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There are several reasonable texts on building your own firearms. I have Walter Mueller's single shot plans, Mr. single shots plans and a few of Bill Holmes books. There are also plans you can download from the net that all have good info in them. The hardest part of making your own is that you...

No problem - I got fed up with waiting till I had four guns to do at the same time before opening the packs!:banghead:

I used to use a similar bedding compound with a breaking divider. If you empty each of the compartments separately (without breaking the divider)into different containers (preferably with volume marks on) then you can work out the mix volumes and mix up the quantities you require. The remaining...

Good old whiting works well and does a similar job to kitty litter (don't use stuff from the litter tray!). I used to put the stock in the top oven when the main (bottom) oven was on - this would be just enough heat to draw the oil out of the stock without causing any damage or a fire risk!

Small dents can be raised with a damp cloth and iron technique but as chawbaccer said the only answer for cuts to the fibres is to sand back to good wood. Of course you could always fill the scrathes and varnish but it will never look 100%! Or there is always the tub of black paint route!

Yes it can be done! The easiest way is to remove some metal in a 'V' form from the underside of the handle such that it can be bent down without heating and then have it welded back up. If it is TIG'd it minimises any risk of softening the bolt body which can be a problem with re-forging the...

Lapping requires a lot of experience to do well (and is very time consuming) - you may make the barrel worse (and several others after) just gaining the experience to do it properly!:what: Lapping will probably enlarge the muzzle section of the bore so it will probably need shortening and...

Alcohol based solvents (e.g. methanol and IPA) work well too - although nearly all these solvents are flammable. I wouldn't recommend jack Daniels though!:what:

I've had a few CZ's that have had poorly fitted wood. As rc said shoot it and see how accurate it is - I would do some sustained rapid fire to see if the heat makes any difference to the impact point. I did have to completely re-inlet and bed a 452 in .17 hmr as it was nearly 1/2 off to one side...

As I said most shotguns have no heat treatment on their barrels. Many doubles are silver soldered or even brazed together and receive no heat treatment afterwards. However a bulge could be serious and I would consider getting a gunsmith to give it a once over to assess how bad it is.

As BBBBill said they are the two methods for a permanent new knob. I would recommend TIG welding if you are going to go the welding route as it puts less heat into the metal and minimises the steps needed to prevent drawing the temper of the bolt body! The second method also has the advantage...

To be honest shotgun barrels traditionally received little or no heat treatment. Many barrels are silver soldered together nowadays (it stops the problem of your barrels separating when caustic bluing them:what:) and are cooled naturally removing most of the hardness in them. Quenching the...