2021-12-06 11:56
I buy rusty, beat-up, forgotten and unwanted guns....then return them to working status and refinish them. This is a great way to learn the skill of gun refinishing and build an impressive c… Read More
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2021-12-02 14:34
Let's get this party started with an x-ray of an FN PS90Sharps Brothers...go home you're drunk...Sal brings up a good question, you know with the Democrats' stance on voting and allIs that R… Read More
2021-11-29 16:31
If you missed the earlier posts on this build, click the links belowPart 1Part 2Part 3The parts have been blued and are ready for reassemblyI started with the brass bead on the barrel, a lit… Read More
2021-11-25 13:53
It's that time of year again, we will announce the contestants for the most malicious, mendacious and maligned Media ReportsThis year's proud sponsors are:Traitorous Coffee Company: "We say… Read More
2021-11-21 11:54
If you missed parts one and two click on the links belowPart 1Part 2When we left off I was about to start applying oil to the stocks, I sand in the first coat. I wet the stock with oil then… Read More
2021-11-18 14:28
We'll start with some theme magazines that represent some current news topics....This next one is from Culpepper PrecisionThe next three are from the folks at Shark Coast TacticalOdin's Work… Read More
2021-11-14 12:51
If you missed part one, click hereWhen we left off the varnish on the butt stock was being removed with a stripping agent. Her it is after a wipe down.To remove the oil soaked into the… Read More
2021-11-11 11:26
Remember to fly Old Glory at sunrise!This post is dedicated to all those who served in the greatest Armed Forces ever. There have been more than 57 million men and women who have… Read More
2021-11-07 13:14
The story of the Joslyn Firearms Company will have to start with the man who started the company, one Benjamin Franklin Joslyn. Josyln was born in 1821 in Worcester, Massachusetts.Prob… Read More
2021-11-03 13:45
This shotgun was brought to me by my Father in Law, it is a family heirloom and he asked me to refinish it.It is a Winchester model 97 (1897) "Brush Take-Down" model in 12 gauge. According t… Read More
2021-10-30 12:14
It's that time of year again, Glocktober is coming to an end and All Hallows Eve is upon us.Links to past Halloween Gun PostsHalloween 2013Monster Hunting Kits 2014Halloween 2016Halloween Gu… Read More
2021-10-27 13:15
It's that time of year again.....The photos above were found on the internet and used here for educational and entertainment purposes under the fair use doctrine of Title 17 of the U.S… Read More
2021-10-22 14:58
Happy Ruger Day Everyone!Here is a quick project I put together after I found a screaming deal on a Ruger SR-22 Chassis kit. Below is what I bought for $60, it was not 100% perfect, but in p… Read More
2021-10-18 22:28
The story of the Kimball pistol starts with its creator, John W. Kimball.As far as I can tell John W. Kimball was born in 1926 in Canada. His family emigrated to the U.S. probably during the… Read More
2021-10-14 13:47
A gun graveyard somewhere in Vietnam....I always figured Kermit for an Uzi kinda guy.....Check out the prices on this old adEver wondered how a double action revolver worked??Meanwhile in Ru… Read More
2021-10-10 22:17
I have always liked the idea of a pistol caliber carbine or PCC as they are referred to by the gun press.The history of the PCC dates back to 1855 when Colt introduced their revolving c… Read More
2021-10-06 14:22
The story of the Bay State Arms Company starts with its founder, William Hastings Davenport.Davenport was born on April 20th, 1828 in Mendon, Massachusetts. He began his gun making career in… Read More
2021-10-01 17:50
Let's kick this month's Theme Guns off with some sports themed guns.The Star Wars themed guns are too numerous to count...here are a few moreA few Louis Vuitton gunsSome military/bomber insp… Read More
2021-09-27 00:40
They were the reality stars of their day.....crooks who shot and killed their way to fame.I guess it all started with the economic collapse that dragged the world into the Great D… Read More
2021-09-20 12:00
This month's featured gun is the Standard Arms Model GThe story of the Standard Arms Model G starts with the man who designed it. Morris Ford Smith was born on September 29th, 1846 in P… Read More
