Basement Gunsmithing

[clayton86]

Iv been watching all the midway USA videos on YouTube and want to get into some at home gunsmithing projects. I have 2 old .22s I wanna try sone things on. I have a old Winchester

69a from 1937 with Lyman micrometer peep sights I'm thinking of reblueing it, jeweling the bolt, checkering the stock, free floating the barrel and glass beding the stock.

The other gun is a glennfield(marlin) 25(80) that one I just wanna tap the receiver for newer scopemounts instead of the old dovetail design and the free float and bed the action.

The only thing that has me nervous is bedding the actions it seams easy but I'm worried the magazine well will fill up and I don't wanna put a mag in it and get stuck or ruined. Everything can be done easy at home though should make some fun projects and some already nice guns nicer to hand down to my sons in later years.

Anyone else here dab into gunsmithing wether professionally or as a hobby.

[DJ_28]

I'm working on becoming a gunsmith. The projects your talking about are fair easy to do just take your time and enjoy your guns when you have finished. Jeweling the bolt will make that gun look great. Good luck, would love to see some pic.s when your done.

DJ

[clayton86]

Dj are you going to school for it? Ivthought of it the wife said I should also but I don't think it will pay enough where I live or where I'd like to move to.

[DJ_28]

Clayton86, you should check out PSU, AGI Gunsmithing video courses or one of the other online gunsmith training if you don't have time to go to school. I'm getting mine this way and it's something you can do in your spare time and at your on pace. Once completed you can work from home, open a shop, work for someone else, or just be able to keep your own guns in great shape.

honestly, I think you get a quicker understanding in a classroom a more hands on enviorment. But if your like me a working to pay the bills and can't just tell the power company to stop sending for a few months so you can go to school, it's a good alternative.

DJ

Please look over the spelling

[clayton86]

Clayton86, you should check out PSU, AGI Gunsmithing video courses or one of the other online gunsmith training if you don't have time to go to school. I'm getting mine this way and it's something you can do in your spare time and at your on pace. Once completed you can work from home, open a shop, work for someone else, or just be able to keep your own guns in great shape.

honestly, I think you get a quicker understanding in a classroom a more hands on enviorment. But if your like me a working to pay the bills and can't just tell the power company to stop sending for a few months so you can go to school, it's a good alternative.

DJ

Please look over the spelling

I checked out AGI a few weeks ago now my email is bombarded with crap from them.

[DJ_28]

Yeah, I did that too. I ended up going to PSU. It's about the same thing as AIG. Doesn't cost as much though. They send you your test and give you access to all their vids and text. They also have a teacher that is asigned to you to help you with any questions you may have or problems you run into. Iike I said earlier going to school is hand down the best way to learn because of the hands on experience in the classroom. But this is a close second. And you still get the same gunsmithing cert. as you would if you were in the classroom.

DJ

[clayton86]

I'll have to look into them I'm thinking of doing it on my deployment to Kuwait if it sucks and I have time they said it's a good time to do classed or I could be busy as hell I'll know in a month

[Raider Nation Fisher]

I've done some, but not much. Most of the work I've done has been custom stocks and what have you. My buddy and I did a Rem 700 .308 a few months ago. We added a tactical stock, new scope, detachable mag (looks cool even if it is bolt action), quad rails (more for show than actual functionality, and a hardcore urban digi paint job. This rifle is straight up sick. When I get the pictures from him I'll upload em for ya.

[DJ_28]

hey, don't hate on a bolt gun...lol... I bet you are an AR guy??? Can't blame you I like an AR too but I love a bolt gun. I like Remington 700 but the Winchester model 70 that I built as a do all gun in 7mm WSM is my new fav.

[Raider Nation Fisher]

hey, don't hate on a bolt gun...lol... I bet you are an AR guy??? Can't blame you I like an AR too but I love a bolt gun. I like Remington 700 but the Winchester model 70 that I built as a do all gun in 7mm WSM is my new fav.

Quite the contrary my friend. My wife is the AR lover. Girl is scary good with one. When we were shooting two or more times a week after work and on weekends, before my son was born, all the Assault style weapons were hers. Except for my one AK out of the four AK's we had. Me, I prefer a bolt. The Remington 700 in all of its varients in a .308 caliber is my choice rifle. I've never really deviated from them, with the exception of my Barrett, my AI .338 Lapua, and my WWII rifles. Yet my K98 may very well be my all time favorite rifle of all time.

