The Submachine Gun (Home Workshop Guns for Defense & Resistance, Vol. 1) [Paperback]

Bill Holmes (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0873640853 | ISBN-13: 978-0873640855 | Publication Date: November 1, 1993 | Edition: Revised & enlarged

Now the average person can easily make a submachine gun with minimal tools, equipment and material. This nontechnical book walks you through building the receiver, breech block, barrel, trigger assembly, stock, pistol grip, sights and magazine, as well as heat treating and finishing. Must reading for anyone who is concerned about our increasingly restrictive government. For academic study only.

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About the Author

Bill Holmes is one of the last remaining links to a bygone era. He first learned about gunsmithing more than 50 years ago from a guy who took his "fix-it" wagon all around doing odd jobs. Since then, Bill has designed and constructed innumerable firearms, written seven books and been featured in two videos for Paladin and become one of the country's best-known and most highly respected authorities on home-workshop weapons and firearms laws.

Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: Paladin Press; Revised & enlarged edition (November 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873640853
• ISBN-13: 978-0873640855
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,438,949 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars subpar book, August 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Submachine Gun (Home Workshop Guns for Defense & Resistance, Vol. 1) (Paperback)

Don't waste your money on this book! It does have a few useful bits of info but if you think you could build a gun using this book, think again. The black and white photos were so over exposed that you can't make out any detail, the drawings were so faint that half of them couldn't be seen and nearly all of them didn't have any dimensions.I'd suggest Gerard Metrals book "A Do-it Yourself Submachine Gun" if you have access to machining equipment.It's packed full of prints.Also try Bill Holmes later volumes 3, 4, and 5. He did a much better job on those.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor Drawings & Instructions, July 25, 2007

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Lem (Gurnee, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Submachine Gun (Home Workshop Guns for Defense & Resistance, Vol. 1) (Paperback)

This is the first volume in Bill Holmes "Home Workshop Guns" series and it suffers from poor drawings, illustrations, and instrusctions. Unless you already have a fair idea of what you are doing I doubt you would be able to make a working firearm based on this book.

If you are looking for a clear, complete, and easily understood reference on how to make a firearm I would recommend Gerard Metral's "Do-it-yourself Submachine Gun" book instead. It has much better drawings, illustrations, and instructiions.

Do-It-Yourself Submachine Gun: It's Homemade, 9mm, Lightweight, Durable-And It'll Never Be On Any Import Ban Lists!

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Zombie-x, August 2, 2004

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zombie-x "zombie-x" (australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Submachine Gun (Home Workshop Guns for Defense & Resistance, Vol. 1) (Paperback)

OK this book is a great book for any person that wants to make a weapon at home takes you step by step and is great fun. end product is quite good not to accurate but easy to fix enjoy.