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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) "There are probably folks out there who consider gun cleaning one of life's great pleasures, but I've never met one..." (more)
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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 was born in Dowagiac, Michigan, home of the Niedner Rifle Company. He built his first custom rifle at age thirteen and started a wholesale gunstock business at age twenty; since then, he's been a licensed, practicing gunsmith for thirty-five years. He 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 now lives in Michigan where he is a forest fire fighter, gunsmith, and freelance writer.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: The 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: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #33,191 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Well written - Easy to understand, October 13, 2006
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.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Very good... even better if you hunts, March 4, 2008
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.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The Gun Owners Handbook, March 31, 2008
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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
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good gun maintenance book
I needed something to help me understand how to clean some new guns I had just acquired. All I had to that point was a .22 pistol and rifle. Read more
Published 9 days ago by Bit Twiddler

5.0 out of 5 stars If You Own a Firearm, This Should Be On Your Bookshelf
So glad I bought this book! Lyons's book is a comprehensive, plain-language guide for keeping any firearm from a revolver to an AR-15 in tip-top shape. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Andalusi

4.0 out of 5 stars great book for all gun owners
don't expect sophisticated writing style. Easy to read, at times, can be too wordy. A lot of info, especially for beginners like myself. A must for beginning collector of firearms
Published 11 months ago by Samuel Bharksuwan

3.0 out of 5 stars Something Missing
It may be my fault, but I though the book would have information on taking apart different types of guns. But no luck. Read more
Published on March 24, 2007 by RW

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