one off tool

[@pghgeo816]

yeah i cant envision how the edges or ends were squared

[@davefellhoelter1343]

I Just LOVE how He Gets In After IT fearlessly!! Keeping these Smoke Poles SMOKING!!

[@Dietzeeeee]

Wonder if a conversion to 45 long colt would work. Also maybe less material would have to be removed off that top block?

[@torqueguy1]

Oh wow. I admire your filing. Love how you chunked it out with the Dremel. Smoking a meerschaum lined briar quarter bent with about 50% virginia sweet burley and 50% northern lights gifted to me by my son. Old stoners rule

[@deboshadow]

Always a pleasure to watch a craftsman work.

[@williammills7778]

I love the history lessons I get from your channel. As always thanks for such a great video. Cheers 🍻

[@shaneharrison4775]

Excellent video mark I had an old marlin whitney 40-60cal.carbin length saddle gun or so we were told I wanted to have it rechambered to 45-70. However all the folks I spoke with told me the rifle wasnt a carbine and should have been 11 to 12 inches longer and that there was no way to make the conversion. It was an 1880 model and year. The whole rifle was 29 3/4" long

[@bobvines00]

Mark, what do the cutting tool marks in the radius cut to fit the block show? Knowing that, plus ideas/info from several other comments, ought to give you a good chance of determining how it was machined. Please let us know what method you decide was probably used to machine the part.

[@MrEric_API]

a high resolution closeup might reveal the cutter marks that would give some indication how the operation was performed.

[@aries_9130]

I assume they made the cut which takes the recoil load by using a cutter you assemble within the frame, i.e. put the cutting wheel inside the frame, them put the drive shaft through the pin holes and through the cutter, secure it somehow and then do the cutting. Kind of like in a horizontal milling setup.

[@TendoyD]

Mark it is a pleasure to learn from your videos!

[@alex7x57]

At 12:26, that cut was likely done with a shaping machine, which has a cutter mounted on a reciprocating tool holder running back and forth peeling off a sliver of steel with each pass.

[@pghgeo816]

yes like this idea it would have had to be a purpose-built shaper

[@ScottKenny1978]

@@pghgeo816 if you're making a couple hundred thousand rifles, why not spend the money on a custom tool to make the job easy? Crud, I know mechanics make custom tools all the time, even for a one-off project.

[@pghgeo816]

@@ScottKenny1978 i agree the question is what is the method mill ? scraper ? broch

[@ScottKenny1978]

@@pghgeo816 saw one suggestion that was basically a scraper assembled through the screw holes, and then finished by lapping the breechblock into the groove.

[@zlep9765]

aah nothing like GUNSMITH ASMR, loved every second of it

[@Tunkkis]

Any day an Anvil is uploaded is a good day.

[@fredford7642]

Thank you for a very helpful and educational video. Among the very best that I have seen. My compliments!

[@niklasaskham4208]

I liked the classical music in previous times. Great content regardless

[@onpsxmember]

Is that the summer apron? 13:47

[@JohnTaylor-xz1ve]

Might have been better to go with 45-60. Less meat to take off the breach with a shorter cartridge. I find that threading the chamber sleeve in is a better way to go and have always made the sleeve the same length as the brass.

[@subterfusion4005]

The cut is broached with a half round cutter assembled through the pin hole.

[@broughswenson651]

Is it weird that I enjoy watching a man hand file a part for five minutes? Did I just make this video awkward? I don't care. great video, please keep doing great work! Love you're channel.

[@mikemoore9757]

Not all metal was removed by rotary milling cutters. I think broaches were also used in some firearm manfacturing. Look at the breech block mortise in the receivers on the Winchester low walls and high walls for instance. If you are making a few thousand of some part, a dedicated machine and cutter specific for that problematic part would be justified.

[@PatRMG]

And just like that, I learned something.

[@bradlilly8603]

I watched this on my phone. I had to rewatch to see Mark dump the cleaning rod out

[@Texas_Red_01]

Yeah, at 14:55. I watched it on my PC, and I missed that cleaning rod falling out! I was talking to the screen when he was getting ready to crank off the 3rd round! I went back and re-watched it, and finally spotted the rod falling out... 🙂

[@eid_-jj1rg]

❤

[@AdemKılıç16]

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[@juicinaround4268]

Came to post this and you were 6 months early 😂🔥

[@timothydeyoung5653]

I've watched several gunsmithing videos made by some real butchers. Your an Artist compared to the rest of them. No one compares to your expertise.

