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to finish the word the look rugged to crisp fashion, fine balance, precision accuracy. just pick one up and point it. thousands have been made. thousands will be. but the oldest gun makers in america still build them one at a time. and. the 19. the gunsmith featured art in the modern world requires sophistication. the sophistication of computers. in fact, a gun designer can draw out the ideal firearm.

but can you then duplicate that on? the factory floor one way, the best way is to see the design and do a computer. and then the computer knows, the gun too and can spell specs and instructions for machinery with the precision. no human being could match the tied into an automatic drafting machine. the computer draws the receiver for a 410 gauge. model, 1130 a hand built model of the new shotgun electronically bugged to provide many types of when the model is fired. initial bolt velocity terminal bolt velocity, more gas impulse gas cylinder impulse, chamber pressure. and so on. there's velocity, all the data

goes. the computer which analyzes rapidly and makes design models for optimum and. an electronic feeler gauge follows the contour of a handmade stock recording its exact measurements in three coordinates simultaneous. the same numbers flow into the computer which draws the stock on the drafting table like a topographical map. the computer can also a machine to cut a steel master that reproduces the stock exactly the. following a variety of masters, a variety of stocks begin to take shape.

each. we use to inlet rifle by hand and still do in some cases. but this quarter million machine has taken over most the work the huge carries can perform up to 32 separate operations and exact settings at each stage eliminate any possibility of human error. here's where modern production techniques have an advantage. when it comes to the end. find finishing for instance. nothing can replace the most sensitive computer of all the

craftsman with precise touch. i and years of. is where we begin making them one at a time. it's. the work that leaves woodshop rivals the finest of the old cabinet makers art and each man proudly his product with his own individual market. stocks must be completely smooth for the slightest stretch will be revealed by the fine finished

to come first though carefully seal all the pores. then comes remington the famous arcade w finish the stocks are sprayed automatic all to a uniform depth another instance in which modern production techniques reveal their value. the tough arcade w5 finish is polished to a smoothness found only on the finest furniture. beautiful, isn't it.

at all your custom grade guns are a time honored tradition of hand chickering to. announce. in an electric resistance furnace bullets steel filled barrels are brought to the white heat, then into the where hammers and large end provide the chamber split barrels. heat trading changes the grain structure of the steel, increasing hardness and

strength. shotgun barrels at high speed as drills fight downward from above in. the first drilling operation. all along the line, careful checks and close tolerances test an air gauge measures the diameter of finished rifle boards. if there are constrictions or bulges in the board, the little float will move out of limits and the barrel will be rejected.

in precision. the alignment of a barrel and its ventilated rib at the same time or a trap gun. preset equipment grinds ribs to the proper height above the and at the same time assures flatness of the sightlines sightlines. then matting to eliminate any glare.

wringing machines, drill out the exact choke specified for shotgun barrels at the same time, they also add high polish to the bore. receivers to begin with solid billets of steel. and first come the internal cuts like in letting the action bar slots. then the outside receivers take shape.

the computer not only develops gun designs and masters for making gun components, it can also run factory machinery. it does this by punching up tapes that tell the equipment what to do. the tapes are inserted in consoles that control the machines. in each of these hundred thousand dollar machines and. 12 to 18 operation and has a turret that holds the tools for that. under instructions from the tape the machine picks tools the turret in sequence and then carries out the specified milling operations.

under a steady flow of oil locking lugs are milled in the receivers. and induction furnace here shotgun magazine tubes are breeze to receivers as flux flows away. a short dip in the chemical baths and any remaining flux or dirt varnishes and result a rack full of gleaming model hundred components but the final gleam

has only just begun in metal as in would a really fine requires that very special ingredient. the human touch fear a last bit of smoothing then another step, particularly suitable to machinery, a process called vibration. gear components. enter a tank which is then filled with tiny, mildly abrasive pellets. the tank vibrates and the little pellets gently hone every surface and recess of the metal inside and out. the result is a smooth finish on which working glide effortlessly while providing the perfect base for beauty as well.

that new look comes in the blue, blowing that the gunsmith tradition finish is only as good as the surface. it encounters. if the metal is velvet smooth, the result is a deep lustrous finish. something to admire. and a good gun is the sum of all its parts that include small parts which are held to a specified tolerances and just as carefully heat treated and so on as the major elements. shooters have missed many a chance because some small parts or didn't sit. we pay a lot of attention to that.

