Thursday, November 28, 2019

Marlin 795 Super Appleseed/ Biathlon project or >$100 race gun gone wild

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The 10/22 is hands down America's favorite .22 LR out there. It's ubiquitous, its reliable and its a boat load of fun. I've tri...

CZ-82 slide lock issue sorted!

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Recently had a CZ-82 that was giving its owner fits when they took it out to test fire it for the first time. The issue was the slide was l...
Friday, April 19, 2019

The devil is in the details : or : Redding competition micrometer seater die

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I am not a benchrest shooter and honestly I don't want to be, I have nearly zero desire at this stage in my life to put all the bulle...
Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Testing testing 1....2....3......: or : spare parts and trial by fire

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Most of us know what to expect if we bring someone to the range that is a "Joe 6 pack" and maybe box of ammo a year kind of guy (...
Saturday, March 30, 2019

Dupli-Color Truck bed liner Armor for Rifle furniture coating

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Preparing for an event this past winter I knew I would have my hands on my aluminum handguard for a long time in possibly very cold and w...

Scavenged pick up ammo and short lane chamber adapters!

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Picking up brass is a pretty good way to recoup some of the cost of the hobby but sometimes at the end of the month your account just runs t...
Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Making the best of bad magazines: or: Re-purposing magazines.

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A long while ago I got a large lot of HK-91 mags cheap all in various conditions. A few of the mags looked like they were dropped while ful...
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AR-15 A2 adjustable gas block

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The idea of being able to control the amount of gas operating your rifle has been a long toyed with problem in tuning certain platforms...

Poor mans gun paint: or: Paint for those barrel melt down stages

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One thing I'm always keeping an eye out for is a more affordable way to paint firearms in durable finishes. A friend recommended ...
Monday, February 12, 2018

Patterning Sellier & Bellot 12ga 2 3/4" "00" buckshot out of a riot 870 and TAC-14

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Recently there was a pretty good sale on S&B 12ga "00" 9 pellet buckshot loads that I couldn't turn down. Yes, I load my o...
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Monday, January 8, 2018

Savage Axis or Thompson Center Compass : or : Choices in economy

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  Economy bolt action rifles have come leaps and bounds from decades past. Today's budget minded shooter, hunter and/or prepper has a ...
Friday, January 5, 2018

300 Blackout the budget .30 caliber battle rifle : or : the poor mans M1 Carbine

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When a battle rifle in .308 Winchester is desired but out of reach financially and the AR-15 5.56 just does not give us warm fuzzy feelings ...
Monday, December 18, 2017

MP 358-180 mold, possibly the best one yet!

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Some more love from Slovenia arrived in my mailbox not long ago, in it was another BEAUTIFUL brass mold from MP. This one was a re-run of a ...
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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Stump barrel T/C Contender project .22 LR and .44 Magnum!

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When life gives you the chance to buy lemons at a steep discount, I don't care who you are...you're gonna make lemonade. Enter my ....
Monday, December 4, 2017

South Bend steady rest rollers : or : Getting my bearings

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Knowing I had some more barrel work I wanted to do I decided it was time to upgrade my steady rest from static fingers to roller bearing fi...