Home Workshop Prototype Firearms (PDF Version)

Home Workshop Prototype Firearms (PDF Version) is the work of machinist and expert gunmaker Bill Holmes (1929-2008).  During his long career he produced many custom guns, including single shot and automatic pistols, slide action and autoloading shotguns, and rifles of all varieties.   In this book, he teaches the reader the methods he used to design and build these firearms.  Most importantly, he lists the tools needed to obtain professional results, and how to use those tools to obtain precise results. If it is your goal to design and fabricate your own firearms, in your own shop, this book will put you on the road to success.  (This downloadable PDF version of the book is identical to the hard co;y original, and is 214 pages in length, with black and white photos and illustrations.)

Topics covered (from the Table Of Contents):  Gaining Experience, Tools And Equipment, Materials, What To Design, Design Theory, Helpful Hints, Actions, Action Fabrication, Barrels, Recoil, Muzzle Brakes, Trigger Assemblies, Magazines, Stocks, Sights, Building A Gun, Ornamentation, Fitting And Assembly, Firing And Adjusting, Heat Treatment, Metal Finishing, Marketing Your Design.