As guns grow old, rubber recoil pads start to degrade. Vintage rifles and shotguns with steel plates didn’t have this problem. Early signs of degradation include abnormal hardness, cracking or crumbling of the pad material. […]
Sheared screw removal (drill and back out) As gun owners, we’ll encounter screws, pins and fasteners that are damaged in a number of ways. If we are lucky, removing them will be fairly straight forward, […]
Browning Auto-5 Sheared Magazine Tube Removal In the short time we’ve had our Pro Shop open, we’ve had some fairly major repairs walk in. This is one of them. A Browning Auto-5 that had its […]
Worst case scenario pin and screw removal- EDM machining in gunsmithing At the shop we tend to be exposed to some pretty unique challenges. Being the only full-service gunsmithing machine shop on an island with […]
Stripped screw removal (RMR from pistol) Stripped, broken and sheared screws are the bane of any gun owners existence. Often problems are encountered from a myriad of reasons ranging from poor quality fasteners to damage […]
Sling swivel stud (QD stud) installation with KLEINENDORST – SLING SWIVEL DRILL FIXTURE I’ve been in the gun business a long time. Back in the late 90s I worked at the local gun shop, one of the most […]
Mossberg 500/590 Choke Installation I’m a big fan of installing choke tube systems on shorter-barreled shotguns. Adding one offers increased versatility. Your shorty isn’t simply relegated to a home defense role in the closet, now […]
Installation and removal of the barrel nut is the highest torque operation on an AR-15/M16 M4, AR-10, 308 AR type rifle. For this to be successfully accomplished, the upper receiver needs to be properly secured. […]
Installing a muzzle brake between centers It’s been a while since I posted a stand alone muzzle brake installation. Most of the brake installations on this site are on custom barreled match rifles, typically as […]
Chinese Type 53 Carbine (Mosin) sight removal I had a customer bring in a Chinese Type 53 Carbine. He wanted to remove the front and rear sight assemblies. The sights on these guns are similar […]
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