Gun Digest: Gunsmithing Rifles, 9th Ed by Patrick Sweeney

Learn how to repair wood stocks, bed a rifle for accuracy, tune a rifle's trigger and select aftermarket parts that will enhance your rifle-shooting ability and take your gun's potential to the next level! From hunting rifles to tactical and benchrest precision, even today's modular AR-15 and AR-10, author Patrick Sweeney covers them all and shows you how to gunsmith your own rifles at home, and rifle upgrades that maximize their true potential. Do you have a rifle that just won't group, no matter what you try? Pick up a copy of Gunsmithing: Rifles, 9th Edition and learn why -- then fix it yourself! This revised edition includes chapters to help you: Upgrade today's Ruger 10/22 Accurize a precision bolt action Complete essential projects for the AR-15 and AR-10 Learn specific gunsmithing tips to improve your hunting and long-range rifles New additions in this edition include: AK-47 and AK-74 enhancements Installing slings, rails, and suppressors Inspecting and accurizing the M1 Garand and M1A! Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1 -- We're Baaack! Chapter 2 -- Requirements for Rifle Gunsmithing Chapter 3 -- Tools Chapter 4 -- Trigger Work Chapter 5 -- Scope Mounting Chapter 6 -- Barrels: Cleaning, Selection and Installation Chapter 7 -- Cleaning the Action Chapter 8 -- Break-in, Cyro and Fire-Lapping Chapter 9 -- Stocks Chapter 10 -- Wood Repair and Refinishing Chapter 11 -- Metal Finishes Chapter 12 -- Accuracy Testing Chapter 13 -- Recoil Reduction Chapter 14 -- Buying a Used Rifle Chapter 15 -- Glass Bedding Chapter 16 -- Building a Ruger 10/22 Chapter 17 -- Building a Sniper/PRS Rifle Chapter 18 -- Working the AR-15 Chapter 19 -- Building a Scout Rifle Chapter 20 -- Refreshing the Hunting Rifle Chapter 21 -- A Century and a Half: The Lever-Action Rifle Chapter 22 -- Suppressors Glossary