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  1. Sticky Thread Sticky: Show us your DIY gunsmithing jobs

    Started by Spanners‎, 16-03-2012 02:27 PM
    7 Pages •
    1 2 3 ... 7
    .22, .223, .308, 140gr, 14x1, 22 lr, 22., 223, 300, 307, 308, 375, 4-16x44, 401, 410, 45/70, 458, 50bmg, 700, 750, 7x57, 870, accurate, acp, action, bags, basic, bedding, bits, bmg, bolt, bolt handle, brakes, bush, button, calibre, carbon, case, case capacity, cci, cheap, cheers, club, copper, dbm, design, diy, eel, face, fella, fps, front sight, german, glass, guide, guns, gunsmithing, half, hammer, horn, light, long, long action, machine, mags, matt, mod, mold, noise, open, open sights, paint, part, parts, peep, picatinny rail, pistol, project, pull, r93, rat, receiver, rechamber, rem, rem 700, rem mag, rifle, rifles, ruger, rust, sauer, scope, scope cap, shortened, sig, sight, sights, single shot, southland, spare, spring, steel, stock, stocks, swivel, toby, tool, tools, top, trip, type, upper, wanted, watch, weight, win, wood, wooden, working, workshop, youth 47 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 95
    • Views: 89,660
    hunter1996
    13-08-2023, 07:27 PM Go to last post

  1. hot oil blueing

    Started by rambo-6mmrem‎, 18-03-2015 05:44 PM
    barrel, black, carbon, dead, eel, gun, parts, round, stock, youtube 1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 1,662
    Mauser308
    21-03-2015, 08:50 PM Go to last post

  2. How do you build your own rifle?

    Started by RimfireNZ‎, 30-12-2012 11:51 PM
    3 Pages •
    1 2 3
    .17, 17 hornet, 17hmr, 22 hornet, 222, 223, 22lr, 357, 7mm, 7mm08, accurate, action, ammo, barrel, bm2, box, boyds, brand, build, bullets, buy, caliber, cost, custom, face, fireball, forming, gun, gun safe, gunsmith, hmr, howa, load data, long action, long range, long range shooting, mauser, mini action, model 7, model 70, powder, predator, quiet, range, range shooting, ranges, rebarrel, reloading, remington, rifle, rifles, rounds, safe, sell, sight, slugs, small game, smith, sounds, spare, stock, wanted, wildcat, win, win mag, zastava 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 33
    • Views: 6,717
    TeRei
    04-02-2013, 04:18 PM Go to last post

  3. How do you clean your old wood

    Started by Glycerine‎, 20-06-2016 06:25 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    357, 7x57, bits, black, blued, bolt, bucks, carbine, cleaner, cleaning, draws, gas, google, gun, gun works, heavy, inch, knife, learn, linseed oil, match, mauser, polish, pressure, pull, shark, stan, stock, stocks, sugar soap, tips, torch, trigger, youtube 8 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 24
    • Views: 3,069
    Glycerine
    29-06-2016, 11:16 PM Go to last post

  4. How to bend 40mm copper pipe 180° ?

    Started by 40mm‎, 01-05-2022 08:12 PM
    3 Pages •
    1 2 3
    284, annealing, bits, box, chip, eel, fella, fired, how to, jacket, length, long, mos, motorbike, project, pump, red, round, scale, shooters, spring, steel, straight, torch, wanted 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 32
    • Views: 2,808
    rewa
    05-07-2022, 12:34 PM Go to last post

  5. How to build

    Started by Bavarian_Hunter‎, 05-12-2012 04:41 PM
    338, action, barrel, build, buy, calibre, gauges, gunsmith, how to, lathe, reamer, rifle, rifles, smith, wsm
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,774
    Normie
    05-12-2012, 06:57 PM Go to last post

  6. How to make a D-type reamer to chamber a barrel

    Started by rupert‎, 14-08-2020 04:18 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    1911, acp, advice, barrel, cal, carbine, cartridge, centrefire, chamber, design, engineering, free, how to, lathe, lead, long, machinist, mag, magnum, martini, polish, pressure, project, reamer, round, single shot, straight, turn, type 1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 24
    • Views: 4,276
    GDMP
    23-09-2020, 01:41 PM Go to last post

  7. How to make duck calls?

    Started by Boner‎, 06-02-2023 08:37 PM
    antler, buy, cheap, duck, how to, id card, part, poi, replacement, wood, wooden
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 674
    Boner
    08-02-2023, 05:54 PM Go to last post

  8. how to re blue the barrel

    Started by Flanagan‎, 17-10-2015 05:36 PM
    303, barrel, black, buy, gun, how to, longbranch, refinishing
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 867
    grunzter
    17-10-2015, 06:30 PM Go to last post

  9. How to remove Tikka barrel

    Started by jackson21‎, 13-09-2023 08:33 AM
    $300, 300, action, amateurs, barrel, barrels, boat, buy, diy, forum, gunsmithing, how to, insert, mos, sako, scratch, tikka, tikka barrel, tool, tools, wood
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 562
    Sharki
    13-09-2023, 01:22 PM Go to last post

