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Just finished this conversion of a Montgomery Ward Hercules shotgun into a .22 Hornet. The rear sight is mostly a place-holder; it's not really suited to this application. I'm going to see if I can come up with (or fabricate) a peep-sight. I basically sleeved a barrel into the...

I was recently given a S&W Model 1905 round-butt as a donation to my You Tube Channel. I shot it some, did a video about it and then contemplated what to do with it. These guns are currently not particularly collectible or valuable in this condition so modifying it didn't bother me. After...

With the way I had cut down the back of the slide to remove weight this slide was not a good candidate for an optics cut, and if I had done so the only thing retaining and stabilizing the optic would be the mounting screws. Not a good idea. I figured I would need to get a new slide and send it...

This started out as a concept to build a 'pocket race-gun.' I used a JEM frame, STI grip and assorted components from RIA, Wilson Combat, EGW, Klonimus etc. I re-shaped and re-textured the STI grip frame, shortened the JEM monolithic frame, ported the RIA bull-barrel and slide. It takes...

Feeling nostalgic for the days of misspending my your at shooting galleries at Volksfests in Germany when I was stationed there I found out I could get a version of the gallery rifles we used. It's the Diana Oktoberfest Gewehr, and it's basically a BB gun. a 6.4 lbs bolt-action with an average...

I was given the barrel and receiver of a 16-guage Long Tom in very rough shape. The barrel had been crudely hacked off at 18-3/8 inches, the breech was a little off-face and the trigger-return spring needed to be repaired. I cleaned it up and fixed some things and decided to do something fun...

People keep handing me junky old single-shot shotguns. Not complaining, mind you! I did a project the other year where I used a piece of .45 muzzle-loader barrel to convert one to .45 Colt. It worked, but with the barrel rifled for round-ball I was limited to bullets of 200gr or less; the...

The other week someone gave me this Continental Arms Company .410 with a bent barrel. The forearm was also buggered and it was missing a firing pin. About the same time a buddy mentioned that he had a .22 Hornet chamber reaming die and I remembered a random 10/22 barrel tucked away in the shop...

Last year I found myself hunting deer in 'shotgun only' areas, and also last year someone gave me an ancient, rusty single shot Stevens 12-gauge with a 30" barrel that needed a lot of work, including a new fore-arm. I got to thinking about it and decided to turn the old Stevens into a...

NOTE: I consulted a variety of sources to develop this load, and while I do not know for certain that it is a +P load prudence dictates that it should be treated as such. It does not exhibit any signs of excessive pressure, recoil etc. but one should always err on the side of caution when...

A buddy of mine traded me a GI RIA 1911 9mm earlier this year and I decided to build it as a budget race-gun. I'm pretty much always on a budget so that was kind of the obvious part. A couple other friends let me raid their parts-bins which I gleefully did. I added some 20 LPI serrations to...

I'm pretty much always on a strict budget so when I saw a JC Higgins Model 20 in excellent condition for $100 7-8 years ago I snapped it up. I'd been wanting a pump shotgun for home defense and this not only fit the budget, it was the slickest pump-action I'd ever seen. Made for Sears by High...

Fast double taps at 7 yards. Probably would have been more centered if I'd zeroed the optic... In a lot of ways an RDS is a better mousetrap. They've dominated speed-shooting competitions for decades, they allow better situational awareness, help prevent tunnel vision, put the sight in the same...

Cyelee sent me this optic to test. I was skeptical about a $229 optic of this type, but they insisted on an objective review and used the words 'torture test.' After a 4-500 rounds on two different guns and some fairly solid abuse it just keeps working and holds zero. There are things I don't...

As it turns out Vintage Ordinance makes a very accurate reproduction of the FP45 Liberator, a pistol designed in WW2 to distribute to resistance fighters behind enemy lines. The idea was they would use it to assassinate an enemy soldier and pick up a more useful gun. Oh, and it's a single-shot...

An older friend is divesting his collection to worthy homes and he passed along thing Model 1935 .32 and a model 418 .25! I am one lucky bastard! Funnily I happen to have a 948 .22 on layaway at Pinto's. Yes, the 418 may have been James Bond's first gun in the novels. It's equally likely that...

I have this full-frame/ 3-1/2 barrel 1911 I put together a bit back, and it keeps evolving. Recently it got a trigger-job, new hammer and a bob-tail. Even more recently it got ported, a modified slice and a new sight system. I had this idea for a fiber-optic gutter sight and thought, 'If this...

Once you open a can of worms... I thought a pair of American Holly grips would be nice, so I made some. Then I thought a trigger job, nothing extreme, would be of benefit. Maybe 'melt' that pesky cylinder release that's eating my thumb. Cut some clearance into the front of the trigger guard...

Some while back I set up a 1911 carry-gun that could flex into action-hooting that I referred to as the 'Street Racer.' This is no longer my EDC but I still like it and shoot it fairly often. Recently I replaced the Noval fixed rear sight with a Novak adjustable sight, changed to a lightweight...

Last year a friend gave me a couple of Stacatto 2011 magazines, saying, "Sooner or later you will bow to the inevitable." She knows me well and this year I started ordering parts. This week I have been putting it together and testing and IT'S ALIIIIIVE! The chassis is from Jem Guns LLC. and is...