Resource Directory Issue #83

A Note from the President . . .
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Note From The President
GunTech Program Guide
Jack's Corner
Restoring the Winchester
Model 57 - Part 3
We Get Letters!
Name That Part Contest!
Jack's Dumb Statements
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Let’s face it traveling isn’t always fun, in fact these days sometimes it can be an incredible hassle. I am not really a huge fan of
getting naked in line with a few hundred strangers just so I can
get blasted with some radiation, walk through a detector, get frisked by some big bubba
(or bubbette!) and then have to get dressed again quickly while running for my flight.
Then I’m boarding a plane where I will find myself crammed into a tiny seat and fed
peanuts (if I am lucky) or worse, starved, unless I purchase overpriced meals served in
cardboard. Finally I’ll find myself needing to stand in line, subservient, and ready to present my passport at some backwater destination, nervous that somehow I might get
detained, hassled or worse . . .
After going through all of that, I sometimes end up in a rundown hotel that looks (or
smells) nothing like the pictures on its website. Instead it has fungus on the walls, suspect sheets or creepy crawlers, noisy neighbors or poor service, and ridiculous fees for
wireless, mini bars or even water.
Even after ALL of THAT, I still LOVE traveling!
Why?! Because, as a result of traveling around the world I have learned to appreciate
what we have here in the Good Ol' USA. In spite of what those idiots in Washington D.C.
are trying to do to us, we are still (at the moment) the freest country in the world with
the best Constitution and a Bill of Rights! We also typically have a better lifestyle with
good infrastructure, safety and security. Hey the toilets even flush here and we have
round doorknobs! May we never take it all for granted!
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There are lots of other benefits of travel and other reasons I love it; the stories, the adventures, the food! I have eaten panther, horse, and lord knows what else, including some
things I was afraid to ask about, and enjoyed it. I have walked down dark and foreboding alley ways, been in mountains, deserts, jungles, war zones, tourist traps and enjoyed
it all. I have been stranded in airports, bus terminals, at ports, and on lonely roads and
still, I loved it.
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Why? Because GOD has given us the opportunity to explore life, run into obstacles and
through faith and perseverance find our way to safety, or even to amazing, beautiful
places that you would not see otherwise. Traveling reminds you that you are alive and all
the things you think are so troubling and so overwhelming are only a short season in
your life.
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Why I love to Travel
I always tell myself when I run into a painful or difficult situation “This too shall pass”. It
is the hope that we can always hang on to. I have to tell the truth, I really do have fun
traveling, even when things are frustrating. I still have fun and it improves me as a person when I persevere and overcome some trial or tribulation. It can be a situation like a
language issue, a transportation break down, money problem, business or licensing
issue or being hassled by some bureaucracy. It doesn’t really matter what it is, it all builds
character. It teaches you to press on, to push through. It stretches you.
This is why many people need a vacation after the vacation. My son will tell you that I
push the envelope, often trying to do too much (no such thing in my book) in the time
available which tends to result in problems. Not that I go looking for problems, but
adventuring often brings them to me or me to them, whichever the case may be.
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GunTech
Program Guide
What’s in this Month’s Issue?
What can you count on like clockwork every March? No, it’s
not some groundhog coming out of his hole to see his shadow. It’s not even spring rains and warmer weather! Those
things usually happen, but the annual SHOT Show edition of
GunTech? Well, that ALWAYS happens, so get ready for the
download that is this year’s jam-packed SHOT Show issue of
. . . GunTech!
New locking and
non-locking
.22 loaders,
and a pink
Uplula to match
our editor’s eyes
Maglula
If you have been a member for awhile
you’ve not only heard us talk about the
Maglula but you’ve also seen us USE it
when we are at the range pumping hundreds of rounds through the evaluation
guns for reliability! We love our “lulas”
because they make loading magazines easy AND fast. We’ve
heard there are new things at
Maglula, so Jack stops by to pay
them a visit and say thanks for a
past favor.
D Dupleks
Last year we discovered them and Gene checked out their
cool (and effective) new expanding shotgun round. This year
they’ve added something new, it’s a slug but not a slug. How
is that possible? Because it starts out its life as a slug until it
hits something,
then it becomes a frangible slug because
it wasn’t really quite a slug to begin with. It can actually penetrate a plastic water bottle sitting right up against another
one without damaging the second bottle!
Browning Maxus Hunter - Maple
Browning
Jack shoots the new Maxus Hunter shotgun at the range
and then stops by the Browing booth to learn more. In addition to showing him all the features of the new Maxus, Jack
also gets a look at Browning’s new version of the A5.
Although it has some of the styling cues of the original and
the same moniker, it is NOT your grandpappy’s A5 shotgun!
The new A5, recoil operated but not like Mr. Browning’s
MTM CASE-GARD
Gene stops in at one of the leading injection-molding companies to look at a new product that is quite different from what
the rest of the world is up to in plastic containers these days.
This unit is designed to not only CYA but also to SYA when
things are not going well. It can also be used to make sure
that your important
goodies are safe from
thieves, sun and moisture. The seal system
combined with the shovel protector and vapor
bag give it superior protection and if that’s not
enough, you’ll LOVE the
price!
The MTM Case-Gard Survivor “Ammo Can”
Caracal 9mm Carbine
Caracal
You may remember the segment we recently aired
where Ken reviewed the new Caracal pistol… well, Gene
drops in to see what’s new and takes a close look at their new
carbine. He also gets us an update on why we were unable to
get a pistol for evaluation last year.
JGS Precision Floating
Pilot Chambering Reamers
JGS
JGS makes reamers. JGS is in Coos Bay, Oregon (about 55
miles from Darrell and 30 miles from Ken and Bob). Jack visits their booth to find out about all their services from standard reamers for the manufacturers, to the individual reamers
for individuals. Their quality is second to none and their prices
quite affordable.
X Products 50-round drum
magazine for AR-15/M-16
X Products
X Products has two
new drum magazines
for the AR-15 platform that are similar to other drum mags
and yet quite different. It is the specific differences that make
them better in several ways. They take the time to show Gene
these differences when he stops in at their booth. One of the
differences is in the way they lubricate the mags so they run
smoother and more reliably, another is the way they are constructed and sealed which makes them impervious to mud,
dirt, sand, etc.
Blue Gun's 1911 Training Gun
Blueguns
We’ve all seen them one place or another. Some of us
have used them before in training. They are the infamous blue resin guns. Perfect in every detail to the original firearm and even close in weight, they are perfect from a
wide variety of practice scenarios. Gene checks out their full
line and shows us what an important tool they can be to
improving our shooting skills.