[@richardscarlett7942]

LOL, I thought he fired the ram rod out until i rewatched segment and paid close attention. I slid out when he lowered muzzle towards ground

[@alex4alexn]

me too, i was about to be like ooooh no, but i give Mark insane credit for knowing his stuff

[@richardscarlett7942]

@@alex4alexn yea, he was probably thinking "Heh, Im gonna frak with their minds"

[@TODinWY]

At about the 7.5 minute mark you said that the Dremel has a place in the shop, but never as a "go-to". I grew up with a gunsmith whose shop equipment consisted of an Atlas lathe, a Delta drill press, and a small barrel of dead Dremels. He made a good living for 50 years knowing what his limitations , and the Dremel's were. He'd go through 3-4 a year, and never a day went by that he did not have one in hand. Good Video!

[@JeSsSe66]

The way that cut was done is definitely a real good head scratcher. If somebody told me to do it... I would put a 3/16 boring bar through that 1/4 screw hole and then insert a hss cutter into the boring bar. You can get a good 1/16 deep cut out of it I would reckon

[@pcmacd]

Glue it? Acraglass? Well, that is magic stuff but I cannot imagine it for this application. What am I missing here? Does not Acraglass get soft when warmed up? What's wrong with SOLDER or SILVER SOLDER? 10:05 - ah ha. Questions answered.

[@DopetheWind]

The cut is almost certainly done on two jig grinders, using a small radius grinding belt cantilevered on an arm. Infeed to one corner on the "left handed" machine, note the infeed hard stop, set up the "right handed" jig grinder to the same stop. Clean up mismatch by lapping with a die made specifically for the task.

[@mastermaker666]

Could be wrong but not entirely certain that the grit and belt quality that we take for granted was available back when this was made..

[@DopetheWind]

@@mastermaker666 Wouldn't be the aggressive and durable ones of today. Significantly slower removal rates, perhaps even using emery cloth.

[@mastermaker666]

@@DopetheWind Not saying it can't be done that way, just that the machining marks indicate that it wasn't the way they did it and that they would be unlikely to have anyway given the time and effort involved when there was a faster and more efficient way of doing it(single-square-tooth boring-bar style cutter threaded into the hole without the spindle running)

[@Bhartrampf]

If I remember, that cut is off center from the hole, I was thinking it may have been a broach cutter, then chisel work, or scrapers. They did such unique cuts with hand tools back then also.

[@ScottKenny1978]

I'd expect some custom tool for the job. If it's concentric to the pivot holes, then I'd use those holes to line up the tools.

[@Bojangles6]

I would say a purpose built broach was used.

[@randymagnum143]

I I had to make a bunch of them, I'd make a rotary broach that piloted off the pivot pin hole. Segment it into enough individual cuts as to be workable. Maybe a rougher and a finisher. Make it out of M2 it should last thousands of cuts.

[@pghgeo816]

i like the idea but wouldnt there be evidence of the pivot pin hole in the block? what about a shaper very short throw and an right angel cutter?

[@randymagnum143]

@@pghgeo816 the breech block pivot pin *is* there, Kipling! 😆

[@josephmarino3045]

Hey I am by no means a machinist. But I am a go-to guy. Is it possible that after the receiver was drilled for that pivot bolt, that a shaft could go through there with a slot like a keyway all the way lengthwise and a piece of carbide be put in there that could be adjusted for height and as it spun it would shave some metal off of the receiver and small increments? Just my two cents

[@sidetrackmetalworks2058]

Either that, or it was machined separate then welded into position.

[@frankbridges7]

The machines back of the block with a very small boring bar, with a removable cutter that's held in place with an end center line set screw.

[@1860Vincent]

I've often thought about how they cut the breech block shoulders in the martinis, and with it sharing the axis of the hinge pin hole it would have had to have been cut through that hole. It's possible it was roughed out with a radius milling cutter through the top then set up in a fixture with holes matching the pin hole on a separate machine. Here you could insert an arbor and cutter (similar to a line boring operation) to finish the radius to size and square up the corners. I might give it a try for fun, maybe make up a mock receiver and some tooling. If it's a success I'll post a video.

