Legacy Gunsmithing

10/31/2026

This is an LC Smith side-by-side 12 gauge sh***un that I worked on a little while ago.

Once it was dropped off we figured out that the solder that attaches the under lug to the barrels had completely detached. Unfortunately, I forgot to take photos of that repair process.

The original reason this sh***un came in was because it had one complete firing pin and there was only about a third of the other one left in the firing pin pocket.

As you can see from the photos, I reverse engineered the existing firing pin and made a new one. 

After I got all the work done and had returned the fi***rm to the customer, I got a call from him a few days later. He had done some shooting with it and wanted to let me know that it was the first time it had been shot since his grandfather had used it and no one in recent memory had used that fi***rm. He also said that he would be taking it out west to do some form of bird hunting with it. 

These are the calls that I love to get!

10/01/2026

Here's a project that took some thinking.

This is a Sterling SBR build that came in to be threaded. When the fi***rm was dropped off, the customer said that they had sent it to a very well known suppressor manufacturer who said it was "impossible to thread". Challenge accepted.







Thankfully I have this fixture that I made up several years ago to thread a pardner in 500S&W.

I had to make a spacer to face the barrel nut

Ready for a can.

09/10/2026

Here's the answer to the barrel question.
This is a P.08 Luger made in 1918. That makes the barrel 108 years old this year.

What makes that number even more impressive is the history of this fi***rm.
The frame has unit markings from WW1 as well as the 1918 manufactured date, it has a 1920 inspection date (as required by the treaty of Versailles), and last but certainly not least, it has capture papers from WW2.

Also of mention, is the fact that while I had it all apart I noted that it only had 4 parts that weren't original to it. Three of those parts were "force matched" during the 1920 rearsenal. The 4th part was the side plate that didn't match at all but is commonly mismatched because it's the first part that comes off during disassembly.

It came to me because it wasn't cycling consistently. I believe some of this was due to weak am******on. I also, cleaned up the underside of the bolt because it was catching on the rim of the case. Another element is that it hadn't been totally disassembled and cleaned probably since the 40s based on what kind of grease I found during disassembly.

While I had it, aside from cleaning, it also needed the right grip repaired and bedded so that it doesn't shift and get damaged more while firing.

08/08/2026

I've been threading and crowning a lot of barrels lately. Here are a few of the barrels that have come through.

The ri**es were a Savage model 12 in 22-250, a Thompson/Center Arms contender in 7mm rem mag, and a Savage mk II in 22lr.

Everyone is getting suppressors and/or muzzle brakes. I wonder how long it'll be before suppressors can be considered "common use".....

07/30/2026

Here's a C**t Python that got a new set of Altamont Company grips. The customer wanted them bedded with acragel. So, that's what he got. I thought the snake skin grips looked really nice, especially with it being a Python.

I'm a big fan of Altamont Company grips. The build quality is fantastic and the price is fair. Do yourself a favor and check them out.

07/21/2026

06/06/2026

Hello everyone!

I recently had the opportunity to work on this very nice 1943 Walther P38.

When it came in the decocker/safety was not functioning as it should So, it needed a new safety hammer decocking lever fitted. It also hadn't been gone through and cleaned in a very long time, possibly even since it was assembled.

In the end, it ran wonderfully and was a joy to shoot.

05/27/2026

04/26/2026

Heres one that surprised me a bit.

I had a customer request that I change the profile on an m24 profile barrel to a DARPA XM-3 profile as well as shorten it to 18.5" (between the reprofile and shortening, the barrel went from 5.1lbs to 4lbs) , cut a recessed 11° taget crown , thread it to 5/8-24 and time his brake without shims. He also wanted it to be cerakoted by (who knocked the cerakote out of the park) to match his receiver.

What surprised me was how much I liked the DARPA XM-3 profile. Initially, when I saw the photo, I wasn't a fan. But, after seeing the barrel in person, I'm considering turning down a blank for a build of my own.