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February 2017
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7 articles · 31 pages
Page 5
Classic Full Automatics
Osprey Publishing (OspreyPublishing.com) has an entire line of technical books covering firearms, military history, board and card games, models, and fiction from every era. Various fully-automatic weapons area popular topic. Despite sharing characteristics like self-loading mechanisms and cyclic…
Pages 6–9
Genesis Of The Henry Rifle
How a little S&W pistol grew up to be “That-Damn-Yankee-Rifle-They- Load-On-Sundayn-Shoot-All-Week” and more.
Pages 10–18
Reactivating Drill Rifles
Restoring deactivated drill rifles preserves American military history. Here’s how a Springfield 1903A3 was brought back to life.
Pages 19–20
Gun Barrel Honing
Honing machines can outshoot hand lapping in the manufacture of precision rifle barrels. Here’s how Pac-Nor Barreling does it.
Pages 21–24
J. C. Higgins Restoration
Sometimes we take on jobs that aren’t very pretty, but we still do them. Here’s how I did a total restoration of an old, damaged J. C. Higgins bolt action shotgun.
Pages 25–27
Fixing The AK
Working on and improving a Century Arms Kalashnikov-type 5.56mm rifle. Here’s how to fix common AK problems.
Pages 28–29
Reader Forum
Custom Gunsmith Casting Call I’m a casting producer for a production company out of Los Angeles. We’re currently working with a major cable network to find artisan custom gunsmiths for anew TV project we’re working on. We are…
In This Collection
- Classic Full Automatics p. 2
- Genesis Of The Henry Rifle pp. 3-6
- Reactivating Drill Rifles pp. 7-13
- Gun Barrel Honing pp. 14-15
- J. C. Higgins Restoration pp. 16-19
- Fixing The AK pp. 20-22
- Reader Forum pp. 23-24
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