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AR-180 part 4

With this post we are going to discuss the stock.

The first set of pictures will be the plastic stock. You can see the parting line on the stock from where it was injected molded.

This is a picture of a completed and mounted stock showing the same area.

A close up of the […]

Sunday Answer 12-21

These are the factory set of head space gauges for the AR-10 rifle from Holland.

 

The set with some of the gauges removed

The markings on the chamber gauge as marked on the block as well.

Just a couple of pictures to show the rifle.

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Compoment gun boards

I have a big thing about build boards. This is a board showing all the steps in building a weapon. It can be a simple and basic board or it can be a complex board. To me it is like cut away weapons,another sickness of mine and another post. So for today’s post I want […]

M-1 Garand receiver

In keeping with the M-1 Garand posts here and at The firearms Blog, http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/12/16/making-m1-garand/. I though I would provide a couple of pictures of what the receiver looked like after it was forged and with the flashing cut off.

First the side views.

Now the top view.

Finally the bottom view. The amount of […]

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 […]

Sunday Answer 12-14

 

This is a bolt and bolt carrier from a Chinese bull pup assault rifle. qbz-95

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The Czech model 52 police carbine

I am not sure what to call this rifle. It started out as a Czech model 52 rifle in 7.62×45 with a 10 round magazine. Now it is a 7.62×39 carbine that uses ak-47 magazines and drums. It was a blast to shoot and handle. Here are some pictures of it.

The first few pictures […]

Weekend update 12-8

Not much work was accomplished as the time was spent at the SAR show. We had a little shoot on Wednesday prior to the show and then set up on Thursday. The shoot was fun,as to be expected, and the show went very well. The VG1-5 went over real well with about 30% of the […]

VG1-5 update

The weapon is parkarized and the wood work is complete. We will be showing it off at the SAR show this weekend. Anyone interested should contact Greg at Allegheny Arsenal he will be handling the sales, it is just easier for me. I will be posting pictures tomorrow, I was busy having fun at a […]

Gardner Gun part 2

In Part two of the Gardner Gun we are going discuss the 2 barrel Gardner Gun in depth and go over the differences between the English model and the American model, the Pratt and Whitney. Looking at the different patents filed by W. Gardner and E .G .Parkhurst in the years of 1879, 1880, 1881 […]