Why I selected Action Work

WELCOME TO THE NO BS ZONE OF TEDDY JACOBSON

Please Note: I am aware that my counter is not working because the people that run the blog system have new codes, I will have it upgraded soon. For those that want to speak with me about any action work please call me most any day after 10 am central time. I will still do some each week but I will no longer take in work that has been butchered by some one else...........Thanks, TSJ


I wanted to explain to everyone why internal action work has always been so very important to me. I have owned a rifle when I was 9 years old, it was a Remington 550 semi auto chambered in 22 caliber. I remember this rifle like it was yesterday. It just about jammed on every different type of bullet I used. In those days WESTERN and PETERS ammo was very popular, most of you younger people probably never knew that. This 550 would not digest Western brand ammo. The rifle was worked on by the same New York gunsmith countless times. Did he ever fix the problem ?? NO , If I used Remington ammo it would do better but still jammed.


I started seeing all these problems with the internals at a very young age. When I got my Marlin 336 that was chambered in 32 special, it was a lever action and I never had a problem. I graduated to a Winchester 88 lever action rifle that was chambered in 308 win. caliber, it was a removeable magazine type action. It would not allow you to put a bullet in the chamber most of the time. I sent it back to Winchester at least 2 or 3 times but by then I was disgusted. This model 88 was supposed to be the best lever action rifle going, but I always had problems with it.


My next 22 caliber rifle was a Winchester model 77 and this rifle never jammed on me that I could ever remember. This was a very plain jane type 22 rifle that used about a 10 shot magazine, I do not exactly remember every detail. In the 1950 era I never thought much of Remington products, but at this point in time they are top rated. The most wanted rifle I can ever remember for the average american hunter was a pre 64 Winchester model 70. That was the rifle my father used every year to hunt deer.


It was my personal feelings for a handgun to work flawlessly that got me so very interested in the internal lock work. I have always admired and liked to look at very nice custom work and to admire the engraved handguns. I found out soon enough that looks does not cut it when your life is on the line. People used to tell me when I was a kid that revolvers do not jam. Boy were they wrong, can you just picture the ejector rod that unscrews from recoil on a S&W revolver, it will jam that cylinder instantly. It will not be able to rotate. These are all old wives tales I remember people telling me when I was a kid. It was all BS. But of course they believed their own BS. Nothing has changed.


I was very interested in learning all I could about the inner workings of a handgun but there was no one for me to ask. A general gunsmith will take in a handgun for a trigger job and you just left it and when you got it back you had no clue what he did, it just felt like it had a better trigger pull until you started to get misfires and soon discovered that all your springs were cut. How would the average person ever know that until it was too late. He better discover the error before he became a guest of the coroner. How can some one have the very gall to cut up all your springs to the point where the handgun is no longer reliable ?? I never could understand how some one could live with themselves to do that.


People are all motivated by some thing. Most people its money, others it may be various gifts of one kind or another. Some of my work has very recently been involved in a shooting but the owner went home to his family, the attacker went underground in a box. That is what I do, I have only one intent and that is and always has been to make you a better handgun to give you the edge in a social engagement.


My last commentary was one of the most difficult things I have ever had to write. I knew I would have to slow down for quite some time now but it has come to decision time because of all my injuries. I will still look forward to doing a little work every week or so. I just want to be able to do the very best I can and I will no longer take in killer jobs that take 7 days because another person has ruined it all.


My favorite guns to work on are the Sigs and the Berettas and the HK's and the Glocks and the SW semi autos. The revolvers I still like to work on are the SW "J" frame cenntenial hammerless models. There are other models I like made by many different manufacturers. I really like working on the Browning Hi Powers.
I like working on quality, I never worked on very cheap pot metal type handguns, even though I have gotten many calls about these thru the years, I always told the people to send it back to the factory.


It has been a real learning experience to understand all these different type of handguns. It took me a lifetime and now I will try and make notes on important things to remember. What will work for one model may not work for a similar model. Many people call me about a 1911 and they have the same questions year after year. There are not a lot of people that know the correct way of installing a thumb safety. There is no way to teach this in a book or on the phone. Same goes foe the installation of an internal extractor on a 1911 pistol, there is no way to explain this on the phone or in a picture. Every frame and slide may be a little different.


I have been thinking about a new type of primer sealer. I have always been convinced that this is one of the most important things you must do to your carry ammo. My use of nail polish does work but I believe there is a better way. I will talk with Mr. Camp and Mr. Taylor about this.
I will not be selling much of anything anymore. I will no longer keep a supply of many stones like in the past. I will not be making many more tools as in the past.


Please feel free to call me if you have any questions about your handgun. I am here 95% of the time. I will continue to keep up with my commentaries and I will still be writing very good information for all of you.


Remember having and carrying a handgun for protection of life and property is very important. Its what is in the inside of your action that is so very important. Your superb finish and wonderful checkering will not save your life.



AUTHORS PERSONAL NOTATION:
This commentary as well as all my previous commentaries are my personal opinion and my personal viewpoint only.


Teddy Jacobson / Pistolsmith
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