I've tried some local hardware stores and can't come up with a 9/64" steel ball! I guess I can scour the bike shops next!
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I've tried some local hardware stores and can't come up with a 9/64" steel ball! I guess I can scour the bike shops next!
Here. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=9%2F64+steel+ball&ref=is_s
You can also use 3.5mm which is less than .004” of the .140” 9/64. I use a 3.5mm Silicon Nitride ball. Much harder than steel and almost indestructible.
The Dunning-Kruger effect is alive and well.
The Dunning-Kruger effect is alive and well.
LOL! Rob....too funny brother!! LOL!
I got this Shuz. https://www.amazon.com/3-5-CERAMIC-B...-1-spons&psc=1
But you may want to grab a few “just in case”. Pretty easy to lose it. They are sold in packets of 10 for just a couple dollars more. I was certain I would not lose it so only got one. But I have done this many times.
I found packs of 100 on fleabay. I may do that so you guys that let your balls roll off can PM me for a replacement.
The Dunning-Kruger effect is alive and well.
Would one of you folks be willing to send me 5 of those balls for $5.00?
You can’t order it from the link I gave you? It’s Amazon. Who doesn’t use Amazon??
Lol... hey, I resemble that remark! Hahaha.
Shuz, this is the link for 10 of the 3.5mm ceramic. https://www.amazon.com/uxcell-Cerami...gateway&sr=8-3
And this is 10 of the SS 9/64”. https://www.amazon.com/uxcell-Precis...-1-spons&psc=1
May want to work with the bolt head in a see thru plastic bag, them little balls sure do like to fly around.
^ yep
The Dunning-Kruger effect is alive and well.
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Not a maybe at all. I learned the lesson the hard way on another rifle a while ago. Especially if you have a dog around.
BTW
McmASter Carr or Fastenal. You might pay more for shipping that the product and their minimum count is more than you need.
I had my wife order me some of the steel balls from Amazon. supposed to be here today! ThANKS FOR ALL THE HELP!
LOL... ONE of those Si3N4 BB’s I use IS MORE than one needs!
Just shy the hardness of CBN & diamond, a Silicon Nitride BB is not likely to wear out in SEVERAL lifetimes! But yes....one slip and “KERR-Pling”! By-by ball bearing! LOL.
If you look at the function of the ball in the system, I don't think anything harder that 30 Rc is needed. 52100 bearing steel is much harder than that at 64 +or- 3 Rc.
The Dunning-Kruger effect is alive and well.
Yes, you are correct Robin. My intention was light hearted humor..., not actually insinuating that near diamond hardness is needed for ANYTHING on a firearm!
Coming from a firearms background and THEN learning custom knife-making later, it’s been easy to see the stark differences in metallurgy between the two. But I have come across a few ONLY involved in knife making...and then learning the metallurgy characteristics surrounding firearms. Most every part on a firearm seems ’bout soft as lead when compared to knife steel! LOL. And dealing with the likes of 4140/50, 8620, 416R, 9310 etc., to the world of High Speed, High Alloy, stainless steels with more Carbon than MOST Carbon Steels & Powder Metals or Particle Metallurgy, can be QUITE an eye opener. Fascinating material.
That is exactly it Robin.
Yes..I’ve worked with firearms most of my life now.. I started knifemaking about 7 years ago.., before my accident. But it became something more within the last 5 years. Although I have a working knowledge of forging, all my knives are made via stock removal. I would love to be able to forge again, but it’s simply not possible with one arm/hand(for me). I’m sure someone, at sometime has done it, LOL!
Well, I replaced the stock 1/8" ball with a 9/64" ball and it didn't correct the problem. I suppose the problem now lies with the extractor piece itself. Perhaps it is not long enuf!?
At a match today, 80 percent of the time when I opened the bolt to extract the fired cartridge, the spent cartridge just lays there in the action. It didn't seem to matter if I operated the bolt smartly or took my sweet old time.
What do you all suggest I do next?
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