This book is very good at step-by step instructions. The pictures are well taken of the actual part you are working on. There could be more model numbers to go over, but the ones they have are very good. The author is exerienced in gun repair and it shows up in the "tip" portion of every model. I think a list of specialty tools would benifit the author in this book, since each model of firearm needs at least one special tool. Not all, but most. Listing those would benifit the less experienced gunsmith. Thank you

This book and all the others in the series are invaluable to the professional gunsmith, firearms hobbiest, or the casual gun owner who just likes to "see how things work" but can't always quite remember whether this little spring went in here, or over there.

This book and all the others in the series are invaluable to the professional gunsmith, firearms hobbiest, or the casual gun owner who just likes to "see how things work" but can't always quite remember whether this little spring went in here, or over there.

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

I found this book very useful.It tells you how to strip down most popular small bore rifles ,including the Ruger 10/22.Unfortunately there is no information on modifications.An excellent buy.

A good book that covers mostly obscure/ rare shotguns that have discontinued production. The steps are simple to follow and any trouble that you may encounter will be smoothened out. Excellent for those just starting out but lack of variety of guns and was published in '92 means this book has missed some important new firearms developements.

If you own a shotgun, you should have this book. Well written, detailed procedures for accomplishing minor repairs on your own shotgun. This book will not make you a gunsmith, but it will save you money by giving you the confidence to make many minor repairs yourself. Covers most popular shotguns. Only negative, is that the photos are frequently too dark and lack detail.

This book has most, if not every disassembly instuctions for any shotgun made this century or before. I have used this manual for my Remingtons: a 1100 and Sportsman 48 which was discontined in the late 60's. This book is the only one of it's kind which has so much information on so many different models without directly writing to each different manufacturer one needs.