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Product Description
A collection of how-to's including such subjects as the shop, stocking, actions, tuning, triggers, barrels and chambering problem solving customizing, muzzleloaders, odd jobs and restoration. Over 500 pages of information.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1: THE SHOP
Starting Your Shop
Jigs & Fixtures
Roller Bearing Steady Rest
The Slack Belt Sander
Machinery for the Home Gunshop
Screwdrivers
Section 2: STOCKS
Recoil Pad Installation
Checkering Target Stocks
Professional Approach to Stock Sanding
Professional Approach to Stock Finishing
Stocking the Ruger No. 1
From Blank to Beautiful Stock
Layout, Inletting, Fitting
Converting Impressed Checkering
Inletting a Muzzle Loader
Professional Checkering for the Amateur
Selecting Stock Finishes
The Many Uses of 'Fiberglass'
New Techniques for Fine Stock Finishing
Inletting the 'Swamped' Octagonal Barrel
Inletting the Sidelock
Installing an Action Bedding Block
Building a Barrel-Bedded Magnum
Relief Carving the Gunstock
Bedding the Browning 78
The 'Express' Oil Finish
Ruger Number 1
The Rigid Ruger
Basic Gunstocking & the Flintlock Rifle (Part 1 - Layout & Inletting)
Basic Gunstocking & the Flintlock Rifle (Part 2 - Design and Shaping)
The Properties and Curing of Gunstock Woods
Gunstock Inlays (Part One – Sheet, Composition and Cast Inlay)
Gunstock Inlays (Part Two – Silver Wire Inlay)
Using an Electric Checkering Tool
Advanced Gun-Stock Carving (Part One – Study and Tools)
Advanced Gun-Stock Carving (Part Two – Carving and Finishing)
Moisture in Stock Blanks
Bedding with Epoxy
Make a Skeleton Grip Cap
Dimensional Stability of Stock Wood
Care and Feeding of Gunstocks
Hand-Sanding Hard Maple
Stock Options of the Synthetic Kind
Installing a Recoil Pad
Free Floating a Barrel
Repairing and Replacing Buttplates
Glues and Epoxies
Installing Sling Swivels
Cracked Stocks
Stock Pitch
Section 3: TUNING
Tuning Bolt Actions
Tuning Ruger's Single Shot
Tuning the Levers
Fundamentals of Accuracy
Smoothing Bolt Actions
Tuning the New Hornet Rifles
Slicking the Savage 99
Making a Garand Shoot Accurately
Making Revolvers Shoot
Correcting the Revolver’s Critical Dimensions
Remington Models 721, 722 and 700 Extractors and Ejectors
Section 4: BARRELS & CHAMBERING
Barrel Fitting
Barrel Rejuvenation
Boring a Rifle Chamber
The Damp-Box for Fine Rust-Browning or Blueing
Precision Barrel Fitting
Fitting and Chambering Barrels, Benchrest Style
Building an Action Sleeve
Instant Blue
Chamber Casting Alloy
Section 5: TRIGGERS
Pro Gunsmithing Trigger Tuning
Making a Steel Trigger for the Ruger Number One
Springfield Firing Mechanism
Section 6: PROBLEM SOLVING
Detecting Correcting Effects of Excess Headspace
Trouble-Shooting with a Dial Indicator
Feeding Problems
Section 7: ODD JOBS
Building a Schuetzen Rifle
Making a Billinghurst Action
Modifying a Single Shot Lever
Proper Scope Mounting
Investment Casting
Another Approach to a Light Rifle
Ultra-Light Sako
Adusting and Replacing Traditional Open Sights
Fitting a Barrel Band Sling-Swivel Stud
Field Repair of a Broken “Wrist”
Scope Mounting: Beyond the Basics
Fixing Slotted Screw Heads
Soldering
.22 Rimfire Magazine Tubes
Holes for Sight Mounting Screws
Lubrication
Basic Maintenance – Rimfires
Replacement Trigger Guards
Iron Sights and Leverguns
Stock Cross Pins and Cross Bolts
Section 8: CUSTOMIZING
M1 Conversions
Making a Bullet Mould
Simple Scope Mounts for 'Collector' Military Rifles
Metal Finishes for the Custom Gunsmith
Making Springs to Fit the Need
The Crowning Touch
A Handy Case-Mouth Gauge
Section 9: MUZZLELOADERS
Precision Assembly of Lock Kits
The Forge-Welded Rifle Barrel (Part One – The Plain-Skelp Barrel)
The Forge-Welded Rifle Barrel (Part Two – The Damascus Barrel)
Section 10: RESTORATION
New Life for Old Rifles
Restoring Antique Firearms (Part One)
Restoring Antique Firearms (Part Two)
Restoring Antique Firearms (Conclusion)