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  1. "The Barrel Works"

    , defined as anything having to do with a barrel. Fire lapping Hand lapping Fire polishing Throats (& bullet fit) Chambers Crowns and Crowning Cut Rifleing Swaged Rifleing Button Rifleing Exterior grind & polish Exterior finishing Caustic Niter Cold blues Browning Barrel mounted sights

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  1. Sticky Thread Sticky: bluing tank

    Started by gnoahhh, 11-06-2011 07:28 PM
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    JLF
    05-02-2021, 09:51 PM Go to last post

  2. Sticky Thread Sticky: Cleaning lead from bores.

    Started by Hang Fire, 12-22-2011 05:39 PM
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    OS1880
    03-26-2022, 06:10 PM Go to last post

  3. Sticky Thread Sticky: Common Cartridge/Rifle Twist Rate Reference List

    Started by pietro, 03-20-2014 10:57 PM
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    pietro
    07-05-2021, 10:16 AM Go to last post

  4. Sticky Thread Sticky: Cutting Dovetails by KSCO

    Started by Gunload Master, 07-13-2008 12:21 AM
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    muskeg13
    10-23-2023, 05:53 PM Go to last post

  5. Sticky Thread Sticky: Firearms manuals

    Started by Boz330, 01-04-2013 11:21 AM
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    fiberoptik
    01-25-2022, 03:06 AM Go to last post

  6. Sticky Thread Sticky: Fixing Gooned Screws.

    Started by W.R.Buchanan, 09-28-2019 03:49 PM
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    cuzinbruce
    05-26-2022, 07:24 PM Go to last post

  7. Sticky Thread Sticky: GunStock Re-Finishing, The Roger Method explained with Pics

    Started by AlaskanGuy, 01-17-2014 06:44 PM
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    M-Tecs
    12-04-2018, 08:14 PM Go to last post

  8. Sticky Thread Sticky: I need a..... Sources for parts + services

    Started by Bret4207, 09-04-2008 01:23 PM
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    BenTolson
    10-04-2021, 11:30 AM Go to last post

  9. Sticky Thread Sticky: Joni Lynn's Mauser

    Started by waksupi, 04-06-2011 08:09 PM
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    mike britton
    10-05-2020, 10:57 AM Go to last post

  10. Sticky Thread Sticky: Recoil Pad " 101"

    Started by Ben, 01-20-2012 12:58 PM
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    44Blam
    01-15-2018, 01:44 AM Go to last post

  11. Sticky Thread Sticky: Removing Stuck Wooden Dowel and Soft Lead Sinker from a barrel

    Started by Fire_stick, 01-04-2011 03:36 AM
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    tankgunner59
    02-19-2020, 11:29 PM Go to last post

  12. Sticky Thread Sticky: Rifle barrel and action dimensions list, info needed.

    Started by lar45, 05-11-2007 10:01 PM
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    Tokarev
    11-03-2021, 10:25 AM Go to last post

  13. Sticky Thread Sticky: Shop tips

    Started by Bret4207, 10-19-2005 09:08 AM
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    LAGS
    09-01-2023, 09:55 PM Go to last post

  14. Sticky Thread Sticky: Soldering steel FYI

    Started by MBTcustom, 10-12-2012 11:17 AM
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    beezapilot
    06-06-2020, 09:39 AM Go to last post

  15. Sticky Thread Sticky: The how to's of gunstock work

    Started by Gunfreak25, 06-10-2009 06:38 PM
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    Rapier
    07-05-2021, 12:17 PM Go to last post

  1. !!!! Help !!!!

