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 […]

Gunsmithing

1911 Front sight Installation

April 1, 2013 Bill Marr 0

1911 Front sight installation We decided to upgrade the sights on our Colt Series 80 Officer’s ACP.  In addition to adding a Heine Ledge rear sight, we needed to replace the factory front sight with […]

Gunsmithing

Chambering a Rifle Barrel

March 6, 2013 Bill Marr 0

Chambering a rifle barrel. In this article, we thread and chamber a barrel blank to install on the action we previously blueprinted.  We will reference an action worksheet developed by Brownells, which is available for download here.  Note: I […]