  10. How to replace a recoil pad Pachmayr Decelerator on SMLE

    Started by Bagheera‎, 07-07-2016 11:12 PM
    30mm, away, buy, case, face, grip, guide, gun, harden up, how to, knife, led, linseed oil, mail, models, mount, pressure, project, recoil, rifle, round, shoulder, sling, smle, stock, super, swivel, top, upper, waterproof, wooden
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 2,117
    Chop3r
    09-07-2016, 11:44 AM Go to last post

  11. How to start gunsmithing

    Started by Howa1500‎, 19-05-2019 12:05 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    303, action, barrel, basic, build, engineering, firearm, firearms, gun, gun shop, gunsmithing, how to, knowledge, lathe, linseed oil, member, money, nz army, people, press, pressure, refinish, shop, shot, single shot, skills, smith, stock, stock repair, techniques, tools, trade, wood, working
    • Replies: 25
    • Views: 5,584
    canross
    07-06-2019, 11:53 AM Go to last post

  12. How-To Bed a Rifle, in a new Fiberglass Stock

    Started by Homer‎, 29-05-2012 12:41 AM
    1892, action, actions, barrel, barreled, bedding, case, clearance, eel, floor plate, forend, images, model 7, model 70, pics, receiver, recoil, rifle, stainless, stock, stocks, tac, top, trigger, trigger guard, winchester, winchester model 70 10 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 9,187
    ARdave
    03-08-2012, 01:30 PM Go to last post

  13. Howa 1500 - mag tension mod - who has done this?

    Started by thejavelin‎, 04-06-2019 12:17 PM
    1500, 6.5, bush, eel, forming, forums, half, housing, how to, howa, lever, mag, mat, max, mod, paint, photo, photos, poi, position, release, rifle, shot, steel, trademe 7 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 12
    • Views: 1,551
    Bill999
    13-08-2019, 08:56 AM Go to last post

  14. Howa 1500 7,08 change to 270 simple?

    Started by birch‎, 19-05-2019 09:19 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    .270, 1500, 270, 270 wsm, 7 mm, 7-08, 708, 7mm, 7mm08, action, barrel, bolt, buy, cal, calibre, cartridge, case, face, howa, long, magazine, magnum, money, rifle, sell, short action, straight, wsm 1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 17
    • Views: 2,108
    Micky Duck
    20-05-2019, 08:17 PM Go to last post

  15. Lightbulb Howa 1500 bedding.

    Started by Neil lesslie‎, 15-12-2021 12:46 PM
    1 inch, 1500, action, actions, advice, barrel, bedding, book, guns, howa, howa 1500, hunting, inch, pics, poi, recoil, rem, rifles, shoot, short action, stock, test, tikka
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 1,438
    Neil lesslie
    19-12-2021, 01:56 AM Go to last post

  16. Question Howa 1500 S/A lightweight stock options

    Started by dannyb‎, 18-08-2021 08:15 PM
    4 Pages •
    1 2 3 ... 4
    1500, arms, barrel, bipod, buy, carbon, carbon fiber stock, for sale, game, heavy, howa, howa 1500, hunting, lightweight, lock, open, sale, shoot, stock, stocks, subs, super, varmit, wallaby, weight, wooden 4 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 45
    • Views: 10,932
    Ground Control
    11-08-2022, 09:48 PM Go to last post

  17. Howa 22-250 varminter

    Started by Breyt‎, 30-10-2015 08:45 AM
    22-250, barrels, howa, sale, varminter
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,307
    300_BLK
    11-11-2015, 07:56 PM Go to last post

  18. Howa Mini action - Carbon Stock Project

    Started by Joe_90‎, 01-09-2021 12:08 AM
    3 Pages •
    1 2 3
    action, bits, boat, books, carbon, case, clay, design, free, half, howa, jw15, loads, marks, nea, poi, project, pull, sharp, stock, tools, top, wanted, weight, wooden 23 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 32
    • Views: 4,408
    Joe_90
    13-10-2021, 07:08 PM Go to last post

  19. Talking Howa mini modifications

    Started by Oldbloke‎, 09-03-2023 03:34 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    223, 22lr, actions, barreled, buying, firearms, howa, howa mini, knife, lever, long, lost, mag, mags, mini, paint, red, release, rifle, rounds, shortened, single, stock, stocks, tac 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 19
    • Views: 2,946
    Growlybear
    23-03-2023, 03:54 PM Go to last post

  20. Howa short & mini actions - swapping stocks

    Started by thejavelin‎, 11-06-2019 03:15 PM
    7.62x39, accessories, action, actions, away, floor plate, howa, howa mini, iphone, mag, magazine, mini action, parts, replacement, short action, single, stock, stocks, swap
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 1,048
    thejavelin
    11-06-2019, 04:56 PM Go to last post
 

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