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My
Work
My passion is old guns. I've worked on modern guns but I don't
get the thrill that I do with the old guns from our history.
As a licensed and trained gunsmith, my passion is more towards
working on these guns as opposed to just shooting and collecting
them.
All my life I've been a tinkerer.
I've built race cars. I've built motorcycles. I love getting
my hands greasy but in the last 10-15 years I haven't even
changed my own oil so I've moved on to doing my gunwork. The
neatest thing about working on these old guns is I've never
had to crawl underneath one of them!
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The
Problem
What I've found with the majority of the modern replicas that
we use for the CAS game, is that they are usually poorly fitted
and then the manufacturers use excessively heavy springs to
overcome the poor fit. You can't really blame the manufacturer
because this is a production savings to keep the cost down.
Basically, what I do is take them apart, refit the appropriate
parts and then add the minimum amount of spring to make the
gun operate smoothly. Not only do the guns now operate smoothly,
they aren't wearing themselves out. We've all heard about
how these guns are made with soft metal and on occasion you
will find a soft part, but the majority of the problems will
be the result of the heavy springs eating away at these parts.
I work hard to build fast, reliable guns.
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