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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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  Forster Datum Dial Kit

  $132.95

  The Forster Datum Dial Kit makes it possible for the handloader or gunsmith to use ordinary dial calipers to make normally difficult length measurements based on the case shoulder. By measuring cases to the datum line on the shoulder, the reloader can custom-fit the ammunition to a rifle’s chamber for the best possible fit for better accuracy potential and longer case life.

  The gold “bullet dials” makes it easy to accurately determine bullet seating depth measured from the ogive when changing the seater die setting or when checking loaded rounds for consistency. It can also be used to check the bullets alone for variations that could hurt accuracy.

  The Complete Kit includes the Body with Case Dial for checking cases and two Bullet/Cartridge Dials. The #1 dial fits 224, 243, 264, 284, and 308 calibers. The #2 dial fits 172, 204, 257, 277, and 338.

  Gunsmiths can easily check the length of customers reloads verses the chamber.  Seating depth verses throat, and uniformity of ammunition.  All errors that can make problems hard to diagnose.

  This kit can also be used to double check headspace gauges if questions arise.

  Included are complete instructions, storage box, and a laminated chart with common datum diameters.

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  P.O. Ackley, America’s Gunsmith

  $54.95 $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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