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17 Ackley Bee
$8.00Lead Angle: 1.5º | Pilot: Solid
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17 Ackley Hornet
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19-223 Ackley Improved
$8.00Neck .229 Lead Angle 1.5 Pilot Solid
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20 Ackley Bee
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20-223 Ackley
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204 Ruger Ackley Improved (AI)
$8.00or 204 AI
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219 Zipper Ackley Improved
$8.0028 Degree Shoulder
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22-06 Ackley Improved
$8.00Neck .257 Lead Angle 1.5º Pilot Floating
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22-243 Win. Ackley Improved
$8.0022-243 A.I.
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22-250 Remington Ackley
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22-6mm Ackley Improved
$8.00Pilot Floating
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22/30-30 Ackley Improved
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220 Swift Ackley
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222 Remington Ackley Improved
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222 Remington Magnum Ackley Improved
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223 Remington Ackley Improved
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240 Cobra
$8.00Uses 220 Swift Ackley Improved Headspace Gauges
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243 Winchester Ackley Improved
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243 WSSM AI (Ackley Improved)
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243-3000 Savage Ackley Improved
$42.00Pilot Floating, 30 degree shoulder, uses 250 Savage AI Guages
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244 (6mm) Remington Ackley Improved
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25 Krag Ackley
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25 WSSM AI (Ackley Improved)
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25-35 Ackley Improved
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25/06 Remington Ackley
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25/264 Winchester Magnum Ackley Improved
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25/375 H&H Ackley Improved
$8.00Neck .2865 Freebore .065
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250 Ackley Magnum
$8.00Pilot Solid
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250 Savage Ackley
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257 Roberts Ackley
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260 Remington Ackley
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270 Winchester Ackley
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270-08 Ackley Improved (270-308 Win. AI)
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30 Ackley Magnum #2
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30 BR Ackley Improved
$42.00Neck .330″ Pilot Floating
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30-06 Ackley Improved
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30-40 Ackley Improved
$42.00Pilot Floating
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30/30 Ackley Improved
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30/348 Winchester Ackley Improved
$8.00Multiple versions of this cartridge are offered by reloading die makers.
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300 Ackley Magnum (H&H Improved)
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300 Remington Ultra Magnum Ackley
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300 Winchester Magnum Ackley Improved (AI)
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300 WSM Ackley Improved (AI)
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308 Winchester Ackley Improved (AI)
$42.00308 Winchester Ackley Improved (AI)
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338 Federal Ackley Improved (338-08 AI)
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338 Lapua Ackley Improved
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338 Lapua Ackley Improved, Match
$8.00Neck: .368″ | Freebore: .090″ | Pilot: Bushing
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338 RUM Ackley Improved (AI)
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338-06 Ackley Improved
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348 Winchester Ackley Improved
$8.00Multiple versions of this cartridge are offered by reloading die makers.
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35 Ackley Magnum
$42.00Pilot Floating
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35 Whelen Ackley Improved
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35/348 Ackley Improved
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375 H&H Ackley Improved
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375 Remington Ultra Magnum Ackley
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375 Whelen Ackley Improved
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375/348 Ackley Improved
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450 Ackley Magnum
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450/348 Ackley Improved
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6 x 45 Ackley Improved (6mm/223 AI)
$8.00Pilot Floating
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6.5 X 257 Roberts Ackley
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6.5 X 55 Ackley
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6.5-06 Ackley
$42.006.5-06 Ackley Improved
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6.5-280 Ackley
$8.00More case capacity than the 6.5-06 Ackley
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6.5mm BRA (BR Ackley Improved)
$42.00This should be called the 6.5mm BR AI or Ackley Improved. But some folks are too lazy to add one more letter…
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6.5×47 Lapua Ackley Improved
$42.00Pilot Floating
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6.8 Remington SPC Ackley Imp.
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6mm BRA (BR Ackley Improved)
$42.00This should be called the 6mm BR AI or Ackley Improved. But some folks are too lazy to add one more letter…
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6mm Krag Long, Ackley Improved
$8.00Pilot Solid
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6mm-06 Ackley Improved
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6mm/22-250 Ackley Improved (AI)
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6mm/257 Roberts Ackley Improved
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6mm/30-30 Ackley Improved
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6×47 Lapua Ackley Improved
$8.00Pilot Floating
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7 X 57 Ackley Improved
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7mm Ackley Magnum
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7mm-08 Ackley Improved
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7mm-307 Winchester Ackley Improved
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8 X 57 Mauser Ackley Improved
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8 x 68S Ackley Improved
$8.00Pilot solid
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8mm/06 Ackley Improved
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Chambering for Ackley Cartridge (booklet)
$24.95
Gunsmithing Student Handbook Series #1
This booklet is the first of many planned works that provide instruction in the correct and safe methods of gunsmithing. Specifically, this essay discusses Ackley Improved cartridges. In it, we will not teach you how to install and chamber a barrel, we handle that information in another title, “Chambering Rifle Barrels for Accuracy”. In this book we will in detail help you to understand the special details related to chambering for Ackley Improved designs, specifically we explain headspace for Ackley designs.