    Started by Ben, 03-30-2008 02:35 PM
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    exblaster
    06-27-2008, 09:35 PM Go to last post

  2. #1 dis-assembly

    Started by bigted, 10-08-2011 05:11 PM
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    OlManDow
    10-09-2011, 10:24 AM Go to last post

  3. #12-28 filister head machine screw

    Started by roysha, 12-14-2017 11:58 AM
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    12-17-2017, 01:17 PM Go to last post

  4. #2 remington rolling block

    Started by Mk42gunner, 06-03-2006 07:50 PM
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    Bret4207
    06-05-2006, 08:04 PM Go to last post

  5. #4 rb rim fire to centerfire

    Started by kckid101, 06-11-2010 05:35 PM
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    John Taylor
    06-16-2010, 11:21 AM Go to last post

  6. $20 Cast Iron 2-1/2-inch Clamp-On Bench Vise

    Started by Liberty1776, 08-12-2022 06:43 PM
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    swamp
    08-14-2022, 09:17 PM Go to last post

  7. $200 Blue Job

    Started by S.R.Custom, 02-28-2012 04:33 AM
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    Bren R.
    02-28-2012, 01:24 PM Go to last post

  8. $4 laser sight

    Started by jbunny, 10-30-2009 10:58 PM
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    jbunny
    10-30-2009, 10:58 PM Go to last post

  9. $40 bubba special

    Started by fg-machine, 11-23-2015 02:41 PM
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    rbuck351
    03-03-2016, 08:47 AM Go to last post

  10. >223 shooting 10" groups at 25 yds.!

    Started by Captain Capsize, 02-03-2014 11:13 PM
    • Replies: 4
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    johnson1942
    02-05-2014, 10:12 AM Go to last post

  11. ".22 short..."

    Started by exile, 01-10-2010 07:15 PM
    • Replies: 17
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    Johnch
    01-11-2010, 09:30 PM Go to last post

  12. "American Browning" 16g A5

    Started by FabMan, 09-26-2021 12:54 PM
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    FabMan
    10-03-2021, 09:37 AM Go to last post

  13. "Bead Blast" a Nickle Finished Revolver?

    Started by Dutch4122, 01-19-2008 09:07 AM
    • Replies: 12
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    Naphtali
    01-29-2008, 02:53 PM Go to last post

  14. Unhappy "Bubba" Showed Up: Gun Damaged In The Shop

    Started by mrbillbus, 11-15-2011 11:43 AM
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    Hang Fire
    01-20-2012, 12:45 AM Go to last post

  15. "carbine" Williams, a home shop gunsmithing genius

    Started by farmbif, 01-13-2024 07:29 PM
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    Texas by God
    01-15-2024, 02:52 PM Go to last post

  16. "chasing" a thread

    Started by wch, 03-24-2013 12:12 PM
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    Cap'n Morgan
    03-25-2013, 01:43 AM Go to last post

  17. "Drano blacking " a barrel

    Started by Shooter6br, 05-08-2013 04:23 PM
    • Replies: 16
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    oldred
    03-13-2015, 08:58 PM Go to last post

  18. "frozen" trigger questions??

    Started by 10 ga, 05-25-2012 11:09 PM
    • Replies: 14
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    bob208
    06-07-2012, 03:03 PM Go to last post

  19. "Gorilla Glue" removal from stock?

    Started by SierraWhiskeyMC, 04-04-2010 01:56 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
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    Gunfreak25
    04-06-2010, 03:38 AM Go to last post

  20. "Hi, I'm Larry Potterfield" Gunsmithing Videos

    Started by Four Fingers of Death, 03-19-2011 08:46 AM
    • Replies: 11
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    Four Fingers of Death
    03-21-2011, 08:21 PM Go to last post

  21. "Soft Guts"

    Started by beezapilot, 06-04-2014 12:51 PM
    • Replies: 11
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    beezapilot
    06-14-2014, 07:05 PM Go to last post

  22. "Texturing" tupperware stocks, how to?

    Started by 10 ga, 02-04-2010 11:20 PM
    • Replies: 11
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    cheese1566
    02-05-2010, 11:56 PM Go to last post

  23. '03 bbl installation

    Started by mike in co, 05-04-2008 06:43 PM
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    Morgan Astorbilt
    05-10-2008, 06:41 PM Go to last post

  24. '03A3 Heat treat ??

    Started by ascast, 07-15-2017 03:17 PM
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    ulav8r
    09-04-2017, 10:38 PM Go to last post

  25. '73' project

    Started by bigted, 03-13-2021 10:45 AM
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 1,632
    Shawlerbrook
    03-18-2021, 02:42 PM Go to last post
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check