Bill Marr

Building a Custom 308 Precision Chassis Rifle- PART 3- Cutting the chamber, final assembly and test fire

April 29, 2022 Bill Marr 0

This is the third and final post of my series on building a custom 308 precision rifle. The first two parts can be found here: Building a Custom 308 Precision Chassis Rifle- PART 1, Barrel […]

Building a Custom 308 Precision Chassis Rifle – PART 2- Barrel preparation and threading

February 16, 2022 Bill Marr 0

This is the second post in a three-post series about building a Custom 308 Precision Chassis Rifle, the first post, can be found here: Building a Custom 308 Precision Chassis Rifle- PART 1 In part […]

Customizing a Savage B.Mag Target Rifle

February 7, 2022 Bill Marr 0

Savage makes some outstanding rimfire rifles that offer an excellent value for the money. Occasionally I’m asked about machining them for customers. Normally I’ll pass, but the owner of this B.Mag .17 HMR managed to […]

Building a Custom 308 Precision Chassis Rifle- PART 1, Barrel removal, action blueprinting

January 23, 2022 Bill Marr 0

I’ll often have family members with an interest in shooting that want to learn more about it. Rather than letting them shoot one of my oddball guns, I decided to build a precision rifle that […]

Tuffy Security Products Heavy Duty Truck Bed Security Drawer Review

December 16, 2021 Bill Marr 0

As a avid shooter I’m often traveling with a collection of sensitive items that I need to safeguard. In addition to firearms, I may travel with computers, photography equipment and other supplies. In the past […]

Installing a Mini Red Dot Mounting Plate on a Smith and Wesson Revolver (586/686)

December 15, 2021 Bill Marr 0

My first experience with red dot sights was back in 1996. I was a Marine Corporal working as a range liaison in MCAGCC 29 Palms California, when an Army Special Mission Unit let me shoot […]

Building a Custom 6GT Rifle

July 31, 2021 Bill Marr 0

I’ve been in the shooting business since the late 1990s. While there has always been a seemingly continuous rollout of new and better cartridges, it seems like the frequency of introductions has increased in the […]

RUGER NYPD SPNY

May 31, 2021 Bill Marr 0

I have some pretty interesting guns walk into the shop, like this Ruger SPNY. The SPNY was a hammerless DAO variant of the SP-101 chambered in 38 Special and made exclusively for the NYPD, this […]

A quick look: Atlas Tactical Action for 338 Lapua

March 31, 2021 Bill Marr 0

I had a customer bring in an Atlas Tactical Action for 338 Lapua. Since I had the action on hand, I took some pictures of it to share. The Atlas Tactical action is coated in […]

Removing a stuck Remington 700 barrel

February 28, 2021 Bill Marr 0

I pull (unthread) rifle barrels from actions on an almost daily basis. Often, most of the most stubborn actions can be removed with the proper barrel & action vise and a little bit of effort. […]