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The maker of the iconic Winchester ’73—“The Gun That Won The West”—was a New Englandbased shirt maker with little firearms experience descended from modest immigrants from England. Oliver Fisher Winchester began his business career going from haberdasher to manufacturing shirts based on…
Where a rifle is designed for a two-piece scope base and the customer wants a one-piece base, it’s time for some serious searching. Here’s how I adapted a one-piece scope base to a Ruger .44 Magnum rifle.
Firearms that shoot multiple calibers are more flexible, cost effective, and just plain fun to shoot. Here’s how I converted a Ruger Redhawk .45 Colt to shoot .45 ACP.
Colt’s new Model Series 70 and the Series 80 feature a firing pin block/ drop safety. Here’s how to perform a trigger job on them.
Making a rear sight elevator and front sight bead for a Winchester Model 67 turned out to be a good reason to go over the whole rifle.
Spring ield 67H I have a Model 67H Springfield 12 gauge pump shotgun and need an instruction manual and parts for it. Any advice where I can go? Also, in the October 2016 Reader Forum about “Accuracy problems” and the Browning A-Bolt…
The Bravo Company Manufacturing (BravoCompanyUSA.com) BCMGun- Fighter stock is a tough, collapsible, lightweight (seven ounces) polymer unit for mil-spec receivers. The patented design is modular, consisting of five total parts and one screw, and can be adapted in to a number of…
Working and improving Colt’s Government Model 380.
John Browning’s smaller version of the M1886 and M1873 replacement for pistol-caliber cartridges remains popular today.
Cap and ball revolvers are still great shooters. Here’s how to prep a Uberti/Cimarron London Navy for black powder.
terminate the dreaded “box-n-bag” disease.
Breakthrough Clean Technologies (BreakThroughClean.com) offers a line of firearm cleaning products made from a distillation process that are environmentally friendly, non-toxic, and virtually odorless. Unlike many harshsmelling cleaners, solvents, and lubricants, Breakthrough’s line are clear, easier on the skin, and don’t smell…
How to prepare the Remington pump-action rifle for the hunt.
opportunities and challenges.
Winchester 1400 I contacted the conglomerate that has Winchester and Browning now and their techs had no idea on where to start. My customer has a Winchester 1400 and the action release is made of plastic and needs to be replaced. I…
Success of the first American rifle leads to Ruger expanding the brand.
A good friend recently brought me his Winchester Model 61 .22 rimfire rifle with feeding issues. In addition to the mechanical problem, the stock was severely cracked at the junction of the guard assembly and had been repaired by securing a hose…
Extractors are crucial parts and a retrofit is warranted if its potential failure will put a halt to your shooting.
The variety of sights used on handguns can warrant gunsmith attention for this seemingly-simple task.
Gary Quesenberry is the CEO of Q-Series, LLC (qseriesllc.com,), a veteran owned company that makes a unique, minimalist holster. The company’s Stealth holster is a minimalist, ambidextrous, tuckable, extreme low profile, IWB (Inside The Waistband) concealment holster that can be worn with…
issue but you’ll probably still see them on your bench.
Remington Model 12 I have a Remington Model 12 chambered in .22 Remington Special (.22 Winchester Rimfire) in my shop for repair. I need anew cartridge retainer as the retainer for the .22 LR does not work. Lacking a replacement part, where…
It can be argued that the legendary Winchester Model 94 could be John Moses Browning’s finest achievement. Having started out in 1894 with the .32-40 and .38-55 black powder cartridges, this model has come in dozens of configurations, calibers, commemorative versions, and…
The Smith & Wesson Victory Model is a fine classic with two critical considerations. Here’s what to look for.
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