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February 2016

February 2016 cover — Gunsmith Magazine, The American Gunsmith Archive

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8 articles · 29 pages

Page 5

Decibullz

Kyle Kirkpatrick was fed up with headphones and ear plugs that wouldn’t stay in or hurt his ears. Searching for custom-molded options found suitable models but with a $300 to $2,000 price tag attached. The Olympic-level gymnastics coach…

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Pages 6–10

Working The Venerable Ruger .44 Carbine

Ruger’s brush buster is still going strong for more than five decades.

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Pages 11–14

Rifle Barrel Accuracy

Ri le Barrel Accuracy A definitive work on the selection, installation, and evaluation of rifle barrels for supreme accuracy.

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Pages 15–17

Stuck Live Rounds

How to deal with live rounds stuck in the chamber.

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Pages 18–20

Backyard Bluing

Alloy and plastic receivers and high start up costs have led to alternate methods of finishing a firearm but hot salts bluing remains the standard all the others are compared to.

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Pages 21–22

Colt 1877

Restoring and repairing a classic Colt double action revolver.

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Pages 23–25

SKS Optic Mount

Scoping a SKS carbine can be a worthwhile gunsmithing project.

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Pages 26–27

Reader Forum

Notice We will no longer respond to inquiries that fail to include specific model and manufacturer information. There have been a number of queries with incomplete or inaccurate elements. This delays the response due to a misidentified manufacturer,…

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In This Collection

  1. Decibullz p. 2
  2. Working The Venerable Ruger .44 Carbine pp. 3-7
  3. Rifle Barrel Accuracy pp. 8-11
  4. Stuck Live Rounds pp. 12-14
  5. Backyard Bluing pp. 15-17
  6. Colt 1877 pp. 18-19
  7. SKS Optic Mount pp. 20-22
  8. Reader Forum pp. 23-24
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