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McKeown Gunstocks
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 28 พ.ค. 2008
Michael McKeown carves custom gunstocks and repairs gunstocks.
Heirloom Firearm Stock Refinishing 1
I'm back in the shop! Heirloom Firearm Stock Refinishing 1
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Daisy Centennial 1894 BB Gun Teardown and Reassembly
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Daisy Centennial 1894 BB Gun Teardown and Reassembly
Anschutz 380 Bondo finished (almost)
มุมมอง 231ปีที่แล้ว
Paint is on the master and just a couple of touch up spots need attention. Next is to get it in the duplicator.
Antique BSA Birmingham Arms Co
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Doing a little restoration work on an old BSA underlever. It shoots .22 pellets and loads through a cool loading tap. In this video I make an adapter to fit a modern seal to the piston and I discover what probably caused the retirement of the use of this particular gun.
Anschutz 380 Butt Stock Extension
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Turning a poor fitting stock into a master for the Anschutz 380. This video is about extending the buttstock.
Anschutz 380 Inletting
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A half hour on the milling machine and the inletting fits.
Anschutz 380 a better understanding and a plan
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Anschutz 380 a better understanding and a plan
Slope Soaring Borax Lake
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Here I am Slope Soaring Borax Lake in Clearlake, California. The airplane is my own design and build: 90" span, 7" root chord, 5" tip chord, RG-14, bagged carbon over blue foam, molded Kevlar fuse. I've been flying this very airplane for about a dozen years.
Straight Grain Stock Repair Finished
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Another broken stock ready to go back into service. Pics here: airgunstocks.com/portfolio/repair-work/straight-grain-wrist-repair.html
Straight Grain Wrist Repair 1
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All straight grain wrists should be pinned before they break. Here I develop a method by which anyone can do it fearlessly while repairing yet another one snapped off at the wrist.
Chinese Parking Heater Kerosene Smell Fix + 500 Subs!
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Chinese Parking Heater Kerosene Smell Fix 500 Subs!
Fabricating a Focus Wheel for Athlon Scope 4
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Fabricating a Focus Wheel for Athlon Scope 4
Fabricating a Focus Wheel for Athlon Scope 3
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Fabricating a Focus Wheel for Athlon Scope 3
Fabricating a Focus Wheel for Athlon Scope 2
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Fabricating a Focus Wheel for Athlon Scope 2
The front chamber seal should remain in the rifle unless it needs to be replaced. Also if you examine the plunger assembly that tube has a hole in it and as the chamber compresses the air it come out of the tube and that's what fires the bb not the tube hitting the bb, just an FYI. Also the main sprint compressor tool it's better to use 3/16th rods instead of 1/8" and you can make the tips concave so they don't slip off.
Awesome simple fix that fits a Slavic gun like a glove!
press down on the round at the top of the mag with your thumb, hold the mag vertically, then slam the base of the mag on a table. Works every time.
This worked for my 1911 high cap magazine. Thank you!!
Great video thank you
What could be the problem if my daisy bb gun model 1894 doesn’t shoot out bb’s and not even air
I'm not the only one who thought the grip was too long. Did you finish the Dreamline stock? I would like to see the finished gun.
Thank you so much sir
Fiddily is the what this one is
Thank you👍🏻!!!
Your stock is beautiful, man. Very nice
7000 hours later
I'm sorry, I might have missed a bit. Are you using shop bought boiled linseed oil?
Hello! Im curious where you found your stock/forend for this project? My wood forend keed cracking and I need a better option.
Anschutz Anschutz Anschutz! 😀
Where is the set screw for the rear sight? Sorry, new to this
Good info. The bb is not struck by the metal tube, its job is to channel the air from the air chamber and launch the bb. The spring/plunger assembly is the same as used in the other Daisy BB guns.
Great content! Good job😉👍 and remember don't aim high, aim small.
That's a compression tube on the end of the main spring assy that takes the compressed air to force air to the bb and that black seal isn't a guide it actually compresses air in the chamber against the abutment seal at the other side the tube goes through.
