1022 80% Finished!

[Grumpyoldretiredcop]

The answer is yes, lol. The kits comes with a drill, but on the instruction kit, it recommends against using. Imagine the look on my face when i thought i had been scammed.
Anyways, I went ahead with the build, and it turned out well for me. Another user had a thread in the gunsmithing section that he tried to drill using a drill press like me, but his turned out off-center and crooked.

NEED, no, but should have, YES.

That would be me. I found the problem... vibration from the final drilling operation caused my drill press table to move off level despite the locking screw. Without that issue, and with a good x-y vise (or better yet, and x-y table) it should be doable.

[eccvets]

That would be me. I found the problem... vibration from the final drilling operation caused my drill press table to move off level despite the locking screw. Without that issue, and with a good x-y vise (or better yet, and x-y table) it should be doable.

how were you able to fix this? were you able to fix this?

[Dead*Reckoned]

That would be me. I found the problem... vibration from the final drilling operation caused my drill press table to move off level despite the locking screw. Without that issue, and with a good x-y vise (or better yet, and x-y table) it should be doable.

Also glad to hear you found the problem, is your receiver salvageable? or do you think you'll try again on a different one.

[Grumpyoldretiredcop]

It's probably salvageable, but it will take a lathe to do the job right. The barrel hole could be trued with a boring bar, then the barrel shank sleeved. There should be enough shoulder left to index the barrel. If I had to hire the work, it wouldn't be financially worthwhile. It's on hold for now, and I won't do another one until I deal with the AR paperweights I have sitting around. Maybe by then, I'll have a mill and can do another one.

BTW, my congratulations on getting yours done with the press. You're a better man than I am, apparently.

how were you able to fix this? were you able to fix this?

I'm giving serious thought about how to secure the table. I don't need it to tilt, I'm considering truing it up and spot welding it.

[Dead*Reckoned]

Hardly! The only reason mine is working now is because of LUCK. That said, I put my first 50 rounds through it at my friends ranch. I have a problem where the barrel is being pushed out of position by the bolt after repeated shots, so I have to find a better way of securing the barrel. V-block isn't cutting it.
Its weird because it takes a mallet or a wooden screwdriver to pound the barrel into the receiver, cause its such a tight fit. Would it be a bad idea to JB Weld the barrel in? I see no point in removing it, because I clean with a boresnake anyways.

[ojisan]

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The front face of the receiver lug that the V block attaches to may need to be shortened a bit.
The outer step in the barrel by the chamber should be up firmly against the receiver barrel hole face.
The face of the receiver where the barrel sits may also need to be trimmed back a little.
The chamber area of the barrel should stick into the inside of the receiver about 3/32" past the inner face.
You might also want to check the V block attaching screw hole depths...be sure the screws have room to fully tighten the V block and are not bottoming out early in their holes.

No JB Weld.
This must be done right.