All About AR-15 Sights
There’s more to know about iron sights than you might imagine!
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Full web articles from the American Gunsmith archive, organized for search and connected back to their original issue pages.
Repair And Restoration Of Broken Stocks
Acustomer’s broken stock had all the looks of a throwaway until a closer look revealed otherwise.
Recoil Pads For Synthetic Stocks
Installing recoil pads on synthetic stocks instead of wood.
A Charter/High Standard Cylinder Jig Made Easy
This shop-made jig turns a three-handed job into a 30 second snap.
Choosing Suitable Gunsmithing Schools
Solid education is critical in any field, gunsmithing included.
Servicing The Timney M510 Trigger
Service and adjustment of aftermarket triggers requires careful attention to detail.
Reader Forum
As an extra safety check, I cock the empty rifle with the safety off and slap the side hard three times with the muzzle up, then drop the butt about a foot onto a padded surface three times to insure it is…
Shoot To Win
Chris Cheng was the overall winner of Top Shot on the History Channel. The television series brings a variety of applicants with varying backgrounds and has them compete in unconventional and ever-changing elimination events. Contestants have included military, law enforcement, and civilians—some…
Model 62 Winchester Hammer Spring Replacement
We don’t know the extent of a job until digging in, especially with older guns like the Winchester Model 62 or firearms without schematics.
Adjusting Length Of Pull On Synthetic Stocks
Synthetic stocks can present some unique problems in adjusting their length of pull or adding recoil pads. Here are some tips on solving those problems.
Diagnosing Hunting Rifle Accuracy, Part Three
The quest for accuracy began the day firearms were invented and hasn’t abated since. A loud noise and huge fireball means nothing if the projectile doesn’t find its mark.
Convincing 1911 Pistols To Function
Despite the modern trend to highly reliable and well designed 1911 type handguns, we still see the occasional problem in feed reliability. Some of the problem comes with the current crop of foreign produced budget pistols. They are minimal handguns at best…
Screw Removal
How to make and use your own screw jacks.
Reader Forum
Letter From Brownells I really got a kick out of Joe Carlos mention of “gun plumbers” in his great article, “Predicting Barrel Wear, Part Two” in the July 2014 issue of American Gunsmith. Thank you for mentioning Steve Schmidt’s Gun Cleaning Clinic…
Glocksmith Course
American Gunsmithing Institute has a new DVD-based course on Glocks, teaching students how to modify the popular pistols in a variety of custom options. The series contains more than 17 hours of re-mastered video instruction and comes with a complete set of…
Savage B-Mag Maintenance
It might not be the first but it won’t be the last made to chamber the Winchester Super Magnum rimfire.
Diagnosing Hunting Rifle Accuracy, Part Two
Part one gave examples of customer expectations when bringing their rifle in with accuracy problems. Here’s how to further help.
Does Size Really Matter?
Let’s look at the issues of size and scale when it comes to building miniaturized guns and ammunition.
Tool Tuning
What could be more important to a gunsmith than his tools? Here’s how to maximize their use and service life.
Remington 700 Triggers
Trigger adjustment, improvement, and safety checks for a classic rifle.
Reader Forum
Letter From Brownells I just had the pleasure of reading “AR Upper Quick Fixes: Match Bolt Carriers” by Joe Carlos in the May 2014 issue of American Gunsmith. I want you to know how much I appreciate you mentioning our staking tool.…
Hammer-Forged Accuracy
From Dave Sengelaub, Sunnen Products Company. Hammer-forged barrels are not well thought of by precision rifle shooters but a critical manufacturing process used by the hammer forging guys is suddenly getting attention from custom barrel makers today. It’s honing. Honing produces a…
Bedding The Model 504 Remington Receiver Ring
Sometimes a small—but critical—bedding area can be most difficult to deal with. The Model 504 Remington receiver ring is a typical example of this. Here’s how to fix it.
The GSG 1911 .22
Working a great rimfire 1911 clone.