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xs ram sights
I can’t speak for you, but on occasion I’ve had instructors whisper sweet nothings into my ear. You know, like, “Focus on the front sight, dummy!”
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DIY Bullshooter...
There’s no easier way to dress up your sixgun than putting on fancy stocks. A proper grip is the foundation to good shooting and doing the work yourself...
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Plan To Practice...
"Hey, um … uh … you’re talkin’ about a wood plane on a, um, you know, uh, like a gun website, you know?”
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stan chen customs
I know the man, Stan Chen, and am always impressed by his modest, self-effacing demeanor. Yet his guns and parts are without compromise. What he does is,...
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Demystified:...
Reamers are precision ground chamber cutters perfectly sized and contoured for a firearm’s cartridge. Reamers are critical to cutting the barrel for...
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An Amos Grundy...
Amos lifted his welding helmet after working on a gouged side plate on a S&W revolver. Scout was always interested when Amos was TIG welding and although he...
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Gunnysack: Lyman...
You may be familiar with the older generation of sight adjusters, installers, and removers. Each one fits just one type of slide — GLOCK, S&W, Springfield...
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Gunnysack: Hi...
This isn’t so much a product review of a specific sight from Hi Viz as more of a reminder to take advantage of this great technology.
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Rabbit! Field to Pot
Rabbits are the whole-earth game animal. They’re no. 1 in North America, leading the tree squirrel, and are found worldwide as well. Where not indigenous,...
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Ker-Plunk Vs. Whoosh
For the custom pistolsmith it’s not always about cosmetics, the pistol has to function and be accurate.
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America’s Got...
As a way of promoting non-Master engravers, Bobby Tyler had an idea. Why not hold a national contest for engravers of non-Master status, offering them a...
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MANSON REAMERS...
Every now and again, a tool comes along that will revolutionize a process, however obscure or seemingly unimportant.
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Toxic Tendencies
Working on firearms at any time has its risks. We in the craft typically think of an accidental discharge or damage from a faulty cartridge or action.
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Nighthawk Custom...
Try not to be too jealous, but I’ve had an early production model of Nighthawk Custom’s hot new honest-to-gosh drop-in trigger system for 1911s, and the...
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Generating Some...
It’s funny, but to many people — including me — a “cowboy” gun just doesn’t look right unless it has a certain patina.
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Have Tools —...
Most gunsmiths who hang a shingle tend to have very spacious workspaces, room to roam, maybe pace once in a while. Not so for the Military Gunsmith.
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Motor City...
Heading up the Pennsylvania Turnpike, I set my sights on mi amigo, Doc Barranti’s adobe in Pittsburgh, 3.5 hours away. From there, we head north for 5...
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The .40 Story
One of the many quirks of history is the truth is often more complex and nuanced than the commonly-accepted version of events. If history is truly written...
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This DIY GUNS Special Edition is for all gun enthusiasts who want to tackle
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