Why Did Gunsmith Shops Like Retail Shops

A firearm is one of the weapons that may be used when hunting. A firearm utilizes pressure produced from the burning of gunpowder to create gas. The pressure produced from the burning powder propels a projectile out of the barrel at a target. In rifles and most handguns the barrel has rifling on the inside of the barrel to make the projectile spin to travel better in the air. Rifling are groove that spin as they go through the inside of the barrel. Shotgun barrels are smooth and can fire “slugs”, a single projectile, or “shot”,

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     Weapons have been around from the Neanderthals of the post-ice age, to the Taliban in Afghanistan. Rocks became knives, sticks became spears, and bayonets became AK-47’s. The technology from the French and Indian War was revolutionized and manufactured by the newly opened weaponry companies. Colt

As the decades went on the blacksmiths began to do more tool and vehicle repair and spent less of their time making items. Their tools can be divided into three categories, the flames, the anvil and sledge/hammer, and the some other equipment. Under the first group was the bellows, the shovels, the rake and pretty much anything else used to move the coals, and the water trough. Under the second group was the tongs, cutters and chisels, as well as hammers and anvils. In the third group was the shoeing box (which contains knives, rasps, and files) to make horses ' feet and horse shoes. They made items by first softening the metal over a flame. They then used a bellows to get the flame as hot as necessary. There are three levels of heat, snowball heat, full-welding heat, and light-welding heat. The hottest is snowball heat, which refers to white heat; is used to weld. Then there is full-welding heat, not quite as hot as snowball, employed to weld mild steel. The last is low or light-welding heat, rarely used because of how difficult it is. Then when it is hot enough the blacksmith hits it with a hammer to shape it. A blacksmith is trained as an apprentice by a more experienced blacksmith because there was no trade school. Some things that blacksmith’s construct are ploughshares, sickles, scythes, metal parts for wagons and carriages, wheel rims, tools, axe heads, hammers, shovels, hoes, pitchforks, nails, screws, bolts,

First he will show the crimp, and then the seating. he places a casing in the press, and tightens the die. He recommends doing it up until you barely feel the case mouth. For a crimp you would want the die to go in further than into the casing (as opposed to out of the casing for no crimp). He gives a demonstration by showing him load the powder into the casing. He then places the casing up to accept the projectile. In a smooth, and steady motion, making sure not to use too much pressure, he presses the bullet into the casing. After that, you will want to check the round's dimensions using a caliper. Cartridge overall length is important, and he shows how it is achieved. He also gives some pointers on the process, which is

In the article “Gun Ownership in Early America: A Survey of Manuscript Militia Returns” by Robert Churchill, he discusses how gun ownership in the early 18th and 19th centuries was scarce and at times the armed militias were the only people who had guns at all. It was because of this that the government made gun ownership exceptional. This is different from today when gun ownership is everywhere. Due to the high concentration of guns sometimes it is hard to count how many are sold in the United States every year. To learn that guns, at one time, were almost non-existent is almost hard to believe.

A century after the matchlock was first recorded there was another incredible breakthrough in the field of Gunsmithing it was the wheel lock. This was a true innovation in firearm history this is the first firearm with rifling to increase accuracy. How this gun worked is when the trigger is pulled it spins a wheel that has rough steel and at the same time a hammer is lowered on to the spinning wheel causing sparks to ignite the powder in the flash pan in turn propelling the projectile out of the rifled barrel. The only disadvantage with this firing mechanism is the cost it was too expensive to produce very many.

Weaponry plays a very large role in the war. While the soldiers were on their last legs, the nation decided to set foot and make a decision to improve the industry. The most common problem faced by all soldiers was the loading of guns. Soldiers typically carried guns that held one bullet at a time. A soldier who was trying to aim and shoot the target would have to stand much closer, as the weapon’s range was only about 80 yards. Hence, battles were fought relatively at a closer range. Rifles, were used for long range shooting, and were very accurate as the bullet could travel up to 1,000 yards. However, it was impossible to use the guns in battle since it took a very long time to load. Fed up with the trouble caused with the guns, Captain Henri Gustave Delvigne and Claude Etienee Minnie developed a cone shaped lead bullet called, “Minnie Balls”. When fired, the bullet expanded, and the lead would grip tightly against spiraled rifling groves. This would take a spin on the elongated bullet, leaving the muzzle at a higher velocity and following an accurate trajectory causing it to travel three-four times farther. The innovation of the rifle and Minnie Ball were just a few of the hundreds of weaponry inventions. Weapons fell under three categories—small arms, artillery, and edged weapons. These were developed after the society wanted to see a difference in the nation. They were placed under these categories based on their caliber (size of the

