Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks [Archive] - Page 15

Making the most of a good rifle (129 replies)
Loading gate modification on Marlin 1895 (15 replies)
Knurling a pin? (21 replies)
Ideal twist rates for cast boolits vs. jacketed. Different? Why? (127 replies)
AK-47 Magazine Modification (2 replies)
Barrel reline on win 94 (7 replies)
Browning Auto 5 frame (6 replies)
E. Reminton and Sons 5 shot 'Pepperbox' Derringer, missing parts (7 replies)
Need a firing pin for a Remington spartan rifle (4 replies)
5.56 throat reamer (8 replies)
question on spring making (10 replies)
Adding a Belt Mountain #5 to an OMSBH (5 replies)
KG Gunkote (6 replies)
need help with drilling out a CVA breech plug (9 replies)
First Glassbed Project (6 replies)
D&T Browning/Miroku Low Wall receiver (9 replies)
Need help removing acraglas from a stock (13 replies)
Help! Matchmaster 513t (13 replies)
chamber reaming (7 replies)
A couple questions about re-lining (8 replies)
Bullet AND wood dowel stuck (47 replies)
I need a follower (15 replies)
Is welding o.k for gunsmithing (19 replies)
cant keep the tang off the stock (38 replies)
recutting chamfer in the muzzle (20 replies)
Thinking on a .400 Whelan Improved (25 replies)
Need Ruger Help (3 replies)
Need Rec, Remington 700 bolt handle (4 replies)
Remington 30-06 not cycling the brass out of the chamber (35 replies)
Highwall with lowall breech block safe for 32-40?? (12 replies)
Need a source for Winchester 70 PF/CRPF Magnum Extractor (5 replies)
fake case coloring techique (16 replies)
What do I have here? (Grips and Hammer) (10 replies)
Plum OM Super Chop Job (14 replies)
How to package a rifle cheap and safe for shipment (71 replies)
Parkerizing ?? (7 replies)
Common Cartridge/Rifle Twist Rate Reference List (24 replies)
Matching MagPul Foliage Green (5 replies)
where to find synthetic stock for Rem 600 (3 replies)
Source for Win 62 extractor? (7 replies)
Boogered up break (10 replies)
Krag front sight base attachment (5 replies)
94 winchester problem (2 replies)
Another question aboit my early 760... (7 replies)
Winchester Model1200 suddenly cant pump back after shot.Have to manually press button (3 replies)
Polishing Compound (11 replies)
cosmetic muzzle break (8 replies)
Thompson Contender Barrel Problem (13 replies)
Rossi carbine smoothing-up? (12 replies)
lever-gun mag-tube dent repair? (11 replies)
Need a smith to convert rolling block from rf to cf (2 replies)
Browning 1885 Highwall Traditional Hunter Help Needed (2 replies)
stripped sight threads (4 replies)
Gluing on a Recoil Pad. (16 replies)
no tips need gunsmith (6 replies)
Kimber recoil spring in my RIA 1911 (2 replies)
Tools (21 replies)
main spring for handgun (1 replies)
Lathe Machinist Question (20 replies)
Strange "Finish" on a '94 Winchester (8 replies)
I need some help with borescope education (60 replies)
Easy way to remove mauser rear sight ladders whit the spring on the ladder (0 replies)
Remington 760 bolt carrier attachment? (5 replies)
Dimensions of the Winchester 82a sight (Model 52) (0 replies)
Bolt Drops on NoGo - What now? (18 replies)
Stevens shingle shot (1 replies)
New(?) method to finish barrels and other steel parts (1 replies)
Van's Instant Gun Blue ?? (29 replies)
It's not pretty but it works (7 replies)
Using Pin Gages (22 replies)
Will 16ga barrel work on a Stevens 94c 12ga frame? (5 replies)
Webley MK IV Parts (2 replies)
Rex Receiver Sight Drilling Jig, info request (0 replies)
remington 550-1 info assembly (3 replies)
Gun lube? (58 replies)
Anyone here ever rebarrel a Marlin 336? (6 replies)
Looking for some info on Savage 99 Screws (2 replies)
S&W 1937 Brazilian Swivel Removal?? (6 replies)
.380 feeding cure (2 replies)
Ackley question (18 replies)
Source for V Block stock? (V Section?) (2 replies)
Agi ? (6 replies)
