We’ve been grinding a lot of recoil pads with the B&R recoil pad grinding fixture at the shop lately. Our current mounting fixture leaves a lot to be desired. If you look in the bottom […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Tikka T3/T3X is a great action to build a custom rifle on. They tend to be straight, have a decent factory trigger and don’t have a separate M700-style recoil lug. As an added bonus, […]
.22 barrel liner installation .22 Long Rifle (.22LR) is an important cartridge that deserves more time on this site. Inexpensive to shoot and easily found chambered in rifles throughout the world, the .22 LR serves […]
What is a gunsmith? If you take a look around, you’ll find a wide variety of opinions on the matter. Some will argue there aren’t many “real” gunsmiths, while others think assembling an AR parts […]
The Howa 1500 action offers a lot of potential for the precision rifle shooter. While appearing externally similar to the Remington 700, further inspection finds many differences including a flat bottom receiver, M16 type extractor […]
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