If you are not familiar with how headspace applies to firearms and ammunition you may want to consider another title we offer, “Understanding Headspace for Firearms”.
Fred Zeglin along with other well-known Gunsmiths has begun the task of creating a series of instructional manuals. Each book will focus on one narrow subject in Gunsmithing. Written with an audience in mind who want to know every detail of the how and why of gunsmithing.
Each book in the series will provide a highly detailed and Technical explanation of the subject at hand in a way that any gun lover will be able to understand, whether professional or hobbyist.
44 pages, soft bound. Printed in the U.S.A.
Back Cover of Chambering for Ackley Cartridges.
“The material and information inside will last you a lifetime. This is a PRACTICAL handbook.” Gary Howes, GunsAndGunsmiths.com
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Micrometer Reamer Stop
$30.00Precision, repeat-ability, and ease of use: these are the benefits of P. O. Ackley Micrometer Reamer Stop. Now you can do production runs with your Chamber Reamer, without having to index each workpiece axially. You’ll be assured of consistent headspace, chamber after chamber!
To set up, insert your Chamber Reamer shank in the Reamer Holder and tighten the two set screws. Then insert the reamer holder into the Stop Cylinder assembly (micrometer threaded Stop Cylinder with .001″ Adjustment Nut, Lock Nut and optional Plug Nut). Make a rough cut in the chamber (leave about .025″ extra material). Now, with the reamer bottomed in the rough chamber, move the Stop Cylinder assembly into contact with the work piece and secure it to the Reamer Holder with three set screws.
You can now adjust the depth of the finish cut in increments of .001″, or even less. The Adjustment Nut is marked with 25 equidistant markings around the circumference, each of which corresponds to .001″ of axial adjustment. By backing off the Adjustment Nut and re-securing the Lock Nut, then repeating the cut, you can zero in on your specified headspace measurement. Adjustments of .0005″ can be made with confidence.
We recommend use with our floating reamer holders for best results, with this rental.
.437″ straight shank for use in all Lathes and Mills.
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P.O. Ackley, America’s Gunsmith
$49.95“P.O. Ackley, America’s Gunsmith is so extensive and so well done,
I am at a loss to adequately describe it!” Dennis ‘Mike’ Bellm, Bellm TC’sBook, Hard cover, 256 pages.
Parker Otto Ackley left a wealth of firearms knowledge among those he trained. The eminent gunsmith, ballistician, barrel maker, teacher and writer perhaps had more influence on modern shooting and firearms than any other single man. And now his life and works have been painstakingly detailed in P.O. Ackley: America’s Gunsmith.
Writer and gunsmith Fred Zeglin gives a never-before-seen look at the humble man whose research thrust the firearms industry forward. From improving rifle chambers for use with modern powders to developing superior barrels to designing red-hot cartridges, readers will walk away with a new appreciation for Ackley’s exploration and ideas. And his concepts on reloading, rifle accuracy, safety, cartridge choice, and wildcat use are just as relevant for today’s “gun cranks” as they were in Ackley’s heyday.
Zeglin also delivers the most complete collection of accurate dimensions, loading data and history for the lifetime of cartridges created by P.O. Ackley, the most influential gunsmith in American history. Most shooters today know him because of his “Ackley Improved” cartridge designs. But those cartridges are only the tip of the iceberg. P.O. Ackley: America’s Gunsmith is the whole story.
Bonus: Full-color photo section and an exclusive never-before-printed article by P.O. Ackley.
How this book will raise your firearms IQ:
Wildcat and standard cartridge history
Accurate technical information
Colorful Ackley quotes and entertaining Ackleyisms
Descriptions and reloading data for Ackley Improved cartridges
Now Shipping! Autographed copies.
“Any gunsmithing student, reloader, shooter will find him or herself fascinated
by this work. No library is complete without it.” Gary Yee, author of
“Sharpshooters 1750-1900” & “Sharpshooters, Marksmen Through the Ages”About the Author
Fred Zeglin has been building custom hunting rifles for nearly thirty-five years. Zeglin has taught classes for the NRA Short Term Gunsmithing program at three separate colleges and is the Coordinator/Instructor for the Firearms Technology program at FVCC in Kalispell, MT. He has published two other books, Hawk Cartridges Manual and Wildcat Cartridges, Reloader’s Handbook of Wildcat Cartridge Design.
