Restoring a Colt #2 derringer
By Jim Colt made derringers from about 1870 to 1890, after buying out Brooklyn's National Arms Co. for their derringer designs. Sources...
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Coastal Defense
- Oct 11
- 2 min
Making .55 caliber shotgun shells
By Jim This is the process of making obsolete shotgun shells for a Frank Wesson two trigger single shot shotgun type 2. It's unusual in...
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Coastal Defense
- Oct 11
- 1 min
Repairing a model 8 part 2
By Jim Continuing with the repairs on the model 8 Remington, the normal wear on parts that are 100 years old has created some tolerance...
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Coastal Defense
- Oct 5
- 2 min
Repairing a Remington model 8
By Jim I recently had a Remington model 8 in the shop in need of some repairs. It had a broken firing pin, but I noticed some other...
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Coastal Defense
- Aug 24
- 1 min
Repairing a firing pin 1871 Rolling Block pistol
By Jim This Remington pistol came into the shop with a broken firing pin. We ordered a replacement, but the diameter of the firing pin...
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Coastal Defense
- Aug 18
- 2 min
Spencer carbine conversion
By Jim Christopher Spencer wanted to get his new gun adopted by the Army during the American Civil War. But he wanted to bypass the...
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Coastal Defense
- Aug 16
- 1 min
Test firing an 1833 Type II Hall / North carbine
By Jim Test firing the Hall carbine after minor repairs. This carbine was issued to the 2nd US Dragoons regiment in Florida during the...
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Coastal Defense
- Aug 16
- 1 min
A Hall / North carbine
By Jim This is a fairly rare carbine. It's a Hall patent made by Simeon North of Middlebury CT. It is an 1833 Type II. This particular...
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Coastal Defense
- Jul 27
- 2 min
A method of crowning a muzzle
By Jim Sometimes a barrel needs to be cut down in length to make a handier carbine out of it. Hunters especially like to have a rifle...
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Coastal Defense
- Jun 8
- 2 min
Powder coated bullets
By Jim Cast bullets are a cheaper way of shooting. You get the satisfaction of controlling every aspect of making your own ammo. But...
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Coastal Defense
- Apr 5
- 2 min
Making an obsolete rimfire cartridge
By Jim We had a customer come in with a very old gun, and he needed some ammunition for it, if possible. No problem for us here at...
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Coastal Defense
- Apr 1
- 2 min
A rare WW2 German rifle.
By Jim A rare rifle came into the shop today for cleaning and a functions check. It's a Walther made K43 in 8mm Mauser caliber. A brief...
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Coastal Defense
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Wire inlays in a gun stock.
By Jim Wire inlays are not difficult to do, but they are time consuming. I start off by transferring the pattern onto the gun stock and...
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Coastal Defense
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Unusual Winchester part 5 finale
By Jim I carved a new fore end and gave it the same epoxy treatment. The buttplate was cast from an original in a mold from the same blue...
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Coastal Defense
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Unusual Winchester part 4
By Jim Now I begin the process of sanding the stock and fitting it to the rifle action. The project is progressing nicely. The first of...
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Coastal Defense
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Unusual Winchester part 3
By Jim Now I had a ready to carve stock blank. I put the blank in my stock duplicator and began to cut. Here's the rough carved stock....
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Coastal Defense
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Unusual Winchester part 2
By Jim Next, I turned my attention to making a new stock. And since we're going wild here on this project, I wasn't going to make any old...
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Coastal Defense
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Unusual Winchester rifle
By Jim A lot of times you can salvage an old gun when you think it's beyond repair. As long as the gun hasn't been in a house fire, it's...
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Coastal Defense
- Mar 21
- 1 min
New leather
By Jim Here at Coastal Defense, we can accommodate your leather projects as related to firearms. Here is a completed custom shoulder rig...
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Coastal Defense
- Feb 9
- 2 min
How to cut and recrown a barrel without a lathe.
By Jim A lot of people think that you can't properly shorten a barrel to a handier length without using a lathe to crown the muzzle. But...
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