The team at Armaments by Design in Cairns have now completed almost three years of design, development and proof testing of two new single shot rifle actions for the target shooting market in Australia. This has been a mammoth effort involving many hundreds of manhours of design, manufacturing and proof testing. Along with these actions, […]
After many years of development our first commercially manufactured actions will be used and on display at the upcoming 2026 North Queensland Rifle Association (NQRA) King’s Prize, which includes F-Class competition, will be held from Wednesday, May 20 to Sunday, May 24, 2026 in Townsville. These actions have been fitted up in custom stocks also […]
NEW SINGLE SHOT ACTIONS DESIGNED and MANUFACTURED IN AUSTRALIA SPECIFICALLY FOR BENCH REST and F CLASS TARGET SHOOTING. INTRODUCTION. The team at Armaments by Design in Cairns have now completed almost three years of design, development and proof testing of two new single shot rifle actions for the target shooting market in Australia and across […]
NOTE: The cartridges shown in the following article were all fired inside a closed test chamber while proof testing a new rifle action design with no risk of danger to the operator. The excessive pressures were achieved by grossly overloading the cartridges using the wrong powder for that cartridge type and these results show the […]
August has seen the installation and commissioning of our robot on the new Mazak 200MSY lathe we installed in late 2024. This unit is an Agile Flex 12D robot and has given us the ability to work the machine unattended for long production runs. We have a variety of parts that we manufacture in quantity […]
We have closed out 2024 with the installation and commissioning of our latest new CNC machine, a Mazak QT200MSY twin spindle multi function lathe with a Hydrafeed MSV65 bar feeder. It has the very latest Mazatrol SmoothG CNC control and almost every other feature and option available for a high end machine of this type. […]
Another recent new addition to our manufacturing plant and equipment is our high end laser engraver. This machine has replaced our old rotary engraver and is so much faster and easier to operate. Jobs that were taking many minutes with the old machine are now completed in seconds and to a higher quality and improved […]
2024 has been a busy year for us and one of continued growth as it rapidly comes to a close. The latest addition to our manufacturing capability has been a new 5 axis vertical machining centre complete with twin pallets and an 80 tool library. This Mazak Variaxis i600 machine will greatly enhance our 5 […]
We have recently installed a new CMM (Coordinate Measuring Machine) to complement our manufacturing capabilities and assist us in our continuous pursuit of quality control and accuracy in manufacturing. This machine is a Mitutoyo CRYSTA-Apex V9168 out of Japan with a number of probes to allow us to do practically all internal and external measurements […]
