PRACTICAL GUNSMITHING. By Edward A. Matunas.

1989 1st edition. 4to (208 x 283mm). Ppvi,312. B/w photographs and b/w line drawings. Brown boards.

"Here's an authoritative guide to maintaining, repairing, and improving firearms. Addressed to gun owners with average manual ability, this book shows how to do dozens of jobs easily handled by an amateur while identifying those best left to a pro". Chapters include: Does that firearm work?; Can I fix it?; Hand tools; Power tools; Work area and special tools; Parts and supplies; Thinking like a gunsmith; Routine maintenance; Correcting accuracy problems; Scope installation; Ten easy gunsmithing projects; Bedding barrel or action; Triggers and safeties; Crowning a barrel. Disassembly, repair and reassembly of popular firearms: Browning A5 semiautomatic shotgun; Remington 700 bolt action rifle; Remington 1100 semiautomatic shotgun; Remington 870 pump shotgun; Winchester 94 lever-action rifle; Savage 110 Bolt-action rifle; Marlin 336 lever-action rifle; Marlin 70 semiautomatic rimfire rifle. Advanced techniques: Installing interchangeable choke tubes; Repairing stock breaks and splits; Building a kit rifle; Drilling and tapping for sight installation; Fitting a recoil pad; Ammunition and the gunsmith; Testing the repair; Sensible alternatives in gunsmithing.