Gunsmithing

Porting a shotgun barrel with a drill

January 17, 2014 Bill Marr 0

Porting a shotgun helps decrease muzzle rise and felt recoil.  I decided to port the 18.5″ barrel on my 870 Remington shotgun.  This is a quick and easy project that requires minimum tooling. I ordered […]

Gunsmithing

How to bed a rifle scope base

January 17, 2014 Bill Marr 0

An important part of building an accurate rifle is eliminating stress in the various components.  On the Remington 700, once piece scope bases can often require bedding in order to get the most out of […]

Gunsmithing

Badger Ordnance FTE Brake Installation

December 1, 2013 Bill Marr 0

The Badger Ordnance FTE Muzzle brake is a fairly popular design.  The large expansion chambers provide excellent recoil reduction and a cool look.  Easily indexed and removed from a rifle as needed, installation of the […]

Gunsmithing

Truing The Bolt On A Remington 700

November 3, 2013 Bill Marr 0

Blueprinting, or truing a rifle action ensures the receiver face, threads, lugs, bolt lugs and bolt face are square to the center line of the receiver.  As part of the blueprinting process for bolt action rifles, the bolt […]