Home Workshop Guns for Defense and Resistance: The .22 Machine Pistol (Paperback)

~ Bill Holmes (Author) "In several of my previous books, I have described in detail the equipment I've owned and used in my shop..." (more)
Key Phrases: inch end mill, trigger bar, lower receiver (more...)

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Product Description

Detailed illustrations, clear photos, and thorough text show you how to make a sharp, reliable .22 machine pistol from scratch. Covers everything from choosing the right tools and materials to building the gun's major components to final finishing and bluing. For academic study only.

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: 80 pages
• Publisher: Paladin Press (May 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873648234
• ISBN-13: 978-0873648233
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #545,445 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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21 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars infomative book, April 8, 2000

By	Tim Sheane (Ireland) - See all my reviews

This book while giving all the information nessary to build the gun is still a little patchy in its information and you realy need to know about firearms in the first place to fully understand it.If you have a basic knolage of the insides of firearms you should find this book infomative and enjoyable to read.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great hobby machinist project., March 14, 2007

By	Carl A. Donato (Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased this book (and another book with similar themes and content)as a challenge to teach myself some fundamental engineering and lathe techniques. This was because I had found it difficult to find any general purpose project related plans and schematics on the internet which seemed relevant and instructive.

While I never had an intention of building a final working model, I'd say that an average person wouldn't be able to do so anyway. To create the auto pistol from the enclosed plans would require a person with considerable technical knowledge and experience, coupled with an impressive home workshop, with milling and lathe machinery.

For the hobbyist wanting a challenging project - at least to experiment with some of the techniques, this is quite an informative book. I was impressed enough to consider purchasing other titles and videao by the author to see what they have to offer.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful buzz gun that works..., June 6, 2007

By	Keith - See all my reviews

Being a licensed manufacturer+SOT, naturally, I took on building one of these fine pieces, the MP22 (I also built an MP9, covered in another book)... and they both runs flawlessly. There are a couple of lightly covered details, but in a deep, careful, read, plus me speaking with the author, I was able to get my piece built and running. Bill clearly describes how, with some bare tools (and he showed me, personally, a couple of neat techniques mentioned in yet other of his books), that raw metal can, in fact, be turned into something really useful... as to the so-called missing extractor, it's there, on the bolt face in its slot. Bill also was kind enough to show me how to blue my new receiver in his own bluing tank.

Two differing actions are covered in this book... closed bolt, and open bolt. In the open bolt, there are a couple of variations in how the disconnector can be arranged... In one setup, a light trigger pull provides semiauto action, and a full pull provides full auto action.