Gun Owner's Handbook A Complete Guide To Maintaining And Repairing Your Firearms--In The Field Or At Your Workbench

by Lyons, Larry

• ISBN13: 9781592287420
• ISBN10: 1592287425
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-02-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

A gun is only as good as its owner, and far too many are poorly maintained and serviced, even when taken to "professionals." For the serious hunter and gun owner, The Gun Owner's Handbook takes the mystery out of gun maintenance. Topics covered include things like your work area, equipment and maintenance to jamming, accuracy and repair kits. With advice on inspecting barrels, disassembling safeties, repairing pumps and semi- automatics, removing rust, caring for damaged stock, and much, much more, The Gun Owner's Handbook will find a place on every gun owner's shelf, and pay for itself almost immediately.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
Preparedness Precludes Procrastination: The Work Area and Tool Organization	5	(10)
There's No Tool Like the Right Tool: Tool Selection and Use	15	(28)
It's All in the Juice: Solvents, Lubricants, and Rust Preventatives	43	(14)
Sweepin' the Chimney: Bore Cleaning Procedures	57	(10)
Cleaning the Bolt Action	67	(12)
Cleaning Semi-Auto, Pump, and Lever Actions	79	(8)
Break Actions	87	(8)
Handguns	95	(12)
Black Powder	107	(12)
Metal Maintenance and Repair	119	(16)
Stock Maintenance and Repair	135	(22)
Scopes, Scope Mounts, and Open Sights	157	(16)
Accoutrements	173	(12)
Firearm Storage	185	(10)
Troubleshooting	195	(40)
Field Repairs	235	(8)
Index	243