Lovely job sir great vid easy to watch! 👌👏
Putting an 1894 together now,and it was Quite a challenge to find information, This is very helpful, Thanks!
i dont use the gun system ,but a iron pipe from same dimension , and press it till hardened , a teflon rod would work to i think
John knibbs produces a replica rear sight for the later models which is lager than the sight that would have been fitted to that model. But might do. The Kempton Park militaria shows would probably be your best bet if you have a friend in England that attends on a regular basis. You could buy another gun but These old beesas tend to be tough old dogs and it is not a great idea to rob one old gun for another chances are the dove tail is loose on that gun which is why the sight is missing. If your customer decides to fit a single spring go for a used spring from the airsporter or webley mk three a new spring will have far to much buck in it and used regular will damage the gun. A new leather washer soaked in Neats foot oil will provide a seal that will tolerate a slightly beefier main spring. Dont be tempted to use any other lubricants they will burn or stink or both neats foot is the king when it comes to leather seals, I have tried them all their ain't anything better. Over the years I have owned hundreds of these old beesas still have about twenty in a cabinet upstairs. If you come across them both Diana and Haenel produced very fine versions of these Lincoln Jefferies pattern airguns, all their early production went unmarked due to worries over pattern infraction but I rather think old George sold them his rights after falling out with BSA. and at some point in the mid twenties They started marking up their guns I hate to say this but the sad truth is these guns were of a superior standard than the BSA, the last of the prewar dianas were in production by webley [as the mk 3] until 1971 when it was replaced by the Osprey.
Nice job. They shoot 5.6mm Eley Wasps the best but you're not going to find any. Next best is Superdomes. Too bad you don't have a rear sight. Sporting Patterns are nice accurate shooters.
Thank you for your comments. If I were a wealthy guy one of these guns would definitely be in the collection.
Thanks for posting. Some internet forums say that accuracy will suffer unless you epoxy the muzzle brake. Do you have any thoughts?
Thank you for your question, and I'm sorry for the delay answering. I don't remember on this video if I glass bedded the muzzle brake to fit the barrel, but it is something I often do. This results in a "rattle-proof" perfect fit while still being removable. I have removed plenty of muzzle brakes that were glued on, and that is no problem (drill a hole in a block of wood to fit the barrel diameter, split it in half, clamp it over the barrel, heat up the muzzle brake with a propane torch, and beat it off). As for whether a tight fit improves accuracy, I doubt it. Unless the thing is rattling during recoil, I can't imagine it would affect accuracy. However, there have been guns (like Whiscombe) that have adjustable weights as a muzzle brake to "tune" the frequency of the vibration of the barrel during recoil. Those do seem to affect accuracy. Mainly the muzzle brake on guns made for mere mortals is a cocking handle for break barrel spring guns and an appearance upgrade if not, and doesn't do much for accuracy. In my opinion. This is an area that everyone has an opinion, and I don't know that anyone is right or wrong. Shoot what ya' brought :-)
What actually is muzzle brake
The inertia weight should be floating according to weihrauchs manual ,I put slightly smaller o rings on it and lube works fine
Great idea on using a smaller oring. Thank you for your comment.
Hello my friend. Thank you for your footage. I find you a very inspiring guy, and your commentary had me regularly chuckling, lol. With great respect, Sir, I've made my own stocks, so humbly see myself on a similar plane to you. You've shown us a repair that a person could achieve with basic tools and the will to win. If someone wants to do something bad enough, they'll do it. Thank you for inspiring us to have a go and do our best. You've achieved a great job, thank you.