[DJ_28]

You know with the AR crazy being what it is I completly forgot about the Ak's. Your right, you can't go wrong with the Rem. 700 or the .308. And I have to say "YOU DOG". I want a Barrett. Shooting one has spoiled me, have wanted one ever since. The K98 Mauser is without a doubt the grandfather to all bolt guns. Not the first but the first great one.

DJ

[clayton86]

All my guns are bolt actions I don't own a single repeater there all 1 shot 1 kill I don't need a follow up most the time when I do it's usually doubles coming in that's when I wish I had a AR. I'm thinking of getting a RRA predator one or waiting till the Fred eichler series comes out from rock river.

[bigbill]

I do not trust anybody doing any kind of work for me anyway. I been purchasing all the gunsmith tools to work on and tweek my 1911's. I started out before changing a barrel on my german 98k 8mm mauser. I have the headspace gauges and she came out perfect. The used 8mm barrel in excellent condition cost me $37. Being a retired machine tool builder and a lead engineerring tech i find that doing gunsmith work isn't that hard. I'm too old to go to school so i learn from the gunsmith dvd's. I watch gunsmith dvd's and work on guns all winter and fish all summer. Right now on my auto pistols i'm polishing the feed ramps and barrel throats. I have one 1911a1 thats pretty much a race gun now. Its just a hobby that keeps me busy. Bill

[Raider Nation Fisher]

I do not trust anybody doing any kind of work for me anyway. I been purchasing all the gunsmith tools to work on and tweek my 1911's. I started out before changing a barrel on my german 98k 8mm mauser. I have the headspace gauges and she came out perfect. The used 8mm barrel in excellent condition cost me $37. Being a retired machine tool builder and a lead engineerring tech i find that doing gunsmith work isn't that hard. I'm too old to go to school so i learn from the gunsmith dvd's. I watch gunsmith dvd's and work on guns all winter and fish all summer. Right now on my auto pistols i'm polishing the feed ramps and barrel throats. I have one 1911a1 thats pretty much a race gun now. Its just a hobby that keeps me busy. Bill

So what's wirh the barrel swap on the k98? If you don't mind my asking.

[bigbill]

I purchased a german 98k 8mm mauser with a shot out barrel for $20 and a replacement surplus barrel for $37. For under $150 i built a perfect looking sporter in 8mm mauser. I refinished the orginal german stock with 10 coats of tung oil its sealed from the weather. I'm working on two more projects right now, one is a bolt action rifle in 7,62x39 for my grandson and another bolt action rifle in 6,5mm swede mauser too.

[Raider Nation Fisher]

I purchased a german 98k 8mm mauser with a shot out barrel for $20 and a replacement surplus barrel for $37. For under $150 i built a perfect looking sporter in 8mm mauser. I refinished the orginal german stock with 10 coats of tung oil its sealed from the weather. I'm working on two more projects right now, one is a bolt action rifle in 7,62x39 for my grandson and another bolt action rifle in 6,5mm swede mauser too.

Now that is a Heck of deal right there. I just can't bring my self to make a sporter out of one. Maybe a post 1944. I just have a thing for WWII surplus. I wanna see the 7.62 when you finish it up. That has definitely gotten my curiosity up. The .308 I mentioned earlier was the last rifle I've worked on. Even then it was mainly all snap together. More time spent in getting the parts and pieces then actually assembling it.

[bigbill]

The german 98k in 8mm mauser wasn't what i would call a collectable by any means. I'm a C&R collector too. I collect the surplus military guns and the older modern guns.

The guns i put together as sporters are mainly from parts I refuse to use a perfect collectable for a sporter.

Right now my 7,62 / 308 barreled receiver with the 7,62x39 chamber adapter went well. Its ready for the stock to be fitted. I'm going to make it look like a swedish m94 size wise. I also have a 7mm mauser carbine project in a small ring receiver '95 and a 7mm mauser project in a large ring 98 receiver too. I just picked up a Czech VZ24 in 7mm mauser in very poor condition for the build. I need a replacement stock and the barrel is also shot out and i got a 18'' surplus barrel cheap with a great bore.

If anyone wants a semi auto rifle in 223 the russian izmash saiga is very affordable like around $350 if you don't have the $$ for an AR15. Just check the front sight to make sure its not canted. These have the russian ak/akm quality thats battle field proven. My saiga's with 16'' barrels will shoot 1 1/2'' groups at 100yds using south african 308 ball surplus ammo benchrested. I haven't benchrested the 223 saiga's yet. I don't drop big dollars on guns too as well as fishing equipment. I save were i can.