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thea_chen•5mo ago

An old timer at the Tulsa gun show told me to use a toothpick and nail polish for sight dots. It works.

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taylor_cooper97•5mo ago

I always thought hand polishing a blued finish was a waste of time

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sandrap40•5mo ago

Hit 500 trigger jobs on Glocks this month and it felt weird

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pat142•5mo ago

Showerthought: I used to hand-fit every extractor on a 1911, but a jig changed my life

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haydensanchez•5mo ago

Rant: A customer brought in a sporterized 1903 Springfield last week, wanted it 'restored' to original.

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veramartin•5mo ago

Working on a 1950s Winchester 94, the bore went from looking like a sewer pipe to mirror bright. What's the best way to get that last bit of stubborn fouling out of the corners of the rifling?

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ben402•5mo ago

Back when I had to choose between a mill or a lathe for my first shop

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haydenbutler•5mo ago

Pro tip: I used to hate fitting extractors until I started using a different file

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lindahunt•5mo ago

Update: A customer brought in a 1911 that had been 'cleaned' with a wire wheel on a bench grinder, and the transformation after 40 hours of hand polishing was so dramatic his wife didn't believe it was the same gun.

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black.laura•5mo ago

Finally got the fit right on that stubborn 1911 slide

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dakotal16•5mo ago

A customer asked me to 'deactivate' his grandfather's old shotgun

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palmer.val•5mo ago

Choosing between a Bridgeport and a South Bend lathe back in '98

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valw69•5mo ago

Tried a new bluing solution on a 1911 slide, got a purple tint instead

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kelly.robin•5mo ago

The time a customer brought in a 'gun' that was just a bunch of pipes and a door hinge

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the_shane•5mo ago

Hot take: My old boss in Tulsa told me to never use a 1/4-28 tap on a stripped scope base hole, but I just did on a Remington 700.

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