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Glock Safety Installation I was disappointed to find that the Learn Gunsmithing, The Troubleshooting Method book I received with my subscription did not include information on the P35 Hi Power, Glock, or CZ Witness pistols. I’m particularly interested in installing a safety on a Glock pistol, preferably without having to spend $100 on a jig to accomplish the job. Thanks for subscribing.

Learn Gunsmithing, The Troubleshooting Method is intended as a primer provided to all new subscribers with additional and new gunsmithing topics to be added on a monthly in basis here as a single book can’t cover every conceivable firearm topic. There are at least two options for adding a manual safety to a Glock that require no modification. BH Spring Solutions (BHspringSolutions.com, offers their Tactical Safety System for Glock (TSSG) pistols.

This adds a thumb-actuated safety on the slide by replacing the existing backplate. The safety can also be locked with the included padlock as a secure storage option. A second option is a Striker Control Device (also known as the "Glock Gadget") that also replaces the backplate and is thumb actuated to suspend the striker while holstering. Langdon Tactical (LangdonTactical.com, offers a popular option.

A 1911-like thumb safety requires modification of the frame and doing so it best handled by using a jig typically available for $80-$100. For a shop owner offering this as a service, it’s a good investment. For a one-off project, it’s probably best to farm the work out. D&L Sports (DLsports. com, dlsportscustom@ gmail.com), Ten-Ring Precision (Ten- Ring.com, [email protected]), and Cominolli Custom (Cominolli.com, jcomioffer this service.

Throwback Gun Ads We posted a number of throwback advertisements from the 1950s and 1960s before the 1968 Gun Control Act passed and this has proven popular. If you’d like to see this collection, visit youtu.be/k4EKJ52o YGk AmericanGunsmith.info/?p=4076 or Short Url.at/bkmr T Marlin 25MN I first learned machining from my father who was in Patton’s armies in WW2, both in exile in England and in Europe. He was one of the guys that did the 100 mile, 48 hour run to Bastogne.

I started putting this to professional use machining parts for helicopters and jet engines in the mid-1980s, learning from many old guys who knew all the tricks. L. Walters Landisburg, PA I’m doing a bolt rebuild on a Marlin 25MN and need to compress the mainspring. Similar to what Charlie Briggs did in "J. C. Higgins 101.1/Savage 94" (June 2022) I’ve already purchased long-nosed locking pliers from Harbor Freight for the tool.

As for the screwdriver mentioned in the same article, I’d make a super short "L" driver by soldering a tip into a 1/4-inch box end wrench to fit the tight spot. I’ve attached pictures of a mainspring bushing I cut for the Marlin 25MN repair. I also make my own oil for gun work. Email me if you’re interested. Paul "Face" Krawic Exeter, ME Facial Firearms

Gary Yee Sniper Book From author Gary Yee. I’ve submitted my fifth designer book which is a compendium of the best of all WW2 sniping manuals. This companion volume to World War II Snipers: The Men, Their Guns, Their Story is comprised of the training manuals used by the various combatants of the war. Drawing from the material collected to prepare World War II Snipers, it gives the readers insights into the training of a World War II sniper.

One included manual reproduced in its entirety is the sometimes mentioned but never seen 1933 Soviet Sniper Manual along with the Soviet 1933 Course of Fire for Sniper Training which has never been released before in English. Excerpts from British, American, German Wehrmacht and SS, as well as Finnish material is in there. There’s a chapter dedicated to camouflage and others on tactics and lessons learned the hard way.

Finally, the book is finished with a chapter on equipment available to the sniper at that time and how to use it, including the use of early scopes such as the Warner-Swasey prismatic scope from the World War I era. This volume would be useful to collectors, museum directors, conservators, curators, and WW2 re-enactors and researchers. Used Project Gun Sources I’m retiring soon and my first two years of retirement are planned to be spent attending an in-residence gunsmithing school.

Most of these schools require students to acquire a small inventory of firearms for projects. What are good sources of used, abused, or broken rifles, shotguns, and handguns? Any and all information on used firearm acquisition sources would be most welcome. Please email any suggestions. Pete Le Grand Thanks for subscribing. Starting online, check GunBroker.com, SimpsonLTD.com, ClassicFirearms.com, ViennaArsenal.com, and Cash My- Guns.com are good places to start.

BestGuns.net, GunsAmerica.com, Guns.com, ImpactGuns.com, Buds- GunShop.com, Replica Guns Swords. com, and Cabelas.com have sections listing broken and used guns. On the local front, check with pawn shops, gun shows, flea markets, estate sales, gunsmiths, and gun shops and ask for broken or unrepaired firearms. Independentlyowned operations are ideal. They may have used guns not ready for sale that haven’t been repaired yet or would prove too costly to fix for a profit.

Specify that you’re looking for gunsmith projects and that any of their bad trades would be ideal as a fixer upper or sources of spare parts. Also, customers at local independent shops may be willing to part with a broken firearm rather than pay to have it fixed. Let the shop owners know this as well. Their trash may be ideal for your school projects. Contact local law enforcement agencies and see if they are allowed to auction their evidence guns to a dealer.

If so, contact the winner of the auction and deal on the "basket cases". Consider finding a government buyback program location and set up nearby with an offer to purchase at slightly more than the buyback price. Finally, ask the school you decide to attend as they may have an inventory of unfinished project guns or similar. One student attending the Colorado School of Trades reported the school runs a repair gun shop and always had plenty of different firearms to work on. AG