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Indexing barrels Hi, Mickey I always enjoy reading your posts, and hope to meet you some day! I do very few glue-ins and haven't been indexing them. I started to index the barrels in the "up" position on 1000 yard and extreme range rifles to help gain a few extra minutes of usable elevation...

Dates set for classes I've got dates scheduled for some chambering classes now. The dates I've currently got scheduled (and still have room in if anyone else wants to take advantage of this very in-depth one-of-a-kind training) are as follows: March 10-11, March 27-28, April 15-16, May 27-28...

Brownells Acraglas Use Brownells Acraglas liquid epoxy like f d shuster says. I have repaired hundreds of stock cracks like that over the past 21 years using Acraglas. What works very good is to mix it up and spread a line of epoxy over the crack. Then squeeze and release the crack, or gently...

Spott3r, Not sure I got your PM. I got one a few days ago from you and answered that one, but didn't get one now. Maybe e-mail me instead: gordy@wildbluepella.org to make sure I get it. Thanks! Gordy

Spott3r and Lilguy, just let me know when you can come and I'll make sure to schedule a class for you. If you are interested in the Bed and Breakfast, my wife just prefers that I set that up for guys taking classes or coming to shoot. Remmy700, I've had several guys express interest in having...

Since the Grizzly chambering DVD came out recently, there has been a tremendous amount of interest in the details of how I do this and how easy it is for even someone with very little chambering experience to turn out top-quality work. I also had so many guys watch and talk to me at the SHOT...

Contact info Rolandr, My contact info is as follows: e-mail: gordy@wildbluepella.org Phone: 641-628-3044 (I'm normally in my shop all day, but I'm very busy so I only answer the phone in the afternoons from 2-5 pm Central time, Mon-Fri) Address: Gordy's Gunsmith Shop, 1648 Cordova Ave...

"Halves" - I guess it depends on how you look at it - sorry, Ill try to clarify this. I mean the needle on the indicator dial will move 1/2 the amount with the long tip as it will with the short tip. So each .0001" graduation on the dial with a short tip is .0001", and each graduation on the...

Indicator tips Shelley, depending on the size of the hole in your lathe spindle, it's not hard to make up a sleeve that slips over the end of your barrel a ways and either tapers to fit like a Morse taper or set screws in place. This makes the barrel long enough to reach out to the end of your...

Hi, Kurt. I sure do remember you. I've often wondered if that was you when I'd see your name on a forum. We sure had fun back then, didn't we? Call me at my shop - 641-628-3044 - and we can set a date up for the class. (I only answer my phone from 2-5 pm, Central time, Monday to Friday, so call...

Range rods Just got back from the SHOT show and it went just great out there. I met a great bunch of people and amazingly I didn't even screw any barrels up while chambering surrounded by a crowd:) I really have to say the Grizzly lathes performed beyond what I even thought they would do. I...

Hey, Tooley Glad you're coming to the SHOT show - looking forward to seeing you again! We'll have to get together and tell some more lies about Lee Fischer!!!!!!! See you soon! Gordy

Anyone who knows me at all knows that I do not take offense easily to much of anything. I know people all have opinions based on their past experiences, and that sometimes when something new is presented it can be a little hard to understand or accept a new concept without some questions, and...

Jerry, That is absolutely right. The whole length of the bore is a continuous curve from one end to the other, some more so than others. But the amount of curvature in 2-3 inches of most bores is almost not detectable if that part of the bore is running true to the centerline of the lathe, and...

Cdog, I know Grizzly is supposed to be bringing a bunch of DVD's to the SHOT show, so hopefully someone can pick one up for you there. I'm not sure why they can't send the videos out of the country yet - but they've run into some legal red tape over it somehow, I think (post 9-11 gun paranoia...

My prayers are with you! Mike, Victoria, and Michael - I am sure sorry to hear of the loss of your wife and mom, and I will be praying for all of you. I got to meet your whole family a number of times at the Varmint Hunter Jamboree and will always remember what a neat family you are! She will...

DVD at SHOT show Joe, will do. If for some reason we don't get together at the SHOT show, let me know and we'll get one up to you somehow right after that. Looking forward to meeting you there! Gordy

Jerry, I do get the lathe set up so the bed is perfectly true and level and then I make absolutely sure the centerline of the tailstock aligns dead true to the centerline of the headstock vertically as well as horizontally - this is extremely important!! Mike is so right - it takes a high...

Enjoying the discussion! But some of you are making this seem considerably more complicated than it really is. Doing it this way like we show in the DVD (please buy the DVD from Grizzly before you criticize this method too much) perfectly aligns the receiver to the chamber and to the beginning...

Notes on the Grizzly chambering DVD I certainly do not feel like anyone has been bashing me - it's just nice to see some discussion and other opinions on this topic. There definitely are other ways to set up and chamber barrels that work very well, but the way I'm currently doing it has...