I still do it the hard way- - - -hand cranked machinery and lots of hand-filing and measuring. Of course, most of the high-end firearms are still made by master craftsmen, and the old Mausers and Enfields I work on were made that way close to 100 years ago.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!