Customer Reviews

The Gun Digest Book of Firearms Assembly/Disassembly, Pt. V: Shotguns (2nd Edition)

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

There are a LOT of shotguns described in this book. If you need a bench reference on how to disassemble a BROAD variety of guns this is the book for you. A non-gunsmith myself, I would have prefered something with more tips/tricks or theory that would allow more expression for my own mechanical aptitudes, hopefully resulting in the better functioning of my shotgun. This is not the book for the discussion of why your gun does not feed consistently, nor why you use so many barrel seals. Instead this is more of a no frills, paint by the numbers, race through taking apart and putting together a myriad number of dissimilar models (with an index of other guns that are similar, or variants) that cover the entire spectrum of shotgunnery. I gave it five stars because the pictures are quite clear and if you are stuck half way through the reassembly of an unusual shotgun, your answer may well be in here.

Yet another good reading for the beginner, or for someone who specifically onws one of the shotguns in the book. As I have said in another review, I would like to see Gun Digest publish another volume with newer production shotguns in addition to this book. All in all, very good, worth reading.

Recently purchased this book to help disassemble a customer's discontinued firearm. Great book to have in your shop when someone comes in with a shotgun that you have never seen before. Highly recommend to even beginner firearm enthusiasts, shows tips on how to properly take apart firearm and how to reassemble.

This book along with, "The Gun Digest Book of Exploded Gun Drawings" was given as a gift to my son who, with his brother, is a novice hunter, with a beginning interest in gunsmithing. They have acquired a number of shot guns and rifles and found this book matched their needs exactly. They found this book fascinating and were so excited. Clear, helpful, detailed and would appear to be valuable for both the beginner and serious firearm enthusiasts. They have put it to practical use - so easy to use! These books have not been relegated to the library or reference shelf yet and as reluctant as I am to say it, they remain in the bathroom, so are read and reviewed almost daily and I don't see that changing anytime soon. They can't say enough good things about the book -
THIS IS A KEEPER!

This reference book contained the information I was looking for and will be a book that I can rely on for many years. The only problem I found was that some pages were almost to dark to see breakdown components. A better breakdown sequence would be helpful. All in all the book was helpful and I was able to realize the problem I was having in reassembling a Winchester Automatic 12ga, shotgun.

This is an excellent book for anyone who spends a lot of time working on shotguns. It has dozens of models with detailed descriptions and pictures of how to disassemble and reassemble the guns. I have used this book to work on many shotguns which are either old or just odd and don't have guides available on the Internet. I ended up buying several of the other books in this series as well. Highly recommended!

This book is typical of Gun Digest's publications -- long on variety but falls short on details. An experienced gunsmith can get more out of it than an tinkerer or amateur, since they will be familiar with a wider variety of actions and may not need explanations of exactly 'how to' do particular functions.

I've got the whole series of these books and they are all well written, very well illustrated, and just plain useful. I like way he identifies variations of particular models where applicable.

A classic! Easy to read, easy to follow, and explains everything you need to know. Working on obtaining the whole collection.

Of the two books on assembly/disassembly I purchased this was the more thorough. It has good pictures on tear down but is a little lacking on reassembly. I was torn between a three and four rating. This book would actually be helpfull if you had not torn down the project firearm before. So I rated it at four. A little more attention to reassembly would be beneficial for us novices and make this a really good book.