Steven Dodd Hughes, Gunmaker, Writer, Photographer
My order books for upcoming projects are nearly filled for the next couple of years. Please contact me with your interest.
2012 Summer Custom Gunmaking Seminar ~ July 18-23, 2012, six days working at the bench of a custom gunshop, 50 miles north of Yellowstone Park in Montana. Cost will be $1500 for six days, $500 on acceptance, balance due July 1st.
Springtime in Montana, Stockmaking in a blizzard, April 7, 2012. The bird feeder was very popular that day!
Michael Petrov is happy to do his best to answer questions about, or help to identify vintage custom rifles. Please email Mike: mpetrov@finegunmaking.com Please include good photos and information. I’ll post Q&A as we get them.
Thanks for joining us,
Steve
FOR SALE:
.375 Custom Brno by Kathy Forster (added 4/22/12)SOLD
J.P. Sauer custom stocked by Kathy Forster: .338~06, One of my All-time Fav Mauser rifles! Added 3/10 SOLD
Spectacular Terry Wallace engraved pump .22 Stocked by Ed Aubert, cased by Marvin Huey. Added 1/28/12
What’s New!!! Just click for direct link!
Custom 7x57 Hagn rifle by Jerry Fisher, recently completed!
S&W ~ Triple Lock Target First year, 1908, Added 2/12
A Custom Hagn Project in 14 photos :In shop photos of the process. Hobby gunsmiths are going to Love this!!! 1/28/12
PHOTOS FROM RENO The Custom Gun Show 2012 MORE Photos added 2/6/12
SDH Bio, Added 11/18/11
New Viewer’s Photos! 5/10/12 Walther ~Funk Mauser, Flintlock Fowler by Ray Tatum 11/18/11
Smith & Wesson Paper, Heavy Duty and .357 Magnum flyers various catalogs and flyers of interest. Added 1/28/12
PETROV’S PAGES: Michael Petrov is the leading authority on between the wars American Custom Gunmaking and Gunmakers.
The .400 Whelen Story, Pt. 1, By Michael Petrov
The .400 Whelen Story, Pt. 2, By Michael Petrov
A Lock in a Box, a view of an Anson & Deeley boxlock mechanism.
Inside a Boxlock Stock, A look at what holds the metal to the wood, A&D boxlock.
SDH Hagn .30-06 Reviewed on the popular Chuck Hawks Web Site
Dakota .257 Roberts
Winchester Low Wall
Britte 12 ga.
Hagn .280
FINEGUNMAKING.COM is a place to view and learn about custom guns and custom gunmaking. I hope to add a page or two every couple of weeks until there is a healthy archive of interesting information and lots of photos.
Some pages will be devoted to one custom gunmaker, some pages will feature one type of gun and some will be in the format of “how it was done” with in-shop, in-process photos. I welcome input via sdh@finegunmaking.com and in the near future will be seeking photo and information from gunmakers worldwide.
More soon! Steven Dodd Hughes, Life Member ACGG
Checkering custom N-frame grips for a S&W M-1950 .44 Hand Ejector
(I only make these for myself. SDH)
