If there's a weak point I'd say the cast lever would be it. It's reversible and that's good.
OOOoooooohhhh,...... I'm really liking this ! I think one of these needs to go on to my 40+ fpe 22XX "Franken-gun" !
If I had another project, I'd pick one up- but I already have a Russian breech... Dang it!!Side note: The Russian machinist is now making Mrod side-lever breeches as well... Same price- $230... food for thought.Maybe the Thai machinist will make some soon-ish as well...
Quote from: YEMX on May 11, 2018, 02:45:36 PMIf I had another project, I'd pick one up- but I already have a Russian breech... Dang it!!Side note: The Russian machinist is now making Mrod side-lever breeches as well... Same price- $230... food for thought.Maybe the Thai machinist will make some soon-ish as well... yep , it wont be long now , the thai guy needs to build up his feedback thou , people will hesitate with only 5 feedbacks or 4 or whatever he has
I ordered and received my Thailand breech. It's quite good. I also think the lever is not cast. (Could be wrong)It is steel and looks to be cut out with water jet. (Inside cutouts on some areas you can see the vertical cut lines) . Shipping was incredible... 10 days to my door. It truly does cock the heavy springs with ease. I do much prefer the tactical look of the bnm with piccatinney. It's delivered unassembled with black tape covering the words. I also ordered at a later date his adjustable reg.Kris
Quote from: Kmaz on May 22, 2018, 07:27:47 AMI ordered and received my Thailand breech. It's quite good. I also think the lever is not cast. (Could be wrong)It is steel and looks to be cut out with water jet. (Inside cutouts on some areas you can see the vertical cut lines) . Shipping was incredible... 10 days to my door. It truly does cock the heavy springs with ease. I do much prefer the tactical look of the bnm with piccatinney. It's delivered unassembled with black tape covering the words. I also ordered at a later date his adjustable reg.KrisThat's good if it's not cast- but any time there are lines and grooves and such in a stressed part, that's an invitation to cracking. I'm not saying this lever will crack, only that lines and such are not desirable. If it were me, I'd detail it to remove anything that looked like it could propagate a crack. It's a throwback to when I used to spend hours detailing forged SBC rods before having them shotpeened. Probably unnecessary given the power levels I was dealing with, but then again I never lost an engine to a rod breaking.