Majestic Arms
If you’ve been a member for more than a year, you know that
Jack regularly checks in with his friend “Dino” of Majestic
Arms to see what new goodies he has come up with.
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This year Jack pays him a visit for another important reason.
Majestic is one of only two gunsmiths in New York City, the
only firearms manufacturer, and he’s located in Staten Island.
We all know what they went through earlier this winter! Dino
and his wife Joanne share
their first-hand accounts of
what happened during the
storm and how they are
rebuilding and weathering
the storm of new gun restrictions issued by Governor
Cuomo.
Dino and Joanne
Longueira and Jodi
Field Optics
As Gene & Keith work their way around the show, Gene often
stops to do a short “stand-up” when he finds a great new
product that he simply HAS to show you. In this way we cover
more companies and product throughout the show. Field
Optics is a company with MANY great products for the care
and maintenance of your scopes, rangefinders, cameras and
anything else with a lens on it you might be using in the field.
Many times the problem is that when our lens gets dirty we
don’t have a proper cleaning device WITH US at the
moment! This new product
from Field Optics will solve
that problem once and forever.
Field Optics Field Cleaning Kit
Armscor .22 TCM Full Size 2011 with VZ GRIP
Armscor
Last year they showed us their new
.22 TCM cartridge at the range. It seemed like
it would be a little screamer but you know how
many times new items never actually reach production. Jack returns to talk with company founder Martin Tuason
and find out. Not only are they in production with the powerful little cartridge, they are also producing a pistol for it!
Martin gives Jack all the inside details on both.
G•Outdoors
It all started when Keith left the AGI
booth for a “necessary”. . . Gene, Jack
and Ken aren’t the only ones keeping
an Eagle-eye out for great new
products. In fact, Keith knows
that Gene tends to focus on certain categories so he often
insists that Gene stop and
check out other items. This was
G Products
the case with G’ Outdoors and
GPS Wild About
Shooting Handgunners Backpack
we can ALL benefit from it! They
offer a new line of range/field bags that are better AND different than the rest of the competition. As Gene put it, “They
have thought of EVERYTHING!” Needless to say, both Gene
and Keith couldn’t leave the show without one.
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New North American Arms Sidewinder with
swing out cylinder and ejector
North American Arms
Gene (and Jack!) loves the tiny
little .22 revolvers from North
American Arms. He has shown them to us
before. They are well-made and reliable and, because they
are small, you can carry them ALWAYS no matter what you
are wearing. We ALL know that the best gun is the one you
have with you. This year Gene checks in with them and shows
us the latest developments which are easier, faster loading
AND… a real ejector!
Winchester Ammunition
Jack is a .17 caliber
aficionado and the new
.17 Winchester Super
Magnum is the fastest,
most powerful rimfire
cartridge on the market. 600 feet per second faster than the
.17HMR with comparable bullet weights, Wow!
Silencerco
We ALL know that Gene has a lifelong love-affair with
suppressors (silencers). Last year one of the engineers from
Silencerco did a great job of teaching Gene and the rest of us
all about how they solved many common suppressor problems with their innovative designs. We had planned on getting some in later that year to test and evaluate on camera but
the “wires got crossed” and it didn’t happen. This year, Gene
re-establishes communications AND has a chance to testdrive their new .30 cal suppressor on range day. Watch and
“hear” the silence.
The .270 (.277) 110GR ESP Raptor multi
use bullet from Cutting Edge Bullets
Cutting Edge Bullets
Any of us who have done
reloading know that a bullet
isn’t JUST a bullet! There are
SO many different types, sizes,
shapes and weights out there it can be confusing. Through
our experienced instructors at AGI, we try to make sense of
that by giving you pointers on what we find works best in different situations. Jack explained these products in detail in
his column last month, here’s the interview with the designer.
A thin steel liner is “cold coated” with titanium to create a
super light, super strong barrel
Gunwright
Some of the very BEST innovations
that come along are the result of combining state-of-the-art technology
which didn’t exist until a few years
ago, with technologies and techniques
from WAY back. In this case, the folks
at Gunwright took a technology developed over 100 years ago that was used
heavily in the aerospace
industry, and utilized it to create rifle barrels that are VERY
lightweight, yet strong, accurate and durable. Using actual samples from different
stages in the process, they
show us the result of this cool application of old and new
technologies that renders a barrel SO light (how light is it!?),
it cuts the weight of your rifle by nearly HALF with no other
modifications.
The i Scope Smart Phone holder
i Scope
I scope,
you scope,
we all
scope.
Then we
stalk and
make the
shot of a
lifetime
only to wish that someone else, ANYONE else, had been there
to see it! How many times has that happened to YOU?! We
know it happens to Jack ALL the time because we read his
tall tales (every word is Gospel True – Ed) of adventure nearly
every month in his column.
Well boys and girls . . . now there is a solution that is affordable, fast and so easy to use that even we technology challenged Napa hill-types can figure it out!
i Scope has come up with a bracket that allows you to snap
your iPhone, Droid or other cell phone onto the back of your
riflescope, giving you the ability to do TWO things. First it
allows you to “see” through your scope (via the cellphone’s
camera) with BOTH eyes open when you take your shot.
Second, with the push of a button on your phone it lets you
record VIDEO of your once-in-a-lifetime shot that you can
upload immediately to share with your friends. Modern technology takes “hunter social media” and bragging rights to a
WHOLE ‘nother level Jim-Bob (no offense meant toward anyone named Jim-Bob, we truly love you)!
the AR platform, that’s right… shotguns! What he finds is a
whole new twist on his favorite rice-paddy companion from
back in the day.
Vision Engraving Systems
Many of our members are gunsmiths
who want to get into one form of customizing or another. A few are in the
process developing and marketing their
own products. Well, what if you want to
personalize, serial number or simply
put your company name or logo
Vision Engraving Systems new iMark-IT
on a firearm or accessory?
Desktop engraving system
Now one of the oldest engraving system manufacturers is
offering systems that are sized and priced for both the small
manufacturer AND the custom gunsmith. We get to see their
machines in action and the results of what they can do on
both flat surfaces AND barrels. Whether it’s as simple as a
serial number or company name or it’s a work of art, these
machines can handle it
with ease and produce
gorgeous results.
Display Solutions
A couple years ago
Gene showed you an
innovative pistol display
case for gun store
owners that featured a
nearly impenetrable
rollup door. It turned
your display case into a
gun vault in mere
seconds when closingtime came.
