The Gun Owner's Handbook: A Complete Guide to Maintaining and Repairing Your Firearms--in the Field or at Your Workbench [Hardcover]

Larry Lyons (Author)

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From the Back Cover

The book that every gun owner has been waiting for.
A gun is only as good as its owner, and far too many are poorly maintained and serviced, even when brought to "professionals." For the serious hunter and gun owner, The Gun Owner's Handbook takes the mystery out of gun maintenance. Author Larry Lyons covers every aspect of this crucial part of gun ownership, and brings his years of experience to bear on topics from daily maintenance to trickier technical matters, including:

Gun Workshop 

Lighting

Tool Storage

Bore Cleaning Equipment
Solvents

Lubricants

Rust Prevention

Bore Cleaning Procedures
Action Cleaning, Lubrication,and Inspection

Exterior Maintenance
Caring for Wood Stocks

Caring for Synthetic Stocks

Scopes
Scope Mounts

Open Sights

Slings

Holsters

Cases
Misfiring

Sticky Actions

Sticking Cartridges

Jamming

Poor Accuracy
Rough Trigger Pulls

Preparing for Trips

Field Repairs

Repair Kits

With advice on barrel inspection, disassembly and repair of all common action types, rust removal, stock repair, and much, much more, The Gun Owner's Handbook will find a place on every gun owner's shelf, and pay for itself immediately. Whether you've just purchased your first firearm or you think you know everything there is to know, you'll find everything from the basics to the handiest tips and tricks of master gunsmiths.

About the Author

Larry Lyons has had a long-running gunsmithing column for Guns & Ammo magazine and a general firearms column for Michigan-Out-Of-Doors; he has also been published in Muzzle Blast, Muzzle Loader, Outdoor Life and several other magazines. He is a forest fire fighter, gunsmith, and freelance writer.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Lyons Press (February 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592287425
• ISBN-13: 978-1592287420
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,235 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #31 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Hunting & Fishing > Hunting

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well written - Easy to understand, October 13, 2006

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This review is from: The Gun Owner's Handbook: A Complete Guide to Maintaining and Repairing Your Firearms--in the Field or at Your Workbench (Hardcover)

This is an excellent book. He has done what he stated in the intro. He has pretty much covered maintaining and repairing guns from A-Z. This is a great book for beginners as well as experience gun owners of all ages. It is written in an easy to read format. At an easy to understand level.
The book is a must have for any gun owners library.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Gun Owners Handbook, March 31, 2008

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Harry Whitfield (British Columbia, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Gun Owner's Handbook: A Complete Guide to Maintaining and Repairing Your Firearms--in the Field or at Your Workbench (Hardcover)

I enjoyed Larry Lyons book, written as it was from the point of view of long experience. My interest is in routine care of my firearms to prolong their useful/accurate life, and do modest restoration work rather than teaching me to be a gunsmith, so it will form a valuable addition to my library.

Harry W, British Columbia, Canada

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good... even better if you hunts, March 4, 2008

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Juan Valencia (Guatemala) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Gun Owner's Handbook: A Complete Guide to Maintaining and Repairing Your Firearms--in the Field or at Your Workbench (Hardcover)

This is my first book about handgun maintenance, i own two semi automatic handguns (9mm. & .45) and i found this book very enlightment because i mainly use one for practice and the other one usually stays on my closet waiting for its call of duty.

This book shows you how to clean and preserve any kind of gun and whatever your use it for. But if you just own handguns you will only need about the 50% of it, because the other 50% is focus on hunting rifles and shootguns.

If you are looking just for the basics on cleaning and maintenance this book is suitable for you and also if want to dig deeper onto gun repairing and tuning, its also a great choice.

But if added to that, you are a profesional hunter, this book its a must on you home library or you backpack.