Recent content by Bavarianbrit

https://acgg.org/martin-hagn/ We have recently lost a phenomenal gun maker – Martin Hagn. His work and design were extraordinary. His eye for perfection and his determination for quality were remarkable. I was extremely fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with Martin on many...

Trailers like caravans get left in the sun by the side of most houses so cover the tyres with some light blocking membrane or old carpet to protect the rubber.

My pal bought a used one with 150K kms ran it a bit then the engine went erratic and no garage could find the fault, they just changed injectors at 400€ each at each garage. He scrapped it in the end.

I had a Terracan I bought it new 2004, did 250k kms then sold to my farmer neighbour in 2016 who has run it up to 400k kms with a very hard life with him as he runs the local recycling depot, now the cylinder head has died and spares have become unobtanium due to the 15 year rule. Car makers do...

Double sided zinc coating on the base sheet metal would be a nice start if it was available like Golf II & the first Ford Focus (welding is more difficult) but Ford took the double sided off after one year and replaced with only one sided after winning the car of the year award, I know because...

In Germany all trailers have to have an MOT equivalent test then you pay for insurance and a minimal road tax. Just saying it is very hard next to impossible to get a home made one through the MOT. Seems too lax in H&S UK to me.

Throw out an anchor?

After the incident with the injured woman, the wolf was sighted in St. Pauli, on Feldstrasse, and near the exhibition halls. Police officers then spotted it swimming in the Inner Alster Lake. They pulled it out of the water with a noose. The animal initially resisted arrest at the construction...

RCBS ChargeMaster Link an (electronic powder dispenser) what the box is heaven knows. Could be the original packaging.

We had our yearly hunters meeting last night and we were introduced to a local voluntary wolfs beauftragter who monitors the population, he stated that there were at the end of the 2024 hunting year (April) 212 known wolf packs roaming in Germany with 180 of them being in Brandenburg and the...

Might be giving a better gas seal?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyer_carbine

This might work. One inch aluminium tube. Cheap as chips? It is an aluminium billet that is first heated to a malleable state and then forced through a die to form a seamless tube, a process often done via impact extrusion. It should be pretty straight...

I had a Nissan Joke brand new less than 500ks on the speedo as a hire car it was on the companies account and the outside passengers door handle came off in my hand. QC in Sunderland? Nah.

I found a one inch ground to exact diameter bar from a local toolmaker as scrap, it was a standard size back in 1999.