How to Use gunsmith in a Sentence

gunsmith

noun
  • This may seem a bit confusing now, but a good gunsmith can walk you through this process.
    — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2020
  • Bore-sighting is fairly simple, but first-timers should have a gunsmith do it.
    — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2020
  • At the time, the only way anyone could lay his hands on such a rifle was with the help of a custom gunsmith.
    — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 21 Dec. 2020
  • And consult with a certified gunsmith about the strength of any rifle action.
    — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 22 Sep. 2020
  • As one of the biggest gunsmiths in the world, Papperger knows a lot about the state of the art in defense.
    — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
  • As a master gunsmith, Fauré Le Page is a master in the art of leather craft.
    — Cécilia Pelloux, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Yeezy works into the evening, hacking at jagged spurs of plastic and tapping away with a special brass gunsmith’s hammer.
    — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
  • Three of those items are a gunsmith screwdriver set, a Lyman hammer and punch set, and two gun cleaning mats.
    — Larry J. Leblanc, Chron, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Triggers on bolt-actions can be rather easily tuned by a gunsmith (and sometimes even the gun owner) via simple screws.
    — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Inside the house, a 33-year-old amateur gunsmith who goes by the pseudonym Yeezy wondered what to do.
    — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
  • It had been assembled from parts purchased at gun shows, according to court records, and bore neither serial numbers nor a gunsmith’s brand.
    — Brooke Baitinger, sun-sentinel.com, 22 June 2021
  • This innovative synthetic version has a buttstock design that allows a gunsmith to cut it down for a custom fit.
    — Joseph Albanese, Field & Stream, 24 Apr. 2020
  • Fauré Le Page quickly became the master gunsmith to Kings and Princes.
    — Cécilia Pelloux, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Some shotguns are available without auto ejectors, which is even better, and a gunsmith versed in the process can de-activate the auto ejectors.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Dec. 2017
  • The company’s gunsmith, a man in his 70s, has taken a month-long voluntary leave of absence to take care of himself and his mother.
    — Jonathan Bullington, The Courier-Journal, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Gene was a gunsmith, a lifetime member of the NRA, and a champion trapshooter.
    — orlandosentinel.com, 27 Oct. 2019
  • Miller’s rifle had been assembled from parts purchased at gun shows, according to court records, and bore neither serial numbers nor a gunsmith’s brand.
    — Mario Ariza, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Mar. 2021
  • French hunting rifle created by renowned French gunsmith genre page at the Dawn of the 19th century.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 25 May 2022
  • Some small Alabama cities and towns are home to far more than their fair share of gun sellers - including gunsmiths, traditional gun sellers, pawn shops and more.
    — Ramsey Archibald | [email protected], al, 12 July 2023
  • Most were created by gunsmiths or ardent hand loaders trying to improve upon an existing cartridge or create a round to meet a specific need.
    — Mike Dickerson, Field & Stream, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Doug Hansen said a tense eight-hour standoff with a 40-year-old man described in a news release as a gunsmith with mental health problems and access to other firearms.
    — Rachel Lerman, The Seattle Times, 24 Dec. 2017
  • What keeps a 400-year-old Japanese cloth-maker or a 500-year-old Italian gunsmith alive?
    — Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
  • One of his more unusual jobs involved a one-hand (hours only) clock made by an English gunsmith in 1640, utilizing rope, iron plates and brass bushings.
    — cleveland, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Though enforcement has been rare against anyone less vocal and visible than Wilson, many online gunsmiths have nonetheless obscured their identities for that reason.
    — Adam Fisher, WIRED, 10 July 2018
  • Still, that would go further than the partly plastic AR-15 rifle produced by blogger and gunsmith Michael Guslick.
    — Robert Beckhusen, WIRED, 1 Oct. 2012
  • The two-lug floating bolt head can be spaced with a soon-to-come kit from Bergara, so shooters will be able to effectively headspace their rifle, something that normally requires barrel shims or custom gunsmith work with rimfires.
    — Michael R. Shea, Field & Stream, 21 Jan. 2020
  • One local gunsmith told The Courier Journal that firing pins are generally plentiful and inexpensive.
    — Jonathan Bullington, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2023
  • In 1985 West Virginia gunsmith Melvin Forbes created the lightest, best-shooting bolt-action rifle ever made.
    — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Creamer’s hand engraving is among the finest to be seen, especially when considering work done by a gunsmith located on the frontier in early 19th-century America.
    — David Buie, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 26 Sep. 2021
  • The news that the statue showed a weapon developed by a Nazi gunsmith (and particularly a model that possibly inspired the AK-47) had created a scandal.
    — Andrew Roth, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2017

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