Monthly Archives: March 2011

5th Annual Gunsmith Job Fair, Hosted by Brownells

        The event takes place on April 15 and 16, 2011, at Des Moines Marriott Downtown in Des Moines, Iowa, and is free to gunsmiths and exhibitors.  Prospective employers and gunsmiths will gather to network.  Bring your … Continue reading

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P.O. Ackley Inc. a devision of EMDEKO

Did you know? In the early 1970′s P.O. Ackley became involved with a company in Salt Lake City known as EMDEKO International. The company worked a deal with P.O.,  bought out his barrel business and hired Ackley to overseen the … Continue reading

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Junk Science and Lead Bullets

Below is an Associated Press story about lead in ammunition.  Note that no scientist is going on record in this article and the there is no evidence presented.  Just could be or maybe. Since the Jackson area is part of … Continue reading

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Remember Audie Murphy?

Dusty old helmet, rusty old gun, They sit in the corner and wait – Two souvenirs of the Second World War That have withstood the time, and the hate. Mute witness to a time of much trouble Where kill or … Continue reading

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Anti Gunners in the Government Create a Problem So They Can Rescue US

It just makes me sick to think that the Justice Department signed off on this.  I hope the Senator investigating never lets go.  The memos mentioned in this report are damning enough to indicate there is malfeasance involved here (For those of … Continue reading

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Gunsmith Archeology

You never know what you might find inside an old gun.  This license was inside a gun stock I was given as a stock pattern for a shotgun.  It’s my practice to notify the client when I find such things … Continue reading

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