Mr. Bramble, Sir I have no intention of distracting from your work. I did enjoy your pictures vary much on your conversion, I'm sure the folks at the London Proof house got a kick out of the home machinist bringing in a vary well turned out project.

Of course England has a vary long tradition of some vary fine home machinist, quite remarkable really. I have some vary fine tooling made in some of the houses from England.

As for the chambering in the head or on the steady rest, I've done both, my lath has an 1 5/8" spindle bore id. However I use a steady rest to chamber on and cut and crown with.

Everything you did, the fellow that started this thread, could farm out to have done.

As for your choice in barrel makers, Dan is one of my favorites, I have a number of his blanks here in my shop, and a lot more fitted to my rifles. I used his barrels when I shot benchrest with Dan, and hold his work in high regard.

Your build with the pictures of your fixture for regulating reminded me of another fixture I had seen , but fitted from the end (muzzles). I look forward to seeing pictures (if not to late) on how you will make your rib. Along with a description of the material you used.