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Gunsmithing Made Easy: Projects for the Home Gunsmith

Author: Visit Amazon's Bryce M. Towsley Page | Language: English | ISBN: 1616080779 | Format: EPUB

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"...easy, almost leisurely read, it is well-illustrated and infinitely understandable for anyone wanting to take on home gunsmithing challenges." -- The New GUN WEEK, June 10, 2006

Bryce M. Towsley's Gunsmithing Made Easy provides home projects for gun owners who wish to learn basic firearms repair and modification skills. This information assumes a series of step-by-step gunsmithing projects which pair clear color photos with descriptions on how to fine-tune, modify and repair popular brands of firearms. From tools needed to fittings, methods and installation details, any beginner will find gunsmithing easy with this guide in hand. -- Internet Bookwatch, Midwest Book Review, July 2006

Bryce Towsley's "Gunsmithing Made Easy" One of the thinnest books in my collection with more information than a number of very thick books. I have TWO copies!! Very nicely done Mr. Towsley! Clear photos and not one wasted word. This book should be bound in fine leather with gold printing. Bravo! -- Stoegerbooks.com Customer Review, July 2007

Sports and outdoors hunters interested in guns will find these excellent, top references. Bryce M. Towsley's GUNSMITHING MADE EASY offers everything you need to know about caring for a gun - including modifications as well as maintenance and repairs. Shooters who like do-it-yourself projects will find many color photos and clear directions to maintenance of all kinds of models. -- California Bookwatch, Midwest Book Review, September 2006

This detailed guide takes gunsmithing books to the next level. After all, there's no real reason for a gun-guide to look and read like a dry technical manual. Written for those of us without the tools or experience of professional gunsmiths, Gunsmithing Made Easy is filled with color photos and accessible instructions. With this hands-on guide at your disposal, you'll be able to perform most of your own repairs and modifications without spending a fortune on tools and materials. Gunsmithing Made Easy offers step-by-step images and instructions on everything from modifying stocks to cutting barrels to recrowning muzzles, covering hunting guns, handguns and more. -- The Military Book Club --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Gunsmithing Made Easy is a guide to beginning - and successfully completing - many essential firearms repairs and modifications. Presented in a series of useful gunsmithing projects, these tasks can be performed by a gun enthusiast with average skills, affordable tools and a modest budget. Thorough, step-by-step instructions and detailed photographs give you the know-how to tune, modify and repair many popular firearms. From the use of essential gunsmithing tools, to tips on fitting sights and bedding barrels, Gunsmithing Made Easy provides the inside information you need to "do it yourself."
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing (October 6, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1616080779
ISBN-13: 978-1616080778
Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Let me begin with some quick background info. If you're considering purchasing this book, then you've probably heard of the American Gunsmithing Institute (AGI); and if you're familiar with the AGI catalog and marketing, then you know that this book is one of the bonus items included in their entry-level "Practical Gunsmithing" course. Curiosity is what ultimately led me to purchase this book, to get an "inside preview" (so to speak) of AGI's basic course.

I have to admit I enjoyed reading this book from cover to cover, and I found the procedures simple to follow and understand. I have no doubt I can do any of these projects. Will I ever do any of them? Maybe one or two, but that's about it. The author seems to be more of a hunting cowboy type and an avid Cowboy Action Shooting enthusiast, and many of the projects deal with old lever guns and shotguns. Nothing wrong with that, just not my area of focus. For example, when I saw a project titled "Chamber And Bore Polishing" I thought, "Alright! I can finally fix that feeding problem I have with my [a certain model of combat handgun I own]!" Nope, wrong. The project showed how to polish the chambers on a double-barrel shotgun instead of the "normal" conotation of polishing the chamber on a semi-auto pistol or any sort of rifle. In the entire book there was only one handgun project, and in keeping with the cowboy theme, that project was to replace the trigger return spring on a Ruger single-action revolver.

Overall the project procedures were spot-on, but there is one project in particular that I have to criticize slightly: shortening a barrel. The author assumes (because it's his rifle) that a scope will be mounted on the rifle after the barrel is shortened, but what if you want open sights instead?

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