Hey all, I have a Remington U.S. 1903, not 1903A3, (1943 mfg) that is a sporter project. I bought it sporterized, I love sporters built on military turnbolts, and it will remain such. Nuff said on that?
I took it to my local machine shop, MGM, who specializes in T/C work but do great work on other projects as well. I am going to install a vintage Redfield receiver sight and wanted them to d&t the receiver for me. They use an end mill for the process, and they could not penetrate the hardened receiver. Of course they are not willing to pursue any annealing operations on the action and I really do not want to mess around with trying to anneal the thing. Do you guys think the Brownell's solid carbide bit is going to work?
http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-t...s/drill-bits/solid-carbide-drill-prod719.aspx
Thanks for your replies.
I took it to my local machine shop, MGM, who specializes in T/C work but do great work on other projects as well. I am going to install a vintage Redfield receiver sight and wanted them to d&t the receiver for me. They use an end mill for the process, and they could not penetrate the hardened receiver. Of course they are not willing to pursue any annealing operations on the action and I really do not want to mess around with trying to anneal the thing. Do you guys think the Brownell's solid carbide bit is going to work?
http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-t...s/drill-bits/solid-carbide-drill-prod719.aspx
Thanks for your replies.