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  Taming Wildcats, DVD (AGI gunsmithing instruction)

  $69.95

  A 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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  Reloading From A to Z, DVD (AGI Reloading/Gunsmithing Instruction)

  $289.95
  

  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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  P.O. Ackley, America’s Gunsmith

  $54.95 Original price was: $54.95.$49.95Current price is: $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’s

  Book, 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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  Hawk Cartridges Manual

  $32.85 Original price was: $32.85.$28.75Current price is: $28.75.

  Hard 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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