a trigger is an absolutely small part. everyone knows the crispness of a remington trigger pull. one reason we them optically and then compare them to our dry is if they do not fit exactly, they're out. all the components larger small come together at the bench of a trained gunsmith. he is symbols. one gun at a time. this man knows exactly what he's doing and why we know the way the finish comes. it's creative. you can put your own little emphasis on you. take a little more pride something you do the i just enjoy this type of work but

there's some people i wouldn't want to work but i enjoy it. and no matter what model i go on, i build. the 60, 60, 600, i go on, i carry my stain but along with it i'm responsible for this rifle and i wouldn't want anyone that doesn't take the same pride or the same care that i do but my same under rifle that's my same as it is responsible. and i guess that's what i like, i like the job too. i don't really mind the responsibility. the gunsmith. and finally assembly have service records up to 35 years

with skillful hands and a trained eye. they make firearms one at a time, measuring trigger full checking safety testing magazine. the final is indeed a completely individual. you got gun assessed gunsmith in the world. it is as though this man made this gun for you. 50 or 100 years from now. the remington record books will show that exactly what he did and when boris the gun meets the highly critical standards of this man, he stamps it with his own pistol marks and the proof. is not the end yet all firearms that use high pressure ammunition are proof tested with loads far more powerful than the heaviest. they are designed for that a stamp to satisfy a rifles are

also targeted before they leave factory. then firing to make sure the magazines and mechanisms of all multiple shot rifles and shotguns are imperfect. working on that includes 20 twos as well here. again, that necessary stamp of approval. i high speed photography provides an adjunct to function firing in a cutaway model 742 automatic a gun designer can actually see just how well the works work. and also a lot of ammo get shot

up before it's turn to shoot. the last inspection. the ball is visual as the gun look right it must because that will be our customer. first inspection. people all over the world know the quality of remington workmanship and so many turn to remington for that gun of a lifetime or several for that matter. the finest firearms money can buy in custom grades. leon johnson selects a handsome walnut blank for a degree models 707 millimeter magnum.

this particular plank is as far as grain structure, density of the wood and also color the grain is rather straight, but it has tiger tails going in at 90 degree angles from it, which gives it that nice look. but yet with the straight grain, the stock gives it stability. so we made a pattern of our paper and we laid on one of these white one. we laid it on the blank. the reason for this is so that we could make sure the grain structure through the had was running at the right angle that we want. we open up the embedding because we we this make it short and tight again with so that it can be hand open and get a very tight fit between the barrel and the action in relation to the stock. then we take a barrel back and after it all so on we put the barrel in the triangle so to speak, into the stock to make

sure that the stock hasn't wore, if it has any gaps, they call it gap. this is an indication of a poorly made rifle, very poor. these we tried to make with no gaps at all and make it very tight. this also as good as far as ability to shooting we call accuracy this makes so that you can read the rifle at the proper points perfect fit between metal and woods. a rifle made this piece of wood. so let's place anywhere as as stability is concerned and probably be a good eye catcher in any gun show or any gun business as leon with the stock master engraver, bob runge works the receiver. any tools it's hammered with the shooting hammer requires a little more softness than we have on say small shooting

engraver. anything that is applying steel and gives us an a good cutting tool so that it has enough softness. so on break every it and it enough to cut the steel to working on so i, i enjoy joy engraving more than. any other i think any other kind a gem. i learned something all the time. this is the type work skill you enjoy, the satisfaction, seeing the product completed as it's completed. you feel well. i have done this work and it's something that i want to be proud of. gold inlays two for the largest surface of a shotgun receiver model 1100 and.

custom work is careful work by the time leon bob were through with this rifle, leon had grown a mustache mustache and think, let's take a good look at the ultimate in the gunsmith. art art. and.

leon the d grade seven millimeter, a final firing check. wayne leake is one of the foremost gun designers, the world, and he works at all the time. this is where you'll find him on holidays and weekends and summary evenings when there's still light in the sky. here at his own private hundred yard range in the woods behind his house, he built the range himself. there's a tip for shooters in those tractor tires they down noise wayne's out a 22 target rifle standard 540 x. how's this for a 100 yard group with a production 22.

another demonstration with a model 700 bold action. a 760 pump and a 742 automat like all three center fire rifles fresh from the factory floor. mike walker, one of the finest bench rest shooters in the country, will fire the bold action rifle. jim steckel will shoot the pump gun. and leon johnson on the left takes over automatic. each shooter will fire three shots at a 100 yards and mike started off with a bold action model, 700.

four. there's mike's group now, jim with the 760 pump people, sometimes of pump guns and automatics, somewhat less accurate. but our specs say they have to measure up to the model's 700. let's see if they do do. it's not bad at all. okay, so now it's up to leon with the 742 automatic. in this actual contest leon. cut the bacon with.

742 automatic. now new for you varmint shooters remington's new five millimeter rimfire magnum it's a hot one and watch and go. by combining the ancient art of the craftsman and the gunsmith with the modern art of computers and technology. the oldest makers in america continue make the best firearms in the world one at a time. here on the side of the barn are all of them. the whole line shotgun and center fires and 20 twos, bold actions and pumps and automatics

in all the calibers and, shot shells, sizes. they come in behind each gun stands. a tradition of craftsman shape that goes back over a century and a half of american history that. tradition continues today in firearms individually for the targets you want shoot or the game you want to down anywhere the world.

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