twist for 6.5mm 140gn bullet (23 replies)
need a barrel rebore, where? (18 replies)
Wifes anniversary gift (0 replies)
Sleeving a revolver cylinder (12 replies)
Wisconsin Heat Sink! (9 replies)
Hoppes #9 disclaimer ?? (9 replies)
Cutting Fluid Question (0 replies)
Cutting Fluid Question (2 replies)
Muzzle thread cap (4 replies)
Winchester 38 WCF model 1892 in great looking conditions BUT..... (18 replies)
Bubba rifle? (22 replies)
Replacement spring for BoMar sight? (1 replies)
Dimensions for the 4" Buck Chuck #1434 (7 replies)
Leupold bases for Mauser action (6 replies)
1911, Polishing the bolt face for reliability in feeding (29 replies)
Mauser Central (5 replies)
Interarms mk X vs Mauser 98 bolt compatability? (9 replies)
Laurel Mountain Brown tips? (6 replies)
Merit Aperture sight models, threads, and parts (9 replies)
1908 colt 25 acp barrel (1 replies)
Williams FoolProof parts and apertures (8 replies)
how to glass bed the full foreend of a rifle? (10 replies)
1859 Sharps' carbine (5 replies)
22 cal High-Standard Supermatic Citation 104 magazine disassemble. (2 replies)
south Fla gunsmith whereabouts (1 replies)
Decent price point barrels ?? (12 replies)
1860 Henry Rifle Parts (2 replies)
Checkering tools FYI (52 replies)
converting mauser floor to lever opening (11 replies)
removing the front site (7 replies)
how to strip and rust blue an action - nooks and crevices (19 replies)
RF firing pin length (1 replies)
M1 Carbine Barrel Question (11 replies)
Draw filing a barrel (23 replies)
Stevens 200 (5 replies)
BLR problem (3 replies)
Best hacksaw blades? (16 replies)
Scope slippage (15 replies)
Barrel length etiquette ? (7 replies)
>223 shooting 10" groups at 25 yds.! (4 replies)
Cold bluing "liquid or paste" (27 replies)
Stone set recomendation (5 replies)
Suggestions on an accurizing/gun smithing manual for ruger 1911 (32 replies)
3 groove barrel (15 replies)
Questions on Throating a 45-70 (8 replies)
Stretching a Pawl (8 replies)
What happened to my bolt? (winchester m70 pre-64 help?) (6 replies)
How to know when gunsmithing isn't worth it? (18 replies)
1958 JC Higgins (sears) 583-20 Facelift... (5 replies)
Winchestor Model 70 Safety Help (6 replies)
Rifling Buttons (10 replies)
Manson Throat Reamer (7 replies)
03 Springfield Cone Breech (3 replies)
Bluing cast RB breech block? (15 replies)
Lovells carbine restoration (2 replies)
Winchester Model 70 bolt re-assembly if you set off the "fire" position....How to: (2 replies)
Gunsmith Training (34 replies)
Boring and threading for SG chokes (1 replies)
Ambidextrious safety for RIA 1911 (10 replies)
need a mainspring (5 replies)
Recoil spring for RIA 1911... Do I need to change it? (9 replies)
Rough chambering a barrel? (23 replies)
Remington Model 7 stock finish cracks? (2 replies)
first AR build ? tools (12 replies)
JC Higgins needs a screw (10 replies)
powder owder wheres the powder??? (16 replies)
TJ's liners (2 replies)
Remington 1858 cylinder modifacition (0 replies)
Rust Browning/bluing over pits (10 replies)
Inexpensive Sight Pusher for 1911,s and like Pistols (8 replies)
Rain water vs distilled or deionized water for rust bluing? (34 replies)
Bumfuzzled..AR not cycling... (17 replies)
Need 25 Rem and 30 Rem and 32 Rem case info (14 replies)
J Stevens Favorite (26 replies)
GunStock Re-Finishing, The Roger Method explained with Pics (89 replies)
Rossi 243 Break Action (4 replies)
Help with Recoil Pad for a Remington Model 11 (5 replies)
Steel T/C Contender Micrometer sight windage screw - left hand! (3 replies)
Unique fix on a Pooper (5 replies)
Stock before and after pics.... (37 replies)
Mauser receivers (11 replies)
carcano barrel removal (4 replies)
Anyone talk to NECG lately? (10 replies)
scope (3 replies)
Newbie question: Scope Mounts for Unertl & 1885 Miroku .45-70 BPCR (4 replies)
