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January 2011

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7 articles · 28 pages

Page 5

New Year Plans

Happy New Year! So, how’s your business and where is it heading? What are your plans for taking your company into the next year? How about the next fi ve? These are times of great economic uncertainty but…

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Pages 6–10

Getting Familiar With The P238

A new entry from SIG SAUER joins the growing parade of CCW pistols. We think you’ll be seeing more of these than those of lesser quality.

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Pages 11–13

Savage Model 12 Rebuild: Stock Strengthening And Center Pillar Bedding

Some rifles can benefi t by adding a central bedding pillar as an assist to the regular front and rear bedding. The inherently accurate Savage Model 12 single shot rifl e is one of these, with the added…

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Pages 14–15

Duplicating Remington’s Factory High-Grade Finish

Remington’s classic finish looks a foot deep without looking like plastic. Here’s how to do it yourself.

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Pages 16–19

Charter Arms Tune Up

I have respected the Charter Arms revolver line for a variety of reasons for some twenty years. The company has been around for some time under a variety of names and today MKS Supply handles distribution. These revolvers…

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Pages 20–24

Rolling Block Renovated

Knowing what to look for, along with a dose of gunsmithing knowhow, can transform a discarded, century-old rifl e into a great shooter.

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Pages 25–26

Reader Forum

Model 12 Winchester I have recently acquired an heirloom Model 12 Winchester pumptype twelve-gauge shotgun, serial #3506XX from my father. It is quite old and hasn’t been fi red for at least forty years. The problem witht the…

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In This Collection

  1. New Year Plans p. 2
  2. Getting Familiar With The P238 pp. 3-7
  3. Savage Model 12 Rebuild: Stock Strengthening And Center Pillar Bedding pp. 8-10
  4. Duplicating Remington’s Factory High-Grade Finish pp. 11-12
  5. Charter Arms Tune Up pp. 14-17
  6. Rolling Block Renovated pp. 18-22
  7. Reader Forum pp. 23-24
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