Gunsmithing Made Easy; Projects for the Home Gunsmith
Language: English
Published by Stoeger Publishing Company, Accokeek, Maryland, 2006
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158 pages. Oversized book, measuring 10-1/2 inches by 8-1/4 inches. Includes chapters on The Gunsmith's Shop, How We Learn, Cleaning & Maintenance, Enhancing Accuracy, "Pimp My Rifle'', An Excuse for a New Rifle, and Index. Bryce M. Towsley is an unrepentant gun nut and is an avid, world-traveling hunter. He competes in several shooting disciplines, including 3-gun, IDPA and USPSA. As a full time writer for decades, Towsley has published hundreds of articles in most of the major outdoor and gun magazines and is listed as field editor in several of the top . This book is a guide to beginning--and successfully completing-many essential firearms repairs and modifications. These tasks can be performed by a gun enthusiast with average skills, affordable tools, and a modest budget. Thorough, step-by-step instructions and detailed photographs provide the know-how to tune, modify, and repair many popular firearms. From the use of essential gunsmithing tools, to tips on fitting sights and bedding barrels, this book provides the inside information you need to "do it yourself." The author is an award-winning writer and photographer, and the author of five books on guns, gunsmithing, and hunting. A must have for anybody interested in guns. Towsley's easy reading narrative style mixed with his trademark humor makes this the first "instructional" gunsmithing book that will find itself on a lot of bedside nightstands. This book uses an easy and fun to read approach coupled with hundreds of color photographs that will teach you how to do a wide variety of hobby gunsmithing projects. This book tells how to set up a shop anyplace, from a kitchen table to a stand alone building. It explains about the tools hobby gunsmiths use; what you need and what you don't. It will show you how to amaze your shooting friends and make them think you are an accuracy wizard. Everything is included from entry level projects to how to build your own rifle with simple inexpensive tools. Improve accuracy, refinish metal or wood, make an old rifle look sexy and exciting and so much more. Everything is covered, from mounting a scope to building your own rifle:? Setting up a shop, including tools you need: ? Proper cleaning and maintenance ? Mounting a scope ? More than a dozen projects, ranging from installing a recoil pad to cutting off a barrel ? Enhancing accuracy, includes crowning a barrel, bedding a stock and much more ? "Pimp My Rifle," an easy and inexpensive "Total Makeover" ? Build your own rifle ? Metal finishing ? And more.…
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- Title
- Gunsmithing Made Easy; Projects for the Home Gunsmith
- Author
- Towsley, Bryce M.
- Publisher
- Stoeger Publishing Company, Accokeek, Maryland
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Decorated Hard Cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0883172941
- ISBN 13
- 9780883172940
- Illustrator
- Bryce M. Towsley
- Edition
- Presumed First Edition, First printing.
- Seller catalogs
- Guns, Training
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