About Punches With the assistance of rssslvr, from Calguns Punches are tools which consist of a fairly wide striking surface at one end, and a narrower surface on...
The HK High Reliability Steel AR Magazine This is part of the STANAG Magazine Comparison series. HK Steel Magazines As you may notice, the HK magazine spring ret...
The Anatomy of a Bullet This would have been, more correctly, referred to as 'The Anatomy of a Round'. However, 'bullet' seems to flow better, so I hope you'll p...
Article Index by Gun RIFLES * AK 47 Building, 922(r) reference, Comparison vs Saiga, About Bulgarian AK's, AK 47 Markings * AR 15 Main AR 15 Page, Buil...
About Bore Lights Bore lights are available through a number of vendors. As of Dec 2005, SocalGuns had them for $6 in store, and I understand that Wal Mart sells...
About Bore Oil Bore Oil is simply oil meant to lubricate and protect the metal on your gun or in the barrel from corrosion. There are many different varieties fo...
About Bore Solvent Bore solvent is a liquid cleaner which dissolves away powder and other deposits from the rifling of the barrel, the action, or any other place ...
922(r) Worksheet for HK UMP / USC builds See also: Sporting vs Non Sporting Firearms DRAFT STATUS ONLY!!! Do not rely upon this page yet, it has NOT been vetted a...
People v. Rooney, 17 Cal.App.4th 1207 (1 Dist. 1993) In this case the California court of appeals decides that for purposes of California law, a rifle with a fold...
About Cleaning Brushes A cleaning brush is a cylindrical shaped brush, usually made of bronze/brass or nylon, which is designed to slide down the barrel of your g...
About Cleaning Patches A cleaning patch is a small piece of soft material like t shirt material (highly recommend buying the t shirt type cleaning patches at Walm...
Cleaning Rods A cleaning rod is simply a long thin piece of metal, usually with a handle, which is used to push and pull patches and brushes through the barrel of...
Tools of Gun Owners and Gunsmiths Some assistance by Spiggy, of Calguns See also: Firearms Measurement Tools The list below is separated into a number of categori...
A Comparison of Various STANAG Magazines STANAG magazines were first developed for the Armalite AR 15, which was first released over 50 years ago. Over the cours...
Curio And Relic Discount Reference A lot of gun buyers spend a fair amount of time on the internet pricing around to get bargains. Probably the most readily avail...
About Deniers "1000 denier", "1600 denier", etc, appears a lot in tactical clothing. It's a measure of density, which is itself a measure of weight. A one denie...
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Electrolysis Method of Bore Cleaning By Main.MarvWhite, as originally posted on SKSboards. This is the Electrolysis Method of cleaning a rifle bore. Often surplus...
About Effective Range Note: This article is still being written; expect something final in a few days VERY few questions I get at gun shows are any more irritatin...
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5.11 Tactical Bag: Mission Rolling Duffel 5.11 Tactical's website lists this bag's dimensions as 30x20x13". Doing the math, this bag's capacity should be around ...
5.11 Tactical's ATAC A2 Flashlight Overview My review sample of this flashlight arrived on November 2nd, 2011. As of today, I've completed a two month evaluatio...
Over the years, I've run across a number of interesting guns which would benefit from an overview page. While I have no shooting experience with most of these, I...
Lands and Grooves Some information originally taken from TiredOldFart, on SKSboards.com This question comes up semi regularly, and in fact it is one of the very q...
Notes about California law This page is not a substitute for reading the actual text of the laws. The best place to read California's firearms laws is at the Cali...
Legal Disposal of California Assault Weapons (Incomplete) For one reason or another, periodically people wish to dispose of assault weapons in California. The pa...
Interesting Exceptions in CA law Assault Weapons * As documented in Bill Wiese's AR/AK FAQ, the only AR's and AK's which are "assault weapons" are the ones on...
About Miltec 1 MilTec1 "The ONLY all purpose synthetic metal conditioner and gun oil", according to their claims http://www.militec1.com/ official website ht...
AR 15 Collapsible Buttstock Installation and Removal The instructions are nearly the same, whether you're going forward or backward, just performed in reverse ord...
AR 15 Fixed Buttstock Installation Unfortunately, although I shall describe herein and with pictures the process of installing an AR 15 fixed buttstock, I don't a...
