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Patrick Sweeney is an American gunsmith (retired), originally from Detroit, Michigan. According to an interview with Shotgun World magazine, he is a well-known author in the field of gunsmithing. [1] Retired from gunsmithing, he writes full-time. He teaches law enforcement classes on the patrol rifle, and gunsmithing the AR-15.
A gunsmith is a person who repairs, modifies, designs, or builds guns. The occupation differs from an armorer , who usually replaces only worn parts in standard firearms. Gunsmiths do modifications and changes to a firearm that may require a very high level of craftsmanship, requiring the skills of a top-level machinist, a very skilled ...
Some 102 guns of 11,700 used in crimes and later identified came from the Jovino shop. [1] According to current owners, until the 1980s the Jovino Company was "one of the biggest dealers in the country" and sold guns to many police departments.
Colt Deringers, at right 1st Model (1870–1890), at left 3rd Model (1875–1912), all .41 rimfire Colt continued to produce the .41 Short derringer after the acquisition, as an effort to help break into the metallic-cartridge gun market, but also introduced its own three Colt Derringer Models, all of them also chambered in a .41 rimfire unique ...
The MX8 was also one of the first guns to have interchangeable screw in chokes in the bottom barrel. [6] This feature is now found in nearly every modern shotgun. Also included was the revolutionary detachable v-springs trigger assembly. Perazzi preferred v-springs over the traditional coil trigger assembly due to their better trigger pulls. [3]
Very common on European hunting rifles. Also used on some airsoft guns (although often in the left-hand version). 71/128"-25.4 M15.88 1.058 mm Very common on American rifles chambered for the 7.62 caliber (for example .300 BLK, 7.62x39 mm, .308 Win) 5/8"-24 M18 1 mm Common on European rifles with bull barrels. 45/64"-25.4
Warren Center, working in his basement shop in the 1960s, developed a unique, break-action, single-shot pistol. In 1965, Center joined the K.W. Thompson Tool Company and they introduced this design as the Thompson-Center Contender in 1967.
Headspace positioning of rimless, rimmed, belted and straight cartridges Several different rimmed, .22 rimfire cartridges, which have a uniform forward diameter, and which have headspace on the rim, allowing any length of cartridge shorter than the maximum size to be used in the same firearm Firearms chambered for tapered rimmed cartridges like this .303 British cannot safely fire shorter ...