Elgin Pistol: The Elgin Pistol was first developed by the United States Navy in 1838. This gun was a .54 caliber, single-shot smoothbore, and was equipped with an 11.5-inch Bowie knife blade and was the first percussion cap gun to be used in the navy. Sadly only 150 Elgin Pistols were produced. Because of this, only a few were still in use during the US Civil War. Soon after, the Navy replaced them with the M1860 Cutlass, which remained in service until the mid 1900s.

The molds found within this cabin were used for making shot/mini ball. The individual might have been making and modifying existing munitions in order to be used in the resident’s guns like muskets and flintlocks, because according to http://www.webarchaeology.com/html/jorgthes.htm, “This is due to the fact that by the late 1860 most muzzle loaded weapons had become obsolete, and was replaced by weapons that utilized cartridges”and “Thus, finding ammunition for these weapons would have been hard, making it necessary to modify existing munitions.” Around the hearth and on the Southwest corner there was a concentration of munitions. Some of these include percussion caps (fired and unfired), lead shot, bullets, and shell casings. On the Southern end of the hearth in the cabin was a combination of melted lead was found, some shell casings, and a mold possibly for a 32 to 34 caliber shot/mini ball. It appears that the Northeast and Southeast corners of the hearth were engaged as the main area for the processing of lead items, as seen in the high concentration of melted lead fragments and the existence of bullet mold. On the Northeast end of the hearth, there is a combination of artifacts that pertains to munitions such as powder percussion caps, a high concentration of melted lead, one gun part pertaining to a musket, a shell casing, and one flint flake. In the Southwest corner of

For our week four reflection assignment, we were provided a video to watch. It is titled "Gunsmithing Troubleshoot Firearms". It was uploaded to youtube.com by Sonoran Desert Institute, my alma mater, and features Kip Carpenter of American Gunsmmithing in Columbia, Tennessee.

Europe’s economy and power were growing substantially and the use of gun powder had a significant part in its growth during the Early Modern Period. “Gunpowder somehow remained a monopoly of the Chinese until the 13th century, when the science was passed along the ancient silk trade route to Europe and the Islamic world” (How Gun Powder Changed the World). Gun powder cannons were used because of their significant blow to a target; the French and English used cannons against each other during the Hundred Years’ War. After cannons, came handguns and these changed the way armies fought for the rest of time. “Guns literally put weaponry into the hands of the individual, creating a new class of soldier — infantry — and giving birth to the modern

The Business of Building, Repairing and Designing Guns: Gunsmithing Degree Does your interest in the creation of guns extend beyond simply knowing the history of this fascinating craft? Would you love to be able to become a gunsmith yourself either as a hobby or in a professional capacity? With a gunsmithing degree it is possible to become a part of this historic industry and practice the same craft that has made people like Samuel Colt, Eliphalet Remington, and John Moses Browning such legends. It is an area of specialization that requires a lot of hard work and dedication, but can also be fascinating as well as rewarding. Gunsmithing Degree Information Associate of Applied Science in Gunsmithing

He stated that “The old school way of mounting a front sight was with taper pins driven in at the factory by gorillas, the way the military still fastens theirs today”. He went on to explain that this manner of mounting negatively effects the accuracy of a weapon, because this mounting process creates a constricted area in the barrel that the bullet has to pass through, and that “bullets passing such constrictions are boogered twice rotating past each pin. Bullets twice deformed on different sides don’t shoot accurately.” Carlos mentioned that there are ways to alleviate some of this bore constriction, and referenced another paper he wrote (Improving rack grade AR-15s) to get a better idea of what steps one can take to do so. One thing Mr. Carlos mentioned that I really truly agree with, is that “If you are selecting a barrel

Captain John Norton of the British 34th Regiment in 1832 invented the cylindro-conoidal bullet. This was a large step in the gun making industry. This is because it has a hollow base, the hollow base allows the bullet to expand mid-air causing a larger wound in the victim. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylindro-conoidal_bullet) This model was worked on by a man called Claude Minnie.