Case open . . .
This year he stops by to
show you their newest
addition which is a display
case/vault for long guns!
Just as handsome and
rugged as the handgun
display case, this is another
great time and spacesaving addition for any gun
shop.
Firebird Precision's take on the AKDAL MKA1919 12 gauge semi auto shotgun for serious games or serious social interactions
Firebird Precision
When is an AR not an AR?
Well, probably never as long as the lower receiver is an “AR”
lower, but this one is definitely not Jack’s jungle-rifle anymore! Last year we stopped in at Ten-X to check out their
innovative “shotgun accessory” for your AR-15. But this isn’t
an accessory, this converts the whole gun. Jack stops in at
Firebird Precision to check out their line of shotguns built on
. . . . Case closed
Uselton Arms
It seems that some of our
instructors (who will remain
unnamed) find the television show “Big Bang Theory” a
favorite guilty (Guilty my posterior – Ed.) pleasure.
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Jack’s
Corner
by Jack Landis
AGI Technical Services Manager,
GCA Connection and
GunTech Editor
Column redux; I have been asked about these same exact
problems about a half dozen times in the past two weeks,
hence the repetition of never outdated truths.
I don’t know about you, but most of my learning opportunities
(AKA screw-ups) have come about because I was in a hurry
and didn’t take the time to think logically through the situation that I was seeing from the beginning of the mechanical
sequence to its end, determine what was REALLY the problem, and what was the best way to resolve it. The poor result
is almost always because I didn’t follow a procedure that I
knew well from A, to B, to C, etc.
Because I knew it so well and because I was in a hurry, for
whatever reason, and because I thought I knew what the
problem was off the top of my head, I went from A directly to
G and thence to M without taking the intervening B, C, D
steps of the procedure. Sometimes I just quit doing C, D, and
E because the things I’m checking for in those steps usually
don’t occur. Well I’m here to tell you, “usually” ain’t “always”!
It happens quite often when I’m doing projects and reviews
for GunTech. The camera is running, the lights are on, and
producer is waiting for the idiot in front of the camera (moi)
to get going and get it right. A minor hiccough occurs with
the gun or my fingers and, rather than taking a deep breath
and returning to square one, I opt to attack it directly.
This occurred recently when I was working on a pistol and
following the manufacturer’s instructions, when some unintended parts fell out of the gun. Rather than taking the rest
of the affected parts out and reassembling the gun from that
point, I opted to try to start in the middle and replace just the
miscreant parts. Wrong move!!
I wasted a huge amount of time fighting it instead of taking
an extra 5 minutes to do it right. Some years ago I told you
how to make your own “Auto release" bolt release for the
10/22. I did this to a gun I was building for someone and
couldn’t get it to release smoothly when the bolt was drawn
back. I went back and adjusted the contour of the slot, polished it so bright my wife was using it to check her make-up,
and it still didn’t release.
You will notice that what I DIDN’T do was go back and check
6 for the correct function of each part in the train from the
beginning of the process to the end. When I finally got around
to noticing that the plastic bolt release the man gave me to
use had very pronounced mold lines around it and that the
bolt release was rubbing against it, it took me about 1 minute
with an Exacto knife to remove the molding flash and solve
the problem. Had I followed a logical problem investigation
process, I’d have saved an hour of labor and a great deal of
frustration.
Another time I was mystified because a tightly fitted up barrel by a highly respected aftermarket maker locked up
smoothly, but didn’t shoot as well as I thought it should.
Instead of having checked all of the things I should have
before shooting the gun, I assumed from the bullet groups, in
the absence of any other corroborating evidence, that I knew
what the problem was.
Luckily, before I started hacking away at the lock-up points, I
saw a dummy cartridge on the bench while I was holding the
barrel in my hand. Even more luckily, my Good Gunsmith Fairy
whispered in my shell like ear that it might be worthwhile to
drop the 9mm dummy into the chamber of the barrel in the
big dummy’s hand. Son of a Gun! I’ll be darned if the case
didn’t stick out a few thousandths past the end of the barrel
hood! Dropped a GO gauge into it and whipped out my trusty
digital calipers, turns out that because of a few file strokes I
gave it while fitting it to the slide, it had about .002” negative
headspace.
It locked up smoothly empty, but the rim dragged against the
breech face when it tried to feed live ammo. I deepened the
chamber ~.004” with a chamber reamer turned by hand, and
problem solved. Since I’d never had an issue with this maker’s
headspacing, even after minor hood shortening for fitting, I
had begun to assume and act as if it wasn’t ever going to
happen. WRONG, check always!!
I had sort of the same problem with another famous barrel
maker’s product several years ago, except that this one would
not go into battery when firing live ammo. I had installed a
dozen or so of these nice ramped 1911 barrels and never had
a problem with them. Another very competent and experienced gunsmith told me what he thought the problem was
and even though I really didn’t think so, I let him have at.
After the problem turned out to be a burr on the case mouth
shoulder in the chamber which was stopping the cartridge
several thousandths short, I had to replace the $35 part that
he’d “fixed” that hadn’t had anything to do with the problem.
The problem was again solved by using a hand-turned chamber reamer to remove the burr. If I’d taken the time to headspace check the gun after I finished fitting it up, Yep, you’re
right, I’d have saved a bunch of time, money, frustration, and
embarrassment. My buddy was a little embarrassed too, but
he was copping to nuthin’.
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Program Guide Continued . . .
Uselton Arms has a light weight frame
with heavyweight durability
Although the rest of us can’t
understand that, Uselton
Arms has a whole new “Big
Bang Theory” of their own that just
might become a guiltypleasure for the rest of us!
They are producing 1911
frames that are stronger
and more durable than other lightweight frames because they
have rails made of stainless steel. The secret is that the rails
are an integral part of the WHOLE aluminum or titanium
frame. They are not “attached” they are FUSED to the frame
with a process called “explosive bonding” (yes, they actually
use a high-powered explosion to fuse the two metals)!
Mag Tactical Systems
Speaking of Titanium . . . Mag Tactical Systems is forging new
ground using titanium to injection mold AR receivers! This
process produces a receiver that is so light it weighs half of
what a standard receiver does yet has more strength. The
injection molding process is so FAST that they can produce
receivers at lightning speed.
Mag Tactical Systems cast
Titanium lowers, looking
just about “Good to go”
right out of the mold
The process is so
flawless that
when the
receivers come
out of the mold
they have to be
serial-numbered
IMMEDIATELY
because they are
more than 85%
complete! The
final benefit of
using injection
molding is that it
produces a titanium receiver at a
LOWER COST
than one produced with traditional machining. Faster, stronger, lighter AND more affordable… could this be the “Superman” of AR receivers?
