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A customer of mine brought in this very nice, but odd, bolt action rifle. At first glance it appeared to be a J.P Sauer - Weatherby MKV, but the tapped holes for the scope mounts threw me for a loop. It could, of course, be a custom job, but it also looks similar to a couple of Voere actions...

In the process of pillar bedding a 700 in a Bell and Carlson stock, I accidentally got a bit of Brownell's flammable release agent on the stock. The stuff is awfully resiliant, and after about twenty minutes of rubbing on it with a rag w/acetone, there's still a faint glossy sheen to the stock...

As I was sitting around mulling over all the various toys I can't afford right now, of which there are many, I started thinking about the .338 Whisper v2 AR-10s made by SSK Industries. Then, for whatever reason, I started thinking about M1As in EBR stocks, and I got to thinking about a happy...

I've recently been asked to procure a manual for this common and mass produced shotgun, and have yet to be able to find one, nor a assembly/disassembly manual that pertains to it. The one I have is a J.L Galef, not a true Beretta FS-1, though I can't imagine they vary drastically, if it all. If...

While I have never messed around much with the Para 1911s, I have to imagine that retrofitting a GI Expert to have an ambidextrous safety shouldn't be too involved of an operation, should it? Simply a matter of switching out the safety levers for parts from one of their ambi-safety models?

I'm into a refinish on a HK 94, and I'm trying to come up with a good red and white paint to color in the engraved sections on the receiver to designate the safety positions. Anyone ever find a good product to use for this? I'm leaning towards laying down the black first, then taping it up...

Having gotten the cartridge stop/interrupter to the point that they disengage at the right time, I'm noticing that the carrier isn't dropping far enough down to clear the case rim. Is it conceivable that this dimension could have changed over time, and if so, can the carrier's arms be bent a...

Anyone have a good recommendation for shops that have the capability to press out and replace an MP5 barrel from a folded flat receiver? I hesitate to press the thing out without building a dedicated fixture for it.

A customer brought me a Winchester Model 71 completely disassembled, shrugs, and says, "Good luck, man." I'm going to need it. The Gun Digest disassembly book has been completely useless on this one. The rifle is fundamentally different than the '94, and the interrelationship between the...

The mainspring has plenty enough juice behind it to reach the firing pin, but either the firing pin is too short, or the firing pin stop is too thick. Without the gun in front of me, I cant' depth mike the distance between the back of the pin and the stop, but I can tell just by looking at it...

Any ideas on how to stretch/bend either the cylinder bolt or rebound lever to improve engagement on the ramp that's built into the rebound lever? I hesitate to peen out the cylinder bolt, considering how thin it is. I've bent the lever a little, but the 'hook' on the bolt still has very limited...

Does anyone happen to know the source for Remington's powder coating colors? A customer brought in an 870 Tactical Desert something-or-other, and I lack a moly resin that comes close to matching the tone of their powder coating.

In the process of removing a flash hider from and Enfield, I've encountered a few problems. By all appearances, the hider is affixed to the barrel by means of two pins. After driving one out, I noticed that the pin was of a markedly softer steel, if indeed steel at all, than the first. As such...

I've got a 1911 whose new grip safety, after being fitted, refuses to move out of the 'engaged' postion, that is, it won't move back to allow the grip safety to actually function. After applying inletting black to just about everything to find out where its binding, I'm still at a bit of a loss...

In the process of reassembling a Beretta A390 after a thorough clean/oil, I cannot seem to sucessfully reassemble the barrel/gas system without the barrel reciprocating about a half inch, almost like it were an A5, which it is most distinctly not. I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how I'm...

Anyone happen to know what connects the magazine tube to the magazine guide? It doesn't seem to be pressed in, and I don't see how it could be threaded, although I've been hesitant to apply heat and torque the crap out of the magazine tube considering its wall thickness.