SAFETY INSPECTION FOR THE CZ 52 PISTOL (prevent accidental discharge upon decocking on a live chamber) The CZ 52 is a fascinating pistol design, chambered for the...
Cleaning Deposits from Reloading Bins If you've put any decent number of rounds through a reloading press (particularly a progressive), your bins will eventually ...
Fitting a Loose Kydex Grip to a CA 94 For Christmas 2011, I received a Solar Tactical grip wrap for my Coharie Arms CA 94 MP5 clone. Unfortunately, the CA 94's p...
Installing a Kushnapup Stock onto a Saiga 12 When Bjorn Muller's Kushnapup stock was announced, it generated plenty of interest in the Saiga world. Progress towar...
MODIFYING A CZ 52 MAGAZINE TO HOLD 9 ROUNDS ( 1 from 8) Phil, of SKSboards, writes: Don't go blind, wear safety goggles. 1) First thing to do is unlock your magaz...
MODIFYING A 40CAL CZ 75 (or Baby Eagle) MAGAZINE INTO A FULL CAPACITY 9MM MAGAZINE With the expiration of the federal assault weapons ban, most Americans are able...
The RW Hart bullet puller is a "pliers style" bullet puller. While you can order it directly from RW Hart, most folks tend to buy or hear about these tools via M...
As has become tradition, my Labor Day 2012 gathering turned into a gunsmithing party. I quickly realized that I hadn't yet stripped down the HK USP 40 Compact whi...
The AK Family General Overview In military applications, the AK 47 is a select fire weapon first introduced in 1947 by Mikhail Kalashnikov. In civilian applicat...
AR 15 Buttstock Reference When dealing with the AR 15, some folks have issues with installing the buttstock. This article gives an overview of the way buttstocks...
Iron Sights for the AR 15 Platform The vast majority of AR rifles presently produced, do not come with built in sights. Instead, their upper receiver has a flat ...
Replacement Nuts for the ARMS #40 Rear Flip Up Sight It's fortunate that, because the ARMS #40 picatinny mount rear sight's mounting nut can be easily lost, it is...
AR furniture pricing I'm slanting this article towards AR furniture. The AR platform allows a truly ridiculous level of accessorizing, and my primary interest li...
Firearm Related Abbreviations Also, check the Common Gun Forum Abbrevations list. AOW Any weapon restricted by a ban which is NOT the assault weapon ban ATF B...
AR 15 Weapons Platform Family Major AR Family Members * The AR 15 is the most commercially successful of the AR family. The M 16 is simply a select fire vers...
Local places to buy Powder and Primers in California Buying powder and primers online tends to incur hazardous material handling fees. Because of this, it is fre...
About the Interactive Caliber Conversion Application To use the application, click here. To read about it well, keep reading. Usage Instructions This section ...
An Overview of Chronographs What Chronographs Do A chronograph is a device via which you can find out how fast your bullets are travelling. This is useful to th...
Types of Handgun Holster Ever since handguns became widely used, there has been a desire for convenient means of carrying them at the ready. Holsters may have be...
This article is a stub, intended primarily to serve as a linking point for articles on CZ firearms CZ is a name which may be applied to a variety of Czech made fi...
Revision Military is a company mostly known for protective eyewear, including the Batlskin helmet. They also produce laser protective glasses. Revision was founde...
This article is a stub, intended primarily to serve as a linking point for articles on S W firearms Smith and Wesson is a name which has, until recent time, mostl...
The Monsterman Grip This article is a placeholder; it will include pictures of the current generation Monsterman grip, plus the infamous "web of the hand" diagram...
A Reference on Reloading Introductory Materials * Intro to Reloading * Projectile Naming Abbreviations, essential reading if you don't know FMJ from BTHPW/...
50 DTC EDM / 510 DTC Europ Related: California 50 BMG Ban and Popular Workarounds I've done a fair amount of reading on this caliber, and when the Internet paper ...
Gunwiki's Path on Respiratory Safety Disclaimer: See a Professional There are a lot of different philosophies regarding respiratory safety. Ultimately, you shou...
A Review of the MagnetoSpeed Chronograph Update: As of 2/4/15, I have received a review sample of the new v3 MagnetoSpeed chronograph. The present review covers t...
SAFETY WARNINGS FOR SPECIFIC FIREARMS This section is for safety and reliability enhancing modifications to specific firearms. This is not the place for "never l...
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