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Pistols manufactured by Kel-Tec CNC Industries Inc. are compact, lightweight, inexpensive, and generally reliable. They can, however, benefit from the attentions of a gunsmith familiar with the pistol’s unique action.
The smoothest target trigger requires lots of stoning and honing, and just when you think you’re nearly finished you’ve only just begun.
Many of our modern semi-automatic pistols have features first seen on these older Walthers. Understanding them will help to put you ahead of the handguns learning curve.
A variation of the classic Browning design with some significant im provements, this Sig is considered to be the finest production pistol ever made—and its performance lends support to that reputation.
Since the company produced its first revolver in 1941, Taurus products have continually improved. Still, any revolver can benefit from the hands-on attention of the skilled and patient gunsmith.
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.
The prescribed factory repair for this S&W Model 29 would have required refinishing the gun’s surface, but this simpler technique elim inates the need for replating or rebluing.
The Gamo Compact Air Pistol used here provides a good example of what it takes—and it’s not much—to do an action job on a targettype air gun.
Colt’s Government Model 1911 and its vari ations resemble each other and share many features. Nevertheless, some parts are inter changeable, and some are not.
When you get involved with the Hi-Power, you’ll begin to understand why most gunsmiths think of it as one of the toughest pistols to upgrade.
Designed by borrowing a little from S&W, CZ, and John Browning, among others, the DP51 offers a triggerpull option that’s uniquely its own.
The use of cast bullets in a revolver makes sense, but only when two critical dimensions are right on target.
Can you identify the problem with this pistol with the clues provided in the photos and text?
The Tactical Solutions Pac-Lite aluminum upper receiver turns the Ruger into a lighter, more accurate .22-caliber plinker.
In this issue, we’ll explain how the LDA functions and how to disassemble it. Then next month, we cover detailed reassembly and troubleshooting.
The feeding problems common with the original Star Model F can usually be solved by switching to the newer-style magazines.
At first glance it might seem similar, but any resemblance between the Accu Trigger and the Glock’s Safe Action trigger is purely superficial.
These instructions will help you work with original Colt Open-Top revolvers as well as the modern Uberti-made replicas thereof.
Handgun Control, Inc., has struck out in a third retrial of a case that has garnered national attention. Shortly before we went to press, the NSSF’s online news service reported that an Alameda County (California) Superior Court jury found that Beretta U.…
Taurus has never made a pistol like this one, and the company predicts it will be the next gun to be copied by everyone else.
Revolver Solver I have a .38 caliber, 2-inch-barrel revolver that has a keyholing problem. As I remember reading some time ago, this problem is caused by misalignment of the cylinder chamber to the forcing cone. If this assumption is correct, what is…
Smith & Wesson has established an award honoring the marksmanship accomplishments of Americans with physical disabilities. This award is significant, as it marks the first time that a major pistol manufacturer has chosen to highlight the contributions that disabled marksmen make to…
We revisit the Czech Weapons Factory for a close look at disassembly procedures for this compact version of the CZ PCR police model.
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.
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