By Jim The .30 Remington cartridge was developed in 1906. It was Remington’s rimless answer to the Winchester .30-30. It was available...

By Jim There’s all sorts of newer gee whiz gun oils on the market these days. To me, one is about as good as another, based on my usage...

By Jim The Dutch had .69 caliber rifle muskets hanging around their armories since 1848. By 1867, they were doing what the rest of Europe...

By Jim A customer brought in his rifle with a broken magazine latch. It is a bolt action rifle sold by Harrington and Richardson built on...

By Jim The first practical self contained cartridge that was considered safe to use in a firearm was patented in 1835 by a Frenchman...

By Jim I’m making a carved holster for a customer. I start off first by making a paper pattern to lay out the overall shape. Next I trace...

By Jim I won’t go into detail about this rifle, except to say that there’s a few of them on the surplus market today. Most of them are in...

By Jim A while back I bought some cases from Jamison for my reproduction Winchester 1876. Unfortunately the company is now defunct, and...

By Jim With the cooler months of the year coming up, this means muzzle loader season will be on us soon. One of the things I want to...

By Jim The Remington model 8 and 81 series semi auto rifles have been obsolete for a long time, but there’s still a number of them out in...

By Jim I like to turkey hunt with my old Colt 10 gauge. It’s the perfect thing for Fall gobblers in Maine. But it’s truly difficult to...

By Jim It’s no secret that I like the old antique firearms. Half the fun of having older guns is the research involved and making the...

by Jim Modern guns are pretty awesome. What’s not to like ? With modern smokeless powders and non corrosive primers, you can shoot your...

By Jim This blog will NOT be anything more than hitting the highlights of building a custom Commander length 1911 on a full sized frame....

by Jim A customer had an unusual request. He had seen a picture of the Lichtenberg burning process and wanted to see if it could be...

by Jim In this short video, I’m demonstrating the Lichtenberg burning process on a piece of broken gun stock for practice. By wiring a...

By Jim It happens sometimes. You have an antique rifle or shotgun that’s been a little abused, and the toe gets broken off the stock....

By Jim Ok, I know what you’re thinking about here. Old Jim is off his rocker…. Maybe so but not in this case. When I have a valuable...

By Jim I start off with a piece of round bar stock that I keep on hand. Square bar stock is fine too. Doesn't matter because I'm...

By Jim Colt made derringers from about 1870 to 1890, after buying out Brooklyn's National Arms Co. for their derringer designs. Sources...