drill receivers unsafe to build?

[Chuckindenver]

iv drilled a few Remingtons...and this was the first SC iv done.
heck, i try and save em, not drill em.
anyhoo.
maybe it was just me being wimpy, but i broke 4 new carbide drills and used my buddys mill to do the job..my high dollar drill press wouldnt do the job:{
yes.i use a Forester D&T fixture..duuuh.
they usually cry, for a better lack of terms, at the surface, then go right through,
these cried all the way through, and even with oil drip, it still sparked.
i used a size bigger tap drill, to prevent the broken tap saga.
ahhh, the hard lessons we learn.
when D&T Hardened steel, always use the next size larger then listed for a tap drill, on smaller fine thread holes...if you dont you will snap a tap..try digging that out of a 6-48 hole...

iv drilled through alot of hard metal , but so far the Smith Carona A3, is top dog for being the hardest to drill..at least in my world.

[stryker60]

Did anyone else see the article by Reid Coffield in the April 27 issue of Shotgun News? He started a new series on using a drill rifle to build a pseudo 1922.

Stryker60