"From bolt actions and lever guns to AR-15s, [this book] provides practical information about repairing and modifying your rifle to maximize its performance. Certified armorer Patrick Sweeney draws on more than 30 years' experience as a working gunsmith to provide clear insights, tips, step-by-step instructions and photos to teach you how to make your rifle drive tacks. For the DIYer, aspiring gunsmith, or seasoned pro, [this book] covers all the...

Working on your own guns can be both fun and economical, and in this allnew fourth edition of Gunsmithing Pistols Revolvers, certified master gunsmith and bestselling gun writer Patrick Sweeney shows you how to avoid costly repairs and improve your handgun's performance. Hundreds of photographs give stepbystep instructions on how to perform basic maintenance and repairs on a variety of popular pistols and revolvers.

"Vickery?s passion for tools, and the firearms he could manipulate with them, gives this book its spirit of resourcefulness and experimentation. Different aspects of gunsmithing are highlighted in the book?s twenty chapters, such as barreling, chambering, action, and other kinds of metal-working. Vickery also attempts to reduce the gunsmither?s reliance on hard-to-find tools, and often describes alternate methods where possible. The informational...

"The suggestions in this book are developed from many ears of experience in full time professional gunsmithing. Maybe more important is the experience of the authors in shooting and hunting. In Part I of this book Fred Zeglin gives you an overview of what it takes to build an accurate hunting rifle and deals with many of the variables often overlooked or misunderstood. ... In Part II, Gordy Gritters explains the extreme accuracy requirements of a...