2021-09-16 17:22
In the Great War we needed these kind of innovationsHave you got your tickets to the Boogaloo?I don't know much about this pistol.....but I want oneGotta love the girls of the IDFA family ar… Read More
2021-09-10 12:32
I started this journey a long time ago and then life pulled me away from working on guns. What led me back to it was people like Sharps40. His typical medium is the Ruger Blackhaw… Read More
2021-09-06 18:19
Happy Labor Day everyone....We'll get this party started with a trio of Louis Vuitton gunsStock Guns Suck aka SGS Arms produced this Glock dedicated to the MasonsA Theme Guns post woul… Read More
2021-09-01 22:59
This month's focus is Charter Arms.The story of Charter Arms begins with the man who founded the company: Doug McClennahan.Douglas Sloane McClennahan was born on May 17th, 1933 in New York C… Read More
2021-08-27 19:06
From the Vietnam War: U.S. Army "Tunnel Rat" equipped with headlight and a S&W QSP revolver (equipped with a sound suppressor)What happens when you attempt to fire a 300 Blackout in a 7… Read More
2021-08-23 14:04
If you missed parts one and two click on the links belowPart 1Part 2We have the parts blued, time to reassemble the gun.The last thing before pictures is polishing the gun with some Renaissa… Read More
2021-08-18 11:56
When investigating these old gun factories I find many coincidences and names that will lead you down the wrong path, this story has a couple of those.This story begins with the the man whos… Read More
2021-08-13 14:10
If you missed part one, click hereI started with the small parts, I taped up the knurled and threaded portions of the ejector rod and chucked it into my drill and polished it to a 1200 grit… Read More
2021-08-08 12:17
We'll kick this off with a themed gun that is both comical and topical.....Ironic they call masks and gloves personal protective equipment.....I'd say the gun itself fits that role just fine… Read More
2021-08-03 12:11
Here is yet another Smith & Wesson model 19 in need of some love.This one looked like it took a tumble on the concrete at some point, but nothing we cannot fix.According to the 3rd editi… Read More
2021-07-30 12:53
Time for some good old fashioned gun pornThe pictures displayed above were found on the World Wide Web and are used here for entertainment and educational purposes under the guise of t… Read More
2021-07-26 15:48
It has been far too long since we recognized those gunsmiths among us who really shouldn't be touching tools. So we are back here to shine the light of shame on their brilliant work.If… Read More
2021-07-21 16:53
Given the recent political developments, I should not even be mentioning the name of the town in which the retarded slave enthusiasts live (my new term for socialists) and construct their pr… Read More
2021-07-16 14:44
You may have seen my other post regarding the restoration of a Remington 512 Sportsmaster, this is the brother of that gun, the 512 is a bolt action, tube feed; the 511 is a bolt action, box… Read More
2021-07-12 16:12
East meets west or an Armasaiga....a Saigalite???The 14.9mm SOPMain street in Deadwood, SD 1876Dirty Harry movie poster from Italy, note the 44 Magnum is specifically mentioned.May 10th 1940… Read More
2021-07-07 15:53
In America we have two groups of gun owners....those that own an M1 and those who want to own one.....I belong to the former group.For the last several years I have been posting a series of… Read More
2021-07-03 23:29
Even though many of us feel like America has been lost to the Socialists....fear not, I have renewed faith in America. Here in western Arizona....we believe, we believe the election wa… Read More
2021-06-29 18:59
This is just a short list of the weird ideas that people have come up with involving guns. It is certainly not exhaustive.....The Taurus View was a simple double action revolver, somewhere d… Read More
2021-06-25 15:20
In parts one and two we refinished the metal and fixed some issues, if you missed those posts, click on the links belowPart 1Part 2The gun is finished Some before and after shotsOn to t… Read More
2021-06-21 20:35
It has been quite a while since I posted some gun art.....For those of you wondering what to do with all those steel Russian cartridge cases.....wonder no more....guns carved into a wood des… Read More
2021-06-17 14:40
