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Article from the Fall 2020, “The Black Powder Cartridge News”
Our customer, Cody Smith wrote about his experience working with Forcing Cone tools in his revolver. It’s probably faster to download the file than waiting for it to load in the browser. [gview file=”https://4drentals.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/BPC_Fall_20lr.pdf”]
Why Are There NO Good Gunsmiths Around Here?
Diplock’s Syndrome For those of you who have not read Fred Zeglin’s book on Wildcat Cartridges, here is a little excerpt you might find amusing. “Diplock’s Syndrome,” a syndrome contracted by gunsmiths. The cause is close contact with clients or customers who lack patience, and often what we used to call common courtesy. Custom guns are hand…
Fred talks about P.O. Ackley
One of the cool things about writing a book is that during the research for the book you learn a lot about people. I was able to interview a number of interesting and well known folks in the gun world while researching P.O. Ackley, America’s Gunsmith. If you would like a little more behind the scene…
