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Breaking the bonds of economic enslavement in the industrial German Ruhr for the wilds of an Illinois homestead, in-law Philip Schoenholz was so happy he included his new bird gun and hunting pouch in this ca1865 portrait. Because unless you were a rural Forstmeister, only aristocrats owned guns...

A 12X Ultra-Varminter with adjustable head. I may switch it to a plain-head 10X Varminter with dehorned mounts, however, as too much magnification and too much fiddly stuff aren't ideal for coyote shots. ;)

Liked the way this ca1950 722 shot in its stock form so thought I'd add some refinements in handling and accuracy. Coyote medicine. Used the Holland's Pillar System in the bedding job, floating both barrel and action, and a Timney Single-Stage trigger @ 25oz: First results are...

Had a nice chat with Homer Pearson, owner of Champions Choice shooter supply today. Homer recently commissioned the first ISSU/NCAA competitive junior rifle since the discontinued 1980 Anschutz Achiever and has 150 of them on hand and 50 more on order. Homer designed this one himself with all...

Never saw a Unertl on an AR so I thought I'd try it on my adult son's match rifle build. Fabricated the mounts from Picatinny Rail 11mm adapters and 3/8" scope blocks. Used it as a class to our Junior Small-borers on scope mounting and setup. Here's a 17-year-old banging a 12" steel plate...

Here’s another one from the 1950’s and at least three evolutions of our junior small-bore program that’s not useable. It won’t clean the targets anymore off the bench and the non-original, shop-fabricated stock has a comb height so low the youngsters have to use their chins to see through the...

Black Box, their grade immediately below Tenex.

As there is a waiting list for these accurized intermediate rifles, this one goes back into service as soon I get it finished, assembled and tested. I don’t have the luxury of allowing the Truoil to cure in the drying box for a week or more before rubbing it out with carnauba wax and more #0000...

As one of the coaches supporting a large junior precision small-bore program, I’ve been buying up old Anschutz rifles as fast as I can acquire good deals, rehab and update the rifle, and as a volunteer, provide them to either families or the club at cost. This 1407 Standard Rifle from 1965...

Once I have a good rod fit, I mount the arms to the base by drilling, tapping and fastening using thumb screws. How you do this isn’t critical, but these are blind holes that only penetrate to around ¾ depth of the arms. What is critical is that the arm ends touch each other and meet in the...

As an ex-Army competitive shooter who is now a volunteer coach for a large junior program teaching Olympic small-bore, I’m constantly looking for ways to reduce the distractions and inefficiencies of match preparation, and getting the rifle off the ground to speed buttplate and sight adjustments...

I'd forgotten about that one. Thanks, I'll try it next time. PS...That's why I post these...for better ideas. Plus I'm hoping for an ID on the maker.

On to the metal parts, although much of this is out of sequence because the wood-metal work was largely done in parallel. The decision to bring this rifle back to firing condition was based on zero erosion to the thickness of the breech parts on both the inside and outside. And note how the...

Final shaping is accomplished using coarse and fine rasps and even finer machinist files and scrapers before abrasive paper. At this stage I begin to keep a bowl of mineral spirits with a towel handy. When you want to see how the wood will look under a finish, a simple swipe with the dampened...

As a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, I regularly do living history presentations to schools and youth groups. As my ancestors during that war were Pennsylvania riflemen and gunmakers (Newhard, Kuntz and Moll), one of my classes is on the evolution of the long rifle from the...

The Pistolet modèle An XIII in .69 caliber represents the service pistol of choice during the Napoleonic era, and was fielded by French cavalry as well as other army units and also naval personnel. Approximately 300,000 were manufactured at the Royal Armories of St. Etienne, Maubeuge, and...

Thanks Roger. Noted and saved. I'd like to see a photo of a "target crown" if not yours than one like it. By trade I was a service rifle shooter and coach and there's lots I don 't know about smallbore. ;)

Photos? I just type in their html code as I go and attempt to post the page. Some sites limit the number of photos, and some don't.

Because of the short 25” barrel, I install a barrel extension (bloop tube) to bring the barrel length to the 30” maximum allowed in competitions conducted under International rules. The further the distance between front and rear sights, the easier the alignment, and five inches of increased...

Once a competition marksman, match armorer and coach for the Army, I enjoy spending my Saturday mornings coaching juniors in a county-wide program run by the Kitsap Rifle and Revolver Club, teaching competitive shooting to youngsters between ages 8 and 18 (photo left above). As the pool of...