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VG1-5 COMPLETED

Here are the pictures of the completed version of the first VG1-5.

Now off to ATF for approval.

Making the VG1-5 up date Hand Guards

This last week has been a huge push to finish the VG1-5 in time for the SAR show. A great deal of work needed to be completed and not near enough time to complete it all.

The big push was to complete and correct the fire control mechanism. It is now fixed and operating properly. […]

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 […]

Sunday answer 11-30

It is the hand crank cam for a single barrel Gardner Gun. And you are correct. It is a British gun in 303.

A view of the crank cam.

A view of the complete weapon.

No post today

Got home late last night and leaving early today. I will try and post tonight.

MP-44 repair sections

Today’s post is from a friend of the site that wanted a semi-auto MP-44 and did not want to deal with the capital out lay necessary to buy one of the few that came in. His answer to the problem was to make a repair section and then put in the necessary parts and changes […]

Weekend Update 11-24

Well as usual it has been a busy weekend around Gun Lab. More parts have been made for the VG1-5, coming soon in a post. The big project was the water system. The pressure pump took a crap. It just turn the pump room into a swamp and need to be fixed in a bad […]

Sunday Answer 11-23

As everyone guessed and even sent me an address for their web page it is an auto indexing tool to stamp sequential serial numbers. Such as is on the AR-18 or Bushmaster weapons.

example shown here.

Part One of the Bushmaster Pistol

In this video I had the opportunity to chat with John D about his collection of Bushmaster pistols. This is part one of the multi part review of this interesting weapon.

Here are a few still pictures of this interesting first model sheet metal stamped upper pistol.

Close up of parts of […]

AR-180 part 3

In this write up we are going to look at the smaller parts and how they were made. The majority of the AR18/180 was a stamped weapon with minimal machined components. These are the stamped parts we are going to look at today.

The first part that we are going to look at is […]

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VG1-5 COMPLETED

Making the VG1-5 up date Hand Guards

Gardner Gun part 2