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17 Ackley Bee
$8.00Lead Angle: 1.5º | Pilot: Solid
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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 American
$8.00Reamer Only
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22 Lindahl Chucker
$8.00reamer only
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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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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 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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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
$42.00Pilot Floating
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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 Whelen Ackley Improved
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35/348 Ackley Improved
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375 Remington Ultra Magnum Ackley
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375/348 Ackley Improved
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375/348 Scovill Improved
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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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6.5-280 RCBS 30°
$42.00Lead Angle 1.5º | Pilot Floating | 30 degree shoulder
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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-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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P.O. Ackley, America’s Gunsmith
$54.95“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!
