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March 2009
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7 articles · 31 pages
Page 5
SHOT Show Signals Positive Start for 2009
As this issue heads to the printer, technical editor Chick Blood and I have just returned from another amazing SHOT Show’t his one in the sprawling 715,000-square-foot Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. Anyone with any doubt…
Pages 6–10
Dissecting the Sig Sauer Mosquito .22 Pistol
This little semi-auto forces you to know where you are, where you’re going, where you’ve been, and how to get back to where you started. And that’s only if you can get beyond the starting point.
Pages 11–13
Rebuilding a Firing-Pin Tip
Finding replacement parts for rare or obsolete firearms can be a frustrating endeavor. Sometimes machining a new part or repairing the original part are the only options.
Pages 14–19
Slow-Rust Bluing: Science or Alchemy?
Actually, it’s science. But your customers will think you worked some kind of magic when they see the transformation this process can make in an old firearm.
Pages 20–21
Making a Custom Rear Sight For the “Slugger” Shotgun
A fully adjustable rear sight on a slug shotgun certainly beats having to aim down the bare rib of the barrel. But a custom sight might require some ingenuity when fitting on a ventilated-rib shotgun.
Pages 22–25
Working the Winchester Model 1886 Rifles
This big lever-action, the second Browning design manufactured by Winchester, is still popular today, both as a shooter and as a collector’s piece.
Pages 26–29
Reader Forum
Savage 340 Barrels I own a Savage 340E in .222 Remington. I don’t know a lot of history about this gun or the 340 in general. I bought it about 22 years ago from a Tennessee groundhogger. I’ve…
In This Collection
- SHOT Show Signals Positive Start for 2009 p. 2
- Dissecting the Sig Sauer Mosquito .22 Pistol pp. 3-7
- Rebuilding a Firing-Pin Tip pp. 8-9, 17
- Slow-Rust Bluing: Science or Alchemy? pp. 10-17
- Making a Custom Rear Sight For the “Slugger” Shotgun pp. 18, 22
- Working the Winchester Model 1886 Rifles pp. 19-22
- Reader Forum pp. 23-24
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