If you missed part 1, click hereSo when we left off we were still cleaning parts, now we start on the bolt.To remove the firing pin and ejector, we have to file away the peened over metalThe… Read More
2021-06-13 22:27
Time for another round of Interesting Firearm Photos....We'll start with this young shoeless lad, whose long rifle is taller than he is....Remember when cartoons showed good guys with… Read More
2021-06-07 13:58
Strange how the world works....I had never seen (or at least do not remember) a Steven model 73 before owning one....now I have a second one on my bench.See my first Stevens model 73 project… Read More
2021-06-02 15:37
This is the story of a company, a new pistol and a new cartridge.....It started with a dream, the dream of building the best pistol possible, one that could take away that title from the ven… Read More
2021-05-29 12:06
If you missed the earlier posts on this project, click on the links below:Part 1Part 2Part 3The parts have been bluedTime to reassemble this rifle, I'll start with the bolt.Safety is install… Read More
2021-05-24 14:15
Back in Sept of 2018 I featured Meriden Arms as the Firearm Factory of the month, this month we take a look at one of the arms produce by them.The model 15 was a pump action .22 rifle made b… Read More
2021-05-20 17:39
If you missed parts 1 & 2 click on the links belowPart 1Part 2When we left off we had prepped the stock for the oil finish, now we begin applying the oil. We will be using Minwax Antique… Read More
2021-05-16 13:55
Your mission, should you choose to accept it.....Little ARBig ARFrom a time long ago, when American culture wasn't dominated by pussy soy-boisThe helmet and uniform are definitly German, but… Read More
2021-05-12 21:25
If you missed part 1, you can click here or on the link in the menu to the leftThe stock has some pretty bad dents and diggers in it. I will attempt to steam out as many of them as possibleT… Read More
2021-05-08 14:11
This month's firearm factory is that of Tobin Arms Manufacturing Company.The story of Tobin Arms starts with its founder Frank Major Tobin. Tobin was born in in Halifax, Nova Scotia On Janua… Read More
2021-05-04 15:37
A fellow forum member asked me a while back to refinish his Father's Model 70 Winchester. He sent me these pictures:It appears as though something got spilled on the finish, which removed th… Read More
2021-04-30 13:00
The Marlin model of 1881 was not the first lever action rifle, nor was it Marlin's first rifle. It was however the first Marlin lever action rifle, in fact it was Marlin's first repeating ri… Read More
2021-04-25 15:48
Time for another round of interesting photos from the world of firearms.Patent drawings for the greatest battle implement ever devisedNotorious outlaw Belle Starr in Fort Smith Arkansas 1886… Read More
2021-04-20 13:00
If you missed the first two posts click on the links belowPart 1Part 2Now that the metal parts are ready to be blued we will get started on the stock. I use Citristrip to remove the old fini… Read More
2021-04-15 13:00
Well kick off this one with some Star Wars themed guns....probably the most popular theme, there is no shortage of examples.Currently in second is Deadpool themed guns, again no shorta… Read More
2021-04-10 21:00
If you missed part one, click hereFirst step is disassembly, you can see the color case hardening on the bolt and safety are still in very good shapeready for cleaning Some of these pa… Read More
2021-04-06 21:00
According to this website there are (or were) 12,977 companies in America with the name or acronym of AMT. One can understand the proliferation of the AMT moniker as the "A" often stands for… Read More
2021-04-02 12:42
This is the third Remington 512 Sportmaster that I have refinished for my Brother...I guess he really likes these little .22s.Below are links to the two previous projectsRestoring a Remingto… Read More
2021-03-29 13:33
For those that have followed the blog for a long time know about my predilection for the Ruger 10/22.After getting my first 10/22, I started collecting parts, including a bunch of… Read More
2021-03-25 13:18
Every March I post pictures of 10/22 stocks that have been modified through carving, reshaping, painting or other mods....this year we have a some new ones for you.This one has had lighting… Read More
2021-03-21 14:32
