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Coastal Defense
Jan 28, 20221 min read
Custom rifle project finished
The custom rifle project is completed. Here are the specs: Hand carved curly maple stock. Finish is aqua fortis “stain” which is a nearly...
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Coastal Defense
Jan 21, 20221 min read
Reaming a chamber for a custom rifle project
It’s been since October that I’ve had a chance to get back to working on the custom rifle project I had started on. There have been so...
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Coastal Defense
Dec 17, 20211 min read
Building an AK sporter Part 9 - test firing video
Now we take a few moments to do a functions check and test fire a couple rounds into the snail can bullet trap. SUCCESS !
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Coastal Defense
Dec 17, 20211 min read
Building an AK sporter Part 8
I can now begin assembly of the internal components. In order to comply with the rules of building one of these sporting rifles, all...
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Coastal Defense
Dec 17, 20212 min read
Building an AK sporter Part 7
In the last blog post, I had installed the front gas block and was getting ready to cross drill and pin it in place. I mentioned that I’d...
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Coastal Defense
Dec 16, 20212 min read
Building an AK sporter Part 6
Once the rear sight block has been pressed and pinned, I install the front handguard latch. It’s a bit too tight, so I carefully filed...
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Coastal Defense
Dec 16, 20211 min read
Building an AK sporter Part 5
Now that the barrel has been cross drilled and pinned place, it’s time to turn my attention to installing the rest of the barrel...
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Coastal Defense
Dec 16, 20212 min read
Building an AK sporter Part 4
Now I can turn my attention to installing the barrel and setting headspace. Just a quick reminder about headspace. This nothing more than...
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Coastal Defense
Dec 16, 20211 min read
Building an AK sporter Part 3
Before I can begin installation of the barrel on this rifle, I had to go back and retrieve the bullet guide from the old stub portion of...
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Coastal Defense
Dec 16, 20212 min read
Building an AK sporting rifle Part 2
As I had outlined in part 1, I had left off with prepping the parts for installation on the barrel. But this is a “virgin” barrel, and...
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Coastal Defense
Dec 16, 20212 min read
Building an AK sporting rifle from surplus Part 1
This week, I’m going through the steps of building a rifle from Yugoslavian surplus parts on a milled receiver. Of course, there’s a lot...
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Coastal Defense
Dec 8, 20213 min read
9mm vs .45 ACP
By Andrew We've all heard the sayings: "modern 9mm is as good as 45", "45 is a proven caliber, it won us two world wars!", "I'd take 15...
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Coastal Defense
Oct 20, 20212 min read
Beginning a new custom bolt action rifle.
This will be the start of a custom bolt action rifle using a Winchester model 70 push feed action. The barrel will be turned and profiled...
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Coastal Defense
Oct 1, 20211 min read
Custom Single Shot .22 Finale
by Jim (the gunsmith) Due to time and space constraints I have made the blog posts about the build of this gun fairly brief. In addition...
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Coastal Defense
Oct 1, 20211 min read
Custom Single Shot .22 Part 5
by Jim (the gunsmith) Things are running smoothly with the stock making at this point, so all it comes down to is the amount of time is...
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Coastal Defense
Oct 1, 20211 min read
Custom Single Shot .22 Part 4
by Jim (the gunsmith) Once the relief carving is completed, it’s time to start the wire inlay on the opposite side of the gun stock. The...
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Coastal Defense
Oct 1, 20211 min read
Custom Built Single Shot .22 Part 3
by Jim (the gunsmith) In the previous post, I showed how I rough carved a stock from a piece of hard maple. Now we get into fitting the...
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Coastal Defense
Oct 1, 20211 min read
Custom Single Shot .22 Part 2
by Jim (the gunsmith) In the previous post, I discussed a custom .22 project in the shop. Now it’s time to begin making a new stock sets...
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Coastal Defense
Oct 1, 20212 min read
Custom Built .22 Single Shot
by Jim (the gunsmith) Ordinarily I don’t recommend altering an antique firearm. The reason being is that it often reduces the value of...
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