Beretta’s new Xplor 20 gauge semi-auto shotgun
Beretta
If you’ve learned ANYTHING as a GCA member it’s that Jack
loves shotguns, so it goes without saying that he stops by the
Beretta booth every year! Well, on Media Day at the range he
shoots their new 20 gauge Xplor. Duly impressed, he then visits their booth to give us a close-up look at all the features
Beretta has packed into this new addition to an already
impressive shotgun line-up.
The Chiappa “Triple Threat” Tri-Barrel 12
gauge Shotgun, with “Take-down” stock
Chiappa
We are to the end of this year’s SHOT Show issue and we
saved one of our favorite segments ‘til now. If there is one
MORE thing you’ve learned as a GCA member it’s that we
have a good relationship with Chiappa firearms and YOU
benefit from that! We were the FIRST to look inside the new
Rhino revolver, we had nearly all their guns available for you
to shoot at Gunstock. Ron Norton, President of Chiappa USA,
even made himself available to Gunstock attendees for
roundtable discussions of YOUR questions.
So it goes without saying that since Chiappa keeps introducing innovative, fun and affordable firearms and we’ve gotten
to know them better, they are one of the first places we run
to at the SHOT Show to check out what’s new. This year was
no different. The entire AGI video and writing staff elbowed
their way over to the Chiappa booth at the range.
Check it out as Gene, Jack, Lenee and Jacob all take turns
trying out some great new guns from Chiappa. Watch as
Gene gets “fast & loose” (literally) as he tries something that
we see all the time in the movies!
Disassembly/Reassembly Course
By this time your head must be reeling from the HUGE number of segments in this year’s SHOT Show issue! You’re probably asking yourself, “HOW did they DO that!!!??” Simple, as
usual we extended the run time of this issue to give you a
BONUS of nearly 30 minutes of extra footage. But that’s not
all . . . The producer carefully selected the Disassembly/
Reassembly Course this month in order to give another exclusive that was short enough to let us cram even MORE into
this issue than we usually do!
This month Ken guides you
through the complete disRuger SR-556 Piston
Drive AR
assembly and reassembly
of the new Ruger SR-556 AR-style rifle. What makes that special is that this rifle has a gas-piston system. Since most of
you are already aware of how to disassemble and reassemble
a traditional AR lower (and we have Armorer’s Courses available for those who don't), Ken spends ALL his time on the
details of the upper and Ruger’s new piston drive.
So there you have it! We’re giving you a two-for-one bonus in
this month’s issue: First, an exclusive look at Ruger’s new rifle,
and second, the . . . SHOT Show issue of GunTech!
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Restoring the
Winchester
Model 57
Part Three of Four
sequent polishing would continue to remove metal until a
uniform surface was achieved.
Back in the Dawn of Time, I had seven seasons fighting forest fires in the great and largely flammable State of California,
and from day one of that youthful adventure, I carried a file to
keep my hand tools sharp. Now, in my AARP years I have an
assortment of files and rasps to keep my tools sharp, and I
treat them all well. To this end I have file storage to keep
them off of each other.
You can never have 'too many' files
By David E. Fey
Having this many files
around led me to investigate just how I could
expand my filing experience into new arenas.
AGI Practical Gunsmithing Course Graduate,
AGI Certified Law Enforcement Armorer,
Certified Glock Armorer, GCA Member
Draw Filing and Polishing
I wanted to learn about hand polishing and started with AGI’s
Metal Refinishing and Hot Caustic Bluing Course which gave a
good lesson on power polishing, but demonstrated hand polishing only to the extent of showing what to do when power
polishing won’t work. Gene Shuey demonstrated a shoeshine technique with 240 grit to achieve a satin finish on a
barrel that appeared to be in satisfactory condition, that is,
light to no corrosion.
For reasons he described in the video, Mr. Shuey’s work on
the double barrels would have been mostly by hand rather
than with power tools. Though he didn’t film the process, his
extensive explanation of the technique and materials to polish the barrel prior to rust bluing was satisfactory.
His treatment of an S&W revolver illustrated additional hand
polishing techniques on surfaces that were either difficult to
reach with power polishing or presented light corrosive pitting. A Colt revolver presented very mild corrosion he called
‘frosting.’ His polishing method used coated abrasives to
reduce the surface to the point where it lay below the level of
corrosion.
The video’s summary description of basic techniques for polishing merely whetted my appetite. My question remained:
how to polish a firearm that presented significant surface corrosion but was otherwise serviceable? Around this time I had
picked up Andrew Dubino’s Gunsmithing with Simple Hand
Tools (Stackpole Books, 1987), an excellent resource of old
school gunsmithing techniques. Dubino devoted an entire
chapter to files and filing techniques.
I had intended to use Dubino’s draw file technique to begin
restoration of a clean and polished surface. Before starting
on my friend’s rifle, I practiced with a “sacrificial” 12 gauge
shotgun barrel1 to gain some experience and confidence.
Draw filing fills the same requirement leveling does in sanding. Sandor Nagyszalanczy writes in The Wood Sanding Book
(The Taunton Press, 1997)2 that “the point of leveling is to
sand below all defects and end up with a flat, consistent surface that’s ready for further smoothing (my emphasis). …You
must sand the entire surface of the part down to just below
the depth of the defect.”
Another author confirmed this commonality of both wood and
metal finishing. Doug Briney writes in his The Home
Machinist’s Handbook3 that draw filing “is used when a
smooth, level finish is desired.”
Dubino writes, “The file used for draw filing is usually a single-cut mill file or a long-angle lathe file. It is held so that the
long axis of the file is at a right angle to the direction of the
stroke. The principle behind draw filing is that the file teeth
are at such a cutting angle as to produce a shearing cut
rather than a straight cut as with straight filing.”
My preparation goal was to surface clean to the point where
contaminants wouldn’t gum up the abrasive tools. This
involved a wire brushing and degreasing, cleaning the barrel,
soaking overnight in Evaporust to remove the surface rust,
washing with hot soapy water and wiping dry.
Compared with push filing (straight forward filing), the draw
file cuts more aggressively and the teeth fill up (or pin) quickly with long filings. I found it necessary to clean the file with
As I have noted, the barrel presented substantial surface corrosion, the receiver was also in need of work but was in better shape. The corrosion defects may have been only a few
thousandths deep, but to achieve a surface worthy of polishing it would be necessary to remove a relatively significant
amount of metal so the new overall surface would be just
above the depth of corrosion. “Just above,” because the sub-
2 Yeah, the irony of a guy named “Sandor” writing a book about sanding!
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3 1983, TAB Books.
