Gunsmithing Pistols and Revolvers -- Includes information about welding, curing the peculiar malfunctions of pistols and revolvers, sights, and revolver timing and tuning. There are basic pistolsmithing sections for Glocks, Berettas, Thompson/Center Contenders, along with basic and advanced information on the Colt 1911 family. Accurizing the Smith and Wesson Revolver is also detailed.
Gunsmithing Rifles -- The first part contains information about the usual suspects - cleaning, trigger work, tools, and scope mounting. Later on, there's a good section on selecting, installing, and breaking in a new barrel along with cryo treatment and fire-lapping. Glass bedding, recoil reduction, and buying a used rifle take up the middle of the book. The last section has several interesting projects such as re-building a Ruger 10/22, building an accurate hunting rifle, working the AR-15, building a scout rifle, and giving new life to old hunting rifles.
Gunsmithing Shotguns -- Deals with maintenance of different shotgun types, chokes, stocks, conversion to smaller gauges, sights, bluing, and trigger work. Also details the Winchester 1897, Mossberg 500, Remington 870, 1100, 11-87, and the Browning Auto-5. If you're looking to build a gun specifically for turkey, deer, or practical competition, you find sections on those areas as well.
Pistolsmithing -- Discusses legal concerns, metal joining, hardening and tempering, repairing damaged grips and making replacements, tuning and timing double-action revolvers, refinishing, fabricating replacement parts, etching, engraving, checkering, correcting excess headspace, rebarreling a revolver, tuning autos for high performance loads, correcting malfunctions in autoloading pistol magazines, combat conversions, changing calibers and conversion kits, using shotshells in a handgun, and converting handguns for the handicapped. As this book was first printed in 1974, some people believe it to be outdated, but don't be fooled. It contains a wider range of information than you are likely to find in modern books.
Gunsmithing -- First published in 1950, this 700+ page book is a classic work on the subject. Approximately half of the book is concerned with repairing stocks and stockmaking, along with metal engraving and other decorative techniques.