[@ScottKenny1978]

That'd cool to see! Please post here if/when you get that video made.

[@johnpatterson8697]

14:12 Just trows away a perfectly good cigar

[@dangvorbei5304]

That kinda concerned me too, but I think he was just placing it on the ground for later. Like the ramrod.

[@marknovak8255]

No cigars were harmed in the production of this video........

[@ludercoarms]

Mark, is that Devcon you are using to glue in your sleeve? Just wondering, as I use Devcon for my sleeves and that looks like the same grey goop, good stuff!! I have sleeved a few sporterized .303 Enfields to 32 H&R Magnum, it makes for a fun plinker, and they can also load 32 S&W Long as well.

[@marknovak8255]

Devcon works well here, however I find it close to steel in hardness. I used a reamer to take the chamber to full dimension, and the softer acraglass was not in interference with the cutter. 6 to one, half a dozen to another.....

[@trentonoberding5882]

Why is it ok to glue something like that in I understand heat may not be an issue but aren't you running the risk of it breaking free ( complete novice just trying to get into gunsmithing as a hobby

[@MichiganDeerHunter1]

Index a cutter on a boring bar through both inline holes. Kinda like an I,D. groove on a mill. Maybe

[@haroldwilliams4183]

I have been a gun nut all my life . I love to watch video's on how they work.

[@marinioaweischo6614]

Back than they did a lot of scraping, broaching and chiseling (dont know if the words are correct, technichal terms are difficult to translate), by hand or by machine. I have some workshop notes from a gunsmith school dated from the 60's/70's, they did the complete action for a break action rifle from a forging blank by hand. I can imagine for mass production they had a scraping machine with form tools or something similar.

[@skoopsro7656]

I was starting to wonder if we were ever gonna get meaty vids again? I'd like some more please

[@josephcormier5974]

Great work and a very fine weapon outstanding video sir five stars

[@notchagrandpa8875]

You must be one of the luckiest guys around, you get to handle and test fire weapons most of us will never be lucky enough to see in person, personally I'd be honored to work as your apprentice but I doubt your schedule would allow you to train anyone.

[@tofan2622]

You should just add a very small bead of tig weld or 2 after you line up the holes. This is done with a lot of manufacturers and doesn't harm anything.

[@gregdawson1909]

the obvious answer to make a blind half circle feature like you showed is a very small boring head / bar, but I doubt that would be viable for real production, possibly its a forging?

[@daveb3910]

Possibly, that would work. That is probably how they did it, but let me propose another possibility. If I could see the inside, they may have angled through that notch on top where the hammer goes and driven the edge of an end mill at an angle to create the radius, assuming there is clearance on the inside. But that wouldn't give exactly square corners, so I think you are correct

[@jensenwilliam5434]

You are great at what you do!!! I love it!!!!

[@TheAhirishman]

Your videos are the coolest amd most interesting on youtube. Coming from a carpenter/gun enthusiest

[@Ivanovitch2885]

A dremel on guns is a lot like an X-acto knife. An X-acto knife it practically the same system as a surgeon's scalpel. It just depends on who is holding it.

[@TJ-wg3ud]

I didn’t get a great look at that cut but from what I saw it should be doable with a sine plate and a ball mill on a Bridgeport.

[@mastermaker666]

The recessed groove: Boring-bar style single-tooth cutter threaded through the bolt hole without the milling-spindle running would really be the only way to achieve that square-shouldered recessed inside groove.

[@machinist7230]

It could be broached..

[@mastermaker666]

@@machinist7230 Broaching would not leave the kind of machining marks that appear to be in the groove. Would also require hand finishing in each end to get rid of chip remains and there might also be a joint mark somewhere in the middle as the only way to broach that to sharp inside corners on both sides would be to do half from either side so it would require 2 operations + manual finishing, from a production standpoint a single tooth milling-cutter would be faster and more efficient...

[@marknovak8255]

This is the best answer yet, in my opinion, because I do not know either......