Don't like the curve of your cz75 stock trigger? (10 replies)
How to convert Mosin bolt face to fit .45 ACP? (7 replies)
223 or 224? (21 replies)
223 or 224? (1 replies)
Bersa thunder 380 trigger not returning (6 replies)
How to make 30 Remington brass from 30-30 win? (25 replies)
Thinking about building another rifle. 34-60 ? (17 replies)
3 position safety for mauser (10 replies)
Want to build a bubba 308..... (54 replies)
Homemade barrel vise (17 replies)
Ar15 stock rattle (3 replies)
Barrel Remove & Replace (2 replies)
Bore lapping a revolver (12 replies)
Atlas gear lubrication? (2 replies)
Differences in drill angle depths (118, 135, 140, 145) (13 replies)
Rem 25-06 factory round failure...ever seen this (13 replies)
Chamber reamer to match wildcat dies - best way to get .... (8 replies)
need help finding replacement stock (13 replies)
Headspace Question (7 replies)
can you ship to gunsmith (6 replies)
Savage 24 trigger spring dilema (5 replies)
Ruger Hawkeye 223 Issue (0 replies)
Echo Broken Shell Extracors available from Brownell's (0 replies)
Horizontally swinging safeties - M1903 and M1896/98 Krag (2 replies)
American made 5/16-36 taper tap? (14 replies)
cutting down a stock (33 replies)
Wolf spring kits (19 replies)
Marlin Firearms Co. Model 90 16 ga o/u dt shotgun (3 replies)
Misfires with #1 Ruger (12 replies)
Needing a Winchester 1892 barrel (2 replies)
686 Cylinder Leading (9 replies)
Remington model 81 problelm (3 replies)
Need suggestions to remove 116 year old screw. (54 replies)
JB paste Any Good? (20 replies)
put an FSB on a stripped 300 BLK barrel, gas port was off TDC (6 replies)
POST 64 Model 70 Extractor not extracting (5 replies)
.30-78 Single Shot Started Today (10 replies)
Bumping 22 ammo (13 replies)
Lamitated stock vs factory synthetic (12 replies)
Problem with loading gate cover, winchester 1892? (8 replies)
Gunsmith Recommendation Needed (Nothing Major) (5 replies)
Gun Repair Invoicing (3 replies)
Which Quick Change Tool Post to buy? (17 replies)
22 Flea (6 replies)
Trigger help? (4 replies)
I need some tacticool stock tape! (28 replies)
Need help to ID a Weaver scope base please (5 replies)
How to brown a blued piece? (5 replies)
Trigger job , H&R Ultra Slug Gun (3 replies)
Received my ENCO pin guages (20 replies)
Remington #4 rolling block. (4 replies)
New to me lathe, information needed. (38 replies)
Question about polishing 1911 parts (7 replies)
Tang Screw sizes on the Rossi 92 (3 replies)
Scoping a Remington Model 8/81. (15 replies)
Rust blue question (5 replies)
Cutting barrel for Dovetail front sight ?? (8 replies)
Thinking about blueing methods - for the smiths out there (35 replies)
Converting a Rem. Model 6 .32rf to .32 S&W (5 replies)
Winchester Model 70 what to do now? (13 replies)
Relining a barrel (12 replies)
determining twist rate (2 replies)
Converting 32 Rimfire Long to 32 Smith and Wesson Centerfire (21 replies)
My 458 American (458X2") Chamber Cast Question (1 replies)
Machining 1911 frame and slide casting (1 replies)
10ga N R Davis S X S shotgun (0 replies)
shifting mounts on grooved receiver (3 replies)
Savage 24V stock repair (11 replies)
Contender Issue (12 replies)
Newbie here - blasting (13 replies)
Arisaka: Getting sight mount off (0 replies)
Is a partial primer detonation possible? (18 replies)
Name That Cartidge (4 replies)
Colt New Police extractor (7 replies)
Lead Build-up on Forcing Cone (6 replies)
Base & Rings for 98 (28 replies)
Need a gunsmith in SC (3 replies)
Stocks for Remington model 25? (8 replies)
The bumbest question of all (4 replies)
Modifying a 1917 Enfield Trigger (7 replies)
Adhesive for metal inserts (but NOT bedding. they are sling swivel inserts) (17 replies)
remove a bedding block from a stock (5 replies)
rossi action to marlin barrel, can it be done? (2 replies)