Thank you for your kind comments. Making one's own gunstock is a great experience and no matter how great (or not) the results, you'll end up with a stock that fits you and increased "pride of ownership", and that's the whole point. Although improved aesthetics are also a bonus :-)
@mckeowngunstocks Hello Sir, Thank you very much for caring to reply to me. If I may say so, Sir, making my own gunstock meant many things to me. I have had a love of woodwork all my life, though it was forbidden growing up. Children should be seen and not heard 's what I had to contend with. My twin brother was an artist and extremely successful, too. He had as much paper and as many pencils and paintbrushes as he could manage. However, chisels, drills, and saws were sharp, so I wasn't allowed near them. My journey began when I purchased my first home. With the only tuition from school, within twelve months, I'd built my own wardrobes, which are still in fine fettle today. My first gunstock build was for my Weihrauch HW97K and was like tip toeing. It was a huge relief to finish it and be happy with it. My second gunstock build was for the Weihrauch HW80K. This is an iconic 1980's eighties spring piston break barrel air rifle arguably never bettered. It was going to be made with hand tools only, where possible. I wanted to make Mr Weihrauch proud and show him what someone could achieve with passion and wanting to own one of these air rifles since being twelve years old. I wanted my air rifle stock to be exciting, exhilarating, dynamic, and eye-catching, but how was I going to achieve this? My air rifle gunstock would be based on predators! The cheekpiece front would have a Hawks claw. The pistol grip would in corporate the jumping thigh of a Puma. The front of the trigger guard would emulate the fangs of a Cobra or the front teeth of a Sabre Toothed Tiger. Finally, the front of the fore end would suggest the head of an American fish eagle. My gunstock was laminated with two layers of Ash and three layers of Walnut. With Christmas in-between, the build took around three months and so grateful it was a winter project. Each laminate took two hours to hand saw through. Five laminates equalling ten hours of hand sawing. In the pistol grip area, I kept drawing pencil lines and filing to them. I'd take off a bit more until they were right. Once the basic shape was formed with rasp files, I used metalwork Giles, then down through the different grades of sandpaper. I wanted the wood to breathe, so I treated my gunstock in linseed oil. The Walnut darkened and the Ash a little too? My rifle is in use now. While I was working on the stock, I sent the action to a gentleman called Mr Lyn Lewington in South Wales. He tuned the action and worked his magic. My air rifle works fantastic now. I adore owning it, and I love having it. It's nowhere near some of the gunstocks you can buy now in terms of quality and the use of CNC machinery. However, I was exhausted when I had finished. I'm so glad I did this as I had an end of life diagnosis with stage four, pancreatic cancer, and six yo twelve months to live. I was to told to book my place in the local hospice, write my will, and get rid of my wealth. Ten weeks later, I was called back in and told it probably wouldn't be what I would die of. I take each day as it comes comes now and am thankful of every one. I'm so glad I made my gunstocks. I love natural wood and using them. If you've gotten this far, thank uou for reading, and God bless.
Try a cabinet scraper to remove the finish. It doesn't clog up.And no scratches, smooth. But it won't reach everywhere. You'll still have to sand .
Thank you! That's a great technique!
I appreciate your comments about anger and cursing. We are taught it's masculine but I have learned it's a sign of a weak and undisciplined man.
Nice. Thank you.
Parting goes so much smoother under power feed
True enough, but I prefer doing it by hand because it seems like small increment of cut sometimes likes a pause after advancement and let the part spin a few times around and be completely finished cutting before advancing again. Plus by hand I can feel if resistance is increasing and I need to slow down, and when I get to the end of the cut I can slow down and ease down the final little bit of cut. But then I have never worked as a professional machinist and lack that level of experience, so some things I do are more from lack of experience and confidence than good ideas. I will try power feeding cut offs next time and see how I feel about it. Sometimes our fears are unfounded, and I do have a way of finding the hard way to do things :-) Thank you for your comment!
great vid Michael,just a note on the diesel heater exhaust.theres a hole on one edge(you may have noticed)this goes on the bottom to drain any fluid. ..looks a good job mate!
Thank you for your comment, and yes, I kept that little hole clear. The heater has been working fine for quite a while now. We're coming up on fall fly fishing weather, so the heater will soon get a good workout.
Fantastic job,the only thing I would have done differently would use a very thin steal wire to help the would glue in the crack and use a screw same length as the rod with the apoxsy screwing it down while the wood glue was still wet and clean the mess.
Great suggestions! Thank you for your comments!
