More going on to swap cylinders than you might imagine. The idea was to substitute a cylinder that could run 45ACP, without moon clips, properly headspaced. OH, and you cannot change the length of the arbor, or the star, or the chambers. And all 6...
2022-02-13 16:55:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Taking care of the customer is more than just fixing their gear.
Pardon the audio, some moron forgot to hit play on the mic. That, would be me.
2022-02-11 14:14:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Just couldn't hold it together.....filming for an Anvil, S&W revolver timing and cylinder change. Back under the cameras thumb. Cool stuff coming, looking into a live stream on Utreon, a .50 BMG build, maybe a drilling.
Brownells gave me this jumper for Christmas, so why not.......
I will be in the Gaillard auditorium 18 to 20 February, doing my "I'm a Gunsmith" schtick.
Drop by if you're in town. I will NOT be dressed in this clown suit.
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2022-02-10 21:19:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Our last rusting video is old, poorly filmed, poorly explained, and just plain sucks. This one is better. It is meant to be shown on his site, so it has no Anvil ident on the head or tail. The one you will see on YT will have that missing de...
2022-01-27 20:29:10 +0000 UTC View PostWE have been nominated for a GUNDIE award in the "Best Gun Reviewer" category. This is a Patron WIN, because my content would suck, or just be non-existent, with out your support.
Just getting back up to speed, and I see 18 messages in my Patreon inbox, and 347 new emails in my mail.....thanks for you patience. I will get there
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2022-01-04 20:01:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Ever wonder how custom gun screws are timed to torque up just as the slot aligns with the long axis of the gun? This is how I do it, right, wrong, or indifferent
1. The screw is fabricated to length; Leave the head and threads long enough to...
2022-01-04 19:58:57 +0000 UTC View Post
3, and if you squint, 4 different colors of phosphatizing on the same collection of parts. In this episode, we show the process of making everything really dark grey. You know, like it was supposed to look.....
This is a recent acquisition f...
2021-12-19 16:52:23 +0000 UTC View Post
BEFORE photos of a Joseph Manton double gun from 1797, if I dated it correctly. The gun and its box have been in the Charleston area for a long time. As presented, it had been converted to percussion, presumably in England, as the trade label in t...
2021-12-15 14:35:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Nothing mechanically "wrong" here, just a deferred maintenance save from the scrap pile. Oxidized WD40 balled up like snot, and a finish that had been destroyed at least twice. Like the Hahn, we were just trying for the 3 foot away smell test, and...
2021-12-11 22:36:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Finally got this up, the description of the work AFTER the first 3 hours were shot and edited to am hour and a half. Thanks for waiting, and more on this rifle and several others just like it to come.......
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2021-12-04 22:37:34 +0000 UTC View Post
This a snippet from an old Anvil that we are getting ready to re-drop. Thought you might like not having to find it. This is Ian McCollums 1918 and several museums have been in contact with us, not believing the rumors that they even existed.
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I took a couple more weeks but we got the Kennedy running like it should and we filmed an update today that we are editing right now. We snipped out the shooting segment for you guys here to enjoy in the meantime. In the meantime we grabbed the sh...
2021-12-02 19:48:45 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a long one. 5 shop video sessions to get back to the point where it was worn out, and discarded long ago. Of significance is the geometry involved in stoning the trigger and hammer, and...
2021-11-12 13:16:45 +0000 UTC View PostGrandkid watch is secured. A normal birth of an 8 pound boy happened an hour ago, so now I'm an actual old guy.
He was born in the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month. On Veterans day.
Go figure.
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2021-11-11 17:13:07 +0000 UTC View Post
This one took 4 sittings and we aren't done yet, but I think today is the day she eats again!
The old barrel had been cut back so many times as to be useless, and is pictured above the relined octagon barrel and new, repop mag tube. The fore...
2021-11-10 17:44:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Lead weight, to insure reliable trigger reset with .410 tubes in a 12 gauge gun. This was the gun we fixed the bedding on for Anvil 105
We were given this tree.....in West Virginia. How to cut it up into small enough chunks so it can be hauled back to Charleston? What I'm asking them to do is waste 2/3rds of the tree so I can have the best out of the middle, but that's what we nee...
2021-11-09 19:14:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Funny how a 450 BPE looks a lot like a .45/120. They dwarf the 43 Mauser and .45/70 next to them and not squeamish rounds in their own right. 450 BPE for a double rifle in for repairs as mentioned before.
A good friend asked if he could stas...
2021-10-26 21:03:26 +0000 UTC View Post
The party that sanded and oiled this stock did a beautiful job. Right up until he pulled out a checkering tool........
This is a very high grade Superposed, engraved, 32 line per inch checkering. As is normal during any correctly sanded refi...
2021-10-26 20:57:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This O/U is currently at the competition we mentioned in Anvil 105, so I asked for a few photos to show the completed task. The project is NOT finished however, it will be back for the last 15 or so oil/polish evolutions, then a good waxing. There...
2021-10-23 20:50:57 +0000 UTC View PostBetween range day prep, a trip up home to see the Mom's and several gunsmiths, and a pending Grandkid (my first), the schedule of work is HOSED. As this moves through, expect renewed vigor in the posting/interest scale...
In no order
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2021-10-21 13:36:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Very high round count competition shotgun needed some stock work. Being good at fixing problems is not necessarily a good thing if you don't fix the root cause of the failure. In this case, the bedding finally set back enough to stress the head en...
2021-10-21 13:27:14 +0000 UTC View Post
........is NOT a correct material to fabricate a replacement firing pin from. These parts are to a Whitney Kennedy currently under surgery in the shop.
First photo shows the 2 piece train after I dug the now straight nail out of ...
2021-10-08 17:57:49 +0000 UTC View Post
2nd range day this year. We brought gear that went through the shop this year, for a mix. Lots of vendors and their gear, lots of YT and other platform creators. Many contacts were made, much business was conducted.
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2021-10-06 12:03:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a quickie, no episode. This blew through the shop for maintenance and is already gone. I thought you guys would enjoy. I know I sure as hell did.
2021-09-28 19:41:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Got the Burgess to work. Just the ending, and it will be compiled into the actual episode.
mark and Bruno thank you for the support
2021-09-22 21:28:20 +0000 UTC View Post
On it's way out for a movie set. Finished the conservation, fabricated a replacement for the missing/broken loading gate spring. Ammo is full length sized 44 mag, cut down to .960 inches. Using a .429 projectile, I have been able to cram in ...
2021-09-21 16:34:38 +0000 UTC View Post