Troubleshooting a Remington 750
By Jim A Remington 750 semi automatic rifle came in with light firing pin strikes. The hammer wasn't striking the primer enough to...
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Coastal Defense
- Jan 5
- 1 min
A quick fix
By Jim Not all repairs done in the shop requires machinery or special know how. Sometimes it can be a quick fix. This old Colt revolver...
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Coastal Defense
- Jan 5
- 2 min
Replacing a broken ejector in a 1911
By Jim It's not something that occurs very often, but it's not unheard of. Sometimes the ejector post breaks in a 1911 pistol. In this...
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Coastal Defense
- Jan 4
- 2 min
Making obsolete ammunition
By Jim Sometimes you have an old gun that you want to shoot, but ammo hasn't been available for decades or more. That's not a problem if...
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Coastal Defense
- Nov 29, 2022
- 1 min
Cutting down a double shotgun
By Jim Cutting a longer shotgun barrel to make it handier in tight places is NOT simply using a hacksaw to chop it off. Rarely have I...
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Coastal Defense
- Nov 16, 2022
- 2 min
Cleaning and shooting a Hall rifle
By Jim The Hall rifle is a a rare gun indeed. It was the development of John Hall, a resident of Portland Maine. He was a Cooper by trade...
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Coastal Defense
- Nov 15, 2022
- 2 min
Restoring an old Evans Rifle
By Jim The Evans rifle is a late 19th century anomaly. It's a unique lever action rifle made right here in Maine from about 1872 - 1879,...
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- Jan 28, 2022
- 1 min
Custom rifle project finished
The custom rifle project is completed. Here are the specs: Hand carved curly maple stock. Finish is aqua fortis “stain” which is a nearly...
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- Jan 21, 2022
- 1 min
Reaming a chamber for a custom rifle project
It’s been since October that I’ve had a chance to get back to working on the custom rifle project I had started on. There have been so...
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- Dec 17, 2021
- 1 min
Building an AK sporter Part 9 - test firing video
Now we take a few moments to do a functions check and test fire a couple rounds into the snail can bullet trap. SUCCESS !
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- Dec 17, 2021
- 1 min
Building an AK sporter Part 8
I can now begin assembly of the internal components. In order to comply with the rules of building one of these sporting rifles, all...
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- Dec 17, 2021
- 2 min
Building an AK sporter Part 7
In the last blog post, I had installed the front gas block and was getting ready to cross drill and pin it in place. I mentioned that I’d...
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- Dec 16, 2021
- 2 min
Building an AK sporter Part 6
Once the rear sight block has been pressed and pinned, I install the front handguard latch. It’s a bit too tight, so I carefully filed...
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- Dec 16, 2021
- 1 min
Building an AK sporter Part 5
Now that the barrel has been cross drilled and pinned place, it’s time to turn my attention to installing the rest of the barrel...
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- Dec 16, 2021
- 2 min
Building an AK sporter Part 4
Now I can turn my attention to installing the barrel and setting headspace. Just a quick reminder about headspace. This nothing more than...
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- Dec 16, 2021
- 1 min
Building an AK sporter Part 3
Before I can begin installation of the barrel on this rifle, I had to go back and retrieve the bullet guide from the old stub portion of...
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- Dec 16, 2021
- 2 min
Building an AK sporting rifle Part 2
As I had outlined in part 1, I had left off with prepping the parts for installation on the barrel. But this is a “virgin” barrel, and...
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- Dec 16, 2021
- 2 min
Building an AK sporting rifle from surplus Part 1
This week, I’m going through the steps of building a rifle from Yugoslavian surplus parts on a milled receiver. Of course, there’s a lot...
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