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February 2024

February 2024 cover — Gunsmith Magazine, The American Gunsmith Archive

Issue 02

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7 articles · 29 pages

Page 5

Popular Bigotry

Americans owning guns area large group but remain a minority. We are arguably the only group that remains socially acceptable to hate or defame. Even groups and individuals professing to be moderate and in favor of “common sense”…

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Pages 6–12

Savage 1914 Restoration

A how-to on reviving a Savage Model 1914.

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Pages 13–17

H&R Revolvers

Working with Harrington and Richardson top-break revolvers.

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Pages 18–21

Seeing Shotgun Patterns

Patterning shotguns is a seemingly vanishing, but still useful, assessment. Here’s how to do it right.

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Page 22

Shop-made Barrels

A quick introduction to the final frontier of making firearms from scratch: ECM barrel making.

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Pages 23–25

Savage Impulse

A look at the Savage straight pull rifle.

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Pages 26–27

Reader Forum

Weatherby Orion I have a Weatherby Orion (Japanese version) in my shop and have searched for complete disassembly instructions in this over/under shotgun but have very little information on it. The owner has said that the shotgun unlocks…

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In This Collection

  1. Popular Bigotry p. 2
  2. Savage 1914 Restoration pp. 3-9
  3. H&R Revolvers pp. 10-14
  4. Seeing Shotgun Patterns pp. 15-18
  5. Shop-made Barrels p. 19
  6. Savage Impulse pp. 20-22
  7. Reader Forum pp. 23-24
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