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evanfox•6mo ago

Vent: I bought a cheap barrel vise from a flea market and it cost me a whole weekend

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nathan776•6mo ago

Just read a gunsmithing manual from 1918 that said they used to case harden with bone meal and leather scraps

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margaretf40•6mo ago

Finished my 50th trigger job this morning and the number kind of snuck up on me.

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betty_scott18•6mo ago

Rant: A simple extractor pin cost me a whole afternoon

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johnfoster•6mo ago

Warning: my neighbor's comment about his old rifle made me check my own work

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emma_jones21•6mo ago

Tried a 10% vinegar soak on a rusted shotgun bolt and it ate the bluing

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caleb_bell•6mo ago

Had a guy bring in a 1911 he'd 'cleaned' with a wire wheel on a bench grinder

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the_luna•6mo ago

A customer's old Marlin 336 went from wall hanger to deer rifle in two weeks

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parker_campbell•6mo ago

A customer brought in a rusted 1911 and told me to 'just make it work'

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lopez.holly•6mo ago

Shoutout to the old timer who showed me a trick for fitting a stubborn barrel

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vale19•6mo ago

Trying to fit a new extractor on a 1911 slide had me stuck for a whole afternoon

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dakota_rivera•6mo ago

Bought a $1200 digital torque wrench for AR builds and it feels like overkill

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the_kelly•6mo ago

My custom build proved that hand-fitting a barrel isn't always a bad idea

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cameron724•6mo ago

My last three projects hit a wall because of backordered springs

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elliotc10•6mo ago

Hot take: I swore by machine polishing for barrels, but a hand-lapped one proved me wrong.

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