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December 2020 cover — Gunsmith Magazine, The American Gunsmith Archive

Issue 12

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8 articles · 29 pages

Page 5

Sixty Years of Testing Guns

Ray Ordorica is probably best known as being a professional editor, writer, photographer, and tester of firearms with prolific contributions to Gun Tests and American Gunsmith among many other magazines and books throughout the United States and Australia.…

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Pages 6–11

Mauser HSc

Firearms history wouldn’t be complete without the introduction of the German manufactured HSc pistol during World War II, after development of a blowback-designed pistol dating back to 1934 at Mauser Obendorf in Neckar, Germany. Research shows that Mauser…

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Pages 12–15

Linda Folding Stock

I wanted a side-folding stock for my Linda Carbine. So I built one.

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Pages 16–19

Revolver Transfer Bars

I recently had a customer bring in a Ruger single action revolver from 1962, before the safety refitting. A young friend in the shop wanted to know if this was rarity. While there seems to be a number…

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Pages 20–21

Cartridge-based Headspace Gauge

A close look at how to make a custom Go headspace gauge from a cartridge—in this case using a 223 Remington cartridge.

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Pages 22–23

Case Turning Fixture

How to make a cartridge case turning fixture.

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Pages 24–25

Modifying Gun Screws

How to modify a screw to fit your project’s needs.

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Pages 26–27

Reader Forum

What connection, if any, did Hopkins & Allen have with Webley? Does the Webley being presumably manufactured in England represent a better grade of metal than used on the H&A revolvers? Is it metallurgically safe to fire? Steve…

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In This Collection

  1. Sixty Years of Testing Guns p. 2
  2. Mauser HSc pp. 3-8
  3. Linda Folding Stock pp. 9-12
  4. Revolver Transfer Bars pp. 13-16
  5. Cartridge-based Headspace Gauge pp. 17-18
  6. Case Turning Fixture pp. 19, 21
  7. Modifying Gun Screws pp. 20-21
  8. Reader Forum pp. 23-24
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