General Tools Required for Gun Care & Gunsmithing

[shadowphaxone]

Hi,


Can IFG members with reasonable knowledge & Experience , post a list of Gun Care & Gunsmithing Tools along with their uses, operating procedures and approximate cost that are available in Indian cities?

Additional info like pics, links to websites, books would great...

This thread is not intended for a specific type of gun. There are a lot of tools that are generally used for regular maintenance, refurbishments and repairs.

This thread could provide Newbies and Do-It-Yourself wannabes a chance to gain knowledge on different tools and their applications. This may encourage and allow not only IFG members, but also the persons who visits this site to take care of their weapons and may in turn save a little bucks from money hungry local dealers.

PLEASE post comments that are relevant to this thread. Any other suggestions, advise and criticism can be posted to me via PM.

[z375]

Shadowphaxone,

This largely depends upon the sort of work you want to do, if its your guns you're working upon its fine, but to undertake work on firearms belonging to other licence holders, you'll have to get yourself a proper arms dealer's licence which will enable you to breathe easy as far as the repair/refurbish aspect is concerned and allow you to work on firearms legally. Doing stuff without the necessary paperwork is asking for big, big trouble.

If you want a decent screwdriver set, get yourself one from Chapman's, they are hollow-ground blades and will prevent slippage save screw heads from getting buggered up.

[shadowphaxone]

z375 Has contributed details regarding a screw driver set made by chapman...


Thank you z375 for providing this detail...

[dev]

z375 Has contributed details regarding a screw driver set made by chapman...


Thank you z375 for providing this detail...

Please stop using that darn red colour needlessly.

Dev

[SRI 420]

Hi shadowphaxone,
Ya the red colour is really harsh, hence request you not to use it.
Thanks,
Srinivas.

[shadowphaxone]

Well,

P.S. - PLEASE do not post comments which are irrelevant to the subject discussed in the thread.

I like the colour as it highlights the important specific words which conveys the subject matter.........any way, since there are multiple requests.......I'll think about it.

I hope that future comments which are not about the subject discussed, will be made via PM.

[penpusher]

That is a very vague question that you are asking .That and the attitude is not likely to get you any answers.

Would you please explain what you mean by 'gun care' and what 'gun' are we talking about?

[shadowphaxone]

That is a very vague question that you are asking .That and the attitude is not likely to get you any answers.

Would you please explain what you mean by 'gun care' and what 'gun' are we talking about?

Hi penpusher,

Again the subject has gone off course...........and about the attitude - Don't every member has the right to post a comment in his/her own style? and Is it wrong to request not to post things that are irrelevant to the thread?...........i personally feel nothing wrong in it.........any way considering your comment i am re-editing the post.

IFG has a lot of threads on Gun Care & Gunsmithing regarding very specific problem that a member has encountered with their gun and that different methods & tools may be employed to solve them.

The aim of this thread is to COLLECT a list of tools, their operations and cost, so that it may act as a reference guide to members in need.

This is not a GUN SPECIFIC thread..........there are so many instruments that are commonly needed to perform a service in a gun. For example, IFG member z375 has pointed out a very good set of screw driver set .

I have very limited knowledge about gunsmithing. I think such information would be valuable to all.

I hope that you can also post similar details...

Thanks for the post...

[penpusher]

Go to http://www.brownells.com/

A very comprehensive site on gunsmithing and firearms related tools.I am sure this would answer most of your questions.Except for gun cleaning kits nothing else is really available in Indian and you will have to source the rest from abroad.Keep in mind that by the time you get your hands on them, the price would be roughly double what you originally paid for them (cost+shipping+custom duty),unless you can get some one to bring them in their hand baggage.

[shadowphaxone]

Go to http://www.brownells.com/

A very comprehensive site on gunsmithing and firearms related tools.I am sure this would answer most of your questions.Except for gun cleaning kits nothing else is really available in Indian and you will have to source the rest from abroad.Keep in mind that by the time you get your hands on them, the price would be roughly double what you originally paid for them (cost+shipping+custom duty),unless you can get some one to bring them in their hand baggage.

Penpusher,

Now, that was some neat information...

Thanks for the link.

[fantumfan2003]

shadowphaxone

I am into air rifles and this is what I have to tune and repair air guns

- Screw Driver set, well obviously you know for what.
- Hammer with Fiber heads, a wooden mallet can be a good substitute. These dont scratch and spoil the metal or
wood finish
- Pliers
- Rough file, medium size, to deburr netal surfaces
- Smooth file, small triangular, to smoothen metal surfaces

In addition I use a car jack as spring compressor. Its not an elegant solution but works if used carefully.

Buy the best tools you can afford and buy them as you need them.

Manish

[mundaire]

Before you spend any money on tools, may I suggest you get your hands on the book "The Modern Gunsmith" by Howe (it's a two volume set).

This should take you from a complete novice to at least intermediate skills - along the way telling you about all required tools, their uses, upsides/ downsides of different methods etc.

Good quality tools cost good money, but don't ever make the mistake of trying to save a few pennies on the cost of tools. There is a reason why one set of wrenches costs only a fraction of the price of another set... in the world of tools you get exactly what you pay for!

Cheers!
Abhijeet