Fred is maintaining a web site about P.O. Ackley, this allows him to keep updating as more details come to light. https://ackleyimproved.com
Fred has signed all the books we are shipping.
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Reloading From A to Z, DVD (AGI Reloading/Gunsmithing Instruction)
$199.95
Reloading from A-Z is a course with nearly 8 hours of information in video format you can watch as often as you like to brush up or pick up a new skill.
The Liberals at YouTube don’t want you to see this.
Learn how-to make hand loaded ammunition tailored specifically for YOUR needs. This course is far more in depth than any other reloading course on the market. Renowned cartridge designer, gunsmith, and AGI instructor Fred Zeglin begins this course by addressing reloading from its most basic fundamentals. This allows the new reloader to begin the process almost immediately with confidence and safety. He goes further and introduces you to tools that increase the speed and quality of the reloading process.
Popular tools offered by numerous manufacturers of reloading gear are demonstrated and explained. He also covers casting bullet techniques and advanced precision reloading for long range shooting.
Most people learn reloading strictly from a mechanical ‘monkey see, monkey do’ view point. In other words, nobody ever completely explains to them WHY operations are performed a certain way or WHAT value they have. In this course Fred shows you, from a gunsmiths perspective, what is happening to the brass when fired and when it goes through the reloading process. This information will make you a well informed reloader and if you’re a gunsmith, will help aid in diagnosing problems with your clients’ reloads and guns.
Accuracy is always the name of the game for any shooter. Fred talks about what makes a safe, accurate reload and shares simple tricks that will save you hours of trial and error at the reloading bench and range. Obviously, this translates into saving money on components as well.
Our Special price here is for the course without the Certification from AGI. If you prefer to acquire the Certification we can arrange that or you can buy direct from AGI.
We are often asked, “Why So Much?” Well its nearly 8 hours of intensive instruction, in a friendly conversational style that makes it all easy to understand.
As a bonus Darrel Holland’s “Advanced Reloading Techniques” is included in the package.
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Taming Wildcats, DVD (AGI gunsmithing instruction)
$69.95A wildcat cartridge is a cartridge that is not commercially loaded by a major ammunition manufacturer, but could be loaded by a specialty or contract reloader.
Taming Wildcats: How To Design & Fabricate Custom Cartridges. Is one of AGI’s courses, taught by custom gunsmith Fred Zeglin, renowned cartridge designer and builder of the well-known Hawk series of cartridges, will get the viewer on the road to a thorough understanding of Wildcats and Wildcatting. Great material for any gunsmith or do-it yourself-er who want to make the tools themselves.
One doesn’t need to be a master machinist or tool and die maker to be able to turn out the blank resizing / forming / chamber reamers on the lathe; a tool post grinder is not needed. A bench grinder with a good fine grinding wheel and some practice will, with Zeglin’s expert and easy to follow guidance, will enable the viewer to turn out reamers that will equal anything one can buy! Talk about self reliance.
This video is a valuable addition to your library if you want to know how to design and build custom cartridges, reamers and reloading dies. It provides detailed explanations and demonstrations.
This DVD includes:
Introduction to Wildcat and Wildcatting
The Five Design Steps
Canon Reamers
Resizing Die Reamers
Making a Reamer
Heat Treating a Reamer
Relief Grinding
Sharpening a Reamer
Forming the Brass
Making a Chamber Reamer
Using the Reamer
BONUS – Pages of information on resource material, tools, lubes and more! -
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Understanding Headspace for Firearms (booklet)
$24.95
Understanding Headspace for Firearms will answer your every question about headspace.
This booklet is the second of many planned works that provide instruction in the correct and safe methods of gunsmithing. Specifically, this essay discusses Headspacing guns and ammunition.
A basic understanding of headspace and how it affects the proper operation of a firearm are necessary if you wish to call yourself a gunsmith. Otherwise all you will be able to do is change parts with the hope that somehow the problem will go away. This booklet contains all the information a gunsmith or reloader needs in order to understand and diagnose headspace in either the gun or the ammunition.
Fred Zeglin along with other well-known Gunsmiths has begun the task of creating this series of instructional manuals. Each book will focus on one narrow subject in Gunsmithing. Written with an audience in mind who want to know every detail of the how and why of gunsmithing.
Each book in the series will provide a highly detailed and Technical explanation of the subject at hand in a way that any gun lover will be able to understand, whether professional or hobbyist.
52 pages, soft bound. Printed in the U.S.A.
Back Cover of Understanding Headspace for Firearms.
“Understanding Headspace for Firearms.” Articles published here on Guns and Gunsmiths in the past on this topic have been some of the most highly read and commented on, so this book will be a treasure to many of you.” wrote Gary Howes of GunsAndGunsmiths.com when reviewing this book.
In the video below the Author tell you how to be sure your gauges are correct.
