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  • The ACGG Exhibition

    The annual ACGG exhibition is January 20-21-22 , 2012 at the Nugget hotel-casino in Sparks Nevada. If you like fine guns this is a good place be be. Great guns by great gunmakers to look at and the ... Continue →

  • Test Firing

    Test firing any gun being worked on is a given; otherwise how will you know it works ? Or is accurate? Actually during the building of a custom rifle it will go through several series of range sessio... Continue →

  • Inletting octagonal barrels

    Here is a tip on inletting an octagonal barrel from a square blank.  We know we want the top line of the forend to be on the same plane as the bore line. So we mill the bottom flat to the correct de... Continue →

  • Ebony capped cross bolts

    This photo shows drilling the through hole for a set of magnum cross bolts. The next step is to mill the seat for the cross bolt heads. Some clients like to have the heads seated a bit deeper and c... Continue →

  • Work bench

    I thought some of you might like to see the work bench lay-out. Here is a ‘birds eye view’. On the left is the stockmaking bench, with a stockmakers vise. The center bench is for assembly... Continue →

  • Perfect Smoke

    Perhaps you have heard the term ‘smoke’ used in confunction with gunsmiths fitting parts together. This refers to smoke soot being applied to a part and then fitting that part with its ma... Continue →

  • Stropping Tip

    Here is a little shop tip regarding keeping you chisels sharp. I know you already have a strop board, which is of course a piece of good smooth leather mounted on a flat board and charged with some j... Continue →

  • A stockmaking tip

    One of the most useful tools for me during the final stages of stock shaping is the very simple scraper ; these are sometimes also called a ‘card’ scraper. These can be purchased through a... Continue →

  • A rare treat

    Here is a recent project being worked on. The rifle is a Winchester M-1873 in caliber .32-20. This is a deluxe version with extra fancy checkered wood, a half octagon, half round barrel and a half len... Continue →

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