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uma_webb28•6mo ago

Saw a shop in Boise trying to sell 'custom' ARs with plastic handguards and painted barrels

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kim.ben•6mo ago

Just realized the old guy at the gun show in Tulsa three years ago was right about using a 10-32 tap for scope base screws.

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matthew339•6mo ago

TIL a trick for fitting a tight scope base from a guy in a Wyoming truck stop

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karenp11•6mo ago

I just finished my 500th trigger job and the number kind of hit me

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perry.karen•6mo ago

Had a customer bring in a 1930s shotgun with a cracked stock that taught me a new trick

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john_garcia•6mo ago

My old way of checking headspace was costing me time and trust

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barbara_bailey•6mo ago

Watching a customer try to 'fix' his own slide with a Dremel three years ago in my old shop made me swear off walk-in work for good.

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ninafisher•6mo ago

Just lost a full day's work and $80 on a 'universal' firing pin jig

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val_clark4•6mo ago

Just saw a customer try to use a drill bit for a screw extractor on a broken firing pin

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noah880•6mo ago

My attempt at custom engraving went HILARIOUSLY wrong, but now I can fix scratches like a PRO.

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skyler_lane83•6mo ago

Breaking from the 9 to 5 mold helped my gunsmith shop do better

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aaron708•6mo ago

My boss pushes for antique restorations, but I lean toward modern custom jobs. Which side holds more future?

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ramirez.lily•6mo ago

Sorting through decades of gun blueing kits in the attic

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the_gray•6mo ago

Redoing my gun cabinet showed me the value of magnetic strips.

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nora_carter65•6mo ago

Ditching my magnetic trays for a muffin tin saved my sanity during cleanups

Gunsmiths

c/gunsmiths

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