In a previous post we went over the story of the 10/22 rifle, see that post here. Today we focus on one particular model, the SR-22.The Ruger SR-22 R was a 10/22 rifle that came from the fac… Read More
2021-03-17 13:13
Because it is St. Patrick's Day we'll kick this off with green 10/22shere are a couple of very similar builds dressed in a bronze/black camo motifThe rise in popularity of the aluminum chass… Read More
2021-03-13 13:32
We'll start this with some pictures of factory sling swivel mounts used on the Ruger 10/22s by the factory, then show you some custom options.On the Finger Groove Sporter model, Ruger used s… Read More
2021-03-09 15:03
This project got started from another one of my gun show findsI found a great deal on this ER-Shaw bull barrel at the gun show, it was 16", .920 diameter and was threaded. The barrel ha… Read More
2021-03-05 18:19
We'll start off with the B-TM stock from Samson Manufacturing, a ways back Samson had announced that they were working with Ruger to bring back the Min-14 factory folding stock made famous b… Read More
2021-03-01 13:34
I suppose you thought we ran out of new facts to share with you regarding our favorite rimfire rifle? Guess again..Here we are now in our 6th year of providing info on the history, upgrades… Read More
2021-02-26 13:59
It has been too long since we had some good old gun porn.....It's "F -it" Friday....no better timeThe pictures above were found on the internet and used here for entertainment purposes, unde… Read More
2021-02-22 13:42
I am not sure if "graffiti" is not the proper term here, but I could not think up a better word to describe the act of defacing a firearm.Years ago Law Enforcement would encourage people to… Read More
2021-02-18 14:53
We'll kick this off with a couple of the folks at Shark Coast Tactical, nearly every theme gun post will have at least one gun from their shopA few Star Wars themed gunsAnother look at Mad P… Read More
2021-02-14 13:34
Happy "buy your girl a gun day".....rather than buy her over-priced flowers that will die or chocolates that will make her fat, buy her a gun that will protect her. The story of the Bur… Read More
2021-02-10 04:37
Here is a nice H&R model 926 that needed me my help...For those that have never seen one of these, it is a variation of the 999 Sportsman. The action breaks open like a 999, but there is… Read More
2021-02-05 16:00
We'll kick this off with something topicalAugust 11th, 1976 Wichita Police investigate the snipers perch on the 26th floor from which a shooter killed 3 and wounded 8dummy inflatable Sherman… Read More
2021-02-01 16:59
The Smith & Wesson model 19 is a double action revolver in the medium "K" frame size.The gun was, for a time, the most popular sidearm of law enforcement in North America. You would be h… Read More
2021-01-27 20:27
If you missed the previous posts, click on the links belowPart 1Part 2Part 3When we left off I had just won an auction for a used replacement bolt.Time to get the bolt cleaned up, reblued an… Read More
2021-01-23 23:58
This is one of those stories in which the man who built the guns was far more interesting than the guns themselves.Our story begins with the birth of Simeon North on July 13th 1765 in Berlin… Read More
2021-01-19 15:08
If you missed parts 1 & 2, click on the links belowPart 1Part 2Now it is time to start on the metal, Disassembly first, then we must remove the paint so we can get to the rust and pittin… Read More
2021-01-15 17:29
We'll kick this off with a Nerf themed AR rifle.....Some more Star Wars themed gunsStock Guns Suck produced this custom Star Wars GlockThe pistol below is the work of Tucker TacticalSome Sup… Read More
2021-01-10 14:49
When we left off we were steaming the dents out of the rifle, see part 1 here.After getting as many of the dents out as I could, I started sanding the stock with 150 grit, then 220, then 320… Read More
2021-01-06 21:51
Another round of interesting firearm related photos....This first one is a sign of the times......don't fall for it, it's a trapI had always believed that a handgun was designed to buy you t… Read More
2021-01-02 17:23
I guess this is the project that wont die.If you missed the first part of this rifle build, click on the links belowPhase 1 Part 1Phase 1 Part 2Phase 1 Part 3This is what the gun looked like… Read More
2020-12-27 20:24