[@keithhagler502]

@@marknovak8255 I've been trying to figure this out for years. I've got a few around here, and I've sat at night looking at that cut and trying to put the puzzle together without pulling my hair out. Then, whammm, you ask the same question. I even wonder how they do it in the Khyber Pass with their copies. It's been bugging me forever, seriously, as one of those things that just has to be 'known'. Some interesting answers on here, but I'd still love to see it with my own eyes. I've seen people wanting to piece together an action in four parts, all because of this one cut. I always say 'no', and not that it can't be done, but there is not much metal to go around in critical places, imo. This one cut, the do all, or end all, cut....I wish I had been present in the shops back then, my eyes would have been glued to it.

[@mr.m2556]

Bag master Mark, I thought you were going to shoot me with its cleaning rod. Glad to see another one back on the firing line.

[@russellhamer8690]

I live in Birminghsm UK not far from BSA where you can Go to the Gun Quarter and see all the old tools and machines used..one type of Barrel made by bending a single piece of wire around a bar n soldering in All the gaps in the spiralling barrel sets.French origin I believe,left a beautiful set of barrels..

[@samrodian919]

Mark you are a MASTER of your art sir!

[@hippis563]

A perfect vid to see after work on a friday !

[@halsnyder296]

Not a machinist, I’ve seen a similar machining job using a boring bar. Would have to be a tiny boring bar!

[@jamestrebillcock4718]

Yeah tiny boring bar thru the pin hole would do it. Good luck trying to get that to cut like 👍

[@keepyourbilsteins]

Can't speak to how they pulled that off. I know the tools I'd use, today, in the 21st century, but can't touch that interior radius cut with my idea of 19th century tech. Pose a question though Mark. Why not a thermal interference fit on the insert? Half a thousand is easy peasy to pull off with a block of ice and a coal fire.

[@JohnDoe-pv2iu]

I'm with you. Whether you can 'get away with it (with black powder) or not', I would have tinned the sleeve and barrel and sweated it in with silver solder. I could have silver soldered it in less time than the extractor fitting!🤣 But that's why we're all different... nice video. Ya'll Take Care, John

[@bobdaves4257]

Thanks for sharing some more wonderful knowledge

[@46inchwoody]

That part could have been cut on a horizontal mill with a face mill or shell mill. Another option is a rotary broach that indexes of pin holes. Some of the old machinist handbooks might give a clue to the process.

[@445cat]

I firmly believe mark is a national treasure. Thank you! On another note, where can I send some free epoxy? My company makes the best 2-part for dissimilar materials and it would definitely hold against smokeless. I’d like to prove that theory incorrect but I’m not in the business of resleeving chambers. Any takers? Free with no strings attached.

[@rbmgt81]

Thanks Mark .... always learn something from your channel ....

[@HDVRod854]

Great video. Thank you Mark and your crew.

[@luizcarlosdeiricci8957]

Great Job Mark 👍😉👏👏👏 Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@Foche_T._Schitt]

What's the radius of that cut? The center line of that cut may be just above the receiver.

[@hassenfepher]

Why not silver solder the Sleeve anyway. As sort of a belt and suspenders thing. Worried about losing the temper on the barrel?

[@MFKR696]

Time is money, and is unnecessary for a black-powder rifle.

[@Morgan_Sandoval]

Because suspenders are a waste of money and just proof you need to wear pants that actually fit. And that's a perfect analogy for the most likely actual reasons why he's not wasting time silver soldering it.

[@shootingsportstransparency7461]

Did same with a Turkish Peabody because there wasn't cartridge cases available

[@Mtbambeno]

Nice job bringing her back to life with a much handier to load for round.

[@seanhazelwood3311]

Sweat-fit the sleeve, no worry about glue. It's also easier if done right.

[@maxprivus]

See 14:53 if you're still looking for that cleaning rod ;)

[@CrashRacknShoot]

Lmao! Must've watched it 10 times and never caught it falling out until I read your comment. Man, I gotta go to bed.

[@JohnDoe-pv2iu]

Damn Cat Man, that's a Good eye! I didn't notice that either, until reading your post. I'll bet Mark and Bruno didn't notice it either. ...Got back inside and 'wtf happened to the cleaning rod? Walked back outside and found it. When the H@ll did I drop that?...'. Ya'll Take Care, John

[@timhallas4275]

I chambered my .410 shotgun in .444 Marlin. You should see the look on people's faces when I pull that trigger. All it took was a brass sleeve to preserve the .444 cases during firing.