The 9mm Machine Pistol (Home Workshop Guns For Defense & Resistance) (Paperback)

~ (Author) "Proof that a firearm such as this can be built without the use of a milling machine can be found in the gun used in..." (more)
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Product Description

Master gun maker Bill Holmes takes you through all the steps necessary to make your own closed-bolt or open-bolt 9mm machine pistol. Holmes' full-size traceable machinist's drawings and his expert directions make construction of this popular firearm a snap. 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: 96 pages
• Publisher: Paladin Press (March 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873648692
• ISBN-13: 978-0873648691
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #351,401 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Typical Bill Holmes, July 6, 2000

By	"merccom" (Virginia United States) - See all my reviews

This is a very good book defanatly worth the read. However it is still typical Bill Holmes type of book he dosent go into real detail on the design of the gun just this is what you need and this is how you put it togeather better than his last book though he dose go over makeing the magazine from scratch but you still have to buy a manufactured barrel and you must have a lathe to machine some of the parts however the end product is very finished and if care is taken at least as good of quality as anything that you can buy comercaly if your looking for something eaiser to build with just very common hand tools i would recomend "Expedient Homemade Firearms" by P.A. Luty.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Huh ? Why has my gun jammed ?, May 2, 2001

By A Customer

Believe it or not, Bill Holmes almost got a contract to sell this gun back in the 80's, but it was dropped in favor of the H+K MP-5. Perhaps the reason for this was that the MP-5 actually had an EJECTOR for discarding spent rounds, essential for allowing any sub machine gun to work properly. Strangely enough, this gun doesn't seem to have an ejector (or anything resembling or acting as one), nor are there any instructions for making it. That, along with the fact that there are references to diagrams that don't exist suggest that either Bill Holmes knows nothing or the stupid publisher has omitted essential material. Either way : Avoid this book like the plague.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Read., April 3, 2007

By	T. Fitzgerald "Still Learning" (Central, NC, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As all of Bill Holme's books, this is an iteresting read. I would recommend it for any student of gunmaking. As far as actually making a gun from this book, I'm sure you could. But why? It would be illegal, and while it might be possible to legally register one, it would be expensive, and hard. Plus, from my limited experience with full-auto shoulder fired weapons, only the fist sot would be lkely to hit the target - the rest would be over he targt. It takes a lot of pratice and a LOT of ammo to get even halfway accurate with such a weapon. However, a semi-automatic gun of this type could possibly be OK for plinking at tin cans, but it would be expensive to shoot, I'd recommend a .22 instead. If you just have to have one, I would recommend you go thru the legal channels and pay the money. It will take time, and it will cost, but probably cost less and be less frustrating than trying to register one you made; plus you won't worry about going to jail for having it. There are even legal seim-auto versons available for a few hundred dollars, if all you want one for is the look. I really enjoyed the book, and it gives a great understanding of how these guns work. Buy a copy, read it, enjoy it, don't make one.