Star Cutter displays tooling solutions for firearms manufacturing

Star Cutter displays tooling solutions for firearms manufacturing

Star Cutter Co., a provider of custom-engineered tooling solutions for precision applications, is displaying its cutting tools tailored for firearms manufacturing at the Shot Show 2023 in the Supplier Showcase, booth #51317.

January 18, 2023

Star Cutter Co., a provider of custom-engineered tooling solutions for precision applications, is displaying its cutting tools tailored for firearms manufacturing at the Shot Show 2023 in the Supplier Showcase, booth #51317. The show is being held in Las Vegas through Jan. 20.

Star Cutter is displaying solutions for producing:

  • Rifle and Shotgun Barrels – single flute gundrills, including high performance and double contour enhanced designed gundrills, pull reamers, and rifling buttons
  • Pistol Barrels – solid carbide gundrills, solid carbide deep hole twist drills, carbide reamers
  • Firing Pin Holes – small diameter solid carbide twist drills, solid carbide special form gundrills
  • Bolt Action – solid carbide gundrills, solid carbide chamfering reamers
  • Uppers – Single Flute Gundrills, patented SRT (Super Round Tool) reamers
  • PCD Tools will also be on display for better part surface finishes and extended tool life for aluminum applications

The company says that it can develop tooling solutions for specific applications. For example, the company says that specially designed gundrills can reduce tool drift to provide excellent TIR from entry to exit and optimize chip control leading to longer tool life.

For more information, visit Precision Drilling & Holemaking Solutions for Firearms Manufacturing. Star Cutter tools are sold through Star SU.

Glossary terms in this article

  • chamfering
    Machining a bevel on a workpiece or tool; improves a tool’s entrance into the cut.
  • drilling
    Operation in which a rotating tool is used to create a round hole in a workpiece. Drilling is normally the first step in machining operations such as boring, reaming, tapping, coun…
  • carbide
    Compound of carbon and one or more metallic elements. For cutting tools, tungsten carbide, titanium carbide, tantalum carbide or a combination of these in a cobalt or nickel matrix…