1 I had an old shotgun barrel handy but a ½” black pipe would suffice to gain
experience how to draw file, what posture to use, various grips, etc.
a wire brush every few strokes but also found it convenient to
move the file a notch to the left or right so I could get several good long strokes in before having to card the file. The filings not only pin up the file and reduce its effectiveness but
may also scratch the metal deeper than the file’s teeth would.
On the other hand, because push filing is not as aggressive
to level the work piece, it takes much longer to get to the
desired leveling so polishing can begin.
scratches. In contrast, a scratch in polished gun metal will
stand out like a sore thumb, so polished metal should be uniform in appearance.
Initial draws of the file revealed that the surface of the barrel
was not entirely flat. High and low spots appeared with the
first few strokes but were quickly minimized and a uniform
flatness emerged. Incidentally, both the sacrificial barrel and
the Winchester barrels presented this.
Whether to move from 80 grit to 100 grit or 120 grit, it is only
necessary to use the coarsest grit to remove all scratches
from the last grit used, and to balance time and materials.
I took care not to file over any roll marks or proof stamps.
Like the corrosion defects, roll marks and stamps would have
easily been reduced by draw filing and whatever trace
remained would have been lost in the subsequent sanding
schedule.
Because the file is flat and rigid, and the work piece is round,
when one draw files along the axis of the barrel, one is creating a narrow flat surface along what was a round circumference, like a microscopic version of a hex or octagonal barrel:
centagonal? Milagonal?
The draw file work on the Winchester took several hours to
complete. Out of curiosity, I occasionally experimented by
applying cold blue to portions of the work piece to see if this
would reveal any other defects or areas that needed special
attention. The cold bluing highlighted the scratch pattern and
served as a reminder to carefully inspect the work before
moving on to the next step in the sanding schedule.
Now that 90% of the work is done . . .
the other 90% begins!
Once draw filing is complete, Dubino advised to start with a
grit aggressive enough to lower the edges of the now multifaceted surface of the barrel and reestablish an appropriate
radius to the barrel. His sanding schedule was 80 grit/120
grit/240 grit/320 grit/400 grit/ and 500 grit.
The experts have spoken: level first, then polish. Sandor suggests, “Ideally, you want to remove 70% of the waste with the
first (grit), 20% with the second, and the remaining 10% with
the third. The three-pass technique helps you remove stock
evenly as you go, leaving a level surface devoid of deep
scratches.”
Thus, I followed Dubino’s advice and added a few more grits
to the sanding schedule. My schedule was close and convenient because I had 80 grit, 100 grit, 150 grit, 220 grit on
hand. I later bought a 1” roll of 320 grit to finish.
Now, even though I just spent several hours draw filing the
barrel, I was really reluctant to start with an aggressive 80 grit
because I knew it would scratch the tar out of the metal.
Apparently, I was not alone: Sandor writes that “the biggest
mistake most woodworkers make when leveling is not starting with a coarse enough grit to sand out defects.” So I followed a conservative path with 220 grit, and the effect
was…wait for it…predictably poor. 220 grit just polished the
high points and left the flats untouched. So, now educated
by the expert’s advice, I started with 80 grit.
I had earlier experimented with my sacrificial shotgun barrel
to see the effects of starting with 80 grit and not draw filing
at all. After exhausting one strip of 80 grit paper each on two
places on the corroded barrel, the part not draw filed still
exhibited a substantial amount of pitting as well as an 80 grit
scratch pattern.
The pits are still evident when sanded without draw filing.
The area draw filed first, then sanded, showed a similar
scratch pattern but there was clearly no pitting.
The draw filing counts for the first pass, leveling the work
piece and reducing metal to the limit of corrosion. There
were clearly no pits when I was done.
Sandor’s milieu is wood, which is clearly more tolerant than
metal to a three pass level-and-polish system because the
grain or figure of wood competes for your eye with small
Look Ma, no pits!
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Dubino recommends a shoe-shine technique he terms “cross
polishing,” that is, polishing with a strip of sand paper at a
right angle to the axis of the barrel much as one would polish
a shoe with a rag (if you are of an age to remember polishing
shoes!).
After a few false starts I ended up making about 1” wide
strips from the longest dimension of whole sandpaper sheets.
Simple enough, I folded a sheet along its long dimension,
folded again and again to arrive at a suitable width: narrow
enough to focus sanding pressure and long enough to
achieve a sufficient stroke across the piece.
Holding the paper at its ends the shoe-polish technique
worked fine but after a bit my hands started to fatigue from
the pinching action. I looked around the shop to improve the
durability of this technique and spied two large spring
clamps. They have vinyl tips which evenly distributed the
pressure across the ends of the paper and hold it firmly. This
worked well for the 80 grit which has a stout backing paper;
but with finer grits it seemed that the backing paper’s tensile
strength was weaker and the paper would tear easily. My
response was to back the paper with a length of masking
tape which worked fine.
The clips permitted me to use the larger muscle groups in my
hands and arms and were therefore much easier to use for a
longer time.
The strip of paper in this photo is
only about half as long as the
length I actually used,
The 80 grit is very
aggressive and left a
noticeable scratch pattern perpendicular to the
draw filing pattern, and it
was effective in leveling
the file’s tracks. Just like in wood work, progressing up the
sanding schedule (100 grit, 150 grit, 220 grit, and 320 grit) did
its magic. Unlike the draw filing, sanding was very kind to the
dove tails as the shoe shine technique simply wraps around
the barrel’s radius.
A 1” x 11” strip would take care of about 6” of barrel. I overlapped frequently and rather than replace the strips when I
could feel that they lost their bite, I worked the strips long
after they were cutting to burnish the scratch pattern. As a
result each step in the sanding schedule used a complete
sheet of sand paper.
Brownell’s Dicropan IM instructions recommended not polishing past 500. I was satisfied with the appearance of the
metal at 320 grit so I stopped there.
Continued next month ◆
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Jack's Corner Continued . . .
To sum up; it will take you less time in the long run, cost you
less money to fix stupid mistakes, and certainly do less damage to your ego and reputation if you ALWAYS take the time
to follow all of the steps in a tried and true process, think all
observed problems through in a logical manner, and use the
problem identification and solution process known as The
AGI (Dunlap) Method: Design, Function, Repair. As the saying goes, “There’s never enough time to do it right, but always
enough time to do it over”.
