Gunsmithing: Rifles [Paperback]

Patrick Sweeney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1999

This book takes a look at all major rifle types and gives you practical information on how to make repairs, improve performance and modify your rifle to fit your needs. In addition to practical information about keeping every rifle to shoot, this book provides specific projects to improve: Mauser actions; AR-15s and their clones; Ruger 10/22; Remington Model 700; Winchester Model 70; Lever-action rifles. Step-by-step instructions and plenty of photographs guide you every step of the way.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Krause Publications; 8 edition (October 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873416651
• ISBN-13: 978-0873416658
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #79,721 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #28 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Antiques & Collectibles > Firearms & Weapons
  • #54 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Hunting & Fishing > Shooting

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108 of 108 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a wealth of information at a very small price, May 1, 2000

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Joe D "RealGuns.Com" (Raymond, ME) - See all my reviews

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"Gunsmithing: Rifles offers an abundance of quality, useful information in the form of specific instruction for home shop projects. I'm not suggesting the book's contents are simplistic, but rather the range of information spans from detail to conceptual, which provides a good foundation of knowledge before projects are attempted.

There are virtually no chapters that would not be of value to the average firearms enthusiast, so I didn't feel I purchased the book only for the contents of one or two good chapters. There is a section on refreshing hunting rifles. The coverage includes correcting poor accuracy, refinishing wood and metal parts, drilling and taping scope mounts and metallic sights. But the information continues on into action/bolt lapping, rechambering, changing a bolt handle, installing a new safety....

I would have purchased the book just for the coverage of trigger work. Finally, a current, inexpensive book that provides detailed coverage of trigger replacement and tuning, by rifle manufacturer, including do's and don'ts for each model. I followed the book to clean up the trigger on a Winchester M70 that's been waiting to get dropped off at the gunsmith for the past 8 months, and had excellent results.

Great book

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Reference for the Novice, July 24, 2008

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This book is well written and contains excellent information ... with the caveat that if you are a grizzled veteran in gunsmithing, it's not for you. Having said that, fairly experienced "do-it-yourselfers" might still pick up some info they don't already know. Simply look over the Table of Contents and decide. I would say that the chapter on how to examine used guns alone makes it worth the price. Of course, this book gives a lot more such as scope mounting and trigger adjustments. So if you like to do things yourself, but need a little guidence in unchartered territory, this book is for you. One last comment. This book does not delve into any hardcore work requiring machining, such as truing an action or the like.

27 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Average, September 5, 2001

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towSaint (Forest Grove, OR United States) - See all my reviews

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This book is perhaps a good introductory text for those who do not have or do not wish to invest in gunsmithing equipment. Topics covered are largely mundane and include: scope mounting, bedding, boresighting, etc. Much of this information could be had from the instructions that come with the materials listed. There are a few genuine jewels of information that probably make it worth its' modest price. It is a superb book for the neophyte, or someone who simply wishes to be an informed consumer of Gunsmithing services.