Hi, welcome to my channel! I have loads of ideas for small to medium size projects, many of which aim to create something unique, save money or learn more about a topic. I have been interested in technology, guns and knives all of my life and many of my projects will be related to these fields. And although I am a scientist and work in a high-tech industry, I love to do things with my hands. I have lived most of my life speaking English for non-mothertongue speakers, so my speech is clear and quite slow. I hope you will understand everything I say: that's my aim. If you have an idea for a project let me know! Maybe I can do it or make it! I like pistol and rifle shooting and take part in competitions in Switzerland. Some of these have their roots in history and are an interesting view into Swiss culture. Come along with me. I'm looking forward to sharing interesting stuff with you! Rob
@@dingo5208 Thank you for your concern! I think it had to do with reflux of stomach acid. I'm told i only clear my throat repeatedly now after eating, but I don't notice it to be honest. I have changed a few things including tilting my bed, a stiffer pillow and getting a CPAP machine and perhaps trying a healthier diet with less fat and less sugar.
I thought of doing this, but truthfully was afraid of getting flashback through the hole right into my eyes. If you have to disassemble anyways, I'm probably just as well off.
The rounded metal wire end on the little mirror can be slipped over the chamber indicator on top of the rifle, when you manually push up the indicator from within the upper. The rounded end fits into a groove in the indicator. That way the chamber indicator can be held out of the way when cleaning the chamber with the big brush.
Very interesting that they marketed the .45 calibre as such! Thank you for this tidbit! The more usual use of BDA is to denote an update of the 9mm FN Browning Hi-Power which is originally single action. All the best, Rob in Switzerland
@@RobWhittlestone Thank you rob...the BDA also comes in 9mm and i may be wrong but i think super .38 as well as .45 although im not sure when it became almost exclusively .45 when its refered to. Then theres the whole is it really "made in w germany" debate...lol. Like i said theres a lot of interesting history attatched to this classic!! Thanks so much for your time to make and respond to videos and to share your knowledge and opinion...Blessings to you and your family from the US.
To be able to clean the bore with a rod and brush *from the breech* keeping the rod straight. It's not recommended to clean from the muzzle. I found it suboptimal that the rod has to be angled offering uneven wear on the bore. Anybody who takes accuracy seriously doesn't want to be cleaning harder on one side of the bore than the other. As you can see from the comments, I am not the only one irritated by this! I hope this was useful. Yes, I take ages to measure it because I don't have sophisticated tools but it is important to get it in the right position otherwise I might as well not have bothered! And I'm Swiss and OCD so careful measurement before drilling is a must! Many thanks for viewing and commenting! All the best, Rob
@@navykitty5339 Of course every removal of material weakens a structure. However the rear wall of my receiver is not subject to much stress or impact, as I have a polymer bolt buffer which arrests the movement of the bolt at the rear extremity before it is accelerated forwards by the recoil spring to load another cartridge in the breech. I have judged this to be a harmless modification since the hole drilled is quite small in comparison to the dimensions of the receiver as a whole. The Ruger 10/22 has been manufactured for many decades and millions have been produced. If there were an endemic structural weakness in this item, Ruger would have fixed it decades and millions of units ago. I therefore feel pretty secure in making this small modification. FYI I have experienced a material failure in a pistol (SIG Mosquito) where the slide sheared just behind the ejection port as a result of repeated impacts (maybe 4000-5000 rounds) using mostly CCI regular but also maybe maximum 500 rounds of their hotter ammo (Stinger). This was graciously replaced for free by GSG (German Sport Guns) in Germany as it was clearly a manufacturing (casting) problem. The replacement new part (with the correct frame number) has apparently the same design as the part that failed so I must assume that the design is OK and the casting of the failed part was at fault. You may remember that GSG always manufactured the SIG Mosquito and now has the rights to it. It is now called the GSG FireFly. I have to commend GSG for their excellent and responsible customer service. I hope this was useful and interesting! Many thanks for your interest and interaction! All the best, Rob
I actually went to a specialzed optician who sells them. The reason is, he has to check the setup that the lens is in the right position for the appropriate type of weapon: the size, position and angle of the lens is very different between standing pistol and prone rifle. I hope this was helpful. All the best, Rob in Switzerland. PS. Perhaps if you check Champion's website they may list dealers in your area.
For those contemplating doing this. I used a cleaning rod to indicate the position in the receiver. Turns out it was exactly the same location as the buffer tube holes. Ended up using the buffer tube holes as position indicator. Lines up and Works perfectly. No need for a jig.
@@RobWhittlestone I was not aware it was so large, seeing it from the highway before entering the tunnel one thinks of it being not much more than a fortified tower. I live in Ticino but drive through there on the way to Buus.
I personally Would not have Muzzel braked it. They do not Kick that hard. And I feel it is way over Scoped. You have done a Really Nice Job, Maby just Free Float, Piller bed it. Take it hunting. That Round Equals , 30 06 cal
Well Rob, I hope you’re doing well. It’s been awhile since you’ve posted but I love your content, especially on the rifles you covered in your RU-vid career.
