Made a Thor sizer
07-17-2016, 10:28 PM
#1
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Made a Thor sizer
Tonight I was really bugged by not being able to shoot Thors in my Traditions hawken woodsman and then the thought hit me.
Its not much of a flare and I could push them inside down in the barrel and they'd be sized perfectly right?
I got an even better idea, and a hacksaw blade, took an old junker barrel from a cva project that didnt pass by quality test and chopped 2" of barrel of, put the .501" thor upside down and with a small hammer and punch, lightly tapped it down that short stubby barrel and tried it in the Traditions.
PERFECTO!!
Now I can give the Thors a try and see how the results are.
Size they have rifling marks, you just spin the bullet until it catches the rifling properly, and shove 'em down.
Tomorrow I plan on trying a section of aluminum I have and bore a .500" hole and possibly use a dingle berry hone to enlarge where its needed so I have a smooth bullet and no rifling to line up.
Its not much of a flare and I could push them inside down in the barrel and they'd be sized perfectly right?
I got an even better idea, and a hacksaw blade, took an old junker barrel from a cva project that didnt pass by quality test and chopped 2" of barrel of, put the .501" thor upside down and with a small hammer and punch, lightly tapped it down that short stubby barrel and tried it in the Traditions.
PERFECTO!!
Now I can give the Thors a try and see how the results are.
Size they have rifling marks, you just spin the bullet until it catches the rifling properly, and shove 'em down.
Tomorrow I plan on trying a section of aluminum I have and bore a .500" hole and possibly use a dingle berry hone to enlarge where its needed so I have a smooth bullet and no rifling to line up.
07-18-2016, 05:26 AM
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Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eastern PA
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MD you may want to double check your bit size. To get a .500" bullet you will need a .501" bore. You can't fit a .500" pin into a .500" hole. Sounds dumb but you can't. The hole has to be slightly larger. Believe me I checked many a hole using pin gauges over my career.
07-18-2016, 06:11 AM
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Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 5,605
Swinglock and Hankins rifle have been making adjustable sizing dies for awhile now but the cost is high.
Lee or Doughty Enterprises will make a standard sizing die to your specs for under $40. To size a Thor without damaging the skirt you just need a smaller punch pin that will fit inside the skirt with some room to spare after sizing.
Lee or Doughty Enterprises will make a standard sizing die to your specs for under $40. To size a Thor without damaging the skirt you just need a smaller punch pin that will fit inside the skirt with some room to spare after sizing.
07-18-2016, 09:20 AM
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remember now, this traditions has a .499" bore land to land, so its a real b word trying to get that .500" down without sizing it first.
I got another gun coming in so I want to see what that bore size looks like first.
Also going to make a simple size out of a black of aluminum I have later today.
As of now, the bullet beautifully rides on top of the lands with little bumps here and there to keep it in the bore.
It took quite a bit of air pressure to get it back out of my flintlock barrel.
I got another gun coming in so I want to see what that bore size looks like first.
Also going to make a simple size out of a black of aluminum I have later today.
As of now, the bullet beautifully rides on top of the lands with little bumps here and there to keep it in the bore.
It took quite a bit of air pressure to get it back out of my flintlock barrel.
