Magnum Wheel Man
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1st off, sorry for the long post, but I'll get to the Magnesium eventually... I promise...
I'll start off with I have an old H&R folding single shot 12 ga... it's one of few made, as a "folding" shotgun... not just a single shot...
I've made some modifications to the gun, I added a very good recoil pad, then cut the barrel & bought an adjustable poly choke, so when folded the barrel is the same length as the stock, ( still a fully legal length ) but making a very compact package, & then added a fiber optic front bead... The gun is getting dura coated right now for corrosion resistance... my goal was to make a "pocket hunter" in essence a match for those "pocket fisherman" they used to sell... my thought being I could keep it in the truck, & with an assortment of shells, I could hunt nearly anything at a moments notice...
to store the gun, I've bought a pool cue bag designed for multiple bases & tips, that fits the folded shotgun nicely, & doesn't scream gun... in fact, it's black, & 31" long, it disappears in the black cab of the truck, like my "get home / winter survival bag" I keep in there... the "cue" bag has 2 - 14" long pockets for pool cue accessories, I'm thinking about machining 2 blocks that will fit tight into the pockets, that have 12 ga sized holes drilled in them, to hold an assortment of shells... for example, one block might hold 6 steel shot, & 6 lead shot, the other block might hold 6 buck shot, & 6 slugs...
I was thinking about using Magnesium over other materials, as they could be shaved off as fire starter material... but I have a few concerns... a) I can't find the block sizes I'd need, I can find round rod, which could be machined to do what I want, albeit with more waste ( waste shaving can be kept & or sold as fire starter material... ) b) I can find odd machining blocks, that could be epoxied together to assemble the correct sized block, for a reasonable price, round rod is not excessive priced, but I can't find rectangular bar stock... c) when looking for stock, I ran across some sacrificial anodes' made out of magnesium, I'm concerned about the possibility of galvanic corrosion if the magnesium comes in contact with the brass base of the shot shell, while inside the truck, with temperature extremes from -40* to 100* F like a normal year in MN ???
if I can't find a reasonably priced source for the rectangle bar stock, I may be forced to use aluminum or even wood as a light weight block to hold the shot shells... in fact for the price, I may be best suited to buy aluminum, & a small magnesium fire starter... or using wood, as it could always be burned in an emergency... I just like the idea of using the magnesium blocks...
any other issues I've not thought about, with using magnesium??? ( or aluminum , or wood, for that matter ) anyone know a source of reasonably priced 1" -1.25" X 2" ( or close, to minimize waste ) rectangular magnesium bar stock ???
thoughts or comments in general ???
I'll start off with I have an old H&R folding single shot 12 ga... it's one of few made, as a "folding" shotgun... not just a single shot...
I've made some modifications to the gun, I added a very good recoil pad, then cut the barrel & bought an adjustable poly choke, so when folded the barrel is the same length as the stock, ( still a fully legal length ) but making a very compact package, & then added a fiber optic front bead... The gun is getting dura coated right now for corrosion resistance... my goal was to make a "pocket hunter" in essence a match for those "pocket fisherman" they used to sell... my thought being I could keep it in the truck, & with an assortment of shells, I could hunt nearly anything at a moments notice...
to store the gun, I've bought a pool cue bag designed for multiple bases & tips, that fits the folded shotgun nicely, & doesn't scream gun... in fact, it's black, & 31" long, it disappears in the black cab of the truck, like my "get home / winter survival bag" I keep in there... the "cue" bag has 2 - 14" long pockets for pool cue accessories, I'm thinking about machining 2 blocks that will fit tight into the pockets, that have 12 ga sized holes drilled in them, to hold an assortment of shells... for example, one block might hold 6 steel shot, & 6 lead shot, the other block might hold 6 buck shot, & 6 slugs...
I was thinking about using Magnesium over other materials, as they could be shaved off as fire starter material... but I have a few concerns... a) I can't find the block sizes I'd need, I can find round rod, which could be machined to do what I want, albeit with more waste ( waste shaving can be kept & or sold as fire starter material... ) b) I can find odd machining blocks, that could be epoxied together to assemble the correct sized block, for a reasonable price, round rod is not excessive priced, but I can't find rectangular bar stock... c) when looking for stock, I ran across some sacrificial anodes' made out of magnesium, I'm concerned about the possibility of galvanic corrosion if the magnesium comes in contact with the brass base of the shot shell, while inside the truck, with temperature extremes from -40* to 100* F like a normal year in MN ???
if I can't find a reasonably priced source for the rectangle bar stock, I may be forced to use aluminum or even wood as a light weight block to hold the shot shells... in fact for the price, I may be best suited to buy aluminum, & a small magnesium fire starter... or using wood, as it could always be burned in an emergency... I just like the idea of using the magnesium blocks...
any other issues I've not thought about, with using magnesium??? ( or aluminum , or wood, for that matter ) anyone know a source of reasonably priced 1" -1.25" X 2" ( or close, to minimize waste ) rectangular magnesium bar stock ???
thoughts or comments in general ???
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