Hi Redzone - I expect it will, I think the receiver on a Charger is identical. If someone knows differently, please correct me. Thanks for viewing and commenting! All the best, Rob in Switzerland
Hey Rob, das Teil sieht SUPER aus. Habe auch schon 2 Gebaut davon!! Wie sieht es mit der Oberen Schaftabdeckung aus? hast die einfach weglassen können? Freischwingenderlauf ist klar, aber geht das so? Stabilität etc? Danke für Dein Feedback.....
Tatsächlich bleibt der Lauf nach oben offen. Es gab keine Abdeckung. Scheint zu funktionieren. Allerdings möchte ich das ganze in 2-Komponenten Guss einbetten. Bis jetzt fehlte mir die Zeit... :-). Dir alles Gute, Rob
I have pretty much rebuild that yesterday evening. I had the same idea as I searched for examples on RU-vid and found your video. I just took a douglais-decking board 2x12x200 cm, adopted the deeper cutout on the back, used triangled cuttings as stabilisations because of the thinner wood and made some leather stripes and leather foots today. turned out pretty nice for a little rushed project in the evening. Just like you, I did not wanted to pay 60 or more Euros for a simple plastic stand that does the same. also, this makes a great present for every g*n owner! thanks for the ispiration, have a good one!
Hi Control Man - it isn't "in your face", it is blocked off and hidden by the stock - otherwise i would have chosen to do exactly what you suggest! Many thanks for viewing and commenting! All the best, Rob in Switzerland
I thank you this video. I also inherited a marlin tds .22 by my grandfather 5 years ago passing my dad got then on July 4 2022 my dad had a massive heart attack outta no where and I ended up with a few guns one being this marlin.
In the US you can own the full auto lower legally. The upper is the serialized portion of the weapon. But to run the weapon in full auto you need a full auto cut upper in addition to the full auto lower. Which is illegal in the US. Although it is not that difficult to modify a semi auto upper so it will operate in full auto with the full auto lower. But, obviously, that is illegal as well.
In Switzerland you can also legally own weapons with select fire (full auto). Here you need to apply for a cantonal ‚exception permit‘ (kantonale Ausnahmenewilligung in German) and this allows you to purchase a weapon with full auto. Such a permit is also required for suppressors. Thanks for viewing and commenting! All the best, Rob
Well done, Jason! It's good to hear my idea helped you! Many thanks for letting me know - that's what makes the YT gun community live! Wishing you all the best, Rob
Take the bolt and charging handle out of the receiver. Get a drilling jig from Brownells, bolt it into the receiver, then use the cork from a wine bottle to plug the barrel end of the receiver so you don't get any metal shavings into the barrel. Drill the hole, clean everything up, and unplug the wine bottle cork, and you're done. It would be nice if Ruger would just drill a cleaning hole to begin with, but they don't. So far. They may at some point.
I just got 1 yesterday, haven't completed the research on it yet . Sent pics to Browning and requested info and a letter . I get letters on all my Brownings. Curious to see what the date on it is .
Thank you, Omar, for your kind words. The original stock can also be very beautiful - I was on duty recently doing weapon clear checks at a shooting event at my club (night shooting) and there were one or two beautiful K31's. Thank you for viewing and commenting. All the best, Rob
@@RobWhittlestone My rifle has the name of the soldier who used it. very interesting, I would like to meet that person and tell him , hey friend I keep this rifle that You carry long time ago .
23 minutes to talk about a paddle!?!!! I love my k31 so I'm always interested to see all videos about one of my guns " like I do whit all my guns, I see all videos about them", but this is stupid long! I'm not saying that is a bad video! But no reason for 23 minutes of talking about putting a paddle in a stock!
Yes you're right! Here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-d5WxymH_rIM.html Dana Anderson explains it in 22 minutes. But he didn't have to fit an adapter plate because the stock end wasn't flat. It looks like he built his own grinding jig like I did. Thanks for viewing and commenting. All the best, Rob
Nice clean design. I love the belt repurposing... good idea- looks nice and super functional...I would have never thought of that. Another good point...untreated/unfinished boards would work but we can see how nice fitment and good finishing really upgrades this project into a piece that works well and looks great too. Thanks for sharing.
Many thanks for your kind words! It has proved to be very robust, durable and useful! I am still using it regularly - I wish you every success with your build! PS. If there is one change I would make - I would not have the brass tacks so visible, but somehow hide the way of fixing the leather to the uprights. All the best, Rob
Can I ask if the grip is as small as a 1911? I almost bought a 9mm dan wesson TCP today because it fit my smaller hand nicely. But after reading about reliability issues, decided to keep looking into 9mm single stack full size pistols. Thanks.
I already see the links on the video thanks Anyway. I was so excited that I forgot to see if you put the links for the parts👍 unfortunately the link for the stock doesn't work anymore!
Awesome 👍. I'm also a proud owner of a k31 and I'm looking almost for a year now for a composite stock " first I was trying to buy a Mcguiness stock, but no joy, the only one I found the dude was asking me for 700€!!!!" now I'm searching a stock like your but the ones I find they are really stupid expensive or don't send to Europe! I'm not going to give up. Can you put me on the right direction? Thank you very much
You assume that the barrel is square in the receiver. I have been doing this cleaning modification for 25 years now and it is a lot easier to use a nice tight 1 peice cleaning rod down the bore and mark the outside of the receiver. Then drill it out. It's fast and easy.
