The ONLY Gunsmithing Resource You'll Ever Need!
... 3 massive volumes all on 1 CD!
You'll Love This If:
- You want to become a gunsmith
- You want a complete digital collection of gunsmithing how-tos for your home gun shop
- You want to be able to disassemble, reassemble, maintain and customize your guns
An Entire Gunsmithing Library for Your Home Computer!
Get renowned gunsmith Patrick Sweeney's authoritative works - Gunsmithing: Rifles, Gunsmithing: Shotguns and Gunsmithing: Pistols & Revolvers - in digital format on this CD, all laid out in easy-to-use PDF format. Turn your home computer into a virtual gunsmithing reference library, allowing you to work on hundreds of firearms for yourself or clients. Fully searchable with easy navigation, you can print out pages or zoom in on photos to get the most out of this gunsmithing collection.
You’ll Learn:
- Basic and advanced gunsmithing
- How to repair and upgrade your guns
- Firearm assembly and disassembly
- Gunsmithing secrets and tips for rifles, shotguns and handguns
TIP: Print the Articles You Need Directly from PDFs
NOTE: Includes a handy trouble-shooting guide!
Chapters Include:
Gunsmithing: Pistols
- Chapter 1: Pistolsmithing for Fun
- Chapter 2: A Place for Everything and Everything in Its Place
- Chapter 3: The Long and Short of Removing Metal
- Chapter 4: How They Work and What to Look For
- Chapter 5: Keep it Clean
- Chapter 6: Power Tools for the Ambitious
- Chapter 7: What is Involved in Testing?
- Chapter 8: Welding and Metal Joining
- Chapter 9: Refinishing
- Chapter 10: Malfunctions of the Revolver
- Chapter 11: Malfunctions of Pistols
- Chapter 12: Magazines for the Autoloader
- Chapter 13: Sights to Steer by
- Chapter 14: Grips: Something to Hold on to
- Chapter 15: Timing and Tuning Your Revolver
- Chapter 16: Basic Pistolsmithing the Beretta
- Chapter 17: Basic Pistolsmithing the Glock
- Chapter 18: Basic Pistolsmithing the 1911
- Chapter 19: Advanced Pistolsmithing the 1911
- Chapter 20: Barrel and Cylinder Fitting, S&W Revolvers
- Chapter 21: The Makarov
- Chapter 22: The Springfield XD and XDM
- Chapter 23: Gunsmithing Mistakes
- Chapter 24: Sources for Your Labors
Gunsmithing: Rifles
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Requirements for Rifle Gunsmithing
- Chapter 3: Tools
- Chapter 4: Trigger Work
- Chapter 5: Scope Mounting
- Chapter 6: Barrels: Cleaning, Selection and Installation
- Chapter 7: Cleaning the Action
- Chapter 8: Break-in, Cyro and Fire-lapping
- Chapter 9: Stocks
- Chapter 10: Wood Repair and Refinishing
- Chapter 11: Metal Finishes
- Chapter 12: Accuracy Testing
- Chapter 13: Recoil Reduction
- Chapter 14: Buying a Used Rifle
- Chapter 15: Glass Bedding
- Chapter 16: Building a Ruger 10/22
- Chapter 17: Building a Precision/Beanfield Rifle
- Chapter 18: Working the AR-15
- Chapter 19: Building a Scout Rifle
- Chapter 20: Refreshing the Hunting Rifle
- Chapter 21: A Century and a Half: The Lever-Action Rifle
- Glossary
- Suppliers
Gunsmithing: Shotguns
- Chapter 1: History
- Chapter 2: Black Powder to Breechloaders
- Chapter 3: Tools, a Place and Practice
- Chapter 4: Shotgun Types and Their Maintenance
- Chapter 5: Stocks and Woodworking
- Chapter 6: Chokes
- Chapter 7: Chamber, Forcing Cone and Bore
- Chapter 8: Insert Tubes and Smaller Gauges
- Chapter 9: Sights
- Chapter 10: Bluing
- Chapter 11: Trigger Work
- Chapter 12: The Winchester 1897
- Chapter 13: The Mossberg 500
- Chapter 14: Restoring a Double
- Chapter 15: The Remington 870
- Chapter 16: The Remington 1100 & 11-87
- Chapter 17: The Browning Auto-5
- Chapter 18: Building a Turkey Gun
- Chapter 19: Building a Deer Hunting Shotgun
- Chapter 20: Building a Shotgun for Practical Competition
- Chapter 21: Recoil Reduction
- Plus hundreds of detailed photos showing each step-by-step process!
About the Author
Patrick Sweeney is the author of many of Gun Digest books' best-selling titles, including
Gun Digest Book of the 1911, Vols. I & II;
Gun Digest Big Fat Book of the .45 ACP,
Gun Digest Book of the AR-15,
Gun Digest Book of the AK and SKS,
Gun Digest Book of the Glock and
Gunsmithing: Pistols and Revolvers, among other titles. A master gunsmith, Patrick is also Handguns Editor for
Guns & Ammo magazine.