March class at Calvary Longrifle Shop

[bama]

Here are a few shots of the students in my March class.

Tall Paul is learning to cut a few lines with the Lindsay Palm graver.





Steve has his rifle stocked and is now draw filing his barrel getting ready to put his sights on.



John is casting trigger guards.

[Bob Gerard]

Very cool. Where is the Shop?

[bama]

My shop is located Warrior AL which is just outside Birmingham AL. I have been teaching classes here at my shop since 2015 and I cover all phases of rifle building.

[44-henry]

Neat processes. You really should have them wear some protective gear when doing the brass casting though, at the very least a splash helmet and visor and pouring over a dry bed of sand. The picture below is my setup in my University lab and the gear I require students to wear when pouring. It might look like overkill, but I do this same process about 50 times a semester with bronze, brass, and aluminum and I have seen enough close calls over the years where I would never do it without the protection.

[bama]

Thanks for the comments on safety. I agree that the gear needs improvement.

[scottmc]

Nice looking trigger gaurd, John boy!