It's not terribly difficult if you have some machining knowledge and the right tools.
Most barrels have some concentricity differences from bore to OD. I like to zero each one to the bore before I start. Not all lathe chucks give the option to move them independently. Some lathes will have a...
As far as I know, receiver metal is the same.
Sweets usually use a lighter weight walnut wood in the butt stock, it's also hollowed out some for more weight reduction. The receiver has some extra metal milled out for weight savings and the round mounting band on the barrel has 3 holes drilled...
I have 3 of the cheap solar/battery setups off Amazon. I put them on my Stealth cell cameras because they were battery eating SOB's!! I hooked them up on 9/1/23 and still show full charge. Very happy with them. I think they go on sale from time to time ...
I would guess it to be a 1958 based of the 9700 sn. See below
1957-1958 "A" or "T" SN. #01 - 10900 "A" Indicated Sweet Sixteen and "T" indicated standard 16
My particular area has seen the bobcat population increase dramatically in the past year. It went from hearing people say, I think I saw or I possibly might have one camera, to I have multiple pictures a week, seen them on trail and road rides , and a few dead on the road.
I personally think...
In my area, it sure seems like the population is WAY down this year. My trail cams catch a few here but only 3-4 birds at a time. Most years it's double that or more.
I also travel the same back roads to work daily. Quite a bit of bottom grounds, alongside some hardwoods and creeks. Typically...
Just for the hell of it, you might want to pull the muffler off and check it out. Since it's been sitting, there is a good chance that mice or chipmunks could have put stuff in it. I've seen them full of dog food, cat food and countless other things. It could be causing a restriction. Similar to...
Caught one messing around in my field last night. I walk to about about 275 and let one fly. Dropped her where she stood. Tried to load a short video but no luck, just a screen shot.