‘Til next month, break some new ground ‘smithing and shooting, and introduce someone new to each,
(800)797-0867 x 104 • (818)833-9030 Fax
jlandis@americangunsmith.com ◆
We Get Letters!
This month we only have room for one and it's particularly
nice and makes us all feel that the work we put in is well
worth it. If something we did makes someone successful and
feeling justifiably good about themselves, well, it makes us
feel pretty good about ourselves and our jobs as well. Ed.
Dear Gene,
Just wanted to thank everyone at AGI. I would have
never expected I could be a gunsmith. But as of this
day I am now a professional gunsmith thanks to
everyone at AGI.
I was in a terrible accident three years ago and suffered brain damage because of the accident. With your
training and Bob's teaching ability I am now a professional gunsmith. I won't say it was a piece of cake, but
I was able to pursue my dream even with my disability. Also a thank you to Jack Landis who, when I was
having trouble, was there to guide and direct me with
any problems I was having at that time.
Once again thank you so much to everyone that helped
me reach my goal and dream - being a professional
gunsmith. I am still not used to my new title, but I
have the rest of my life to get used to it!
Thanks again, John H.
-----------------------Dear John,
I just wanted to thank you for your email to the entire
AGI team. This is what we live for, to change lives! I
really appreciate you taking the time to send it.
Congratulations again on achieving your personal goal
and letting us share the adventure with you.
Best regards,
Gene Kelly - President of the American Gunsmithing
Institute
Congratulations to the 15 of you who took the time to email me an answer to this
month’s question. We had 14 correct answers, that our part is the 7 ½” AR/M16 pistol
barrel. Two of you actually knew that it was made by Phase 5 Tactical. OK, I’m impressed
and Mr. Kelly probably won’t squeal when he finds out only two of you are looting
the AGI/GCA treasury for an additional $20 AGI each. We said we’d take the first,
last before publication, fifth and twelfth correct responses for the first three prizes
and Honorable Mention. This month's winners are shown below.
*$50 limit
OK, here’s another slam dunk since it seems that’s all that get you guys up out of the
Barcalounger to email me. We are going to pay off based on the “function” of the part and
the gun it belongs to. By that I mean is it a Colt, S&W, AK, etc. hammer, trigger,
discomfrabulator, etc. We’ll pay an additional $20 AGI if you know who makes it. Once again
we’ll take first, last before publication, fifth, and twelfth correct answers for the first three prizes
and Honorable Mention. Don’t be slothful, we’re talking free money from Mr. Kelly here! !
You can call me with the answer ONLY if:
1. You do not have a computer/email access.
2. You call (800) 797-0867, ext. 104 between 0800 - 1700 PST Mon - Fri.
3. If you get my voicemail, you leave your name, phone number, and guess.
The voicemail time stamps, so be CLEAR with the info.
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of the Month's Winner . . .
We had a winner!!!
After we had a winner last month, who did his Happy
Dance all the way to the bank, nobody caught Jack
out this month. This may give his bruised ego time to
mend. Good luck to the rest of you in your search
this month. There are three that I caught. Remember
we’re not talking opinions here, opinions are like noses,
everyone is entitled to one.
By “Dumb Statement” we mean a real, unnoticed and uncorrected erroneous statement, i.e.
saying hammer instead of striker, Colt instead of Smith & Wesson.
Don’t despair, keep looking and listening.
Thanks for your Support!
By Lenée Landis, Hot Brass Editor
Recently I was on the GCA webcast as Jack hosted and Gene
called in from an airport where he was scheduled to leave
that night. It is amazing how many things you can fit into a
day, and I know you are aware as you balance your commitment to family and home, education and business. We always
try to fit in as much as we can because that extra effort does
mean something to someone.
So, I would like to thank you all. Your interest and support is
a vital contribution to this industry which, while increasingly
embattled, is probably the healthiest economic segment in
this country. The fact we can rely on each other makes us all
stronger. Let me give you an example:
In the last webcast, I mentioned again that I want to hear from
you. There are 2 reasons behind that barely cloaked plea.
#1: One is “content”, how we are going to fill our pages. In
Hot Brass, I am fortunate that we have an eclectic mix to
appeal to a wider group—we want to have an atmosphere of
inviting people to get involved with guns and the shooting
sports.
Maybe everything doesn’t interest you, but if your heart beats,
something will. I have received letters from some interesting
places: a woman who had no interest in guns went to the
gun store with her boyfriend, bored to the max, picked up a
Hot Brass sitting on the counter, and now she is attending
training camp and wants a gun.
How does this benefit you?
If you’ve ever planted a vegetable garden, you know you gotta
put the seeds in if you expect to slice cucumbers later. For
gunsmiths, the more people who become firearm owners, the
more business expands. Yes, there is a lot of business out
there right now. And we want to keep it that way. The more
people who become involved, the more people will be committed to preserving their right to do it.
like pouring gasoline on a fire in the battle to preserve our
rights. Whoosh!
Let’s not get down about the status of the world today… let’s
start inviting people. Plus, you’re going to have another customer—firearms classes, parts, repair. And it is a cold hard
fact in 97% of households (ok, I made that up, it’s probably
99%) that if momma loves ballroom dancing, odds are you’re
going to tango.
BUT, if she loves shooting, the Benjamins (the $100 bills,
Gene) are going to the range, the gunstore, ammo, competition, and the gunsmith.
Many of you guys (the majority of Silver members are) may
find a niche for your business. I guarantee there will be an
increased request for CeraKote, Cominolli safeties, and other
things that make metal lovely. Uhm, how do I know?
Remember I came over from the Dark Side…yes, I do have
those things. And more.
#2: We really do want to hear from you and what you are up
to, so do other members. Maybe you’re saying, “ahh, it was no
big deal that thing I did. I’d write it up, but it probably won’t
be any good, other people will say “so what”, and blah blah
blah.” Tell Mr. Defeatist Attitude, that little guy on your shoulder saying those things, to take a vacation. I’m not asking you
to write War and Peace, for Pete’s sakes. I want to know
what’s going on around me, meet new people, so I am interested in what you’re doing and saying.
So, double thank you to the guys who e-mailed me at
Lenee@guncubofamerica.com. Here’s how the process
works—if it is a really technical article, it is probably GunTech
material. If it has to do with people and guns, probably Hot
Brass.
