Are you a "DIYer" when it comes to guns?

[supham]

I like cleaning them, but I'm lost beyond a simple field strip.


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[Caliper_Mi]

I am not a DIY'er when it comes to guns. I am a DIY'er when it comes to anything...

First car I bought myself needed an engine rebuild. So I read up and rebuilt it. Figured that nobody else was born knowing how to rebuild an engine, so I wouldn't let that stand in my way.

Naturally when I got to guns, words like "no further disassembly is needed" did not stop me.

 

[justgoto]

I have some homemade parts in some of my guns. I have a 22 scope that has cross-hairs made from my own hair. That same 22 has a part that is a modified nail. I made my own scope mount for my Eddystone. I've made some sight elevation blades to get some more distance out of a few rifles.

Mainly general gun maintenance with a little oomph.

 

[Xfire68]

I am a DIYer and enjoy doing the work myself. The first job was redoing the stock on my new (1991) Savage 110 in 30-06.

I did the $.25 trigger job on my CZ 75B as well as on my brothers CZ SP01 Phantom.

I did a complete strip down, sanded and re blued a friends old Savage 340 in 30-30 which turned out fantastic!

I am working on a old Winchester model 64 pump .22 now.

 

[kaferhaus]

Well, I'm a gunsmith with a machine shop out back.... Mostly build custom Target/Varmint rifles and do a lot of re-barreling for same.

I'm a retired engineer so I work at my pace so I can still have time to enjoy shooting/hunting and more importantly the grand kids.

 

[Equestrian]

depends on what kind of mood im in. ive always been one to take apart and reassemble things just to see what makes em it ticks same applys here. plus i think its neat to take something old and make it new again. im restaining an old m44 right now its neat where it was held so much that the wood has been stained darker

 

[kayak-man]

I actually enjoy and get very "zen" about it when I run a solvent-soaked patch down the bore. Then comes the "nirvana" when I reassemble the firearm and give it a good once over with the gun-cloth and it's not just clean, it's pristine.

Lately, I've been thinking that Clint Smith and Jeremy Clarkson should do a show together. I can't help but imagine James May saying that.

ScottsGT, that is an amazing 1911. I was going to buy a RIA (I turn 21 in'11, and I liked the idea of buying my first 1911 100 years after it was introduced) but now I'm thinking of saving up and building one. I had no idea about Caspian ( Edited to add: nevermind, that seems like a bit more skill/money than I have right now)

I'm a DIY guy for the most part. With guns, I feel like its kind of a pride thing - I don't just want to shoot an AK, I want to shoot a Saiga that I converted. I did some MacGyver like stuff to my archery gear when I was shooting competitively, but when it comes to the boomsticks, I try to stick to established methods (That being said, the arrow rest I made out of a paper clip has outlasted and outperformed any arrowrest I've ever bought.)

I like fixing stuff, and I see doing your own work on your own gear as a major step towards self sufficiency and progression towards the guru side of the scale.

 

[Zach S]

Naturally when I got to guns, words like "no further disassembly is needed" did not stop me.

The only time I really paid attention to that was in my Para LDA manual. When I saw the exploded diagram, I said "No f-ing way..."

I know curiosity is going to get the best of me one day though.