The English language is made up of words from every corner of the globe. There are several reasons for this. Starting with many invasions of Britannia by the Norsemen, the Romans and of cour… Read More
2020-12-22 16:25
Welcome back to another edition of the Golden Poop Awards. The candidates this time are vying for the coveted Golden Poop in the category of Gun AdvertisingBrought to you by:The New Coke, "A… Read More
2020-12-18 15:22
Continuing our month of magazines, I have another magazine rehab, this one a rusty AK mag. I don't remember where I got this magazine from, I think someone gave it to me.....anywa… Read More
2020-12-14 20:55
This is our third installment, click on the links below to see the first twoCustom Themed MagazinesTheme Magazine IIWe'll start this post off with a topical one...Christmas is right around t… Read More
2020-12-10 17:01
This month is magazine month I have a few magazine projects and our theme guns this month will be theme magazines instead.After buying some surplus AR magazines at a gun show I bought… Read More
2020-12-07 18:14
Today marks the 79th anniversary of the "date that will live in infamy", when the Empire of Japan picked a fight with the wrong country.The islands of Hawai'i are more than 3,700 miles… Read More
2020-12-04 16:41
The trend of painting your magazine to look like a banana and then putting a banana sticker on it has been popular for awhile now.....Magpul got in on the shenanigans early with their… Read More
2020-11-30 14:48
The fifth and final post on this build. If you missed the first four posts, click on the links below:Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Time to start the assembly, I'll start with the trigger housing… Read More
2020-11-27 16:26
You may not recognize the name Asa Waters but his contributions to America and the world of firearms are worthy of remembering.The many armories owned and operated by the Waters family… Read More
2020-11-24 01:33
The fourth post on this build. If you missed the first three posts, click on the links below:Part 1Part 2Part 3There was another part that needed attention. The bolt I bought was listed as u… Read More
2020-11-20 17:05
The story of the Marlin model 70P begins with its older brother the model 60.The Marlin model 60 is a staple of the gun industry, perhaps the best selling .22 rifle of all time. I would vent… Read More
2020-11-16 15:08
If you missed parts 1 & 2 click on the links belowPart 1Part 2Now that we have the stock ready it is time to start on the metal. Disassembly is often a challenge on the model 60 as… Read More
2020-11-13 13:45
When the Marlin model 60 was introduced in 1960, there was no law requiring manufacturers to put serial numbers on their guns. Many did anyway, for record keeping and warranty repairs… Read More
2020-11-09 14:03
If you missed part 1 see it hereWe're starting with the stock, we'll begin with fitting the factory Marlin butt plate and white spacer to the Boyd's stock.First we have to drill out and plug… Read More
2020-11-05 15:15
I guess November is Marlin Model 60 month....why? Why not? A couple of years ago (2018) I dedicated the whole month to the model 60 and I am doing it again this year.There is something… Read More
2020-11-02 00:23
This project started organically, I had wanted one of the Marlin Deluxe 50th Anniversary models, but missed the boat and they are now hard to find for sale.You may notice the header font mat… Read More
2020-10-29 15:45
Halloween is loved by Americans (and many others) because it offers an escape from reality.....something we could really use right now...as we have people in our country calling for th… Read More
2020-10-26 12:35
It's that time of year again.......We'll start this year's post with the .50 Cal "Zombie Mist Maker"Another one from the laboratory of Mad Custom CoatingsKoted Arms in Mesa AZ is responsible… Read More
2020-10-22 13:51
Happy Ruger Day everyone! 10/22 is the perfect day to wrap up our Zombie Hunter 10/22 project...If you missed the first two posts click on the links belowPart 1Part 2Time to add some accesso… Read More
2020-10-17 15:23
Our featured gun today is the Remington model 12. The model 12 is a pump action, rimfire rifle.In the days before idiotic rules, crazy people defecating on the streets and socialists in seat… Read More
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