A survey conducted by the National Shooting Sports Foundation
found that 73 percent of gun dealers reported an increase in
female customers in 2011, as well as the previous two years. In
2005, just 13 percent of gun owners were women. Today, that
number is 23 percent--a 77 percent increase in 7 years.
A couple examples of GCA members who have contributed to
both magazines: Paul Smeltzer, Athens Gunsmith Service, and
Clint Hawkins, Hawkins Arms. You have read their shoptalk
in these pages and they have shown a different side in Hot
Brass. In the current Hot Brass #10, Paul tells a story which
hits home for people who may not know firearms well. It also
illuminates what a gunsmith is working with when it comes to
that beater that arrives in your shop and may look to you that
it is neither worth it or
cost-effective to fix. Clint
Hawkins III sent in a wild
story you’ll remember if
you saw it: the Afghan
Suú’Kâr Flintlock pistols.
Women are definitely focused on protecting their family. I
would make a hefty bet with you that if you told a woman who
has begun to use a firearm that you’re taking it away from
her; you are going to be in for a major battle. And that’s also
how it benefits you: if every one of us brought in one woman
to the ranks who becomes educated about firearms, then it is
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I appreciate all y`all do,
and enjoy your written
accounts. Take a photo of the gun that comes in, before you
start working on it. Might be a good idea if you’ve never seen
that gun before, or it’s been a long time, making reassembly
less stressful. But I'm thinking...you never know when it might
be needed to illustrate your article! ◆
Here are some National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF)
stats from a Townhall.com column by Celia Bigelow:
Note from the President Continued . . .
While it might not be fun at the time, each becomes a minor
adventure, hopefully ending with a small victory.
The point is, when you push through, when you succeed, you
feel like you can do anything. Those problems at work or
home that seemed to be so monumental, no longer seem to
be that big a deal. In a way I see travel and adventuring
around the world as a form of exercise for the soul and spirit!
Another factor that makes travel fun is the people you meet
along the way. Over the years, traveling the world, I have run
into a few difficult people or situations. Once, on a gold
mining venture in the remote mountains of Mexico, I got
involved in a fight that ended up with our amigo needing
stitches and a cast. On that same trip, on a moonlit night, we
almost ended up in a knife fight with some drunks. Because
my Mexican friend knew how to handle things, instead, it
ended up with us drinking a round of “Pistola” (moonshine)
out of a dirty bottle all around and being friends. Life is a
series of lessons and travel just amplifies it.
I do have to tell you that most of the people I have met in my
travels, especially in the firearms industry and hunting world,
have been fantastic! Often they are willing to take you into
their home, share a meal and information, and give great
advice. On this last trip through ten countries in Europe with
my son Jacob, each of the firearm manufacturers and business people we visited were quite interested in the fact that
Jacob was taking a “Gap year” and that I was taking him
around the world to give him a real education before he went
off to college.
Gee, with all the great stuff they were telling him it made me
feel like I should be slipping them $100 bills as tips. They
freely shared with him what it takes to become a real
business success and how fantastic it is that he is able to
engage in this learning experience so early in life. Many
offered to mentor him in the future if he needed to know
something about business.
How do you buy something like that? You can’t! You have to
go out and let it find you. But you can treat people just like
that whenever you meet them and I know it will pay off. I love
to host foreign guests, showing them the wonderful country
we live in and to give them the best hospitality I can
possibly muster. It of course doesn’t hurt that we live in the
Beautiful Napa Valley and I can ply them with wine and
sunshine.
I have so many stories and experiences that became teaching
moments in my life that could only have been learned by
traveling. I use many of these experiences in our business. It
also lets me relate to many other people in a vast array of
circumstances. And, like I said, I have acquired LOTS of
stories. Some of which I will only tell over a couple of cold
beers, some that must remain secret, and many that I can
share if it benefits a friend.
I am excited to be leaving in the next few days on Jacob’s and
my next adventure. We’ll be traveling through South America
for almost a month. I am sure we will have quite a few stories
to tell you (and a few that we dare not share . . . well, maybe
over a couple of beers!).
I hope this inspires you to create your own adventures. There
are plenty here in the USA. So, go on “Vacation” and see if
your travels teach you something you can use for a
lifetime.
Best regards, Gene Kelly
President of the Gun Club of America and
The American Gunsmithing Institute
◆
Coming Next Month
We all know that April showers bring . . . another bloomin’
issue of GunTech! Gene and Jack will be back on the floor of
the SHOT Show to take a look at some great security products, a new rifle from Savage Arms and a custom product that
doesn’t just protect your hearing at the range, it also corrects
& enhances it.
Ken will give you one of his in-depth “Tips from the
Workbench” as he shows you how to deal with extractor cuts.
Jack will review more great products and present his pick for
“Tool of the Month”.
The new Ruger 22/45 Lite .22 rimfire pistol
Our “Firearm Evaluation” will be on
the Ruger 22/45 Lite. This is the re-worked
MKIII Auto with the look and feel (due to a grip-angle
change) of a 1911 put together on a polymer frame and
an aluminum barrel with steel liner. This is another one of the
guns that GCA members helped us range test during
Gunstock so they will weigh-in with their final assessment.
ArmaLite AR-30 in .338 Lapua Magnum
To top it all off,
your Disassembly/ Reassembly
Course will be another first! Ken will be showing you the
detailed, step-by-step disassembly and reassembly of the
brand new ArmaLite AR-30 rifle. You may remember we conducted an evaluation on this rifle just a few months ago. So
as spring gets into full swing, so can YOU when you check
out the April issue of . . . GunTech! ◆
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Resource Directory Issue #83
maglula, LTD
Pistol & Rifle Magazine Loader/Unloaders
www.maglula.com
D Dupleks
Steel and Composite Shotgun Slugs
www.ddupleks.com
Browning
Maxus and new A5 Shotguns
One Browning Place
Morgan, UT 84050
(800) 333-3288
www.browning.com
MTM Molded Products Company
Survivor Ammo Can
3370 Obco Court
Dayton, Ohio 45414
(937) 890-7461
www.mtmcase-gard.com
Caracal USA
9mm Carbine
7661 Commerce Lane
Trussville,AL 35173
(205) 655-7050
www.caracalusa.com
JGS Precision Tool Manufacturing
Chambering Reamers, Tools and
Gauges for the Gunsmith
60819 Selander Road
Coos Bay, OR 97420
(541) 267-4331
www.jgstools.com
X Products
Drum Magazines for Semi-Auto Military Style Rifles
www.xproducts.com
Ring's Manufacturing
Blue Guns – Non-Firing Tactical Training Guns
99 East Drive
Melbourne Florida 32904
(321) 951-0407
www.bluguns.com
Majestic Arms, Ltd.
