No the fire sights are for me.

Indian giver!

The build begins

We'll start with the bolt, it is a used bolt, but works just fine

if you are unfamiliar with 10/22 bolts, the firing pin is rectangular and rides in the channel in the middle, those divots you see are put there by the factory to keep the firing pin from riding up, but it isn't enough to keep the firing pin hitting the same spot. If we can hit the same spot on the rim every time we will get less misfires and better repeatable precision. So we will drill the bolt and add a roll pin



disassembly



1/16" Hi-Roc drill bit (needed to cut through the hardened steel the bolt is made of) and a stainless 1/16" roll pin



drilling the hole, using high speed, lots of lube and patience (why do I have the feeling that statement is gonna end up in a sig line?)



after drilling we insert the pin, with the gap on top and then check for fit

The fit is a little tight, but the firing pin moves freely, we'll polish the top of it smooth



file the pin flush



Debur and polish all surfaces of the firing pin, extractor and extractor plunger



The top of the firing pin, super smooth



next we polish the side of the bolt to prep it for jeweling



using a stainless steel brush from my Dremel set and some valve grinding compound we go to work making swirls, the brush is about 1/4" in diameter, so we over lap by 1/2 (1/8")





Then we give it a good cleaning with brake cleaner and reassemble, I replaced the firing pin stop pin with a stainless one



The bolt is finished and ready for prime time

Holy hell, this is serious business!

Interesting. I've used a dowel and a felt tipped dowel for jeweling. Never used a wire brush.

Got some work done today, the trigger assembly provided by lunacite



disassembled



These are the two parts we are most concerned with, the hammer and sear



might be hard to tell from the picture, but the surface is far from smooth



Here they are polished, I also polished the ball end of the hammer strut



and the face of the hammer



The trigger shim kit from Lance from triggershims.com (www.triggershims.com)



There are 8 shims, two large ones for the hammer, two tiny ones for the disconnector and the 4 medium ones are for the sear and trigger, the lines make it easier to line them up with the holes



I use some Hoppes gun grease to keep them in place, sort of works



the easy part is done....the hammer was the toughest



I didn't get any pictures of the assembly as all three of my hands were busy, I installed the Volquartzen auto bolt release and the Timber Ridge extended magazine release

This morning I went down to see Trevor and had the receiver engraved







as always he did a perfect job

Casey, I'm starting to think that you know what you're doing.

Wow . . . that looks REALLY good. Is the engraving filled with something, or is that straight out of the laser?

straight out of the laser

Very nice. There's still room for my name...

Casey is the big swinging dick of 10/22 rifles.

Wow, super impressed. The 22 firearm is completely foreign to me. It's like I'm learning a new language from this thread. Like I said before, I've never owned a 22.

Well you've certainly got my attention now. The work you've done is absolutely amazing!

How can you reach any age over 12, and not own a 22 rifle!?!?!?