The only practical way of learning how to repair and work on firearms is to get your hands dirty and work on 'em. ...
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Reid shows you how to polish steel the quick and easy way. ...
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Building an accurate AR varminter in .204 Ruger from a pile of parts is so easy, even the author could do it. ...
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A lot of pistol modifications produce no tangible benefits. A barrel upgrade is one exception, and better accuracy is the result. ...
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A useful technique for the "checkering impaired." ...
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One of the most common and challenging jobs a hobbyist may face is the installation of a new recoil pad on a finished rifle or shotgun buttstock. ...
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There are only two types of shooters: those who have had stuck bullets and those who will. ...
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I've done a lot of dumb things over the years. Although I'm not proud of them, most of 'em weren't really too bad. ...
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Shotgun barrels tend to be quite thin. That's deliberate on the part of manufacturers. ...
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How many times have you picked up a used revolver and noticed side-to-side movement of the cylinder when it was locked in the frame? ...
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When I was a much younger gunsmith, aluminum and aluminum alloys were seldom used in the better quality, higher grade firearms. There was widespread... ...
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When most folks think of gunsmithing tools, they often have images of expensive lathes, mills, buffers, and all sorts of high-priced specialty reamers and handtools. ...
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Go to any gun show or to a local gunshop that sells used guns and you are sure to find some rifles or shotguns whose previous owners had refinished the stocks. ...
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There are some situations where more is definitely better: eating your grandmother's homemade sugar cookies, days spent shooting ... ...
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It wasn't all that many years ago that the majority of shotguns sold had plain barrels. As a kid growing up ... ...
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