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P.O. Ackley, America’s Gunsmith, a new book by Fred Zeglin
I doubt that P.O. Ackley set out to be famous. But life has it’s twists and turns, Ackley worked hard to learn his trade and equally as hard at putting out the word about his work. He became acquainted with many gun writers and leaders in the gun industry. In 1936 he made the decision…
BEWARE SCAMMERS
A client sent us the image below and asked if this came from us. It did not. Your account is managed by you on the web site, we will never send an email like this. Be safe out there!
Forster Products, Reloading Fall Bash
In early September 2022 Forster Products staff and owners put on an event for Distributors of their products along with other industry contacts. The facility for the event was “The Site, Firearms Training Center” in Mount Carrol, IL. Lead Instructors: Jim Kauber & Lara Spanic were great to work with and kept us all focused…
UPDATED Web Site
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To Gauge or not to Gauge? Liability is the question.
Part I We talk to hundreds of gunsmith’s each month. It surprises me how often these “professionals” decide not to use a headspace gauge when they are available to them. They say, “No, that’s OK I will just use brass.” The reason that we are still using brass cases in firearms after more than a…

