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Steve goes to work on the lathe and mill to make an accurate custom bolt action hunting rifle. The result is a fairly light, stable and reliable firearm. He demonstrates techniques for truing the bolt face and lugs, threading and crowning a new barrel, recutting the receiver threads, machining the recoil lug, and much more.
(about 150 minutes)
This video was added to our catalog on July 10, 2003 in Firearms::General.
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I viewed all three of Steve Acker's Gunsmith videos in a weekend and this review applies equally well to all three. My biggest complaint would have to be the camera work and editing.The lathe setups and procedures were mostly filmed from one vantage point and often not close enough to get a good look at what was happening.Often Steve himself was blocking the shot while performing the procedure. The editing was often disjointed in a cut and paste manner with several scenes re-used in all three videos, basically giving the feel that it had been edited by a monkey. Now having said that, I found the videos extremely informative with many good ideas on achieving an accurate setup and shop made fixtures for several different accurizing steps. Without a doubt Steve knows what he is doing and I believe he was successful in conveying that information in his videos.
Good video. It had a good balance of tech, machine setup and how to in general. A good machining background is helpful.
Good information. Some of it was basic but there were enough good tips and tricks to really make it worth my time.
I'd wondered just what was involved in truing an action and installing a new barrel, and now I know. Interesting, but dry.
