Gunsmith of Williamsburg (video of 1969 educational movie)

[Phazer]

I was recently having a discussion about the history of firearms and someone asked how long gun barrels were made before the advent of powered machine tools. I looked for some historic information and came upon an educational movie from 1969, "Gunsmith of Williamsburg." I'd never seen it.

For those who were in school before VCRs, you should get a nostalgic wave by once again seeing one of the kinds of movies that we used to see in schools. (Yes...young people...we actually ran actual films, with real projectors, on spring loaded retractable screens, in classrooms before VCRs, DVDs, and streaming content).

 

[gun_slinger_boy]

Imagine the cost for a rifle to be made for someone like that today! I've often thought about making an AR receiver like this out of my scrap casings. Just too lazy.

 

[JohnD13]

Great video, owned a VHS copy for years. Got my son interested in building muzzleloaders and he twisted my arm into building him locks for a while. Thanks for posting that.

 

[C3D]

Is this Williamsburg Brooklyn?

 

[togmaster]

Is this Williamsburg Brooklyn?

They're making guns not diamonds. Watch the video.

 

[repete]

Very cool vid! I learned a lot, I always wondered how some things where done and now I have an idea. 300 hours for one gun!

 

[Robin]

That's about right.
Robin