GUNSMITHING AND TOOL MAKING BIBLE

RELINING BARRELS Many old guns are around that have barrels that are rusted out, but otherwise the rest of the gun is in workabl ...

The drill is then removed from the lathe and the shoulder is resharpened to the correct angle of the original drill. It is wise ...

and the soldering operation repeated until it does ring. FINISHING THE BARREL After the liner is cut off flush with each end of ...

The lapping rod is equipped with a ball bearing cross-handle at the opposite end from the lap so that it may easily be grasped a ...

MAKING 22 RF LINERS In this chapter I will show you how to make 22 RF liners, for relining shot out 22's. I first came up with t ...

22 RF BUTTONS The first thing that you will need is the sizing button and rifling button. Sizes are given in the chapter on rifl ...

INSTALLING THE LINER When done, clean the oil from the barrel with solvent. You can the liner in the barrel already chambered. I ...

BARREL INSERTS & LINERS You are out hunting with your shotgun and all you are using is No. 6 shot. Up ahead you see some gam ...

where it would just slip into the chamber of the shotgun. I carefully trimmed a little at a time off the front of the rim until ...

There is another type of insert that I use in my 357 revolvers. Each of the chambers has a .177 Cal. insert install in it. A old ...

If you are careful, the case can be removed also. All that is left to do is cut the extractor slot, and crown the barrel. This c ...

stress to build in the barrel, and thus warp the barrel. It is very important to keep any stress from build up in the barrel (Li ...

When you have finish turning the barrel down to within a few thousands of the finish size, set the feed to the lightest feed. Sh ...

REPAIRING SHOTGUN BARRELS There are times when something gets into the end of the shotgun barrel that causes an obstruction. Whe ...

of the shank on the extension barrel has to be exactly the right length, so it will but up on the shoulder on the inside of the ...

20 GAUGE BORE IS .619 FULL CHOKE .590 AC. .029 MODIFIED CHOKE .604 AC. .015 IMPROVE CYLD. .613 AC. .007 SHOTGUN REAMERS 12 GAUGE ...

the lathe carriage. I will show you how to make a full choke barrel, but if you want to make a modified barrel, this can be made ...

tool blocks mounts. This fixture clamps the tube to keep it from turning. The reamer you make it can be counter bored to a depth ...

A wood strip of the same type is used on one side of the finish or fine boring reamer but the leading edge of the opposite side ...

throw off the pattern. The final polish in the bore should be a mirror like finish, instead of the finish, we see in the bore of ...