Working the Parker Top-Lever Model Double Shotgun
When a customer brings you a Parker shotgun, the chances are good that it’s been a member of the family for a long time, and it deserves to be treated like the heirloom it is.
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Safe and Effective Removal Of Nickel Plating
Whether you plan to refinish with bluing or fresh plating, the complete removal of old plating’without damage to the base metal’ is crucial for a first-rate finish.
Working the Marlin Model 1894
Thanks largely to interest from cowboyaction shooters, this once-popular leveraction has been rereleased and is gaining in popularity once again.
Working the Remington Double Derringer
With over 150,000 in circulation, one of these little pocket pistols is sure to find its way across your bench from time to time.
Working the Marlin Model 1891 .22 Lever-Action
Thanks in large part to the simplicity of its design and the quality of its manufacture, there are still thousands of these little lever guns in use after more than 100 years of service.
Working the Ruger Old Army Percussion Revolver
The name of this Ruger offering and its initial appearance might lead you to conclude it’s a replica of a revolver from a bygone era. It isn’t.
Working the Newer Marlin Lever-Actions
Follow these simple steps to disassemble and reassemble the Marlin Model 336- Series rifles, as well as the Model 444 and the post-1972 Model 1895.
Working the Savage Model 1899 Rifle
Revered by generations of hunters for over 100 years, this popular lever-action came in numerous variations. Fortunately, disassembly and reassembly is similar for all of them.
Working the Smith & Wesson .38 Double-Action Perfected Model
A significant step in the evolution of the modern revolver, the Perfected model was a marriage of the older S&W top-break design to the newer Hand-Ejector action.
Working the 1873 Springfield Trap-Door Single-Shot Rifle
If the internal parts of the 1873 Springfield breechloader look the same as those of the 1861 muzzleloader, that’s because most of them are.
Disassembly of the Remington-Keene Bolt-Action
A real find for a collector or cowboy shooter, the Remington-Keene is an early big-bore bolt-action that’s fed from a tubular magazine.
Working the Remington Single-Shot Rolling Block Pistol
The 1870 Pattern, produced originally for the U. S. Navy, became the Model 1871 Army, before giving way to the revolver. These instructions cover both the original Remingtons and the Uberti replicas.
Changing Calibers: Revolver Cylinder Reaming
Revolver chamber alteration is a big job that you can actually do in a very small shop with a limited inventory of equipment.
Working the Colt Single Action Army Model 1873
After more than 130 years of nearly continuous production, the SAA remains one of the world’s most popular revolvers.
Working Colt’s Model 1877 Double-Action Revolvers
Known in .38 caliber as the Lightning and in .41 caliber as the Thunderer, the complicated design and less-than-robust construction did nothing to diminish the popularity of these revolvers.
Working the Early Model No. 3 S&W Top-Break .44 Single-Actions
This report on Smith & Wesson’s American and Russian models completes the author’s series on the S&W large-frame topbreak revolvers.
Working the Smith & Wesson .45 Model No. 3 Schofield Revolvers
With modifications patented by Major George W. Schofield, Smith & Wesson’s top-break Mod el No. 3 revolver became a well-known and well-respected sidearm for the U. S. Cavalry.
Breaking Down the L. C. Smith Double-Barreled Shotgun
These side-lock doubles, manufactured for more than 60 years, differ in a few significant ways from other double guns of the period.
Working the Remington Model 1875/1890 Revolvers and Replicas
Remington’s 1875, a development of the Remington-Beals revolver, was a close competitor of the Colt Single Action Army, with which it shares many features.
Working the Lightning Pump Action Rifle
These disassembly instructions work for both the original Colt Lightning and the high-quality re pro-duction made in Hartford, Connecti cut, by U. S. Firearms Manufacturing. Co.
Working the Colt Model 1883 Hammerless Shotgun
Produced in three grades from “state-of-the-art” to “work-of-art,” the Colt Model 1883 hammerless double is still one of the most highly regarded American-made shotguns.
Troubleshooting the Cimarron Model 1872 Open-Top Revolver
These instructions will help you work with original Colt Open-Top revolvers as well as the modern Uberti-made replicas thereof.
Working the Richards-Mason Cartridge-Conversion Revolver
These faithful reproductions, made in Italy by Uberti and imported by Cimarron Firearms, are becoming very popular in events of the Single Action Shooting Society.
A New Slant on an Old Standard: Colt’s Cowboy Single-Action
With nearly 14,000 in circulation among cowboy shooters, this “modern” version of the Colt SAA will eventually cross your bench.