Just a few of the students putting in some work today.
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Nothing beats a good project rifle build. Adrian Twist blues the barreled action then laid stencils over the top and cerakoted this bad mama jama.
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Couldn’t be happier for @kurt_the_gunsmith and his gracious mustache being in the cover of @brownellsinc 74th Big Book Catalog. Check out his alumni page at https://schooloftrades.edu/alumni/ to see what he has to say about Colorado School of Trades. Always awesome to see the birds leave the nest and spread their wings.
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Colorado School of Trades has recently undergone some equipment upgrades. Thanks Trevor for forcing our hand on this 😉😂.
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Happy Earth Day y’all! We would like to celebrate some of the great things that our world provides us. Like Potassium, Nitrogen, and Oxygen. Specifically in a compound of 1 potassium, 1 nitrogen and 3 oxygen molecules. A great fertilizer as well as other things.
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Pop Quiz! What would have caused this baffle strike on the muzzle break that came across @spartan.precision.gunsmithing bench to get fixed. Wrong or right answers. We’ll let you decide 😏
On Fridays while majority of students aren’t in the building the staff here at CST works on some professional development. Here we can see PJ Shaw cleaning a first year production Winchester 1892, Jordan Brentlinger working on his Blunderbuss, Josh Roy inletting a stock for a Browning Citori Lightning, and Trevor Teter doing Trevor Teter things.
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Chuck Agajanian made some sick walnut grips for this Manurhhin PPK/S. The wood grips are finished with TimberLuxe as well as the slide and frame being reblued. “It’s Alright” direct quote from Quentin Hanson on Chuck’s work.
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Craig Gulkin did a dang good job hand checkering this front strap for this 1911
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The Fresh Prince is at it again with this 1911. He “Brass Brazed” the slide, applied the patterned stencils, sprayed black and then clear over the top. This gun looks slick!
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Check out this slick Remington 1918 @peter.rainbolt produced from a stock blank!
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Sometimes it’s the simple things that get us going. Cole Hayes produced this Smith & Wesson M&P 15/22 with a distressed white over black.
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Check out this slick Remington Rolling Block chambered it in 50-75 Seth Brabender brought back. Rust blues the barrel, Steel FXed the receiver and trigger to give it a color case look and “brass brazed” the barrel bands and accents to finish it off. This old gal is looking pretty!
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What skills would you expect a gunsmith to have? As mentioned a couple weeks ago Eugene joined James Nash of the 6 ranch podcast. Here’s what he had to say about what skills he expects our gunsmiths to have. Check out the rest of the podcast to get the feel of what expo life is about. CST being featured from 2:25:25 to 2:32:25.
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Happy TWOSDAY! To celebrate this unique date, we figured it to be fitting to show off this Mauser 22LR Josh Rodriguez refinished. Taking this rusted action and barrel to a polished-beautiful blue Josh brought this gun back to its best look!
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Check out this slick 1911 produced by the Fresh Prince of Colorado School of Trades Will “Bill” Smith! Bill polished the slide, added the Bomber themed stencils, bead blasted the non-covered metal to get the patterned look. To be able to keep the rivets on during the bead blast process took some serious skill. Great Job Bill!
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Eugene Baker just sat down with @6ranchoutfitters for a quick talk about the program in their podcast. James works for @sigsauerinc and was excited to learn about the program and was a great contact to help our students find placement within the industry. Check out the podcast later next week after the @huntexpo
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Colorado School of Trades is completely set up and ready for @huntexpo 2022! Stop by booth 4661 and talk with Chris, Eugene, and Ryan.
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We had business interviews the past few weeks. Some students take these extremely serious. Some not so much. Some a little bit of both….
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Here at Colorado School of Trades we have renewed some previous work connections and have started completing some work for a local Ducks Unlimited Chapter. For some upcoming banquets they plan to auction off these Exothermic Pulsefire Flamethrowers. Designed and executed by PJ Shaw and Sam Silva these flamethrowers are looking hot!
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Super proud of this R700 .308 build, I can’t wait to be tagging at 200 yards. #cerakote #hotbluing #600finish #remington700 #700 #vortexdiamondback #coloradoschooloftrades #cst #10rounder #burntbronze #tungsten #sacredgeometry #threadedbarrels
Got to do this 3 tone cerakote job on a AM15. Shoots T-shirts and beer cans, and it has a golf ball barrel attachment as well. #cst #coloradoschooloftrades #am15
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Galaxy paint scheme testing. #cerakote #gunsmith #coloradoschooloftrades #space #galaxypainting #galaxy #nasa #gunsofinstagram
Galaxy paint scheme testing. #cerakote #gunsmith #coloradoschooloftrades #space #galaxypainting #galaxy #nasa #gunsofinstagram
Small glimpse of the process for making a wood stock from the raw. Custom scout rifle chambered in .308. #myrtlewood #scoutrifle #woodstock #gunsmithing #coloradoschooloftrades #2a
Before and after cerakote job on a AR15. Did a Armor Black matte base, with Clear Armor gloss w/ Liberty FX to give the shiny appearance on the rifle. #coloradoschooloftrades #cst #cerakotemadness #cerakote #colorado #ar15 #cerakotethatshit #liberty #fx
Before and after on this S&W model 10. #coloradoschooloftrades #smithandwesson #model10
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Beautiful rifle for almost being a century old! #coloradoschooloftrades Rehab love on a 100 year old model 14!
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First photo dump of my action/barrel inlay with a walnut stock. More to come over the next few weeks. Stay tuned. #cst #coloradoschooloftrades #walnutblank #inlay #project #barrel #action #sanding #gettingthere
Teaching myself how to checker wood, charles.thefirst whatcha think? #ctf #cst #checkering #coloradoschooloftrades
We love seeing our machines used for education and training! Check out this great video of Tormach machines in action at colorado_school_of_trades! Keep on learning! #gunsmithing #trades #makers #makersgonnamake #instamachinist #stem #ColoradoSchoolofTrades #cnc #gunsmith
Remington 514 finished with just a few things left I want to do. Picked this little gun up at oldsteelguns and have to give them a shout out as the staff is simply awesome. They love guns and you can easily get lost in conversation with those guys! Plus me being a student at the colorado_school_of_trades they hooked me up with this gun and it gave me something to do.
So, the stock was factory cut and finished in a hideous orangish lacquer like coating. I was glad to bring out the beauty in this wood with a mud rub and hand finish. Straight grain through the grip and beautiful striping on the forend. I reshaped the buttstock and grip and milled the bottom of the grip flat. This involved a little bit of work to the comb and corporal lines afterward and it came out pretty darn good with very few flaws. I polished up the barreled action, bolt, and trigger guard as well as deburred the bolt to allow a much smoother cycle of operation. I then blued the action and trigger guard, put it together and the difference is night and day. Also a thank you to kurt_the_gunsmith for finding this gun and making me aware of oldsteelguns
If you find yourself ever in Colorado I highly encourage a trip to that shop!
Marlin 336 Cutaway! This lever action has some great features to it making it very popular. Most notable is the side ejection, as opposed to its competitors top eject, the Winchester 94. What also makes this a great design is the safety’s that are built into it. There is both a front and rear firing pin that have to align to allow the gun to fire. The rear firing pin pivots down out of the way when the locking block is not in full battery, making it near impossible to fire!
Elk Antler Grips! This was my first attempt at making grips out of antler and they turned out great! My dad found this shed antler and the tines were all chewed up making it the perfect candidate for this project. Working with bone/antler can be a messy job but the results are well worth it! What do you guys think?
Gun Conservation!! If you are following this page and have heard of that term before you probably are familiar with Mark over at anvilgunsmithing This method of killing the rust and bringing out the original bluing works very well. You are basically boiling the parts and lightly carding off the rust leftover, then giving it a nice overnight bath in oil(I used motor oil for this one). In the end the pitting doesn’t completely disappear but it does make the dull steel shine again and stops the rust! Check out candrsenal YouTube for some great videos on this process. ▪️As for the gun, this is a Spanish S&W copy chambered for .32-20!
Mauser 98 Slo-mo! The Mauser 98 is the father of the modern bolt action. This controlled feed design is extremely reliable and very strong. Most bolt actions today use at least one of the many features this action brought to the table. Check out my story for some more footage of the extremely simple trigger mechanism!
This webleyandscott Mk IV is in great shape for its age! However it’s fallen out of time and will need some tweaking on some of the internal parts. I love the “War Finish” stamp and the many tick marks in front of the grip. I’m not sure what those tick marks were put there for but I’d like to imagine it’s something to do with it’s time at war.
Despite being known for their reliability, revolvers have a lot of moving parts! This old Smith and Wesson Cutaway has been cycle thousands of times and still has a tight lockup. *see highlights for more!
