Recent content by koginam

The intention of the post was not to inject race but it was a question I had not thought of before. I work with TAOGART setting up gunsmith apprenticeships and talk to gunsmiths every day trying to find sponsors for the apprentices and it didn't occure to me to ask if they were as the young man...

I was aksed a question today by a young man looking to start into the gunsmith trade, he wanted to know "if there were any gunsmiths of color" the following was my reply "As to gunsmiths of color in over thirty years as a gunsmith and having contact with hundreds of smiths throughout the world I...

We did bluing in the shop for over thirty years and never had a problem with EPA, Now days their are neutralizers that render the salts inert enough to be flushed down the drain.

As the wood dries out it shrinks a little and it can require a little nudging to get things to line up. Also threads can get a little rusty and be hard to move, If you use a good fitting screwdriver and while applying pressure to the driver tap it with a hammer in quick sharp taps and the screw...

Msc sells them as well as a few other places. you will need these sizes in bottoming style as well.

Their are other options their are adjustable chock tubs that attach over the barrel either threaded or soldered into place and allow you to adjust your choke from Imp. to supper full. Polly-choke has been around for many years http://www.poly-choke.com/ , their are others if you search for them.

I know several very good men who in their youth did something stupid and were convicted of a felony, yet they served their counties in war, one worked as a police officer for 27 years another owned a furniture store and was a deacon of his church but when the coward Clinton made the law...

sonier First off you are doing one thing right you are attending a very good gunsmith school. But you aren't going to get the experience you need to open a gun shop and be successful with out a lot more than a degree. As was said earlier you must have a very good understanding of sound...

I found some on the knife maker sites for some mark ll's I made a few years ago. I did the barrels as well in Damascus with steel liners. Their are several different types of Damascus being made not only from different metals but with different manufacturing techniques, some is heat treatable...

I just received a suggestion from one of our first year gunsmith apprentices (also the youngest apprentice in the program 16 yrs old) that I think will work, it uses a bullpup trigger configuration with a pistol grip on the forearm and the trigger in the pistol grip. The shooter would still have...

We have been asked to help set up a hunting rifle for a young man who lost his right hand and has a prosthetic hook from the wrist down. I have built several rifles for handicapped people even some for paraplegics and we have set up some strange but safe and affective devises. but this one...

A few years ago Bob Cogan talked me out of black chrome for my carry gun while it wears better than regular bluing it still isn't as good as hard chrome. But if you have your mind set on black chrome he is the best around.

Muriatic acid will remove the blue instantly, most hardware stores sell it. A little on a rag will do the job. Be sure to wash it off with cold water and apply wd-40 to the metal to protect it until you are ready to re blue.

Has anyone seen any Canjar set triggers for sale? I need Enfield, Mauser, Rem. 700. I have found several but they are not the set triggers.

Just about any stripper will work unless its one of the newer stocks with the plastic like finish on it than Brownells sells a stripper just for it. After steaming and sanding I use OOOO steel wool to go over the stock if its going to be a hunting rifle than I just finish it with Sea-finn teak...