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Answers to the post of 11-29

The first question that would needed to be answered is what do all these parts have in common. That answer would be up coming projects at Gun Lab.

The Cetme, H&K, 05 , G-41 G-43 and 03 pictures is for the 05 project we are working on. The fire control group is changing to be […]

December 1st, 2015 | Category: AR-10, AR-16, AR-70, Cetme, EM-2, engineering design, Friends of Gun Lab, Grat 03, Grat 05, Gun Lab, H&K, Historic weapons, Parts, roller locked, rolling block | One comment

Interesting AR-18 tool

It is not often that most people think how something was done in the “Old Days” but I do. Lots of times you can not reproduce a part using modern machinery with a great deal of work. The “Old Days” I am talking about is not the 1600,1700, 1800, but the middle 1900’s. I just […]

October 5th, 2015 | Category: AR-16, AR=180, engineering design, Gun Lab, Historic weapons, machining, Parts fabrication, tool design | 5 comments

Gun Lab update

Not a big post for today, just an update on the projects we are working on.

First and most important is the VG1-5 project. I received a call this afternoon late that the firing pins can be picked up from the heat treating firm. With this last piece we can send the second rifle to […]

May 13th, 2015 | Category: 7.92x33 kurtz, AR-16, Bushmaster pistol, equipment, firing pins, Gun Lab, Historic weapons, Japanese type 99 magazine, machining, magazine design, Magazine manfacturing, MP-44, Parts fabrication, solid modeling, stamping dies, VG1-5 | 10 comments

More on the AR-16

As we were putting books, files and magazines up in the new library I came across a few interesting concept pictures on the AR-16. The rifle was design to be convertible to different calibers.

This first picture is from an old magazine showing a line drawing of the concept.

This concept will work because […]

April 22nd, 2015 | Category: AR-16, Gun Lab, Historic weapons | 17 comments

New tool for the wood shop

A while back a gent passed away and his wife was left with a cnc router. A friend of mine had loaned him the money for the router so the wife let him take the router as payement. Long story short he had no use for the router and a little trading went on and […]

March 18th, 2015 | Category: AR-16, cnc router, Grat 05, pattern making, tool design, VG1-5, wood shop, wood working | One comment

Solid model on the AR-16 rifle

In my off time, work has been completed on the AR-16 upper receiver right side. In case you don’t remember this rifle it is a 308 predecessor of the AR-180. Only 4 were made and of those only 2 are known to exist. I had the opportunity to photograph one a while back at the […]

March 13th, 2015 | Category: AR-16, Gun Lab, Historic weapons, Parts, solid modeling, Weapons Design | 14 comments

Weekend update 1-5-15

Well the new year is here and the holidays are over. It is time to get back into the routine of life. This last week was just that but a little longer. The first on the list was the honeydo’s project. My wife wanted a new kitchen faucet for Christmas ,seeing how the old one […]

January 5th, 2015 | Category: AR-16, Christmas, Digital photography, Gun Lab, honey do., Parts, Parts fabrication, Sheet metal pressings, shop tools, Shop tours, solid modeling, Uncategorized, VG1-5, weekend update, wood shop, wood working | 4 comments

AR-16 update and its smaller brother

I have a thing about the AR-16. I remember reading about it when I was a great deal younger. It is a 308 rifle built using a sheet metal receiver, some what like an AR-180. In fact it is the AR-180 father. Here is a quick picture of the only two know to exist anymore.Both […]

December 16th, 2014 | Category: AR-100, AR-16, Historic weapons, Uncategorized | 13 comments

Thursday Library AR-16

This post is about one the AR-16. To say that it is rare is an understatement. The only two known rifles are in the Reed Knight collections. Mr. Knight was nice enough to allow me to take some pictures of this interesting rifle.

A couple of close ups of the two different receivers.

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September 25th, 2014 | Category: AR-16, library, Library Thursday, Parts fabrication, solid modeling, Uncategorized, Weapons Design | 15 comments