A gunsmith isn't necessarily licensed to manufacture a gun. To be a gunsmith, all you need is a dealers license. A manufacturers license is...
Because people think that every single part of a "real" gun should be made of steel, machined from bar stock, forget the fact that they wouldn't...
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You don't have to have a high primer, just one not fully seated.
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As to its being hard to rack...lubrication does wonderous things.
You can make the coil spring with the same music wire. Just wind the wire around something a bit smaller than what you want it to be when it's...
Try punching some dimples on the bottom of the sight. If you're trying to do this with your punch held perpendicular to the sight, it probably...
A link really isn't needed. Take a hacksaw and cut it off where you want it (I wouldn't go below 18.5", minimum legal length is 18"), and dress...
I do mine annually, at a minimum.
Try some OOOO steel wool (anything else will leave scratches), combined with WD-40.
Figure the thread depth as 75% for that equation.
Sand blast?
It doesn't look like any of the Savage barrels are big enough to accomplish this. The Mauser is a 1.11" shank, the biggest Savage is 1.125. You...
I'd sure want to see some more unbiased reporting on this before I took the word of an organization that nobody's ever heard of before.
Honestly, I wouldn't mess with it. It's probably shooting about as well it's capable of.
It's also your decision to refuse a job that you know is unsafe. Sometimes, the couple of bucks you make just aren't worth the liability...
The brass being softer allows the lapping compound to embed in it. Also, steel on steel will gall, destroying the job.
Is it doing this in an attempt to rapid fire the gun? I ask because the 187 was NOT meant for rapid fire. In operation, when you fire it the...
It's a whole bunch easier to get the first couple done on something that's flat. Getting a hole centered on a rounded surface can drive you nuts...
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