Dang it! Didn’t work for compact mags.
I've taken to carrying my spare mag in left appendix (the gun in right appendix), so the magazine doesn't tend to rattle like it did when in a pocket.
did you sell it?
I did not. My next plan is to offer both of my Monsoons as a package deal. One of them has a very expensive feather crotch custom stock which has high dollar value but very low resale value on an older airgun that seems to have fallen out of favor. There are a lot of cooler semi-autos on the market now, but I still love the simplicity of FX's blowback solution.
@@mckeowngunstocks HI Again,if you were possibley to sell them seperatley what would you be asking for one?my own interests in mind.i am in the Uk though,so the task of shipping would be have to be thought of....r.e.cooler semi auto,i think ED GUN just blast them through a self indexing magazine these days..i agree on liking FX's though,ive a cyclone and dont think id part with that due to all the time ive spent on it,it feels a part of me :)
@@davidwoodward7020 Please write me at mckeowngunstocks@gmail.com
@@mckeowngunstocks Hi,sorry for the slow reply.I didnt get any notification from you tube about your reply.However,ive mailed you via the address you gave me.I hope its got through!! :)
You can hear the sound it is really cool ✈️
I love the scream of speed :-)
If you were to flex a pistol grip sufficiently to flex a number 8 or 10 brass wood screw the stock would probably be beyond repair anyway. The force required would inflict major damage whatever the grip had been reinforced with. I did not mention the use of bolts but would suggest that a high tensile bolt every bit as strong as a drill shaft possibly stronger. I would also point out that threaded rod, screws and bolts for that matter come in many gauges just like drill bits Also in varied and wonderful materials and strengths .Who knew???? And while I am at it there are far easier and quicker ways to bond and match than the one you used, I would imagine you have already worked that one out for yourself, Still it was a brave effort.
Re. your comment about any force causing enough flex etc., you are likely correct. But, we have to have a reason to do whatever it is we do, and the materials and methods I've developed for my repair work for my own rather made up reasons I'm pretty sure is a good repair, and I'm also pretty sure every gun ever fixed with a wood screw has survived. Re. your comment that there are "far easier ways to bond and match than the one I used", I have no doubt that is the case. We only know what we know. For some years before starting my channel I was afraid of being embarrassed and perhaps reflect poorly on my work when shown better ways by viewers. But then I realized that both I and my viewers would benefit from our collective experience. We can only know what we know, and in most cases that is far less than what we know as a community. I want to produce the best work I can, so have developed an open mind so I can be receptive to new ideas. Please share with us your easier and quicker method. FWIW, the techniques I used did create an awesome seamless repair, so it worked.
@@mckeowngunstocks Many years ago I was chatting with a friend , when a young woman appeared with her mother. The young lady concerned was carrying in her hands a plastic carrier bag containing what appeared to be match wood. Bursting into tears she sobbed out her story she played violin in an extremely well known orchestra. In the bag was the crushed remains of her violin, to be continued.
Further more the said violin was of very high value and to make matters worse it was on loan to her. Apparently after rehearsals she had put the violin on the floor then reversed over it with her car, I am sure you can imagine the result . Well my friend rebuilt that violin like a jig saw puzzle, and when he had finished it played as always and it really was quite impossible to see any scars, Jim was a very talented instrument maker and this job took several months, Naturally the young woman was delighted in fact I don't remember ever seeing anyone more relieved when she came to collect it. Jim used to repair my stocks for me, even stocks with missing pieces, I would find a suitable piece of timber whose shade and grain matched and Jim would work his magic. Jim taught me a little of what he did just enough to get by with, sadly Jim is no longer with us, but I have since met several stockers who are able to weave similar magic to Jim providing invisible repairs to badly shattered stocks. We are all very different people but have one thing in common we keep our knowledge to ourselves.
You mentioned the HW 80 for similar foot pounds. Is This HW 90 supperior to the HW 80 For long distance power and accuracy? Compared to the HW80 how reliable is the gas piston vs the the HW90? You said that the shorter barrel reduces accuracy. Is it true you loose power with a shorter barrel?
