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.32 Cal. Throating Cutter
$38.00Uniforms the chamber throats in the cylinder of a revolver for best accuracy.
Includes 7 pilots, cuts 32 caliber cylinders.
NOTE: No gauges are available for shipment with this reamer.
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.38/.357 Special Throating Cutter
$38.00Uniforms the chamber throats in the cylinder of a revolver for best accuracy.
Includes 7 pilots, cuts .358
NOTE: No gauges are available for shipment with this reamer.
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‘Epoxy Sleeving’ and Lapping Bolt Lugs for Accuracy (DVD)
$49.94In this Course, Gordy Gritters, well known benchrest gunsmith and competitor, shares a previously proprietaty secret and extremely effective method of reducing bolt play in a rifle action to increase accuracy, sometimes astonishingly so!
He also goes into great detail showing a very effective method of lapping bolt lugs without wearing them at an angle like so often happens when using conventional methods.
These two techniques go hand-in-hand to correct issues that have a major impact on the accuracy of a rifle! Gordy’s clients rely on him to wring out all the accuracy possible from thier rifles, you and use the same methods to improve your guns.Another great instructional video. Return to Gordy’s expert instruction as often as you like to get every detail correct.
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#6 Hinge Pin Reamer
$20.00includes 1 hinge pin with rental
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20 Gauge Chamber Depth Gage for 2.75” or 3”
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50-70 Government
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600 Nitro Express
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7.65 Luger (30 Luger)
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8MM Throater (.318″ groove dia.)
$30.00NOTE: No gauges are available for shipment with this reamer.
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AR-15 Buffer Tube Tap (Rental)
$20.00Steel Tap is used to chase or re-thread the mounting threads for AR-15 buffer tubes.
1 3/16 – 16 TPI
NO AVAILABLE TAP HANDLE
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AR-15 Muzzle Thread Chase Die (1/2″x28)
$15.00Steel Die is used to chase or re-thread the mounting threads on AR-15 Flash Hider.
1/2″x28
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Browning Hi-Power Pistols
$39.95DVD Gunsmithing course by AGI
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Chambering for Ackley Cartridge (booklet)
$24.95Gunsmithing 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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Chambering Rifles for Accuracy (book)
$39.95Third of many planned works that provide instruction in the correct and safe methods of gunsmithing.
Specifically, this essay discusses several methods that can be used to accurately chamber a rifle barrel. In Part I of the book Fred Zeglin teaches you all about accurate hunting rifles and discusses the variables that must be dealt with in order to create an accurate hunting rifle. In Part II Gordy Gritters, famed benchrest gunsmith, shares every secret he has learned over the last 30 years. Gordy finishes the book with a step by step process for bench rest barrel work.
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”.
Each book in the Gunsmith Student Handbook Series will focus on one narrow subject in Gunsmithing. Written with the audience in mind these books are for shooters who want to know every detail of the how and why of gunsmithing. Whether you plan to build guns or not, 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. Professional or hobbyist will enjoy this read.
123 pages, soft bound. Printed in the U.S.A.
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Forster – Trigger Guard Screw Sets
$7.49These simple tools allow you to keep the barreled action properly aligned in the stock during the inletting process. Without them it is very difficult to get a tight inlet.
- 98 Mauser
- Springfield 03, 03-A3 and Krag actions
- Remington 700, 721, 722
- Savage 110
- Winchester 70
- Sako
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Forster Inletting Guide Screws (Stock Making)
$8.95These simple tools allow you to keep the barreled action properly aligned in the stock during the inletting process. Without them it is very difficult to get a tight inlet.
- 98 Mauser
- Springfield 03, 03-A3 and Krag actions
- Enfield 1914, 1917 and SMLE
- CZ 550 or 7.7 Jap Arisaka
- Remington 700, 721, 722
- Winchester 70 or 54
- Sako
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Forster Stock Makers Hand Screws (Stock Making)
$19.95These simple tools allow you to keep the barreled action properly aligned in the stock during final fitting.
Recommended by stockmakers, these Forster Stockmakers Hand Screws are used in the final accurate fitting of the stock to the action. These screws are precision made and hardened to make repeated trial fittings. Set of two.
To save time and to avoid damaged guard screws or a ruined stock, don’t attempt to inlet a stock without the proper stockmakers hand screws.
- 98 Mauser
- Remington 700, 721, 722
- Winchester 70 or 54
- Enfield P-14 or P-17
- Springfield or Krag
- Sako: Except, Model 75
- Ruger 77
- 7.7 Jap Arisaka
- 6.5 Jap
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Gunsmith Tools, Cutters & Gauges – A Primer
$12.95Shipping Now!
We spoke with leaders in the tool making industry about the things they spend most of their time and effort educating clients about. Contributions from Clymer, Forster, Manson, JGS, PTG, SAAMI and more are all included. There are books for machinists that teach this type of information, but until now there has never been a book for gunsmiths that explains the tools of the trade and how they should be utilized. The idea is simple, answer your questions before you order any tool.
Nomenclature is important, when you talk to a reamer maker, gunsmith or client you want to know the correct terms. This indicates to those you work with that you took the time the understand the tools. It will improve your ability the sell work to customers, buy or rent the right tools for the job. You will save untold hours and dollars, don’t learning at the “School of Hard Knocks”.
When you understand tools, they work better and last much longer. This both saves money and increases profits.
What is discussed?
All types or reamers specific to firearms work
Reamer Holders
Reamer Stops
Use of Reamers
Cutting Lube
Chip Welding and how to Stop it.
Misconceptions About Reamers
Chatter and its Cures
Shotgun Chamber Tools
Forcing Cone Reamers
Shotgun Chokes
Screw Choke Tooling
Measuring for Choke Tubes
Choke Lube
Defining Headspace
Choosing the Correct Gauge
Improved Chambers and Headspace
Headspace Gauge Interchange Chart
Charts for Tooling and bushings.
EBOOK NOW AVAILABLE TOO.
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Hawk Cartridges Manual
$28.75Hard cover reloading manual for Hawk Cartridges.
180 pages.
10 years of research went into the collection of data for Hawk Cartridges. This book includes all the data collected for all calibers. This unique line of wildcats is base on the concept of non-belted cartridges that deliver magnum velocities at pressures that are appropriate for the available brass. Most of the data includes pressure test results.
Fred Zeglin of Z-Hat Custom took the time to carefully assemble this data in a format that is useful to the reloader and student of ballistics.
Several articles both old and new are included to illuminate the Hawk Cartridge line-up. History and technical information, including how to form brass is all included. Very specific information about selecting correct brass for the cartridge you like.
Dimensions for all cartridges are included, no secrets here.
Everything you need to know to be successful with this line of Cartridges.
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Muzzle Thread Chase Die (5/8″x24)
$15.00Steel Die is used to chase or re-thread the mounting threads on muzzle brakes or suppressors.
5/8″x24
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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)
$199.95Reloading 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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Special Offer
$89.00Special Combo price for buying the Hawk Reloading Manual (book) & the Taming Wildcats DVD at the same time.
With shipping you would pay a little over $100 for these two purchased separately at regular price. With this Special you get both for $89 shipped and… Fred will sign the Hawk Manual.
Hurry we can’t do this forever!
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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! -
Tap Wrench
$6.00for hand reaming or taps
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Understanding Headspace for Firearms (booklet)
$24.95Understanding 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.