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Mitchell Western Museum in Trinidad is hosting the Art of the Gun from August 12-14. http://www.trinidadstate.edu/gunsmithing/art.html. There will be a talk on Sunday about the Colonial Era rifle, Aug 14. Show will feature firearms from custom makers as well as 22 LR Gatling. I have been asked...

Day 1: He gives us a history of the rifle in America. German immigrants brought them over here and along with them, the rifle making tradition. The Edward Marshall long walk rifle comes up and Brooks thinks the parts were on the long walk, but that it's been restocked by Albright (Albrecht)...

So I recently saw a new S&W 45 AcP revolver. It had a thinner barrel much like an older production S&W. What struck me as odd is that the ejector rod shroud doesn't have a front locking bolt. OK, so they save three pieces (front locking bolt, front locking bolt spring, retention pin) and some...

Made the transfer bar from tool steel. After filing it to profile, it was placed into a hand vise and then bent by hand to 36 degrees. It was then fitted (some filing and honing) before annealing. New issues but not my problem. My job was to make the transfer bar. First there is a spring and...

and kills its maker with shrapnel. If you're going to make a black powder cannon, use the right material and enough of it. Use a sane amount of powder. You're not fighting off a cavalry charge, advancing infantry or engaged in counter-battery fire...

I want to build the flintlock rifle of the famous long walk and just ordered a Jim Chambers kit. Who has the best plans for that rifle?

So a neighbor asked me to cut a dovetail. OK, been there, done that before. However, I never did one for an Advtange Tactical Sight. Howly cows. Now dimensions and schematic was provided. So I called them and asked and they emailed me numbers. The only thing useful I got from the...

It opened today (June 12) but the actual matches begin tomorrow and run until the 18th. Not knowing this, I brought a smokepole expecting to participate in the Trail Walk. Nope. They just finished setting it up when we got there (about 4 pm). Anyway, we attended the informal opening ceremony...

Here's the first of a series of videos of a woman who made a single action revolver: https://youtu.be/80wm9GY7IwI BTW, her name means armoureress/weapon makeress.

Ordered a barrel catch from NumNuts and it doesn't fit. Apparently there were different types of Toppers. The one i need is closer to the image on page 391 than the one I ordered (page 394).

Hey guys. Take a look at this Colt: http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1872288_.html&page=1&anc=bottom#bottom I'm going to have to go through some books to check the numbers (right font?) and other details.

Saw it again for the first time in years. He pulls a Colt revolver from the ashes of his burning home. No loading lever and you can see it's got a cartridge conversion on it. In the scene where the surviving Confederates under Capt. Fletcher discuss surrender, you can see a modern sling on...

It's a lock from h*ll. Instead of V springs like the original back action lock, it uses coil springs. It also uses polymer shims between the hammer and the lockplate. My new issue is pressing the hammer onto the tumbler. I've placed them in copper lined jaws of a vise and squeezed them hard...

I hate modern locks that look like 19th century locks. Instead of "V" springs they use coil springs. OK, coil springs are easier to make and increases profits, but I swear the factories either have a gorilla or some sort of jig that compresses springs to insert some sort of retention pin. I...

I'm working on a former US Mil. Matchmaster that was used for target training. It needs a new magazine lock/latch. How do I tell if it takes an early or late magazine lock/latch? ETA: Noticed at the NumNutz site that the early model takes a wood screw and the later model takes two machine...

I'm working on a Sears M2200 (better known as the Savage Model 36) bolt action rfle. It had trouble with extraction/ejection which was taken care of. I had disassembled the bolt and after it was reassembled, found that the bolt handle flopped loosely. You can still unlock, pull the bolt back...

What 60 degree dovetail bit should I buy to cut for a Novak style sight? The cutting parts have to be tall enough to remove the top of the slide.

Where can I get one at a good price?

On Thursday, March 4 at 3 pm at the Ben Avery Range, the NMLRA will be offering a four hour Range Officer class. The class is free and will be held right outside the building where match contestants sign in. I'll be there as well as one of my classmates from gonne-smithing school..

NumNuts (Numrich) has them. Are they any good?