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August 2014

August 2014 cover — Gunsmith Magazine, The American Gunsmith Archive

Issue 08

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7 articles · 29 pages

Page 5

Target Shooting Benefits

The National Shooting Sports Foundation released a study documenting the Chick Blood benefit target-shooting activities has on the American economy: Target Shooting in America: Millions of Shooters, Billions of Dollars. The report provides a look at target shooting-related…

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Pages 6–9

Precision Barrel Fitting, Part Five

A look into barrel crowning and extractor cuts.

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Pages 10–13

AR-15 Chamber Selection, Part Two

Continuing with common AR-15 dimensions, I suspect I’ll ruffle some of my fellow gunsmith’s feathers in the section on “encyclopedic error.” We will start on the short end of the spectrum and end up on the long side.…

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Pages 14–17

Ammunition And Headspace

For proper function, ammunition has to fit as well as any other part.

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Pages 18–20

Vintage Takedown .22 Care And Cleaning

Whether we use them or just cherish them, those little .22s are worth all the care we can give them as we safeguard and protect these old guns.

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Pages 21–25

Specialty Tools For Gunsmiths

I am an inveterate tool collector. OK, junkie. I never met a tool I didn’t like except for, to paraphrase the late, great Will Rogers, *$#% pieces of crap that didn’t work as advertised. That being said, you…

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Pages 26–27

Reader Forum

German Shotgun I need to find a schematic for a 12 gauge Hege Waffen “Victoria” double barrel shotgun from West Germany. A customer had some one work on this before and now it will not cock, the safety…

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In This Collection

  1. Target Shooting Benefits p. 2
  2. Precision Barrel Fitting, Part Five pp. 3-6
  3. AR-15 Chamber Selection, Part Two pp. 7-10
  4. Ammunition And Headspace pp. 11-14
  5. Vintage Takedown .22 Care And Cleaning pp. 15-17
  6. Specialty Tools For Gunsmiths pp. 18-22
  7. Reader Forum pp. 23-24
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