cutting frame for wilson/nowlin ramped barrel

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Retrieved: November 17, 2011
Last Post: October 20, 2006

kg4mon
October 19, 2006

Would anybody out there have the specs for cutting a frame for a Wilson/Nowlin ramped barrel? Any links, pics would be great. Trying to fit a STI .38 Super barrel and slide in a Springfield frame.


brickeyee
October 19, 2006

Get the tooling and guide bushings from Brownells.

The cutter is very long to use without additional support.

You do have access to a milling machine, right?

This is not drill press work.


kg4mon
October 19, 2006

Yes, I have access to a Bridgeport millling machine at my local gunsmith. He is going to help me but he has never performed this cut before. He is depending on me for the info. I have over 10 years experience as a machinist but not on guns. I also have a small millling machine from Grizzly. I looked a Brownells and they have dropped the cutter from inventory. It was called a bridge cutter. It looked like you stand the frame vertically and it had a bushing to center itself. Brownells has a article where they build a 1911 and they leveled the frame and take a .375 cutter and cut between the frame rails .315 deep, that I understand but I'm confused on the rest of the operation.


HSMITH
October 19, 2006

Schuemann has extremely good barrel fitting information, try a search for that.

The W/N cut isn't hard to do, but I am on the road and away from any information I might have. Sorry.


kg4mon
October 20, 2006

Thanks, I will do a search for that. If anybody else has info would appricate it greatly. Thanks again to all that respond. Rick


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