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March 2012 cover — Gunsmith Magazine, The American Gunsmith Archive

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7 articles · 28 pages

Page 5

Hunting Is Safe!

Several years ago the National Safety Council (nsc.org) published a report comparing reported injury rates of various activities in blocks of 100,000 participants. Based on their numbers, hunters experienced less than eight incidents via firearm-related injury per block,…

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Pages 6–10

Savage/Stevens Model 512 Insights

Savage overlooks nobody with its line of O/U shotguns. There’s one to suit any size scattergunner.

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Pages 11–13

Mounting A Scout Scope On A Military Mauser

Adding better sights or an optic is one of the best ways to sporterize an old military rifle. Despite being over a century old, issue Mausers are still great for customization work.

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Pages 14–17

Machined Stocks In Classic Custom Rifles, Part 1

Even starting with a pre-shaped stock leaves plenty of room for artistry in a custom rifle project.

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Pages 18–21

U. S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1 Garand Overview

This is a synopsis of the required maintenance of the Garand M1 and some accurizing measures to consider that may enhance performance.

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Pages 22–24

SHOT Show 2012

Here’s your newest new from Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade!

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Pages 25–26

Reader Forum

Parts Source List As was mentioned in these pages but may have been missed, your Technical Editor, Chick Blood, has been getting all too many “undeliverables” from his email responses to reader inquiries. In each case, copies of…

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  1. Hunting Is Safe! p. 2
  2. Savage/Stevens Model 512 Insights pp. 3-7
  3. Mounting A Scout Scope On A Military Mauser pp. 8-10
  4. Machined Stocks In Classic Custom Rifles, Part 1 pp. 11-12, 14-15
  5. U. S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1 Garand Overview pp. 16-19
  6. SHOT Show 2012 pp. 20-22
  7. Reader Forum pp. 23-24
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