(KL)GUNSMITH04-Don Stallman, age 53, from Trinidad, Colorado, makes a mandrel tool on a metal lathe in his first semester course as a gunsmithing student at Trinidad State Junior College in Trinidad, ...

The idea of working as a gunsmith is appealing to many who like guns. But they might wonder, 1) it’s hard to learn how to become a gunsmith, and 2) if you can make a decent living gunsmithing. I’m not ...

This article, "Rifleman Know-How: Installing A Short-Chambered Barrel Without A Lathe," appeared originally in the March 2006 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA ...