What is EMDEKO?
We mention in this video that you can still visit Casa de Emdeko, Click here to check it out. We also have another blog post on the Colt…
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A Mistake in Identity
Funny things happen when your digging into the life of a person to write a book. I wrote an article for Guns & Ammo Magazine in 2007 looking…
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TSJC Celebrates 70 Years Since Ackley Started the Gunsmithing Program
June of 2017 marked the celebration of 70 years of the Gunsmithing Program at Trinidad State Junior College in Trinidad, CO. In 1946 P.O. Ackley received huge numbers…
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Colt – Sharps Borchardt & P.O. Ackley
The July 2017 issue of Rifle Magazine contains an article by John Barsness, “21st Century Rodent Rifles”. The first page of the article has a great picture of…
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Fred Zeglin Interviewed by Tom Gresham of GunTalk Radio
On Sunday May 21st, 2017 Fred did an interview with Tom Gresham on his GunTalk Radio Show. The interview is in the middle of the segment linked to…
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Chambering for Ackley Cartridges
In volume 1 of P.O. Ackley’s “Handbook for Shooters and Reloaders” Ackley explains headspace for his improved designs as well as standard factory cartridges. The chapter describing these…
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Meeting Jim Chappell
In February 2017 just before the book, P.O. Ackley, America’s Gunsmith came out I had a chance to visit Salt Lake City. I was there for the Western…
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A sad loss.
Jacqueline Ackley Chappell Home: Salt Lake City, UT Death Date: February 27, 2017 Birthdate: October 12, 1936 Place Of Birth: Roseburg, Oregon Service Information: Saturday, March 4, 2017…
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Headspace and Ackley Improved Cartridges
By Fred Zeglin Not too long ago at 4D Reamer Rentals LTD we rented a 30-30 Ackley Improved (AI) reamer to a hobby gunsmith so that he could…
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P.O. Ackley, Teacher and Mentor
My book about the famous gunsmith P.O. Ackley is being release in March of 2017. Naturally in the process of researching this book I have talked to everyone…
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