Blacksmithing

[newenglandshooter]

I've just started to learn blacksmithing and love it. Are there any smiths here who have forged gun parts? Also, if anyone knows of any good videos of people forging parts, feel free to post links.

 

[MasterShinken]

congrats on taking up the trade, it's alot of fun! I've done some blades but not Nearly good enough for firearms, I would be interested to know if anyone here's done this too.

 

[newenglandshooter]

I've done a few blades also. My problem is I live an apartment complex, so I have nowhere to forge unless I rent time at a forge, which is insanely expensive.

 

[newenglandshooter]

Video of a smith forging a gun barrel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqpycUAF2RE

His name is Clay Smith. His site:

http://www.claysmithguns.com/index.htm

Very interesting.