Forend Barrel Bedding System Installation
The proper use of an adjustable stock forend bedding system can be an effective way to dampen barrel vibration and improve rifle accuracy. A capable craftsman can make and install all the required parts.
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SHOT Show 2016
Overview of gunsmithing highlights from this year’s show.
Reader Forum
Winchester Model 73 I have a Winchester Model 73 with a production date around 1908. I’ve replaced the toggle link pins (bent), trigger spring (flattened), and managed to massage some dents out of the magazine tube. I’m now trying to figure out…
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 and athlete decided to design…
Working The Venerable Ruger .44 Carbine
Ruger’s brush buster is still going strong for more than five decades.
Rifle Barrel Accuracy
Ri le Barrel Accuracy A definitive work on the selection, installation, and evaluation of rifle barrels for supreme accuracy.
Stuck Live Rounds
How to deal with live rounds stuck in the chamber.
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.
Colt 1877
Restoring and repairing a classic Colt double action revolver.
SKS Optic Mount
Scoping a SKS carbine can be a worthwhile gunsmithing project.
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, model, and lack of…
Shooter’s Bible Guide To Tactical Firearms
Long-range shooting enjoyed a tremendous boost during the Industrial Revolution when the means to mass produce consistently-made rifled firearms became reality. Previously limited to select specialists, rifles were commonly issued by the mid- 1800s. The problem then became how to exploit this…
Detail Cleaning Shortcut
An old gunsmith’s secret for detail cleaning any firearm quick.
Chiappa Rimfires
Chiappa Rim ires Take down and reassembly of two Chiappa .22 handguns.
Scoping Henry Lever Action Rifles
An avid squirrel hunter brought me his Henry Golden Boy lever action .22 rifle to be sighted-in with the existing buckhorn-style open sights. “It’s hitting way left, ‘course my eyes aren’t quite what they used to be either,” he said. I suggested…
Glock Custom Barrels
Fitting aftermarket barrels in popular service pistols.
Workshop Aids On A Budget
These shop-made helpers are easily made, often with materials (or scrap pieces) readily on hand.
Reader Forum
I wish I could offer a better answer but at this point your choices are limited to shooting factory loaded lead ammunition until you can find lead shot, or trading for a gun designed to handle steel shot. Break Open Actions Paul…
Guns Of Outlaws
From colonial-era rifles carried on the “Owlhoot Trail” to John Dillinger’s Colt pistols, the history of the American outlaw is told in guns—weapons that became each man’s personal signature. Authors Gerry and Janet Souter peer into these criminal’s choices of derringers, revolvers,…
Ruger Scout Rifle
Ruger’s Scout Rifle is built exactly like a Ruger Model 77. Almost.
The Basics Of Cut Rifling A Rifle Barrel
Using modern machines and tools to create those important grooves.
Magazine Checks
Dusting off a few proven techniques for improving accuracy.
Hydrographics
Now you see it, now you don’t. Like a magician’s trick, hydrographics is a simple method to add realistic camouflage to make any firearm virtually disappear.
Gunsmithing Correspondence Schools
Not everyone can attend resident courses. Universities offer distance learning for complete college degrees. Gunsmithing is no different.