How to Use gunsmith in a Sentence

gunsmith

noun

• As a master gunsmith, Fauré Le Page is a master in the art of leather craft.
  — Cécilia Pelloux, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
• 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
• This may seem a bit confusing now, but a good gunsmith can walk you through this process.
  — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2020
• There's also a gunsmith on hand to repair and maintain guns.
  — Mark Lawton, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2017
• Bore-sighting is fairly simple, but first-timers should have a gunsmith do it.
  — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2020
• Fauré Le Page quickly became the master gunsmith to Kings and Princes.
  — Cécilia Pelloux, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
• 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
• Gene was a gunsmith, a lifetime member of the NRA, and a champion trapshooter.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 27 Oct. 2019
• French hunting rifle created by renowned French gunsmith genre page at the Dawn of the 19th century.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 25 May 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• In 1985 West Virginia gunsmith Melvin Forbes created the lightest, best-shooting bolt-action rifle ever made.
  — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 4 Sep. 2020
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Around 1780 a Tyrolean gunsmith named Bartolomeo Girandoni developed a rugged air rifle that was soon adopted by the Austrian military.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 6 June 2022
• 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
• 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
• In 1795, Wogdon partnered with another English gunsmith, John Barton, to ensure his pistols would remain in production after his retirement.
  — Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2018
• One local gunsmith told The Courier Journal that firing pins are generally plentiful and inexpensive.
  — Jonathan Bullington, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024