JC Higgins Model 20 Shortened to 20 In. From time to time, we get a shotgun brought into the shop that the owner wants to have the barrel shortened on. There are different reasons for having this done. shortening a shotgun barrel certainly makes a shotgun easier to manage in tight places and is preferable [...]
Month: April 2024
The Mysteries of Headspace in Firearms
Headspace Gauges Headspace can loosely be defined as the distance between the closed and locked breech face of a firearm and the point where the cartridge case touches the chamber. On a Bottle neck cartridge case this would be a certain point on the shoulder of the cartridge case. Belted cartridges would normally headspace on [...]
Re- bluing the 1894 Winchester
1894 Winchester Receiver after being polished The 1894 Winchester is one of the easiest guns to carry because the balance of the gun is right around the receiver. Over time, many of these guns have the bluing worn and even small pits in the receiver just because they have been carried with our hand wrapped [...]