Shorter barrel increases accuracy in recoiling spring guns, not the opposite. As the gun begins moving before the pellet leaves the barrel, the faster we can get it out the better. Also, there have been tests done, and I've done it myself trimming a small amount of length at a time and measuring speed that about 9" barrel length seems an average of where we experience peak velocity with the shortest barrel length. As for the HW90 vs. HW80, there are lots of aftermarket parts available for the HW80, however your question is which is better for power and accuracy. The HW80 with a Vortek spring and non-lead pellets (smoother than lead accelerates faster) does 21-22 ft. lbs and is very accurate for what it is (heavy recoiling spring gun). I don't know that the HW90 provides much benefit over the HW80 in accuracy. The HW90's repair kit consists of o-rings, the HW80 consists of a spring, so maybe that might influence an opinion of which is better.
My stock, I had an injured thumb and did not feel like trying to tackle the project. It's looking good, I think I am going to be pleased.
:-)
Rather than hack up good drills use threaded rod from HF. A friend of mine buys brass rod and threads it cuts a slot in the end and screws it down into the stock with a little glue, I think this is going too far but he likes it. threaded rod works for me plenty of grip for the epoxy, more than sufficient material strength, you do need to hold rod down in hole as prone to lifting out until glue set.
True re. pushout!
getting the clamping right is essential, I have glued and clamped a perfect joint on more than one occasion and come back the next day to find the joint has slipped and set. Like you I have reinforced the wrists on weak looking stocks over the last forty odd years have used brass screws countersunk and plugged to hide them also used home made dowels in various timbers. Your idea for a jig is a good one make it adjustable
Thank you for your comment. I should have mentioned, as I have in other videos, my thoughts on pin material. Screws, threaded rod, and most bolts are of fairly soft material, and have a rod diameter equal to the minor diameter of the threads, so not as large as they look. My thought, born of no real world examples, is that if the pin material is soft and flexes that the wood could still break along the grain. Extended reach drill bits are inexpensive and widely available and are a ready source of extremely stiff drill rod (the un-twisted section). I've used them for years in a variety of applications in my different hobbies.
@@mckeowngunstocks Your thoughts are really not far from my own, So I tested the theory, Number 8 or 10 screws in brass do not bend that easily try for yourself the same with appropriately dimensioned threaded rod . I cant disagree with you about the steel in drill bits i have used them on occasion when they have been so wrecked as to be beyond salvage. But the hoarder monster in me baulks at cutting up good drills.
Excellent job, I do appreciate people who chase perfection in life. 😃👋
Thank you :-)
Cool 😎 thank you
Looks good.
CZ 2075: thinking of getting Cajun Gun Works to install the Tritium night sights on it…just can’t find any reviews for this exact install and product on 2075??!!
I put tritium sights on mine. I used a milling machine vise to push the old out and the new in.
Awesome! Thank you 🙏
My guess is your old stock was originally stained with Nitric Acid. (Also called Aqua fortis). That was the traditional gun stock stain used in the 18th and 19th century. It’s easy to use and it’s beautiful when done correctly. You can buy it at a very reasonable price at Track of the Wolf or Log Cabin Shop. Good luck to you. Don’t let the word “acid” frighten you from trying it. The product you will buy is a very mild solution.
Thank you for the information!
Getting 540 fps with my HW45 , I just thought with the HW30 it would produce a bit more , good video Cheers 🥂
Next one of your bills that you have like this or repairs use rubber bands you know the surgical kind they work really good for doing these kind of repairs I've done it before wrap it around and you can go around the butt and come up to the front of the gun and I made a little pouch with the rubber bands on like a slingshot and put it over the end of the stock and it kind of pulls everything together and then just rubber band it right in the center
I keep a roll of surgical tubing on hand for the purpose. Thanks for sharing a great technique!
Not for the faint hearted , this kind of work very enjoyable to watch.
Thank you!
my carrier is no good for mines, haven't been able to shoot it since I acquired it.