Manufacturer of Ruger .22 Auto and
10/22 Parts and Accessories, General Gunsmithing
101-A Ellis Street, Staten Island, NY 10307
(718) 356-6765
www.majesticarms.com
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Field Optics Research, Inc.
Field Cleaning Kit for Optics, Products for Care &
Maintenance of Optical Devices
953 S. State Street
Orem, UT 84097
(888) 348-7276
www.fieldopticsresearch.com
Armscor USA and Rock Island Armory
1911 Pistols, Rifles, and .22TCM Cartridge
150 North Smart Way, Pahrump, NV 89060
(775) 537-1444
www.us.armscor.com
G•Outdoors, Inc.
High End Range Bags
Chino, CA
www.goutdoorsproducts.com
North American Arms Inc.
Mini-Revolvers
2150 South 950 East, Provo, UT 84606
(800) 821-5783
www.NorthAmericanArms.com
Winchester Ammunition
“Tracker” Shotgun Ammunition
www.winchester.com
Silencerco, LLC
Suppressors for Rifles and Handguns
5511 South 6055 West,
West Valley City, UT 84118
(801) 417-5384
www.silencerco.com
Cutting Edge Bullets, LLC
Premium CNC Turned Projectiles
75 Basin Run Road, Drifting, PA 16834
(814) 345-6690
cuttingedgebullets.com
Gunwright LLC
Steel Lined Titanium Barrels, Precision Gunsmithing
1350 North Mondel Drive
Gilbert, Arizona 85233
(480) 892-9595
www.gunwright.com
iScope, LLC
Smart Phone Mounts for
Thru the Scope Viewing & Recording
105 Cooper Lane, Sikeston, MO 63801
(888) 828-6966
www.theiscope.com
Resource Directory Issue #83
Firebird Precision Firearms
Builders of Custom Tactical & Competition
AR Rifles & Akdal MKA1919 Shotguns
PO Box 855
Mountainair, NM 87036
(505) 847-0108
www.firebirdprecision.com
Western Engravers Supply Inc.
(DBA Vision Engraving & Routing Systems)
Engraving Systems for Gunsmiths
17621 N. Black Canyon Hwy.
Phoenix, Arizona 85023
(888) 637-1737
www.visionengravers.com
Beretta USA Corp.
A400 Xplor Shotgun, 20 Gauge
17601 Beretta Drive
Accokeek, MD 20607
(800) 237-3882
www.berettausa.com
PISCO Gunsmithing
Bob Dunlap/Ken Brooks – Gunsmithing
1455B N Hemlock Street, Coquille, OR 97423
(541) 396-5558
www.piscogunsmithing.com
Holland Shooters Supply
Superb Riflesmithing/Custom Rifles,
Scope Mounts/Rings/Levels, Tools,
Long Range Shooting School,
711 Avenue "H," Powers, OR 97466
(541) 439-5155
www.hollandguns.com
Joe Alesia AKA “Lefty Longridge”
Next Level Shooting Clinics – Cowboy, IDPA/IPSC
(661) 373-2709
www.deadwoodboys.org
leftylongridge@ca.rr.com
Display Solutions of Topeka
Locking Gun Display Cabinets
(800) 444-9685
www.lockingguncabinets.com
4D Reamer Rentals
Hawk Cartridges Books,
Chambering Reamers, Bolt Handles,
Extensive Line of Custom Gunsmithing Tools & Parts
432 East Idaho Street, Suite C420
Kalispell, MT 59901
(406) 752-2520
www.4-dproducts.com
Uselton Arms, Inc.
Explosively Bonded Stainless Steel Rails on
Aluminum & Titanium 1911 Frames
Franklin, TN 37064
(615) 970-9555
www.useltonarmsinc.com
Dealer Showroom – John Bush
Huge Stock of Military Gun Parts,
Accessories and Books from the 20th Century
553 Market Street, Klamath Falls, OR 97601
(541) 882-4249
Email: Johnd.bush@yahoo.com
MAG Tactical Systems Inc.
Injection Molded Titanium AR Lower Receivers
www.magtacticalsystems.com
Chiappa Firearms, Ltd.
“Triple Threat” Tri-Barrel 12 GA Shotgun
6785 W 3rd Street
Dayton, OH 45417
(937) 835-5020
www.chiappafirearms.com
Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.
SR-556 Piston Drive AR
411 Sunapee Street
Newport, NH 03773
(603) 865-2442
www.ruger.com
Shuey Custom
Gene Shuey, Master Gunsmith
Ultra Custom 1911 & Glock Pistols
21 Cygnet Dr. #200, Carson City, NV 89706
(775) 246-7662
www.shueycustom.com
AGI - The American Gunsmithing Institute
Hobby and Professional Gunsmithing Courses
351 Second Street, Napa, CA 94559
(800) 797-0867
www.AmericanGunsmith.com
www.AmericanGunsmithingInstitute.org
GCA - Gun Club of America
351 Second Street, Napa, CA 94559
(800) 435-4262
www.GunClubOfAmerica.com
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Walther P-38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Hi-Point Carbine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Beretta Al 391 Urika Shotgun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Savage Model 24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
NAA Mini-Revolver / Crickett .22 Training Rifle . . . . . . . . . . 51
Remington 1100/1187 Shotgun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Browning BAR Semi-Auto Rifle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Beretta 21 Pistol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Ruger LCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Ruger #1 Single-Shot Rifle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Walther P22 Pistol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Winchester Model 77 Rifle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
S&W Double Action Revolver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Sako Model 4 Rifle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Walther P99 Pistol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Browning Cynergy Shotgun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Charter Arms .44 Bulldog Revolver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Steyr M9 Pistol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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1907 Winchester Autoloader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Smith & Wesson Bodyguard 380 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
1905 Ross Rifle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Heckler & Koch P7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Interstate Arms Model 99 '87 Coach Gun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Smith & Wesson Bodyguard 38 Revolver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Ruger LC9 and LCP Pistols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Chiappa .357 Magnum "Rhino" Revolver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Remington 81 Rifle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Husqvarna Swedish M-40 "Lahti". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Darrell Holland's PGW .45 Carbine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Benelli B80 Lever Locking Pistol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Remington 581 Rifle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Colt 1901 DA New Army Revolver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Werndl Rifle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Ruger American Rifle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Ortgies Pistol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Beretta Cougar Pistol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
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