by: J. B. Wood
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Book Description:
Book Description -- The increasing cost of gunsmithing services has caused enthusiasts to perform minor repairs, refinishing, and deep cleaning on their own firearms. This updated edition shows how to easily diassemble and reassemble centerfire rifles and the correct tools needed. Sixty-six popular guns are taken apart and individually photographed. The cross reference index identifies more than 400 similar or identical rifle patterns that also follow these disassembly and reassembly directions. It covers the Argentine Mauser to Marlin Model 9 to Russian AK-47 to US M-1 Garand to Winchester Model 1894.
I had to have this book for work -- Since I am a Gunsmith and deal with a variety of firearms I bought this book for disassembly/assembly instructions. This book is almost 23 years old and in sore need of updating. It does not even cover the new S&W auto pistols, Glock series of Handguns, or the Heckler & Koch (HK) MP 5 submachine gun. All of these are in wide use by law enforcement. Further the Mossberg 500/590 isn't cover either. Duh! It is the only shotgun to pass the mil spec test and is in wide use by cops. Unless you just have to have it for work wait for an updated version that covers firearms developed and in use by law enforcement in the last 23 years
If you can't field strip it, you shouldn't own it -- If you cannot field strip a weapon you really have no business owning it. I bought the volume on automatic pistols and I was not disappointed. For most of my life I was a revolver man and I stayed away from automatics because I didn't understand them- and I was convinved that they were unreliable. When I bought my first Model 1911 (which has NEVER jammed on me) it didn't have a field manual, so I bought this book. It didn't take long before I was field stripping and reassembling blind-folded. I feel confident that I could do the same with any automatic even loosely based on John Browning's designs. I might have trouble with German designs like the Luger or Broom handle Mauser, but after studying this book I feel sure that I could eventually master them too.
Reviews:
Helpful, useful reference guide -- I bought this book shortly after acquiring my first firearm, and found it to be extremely helpful in disassembly. The book covers many of the more popular American-made rifles, and includes a number of popular military-type rifles, both domestic and foreign. Each rifle has a section devoted to the proper sequence of its disassembly, and includes a paragraph or two on the rifle's developmental history. Of course, the title should suggest that the manual only covers centerfire rifles, and therefore does not include pistols or rimfire rifles...
Should be obscure firearms assembly/disassembly -- I bought the book with the hope that it would tell me how to re-assemble a Remington Model 12 pump action rifle. Unfortunately, the book didn't have the Model 12 (although it's got a Kintrek KBP-1, Mauser DSM, and other exotica). There IS a disassembly/assembly procedure for the Remington Model 121, but it is so obscure that it did absolutely no good, even though the models are very similar. One crucial picture shows the cartridge guide, but the picture is composed such that the reader has NO idea how the cartridge guide should be oriented. All-in-all, a waste of money and time.
Not easy to use -- This book is an excellent guide for disassembly. It is worthless as a guide for reassembly. There are no step-by-step instructions for reassembling a firearm. At best, the book assumes that reassembly is the reversal of the steps involved in disassembly. This is not necessarily so. I would not recommend this book to a hobbyist.