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I live in Northwest Montana and am planning a future hunt, but there is one big hang up, my wife. Being a competent woodsman and Nordic skier, living within walking distance of some of the best wilderness areas in the continental US, I am planning a solo, pack in, mid-winter wolf hunt. But...

Flathead Valley Community College in Northwest Montana has a Firearms Technologies certificate program. If you are interested in a career in the firearms industry, this may be the school for you. The certificate builds on a manufacturing degree, giving machinists an in depth knowledge of...

A friend of mine picked up a S&W revolver in 22lr. It is in really nice shape and looks all original but it is odd. The gun is a snub nose, less than 2 inches, but has a tall front sight and fully adjustable rear, this is something I have never seen before and it is quite clear that the barrel...

A friend of mine bought some stainless steel stock on ebay, expecting 3" round, but it showed up being hexagon stock. He mentioned wanting to build a cannon out of it instead of his original project. Then visions of lederhosen danced in my head and, after showing him pictures of traditional...

I bought an Uberti Cattleman 1873 45 Colt, Stoger stamped, revolver yesterday and, being a gunsmith and hopelessly afflicted by the tinker bug, I tuned the action. This gun had one feature I have not seen before, a safety hammer. In the hammer there is a rod protruding into the safety...

I will be moving soon but I do not have a job in the gunsmithing industry yet, in the mean time I am looking a doing some menial job and a little gunsmithing on the side but I have to be careful that Uncle Sam doesn't take offense. I do have the tools and know how to make knives, you may have...

I went to Munich yesterday and this was my first stop. I was the only visitor at the time and had free run of the place. This place had a smallish but amazing collection of anceint guns and crossbows. If anybody who speaks German fluently visits this place, please try to convince them to make a...

I built this for fun. I made the barrel from scrap in a night machine class last semester and bought the maddock axe for $20 from the local hardware store. The chamber holds about 60grs of powder and will launch a golfball 200-300yds. I filled the chamber to the top with powder and then...

I have written a how to on cheap practice ammo, hot glue loads, in the reloading section. http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=752117&p=9472701#post9472701

I'm not saying to do this but this is how I did it. I have seen on youtube, how to make and shoot hot glue bullets and have come up with my own way that most anyone with basic tools can do. This will also work with wax bullets. I started with 38 spl because it is pretty universal...

I found and bought a Hopkins and Allen Numrich arms underhammer at the gunshow this weekend for $200. I have wanted one even before I ever shot a BP gun. At the show, I did not even cock it, I just bought it because you can see if the thing is complete from the out side, there are only three...

I am building a 50BMG bolt gun in school an am trying to build it correctly, i.e. safely, but for little cost. I am using only 4140 steel for the receiver and barrel accessories and am having it professionally heat treated. My question is: does anyone know what the US military does/did use...

I am pretty excited about my new pistol, it was more than likely handmade in a cave somewhere along the Pakastani/Afgahni border sometime between the '40s and the '70s. It is the best copy of a Martini I have seen in my lurking around the internet. It is chambered in something like 303 British...

I have an old Zouave rifle that I am fixing for a guy, I think I'm going to buy it from him, that somebody chopped down to 16.5" an made it about 60 cal smooth bore. Its bore has some heavy pitting, around .010 - .020, near breech end, enough I think it could cause a bore obstruction with a...

During the first week of school, this semester, my knife making class got dropped because I was the only person to sign up. I needed one more class to receive my full GI Bill stipend and a friend suggested that I should build a 1911 for him. He was in 1911 class and had a spare so he built a...

I shot in the Ruger Rimfire Challenge at the Whittington Center today and had a blast. I took my wife and our 2 year old boy; sadly, there is no cap gun division. My wife shot a friend's MK II pistol and my Henry lever action in the limited division (iron sights) and I shot a friends MKIII...

I am by no means saying this is safe. I wanted to share the experience. I was loading BP (Pyrodex) #8 shot for my old Ithaca double barrel the other day and ran out of fiber wads with one primed shell left. I was looking around the kitchen and saw a 18" long black, red, and gold ribbon that...

I finally scraped up enough money, thanks to ebay, to buy the Uberti Walker kit from Dixie Gun Works. This will work out great with school as we will be learning the ins and outs of single action Colts in repair class. My plan for this gun is to make it perform and be pretty; latter down the...

I am looking at buying a Patterson clone from an estate but have no idea what it would be worth. This is how it is described in the list: MFG: UNKNOWN-REPLICA MODEL: Replica 1836 Colt Paterson revolver SERIAL No: Not visible. Inside frame. CALIBER: .36 REMARKS: Barrel marked “TEXAS...

This is a new ultra low velocity, highly accurate, rifle/pistol round formed from 40 S&W cases It is called the 277 Wesson Super Ultra Short Mini Magnum or .277 WSUSMM (pronounced "wussoosssemmmm," kind of like a laser and air hose together). 40 S&W for comparison It should catch...