This category comprises of complete plans for building both well known and improvised firearms. Firearm construction is defined by us as any plans, blueprints and instructions that describe how to build a firearm that will function as good - or better as an off the shelf firearm - that fires standard and readily available shells.
A manual of instruction in the manufacture, alteration and repair of firearms in–so–far as the necessary metal work with hand and machine tools is concerned, with chapters on the boring, rifling and chambering of barrels. For amateur and professional gunsmiths. 468 pages
A builder’s manual to construction and conversion.A no–frills, comprehensive working instruction manual to building the MAC 11/9. Complete with detailed parts list, step–by–step how–to, and comprehensive blueprints, this is the COMPLETE construction package.
This Manual Covers:
Forming the Frame Channel
The Trigger Group
The Construction Sequence
Welding in Components
Assembly & Fitting
Finishing the Metal
Supplier’s List
This file contains the complete machinist plans for the famous PPSh 41.
Containing 26 pages of comprehensive drawings for the construction of the gun, this is the complete submachine gun designer’s handbook for the PPSh 41.
This is a patent for an automatic self–cleaning pistol, including the construction and assembly how–to and six pages of comprehensive, clear blueprints.
This is a detailed file which will enable the amateur gunsmith to create their own automatic pistol and silencer.
This file contains over 100 pages of highly detailed information on how to construct the .50 calibre Maadi–Griffin rifle. Complete with tools and machinery list, rifle parts list, supplier’s details, and clear detailed blueprints, this book is the real deal: an exhaustive how–to for the amateur and licensed professional gunsmith.
This file contains the complete building plan/blueprint and the instructions for the construction and assembly of a .22 calibre short single–shot mini pistol.
This manual contains the working plans and full written instructions necessary to construct a Derringer pistol from scratch. A step by step, comprehensive instruction manual for the amateur gunsmith.
This file contains clear colour photographs demonstrating the process of forming the mag well flanges, or lips, on the Sten Mark III receiver without damaging or deforming the roundness of the tube.
This file contains working machinist drawings for the MAC–10 (.45 & 9mm); MAC–11 (.380), Cobray m11/9 (9mm), and Cobray M12 (.380).
Highly detailed construction blueprints included for all of the above.
This firearm can be produced which has the appearance and general configuration of a conventional submachine gun but which can effectively only be fired in a semi–automatic mode.
Disclosed is a semi–automatic firearm which has a configuration generally similar to a known form of submachine gun insofar as it comprises an elongate receiver, a pistol grip extending downwardly from the receiver and forming a housing for a cartridge magazine and a trigger mechanism and sear located forwardly of the pistol grip.
The firearm operates on the blowback principle with closed breech type operation and employs a slidable bolt and separate slidable … Continue Reading
A guide for the amateur and professional gunsmith in the design and construction of firearms.
Many modern gunsmithing books focus on off–the–shelf parts and aftermarket accesories. Not so Howe’s book. From selection of which action to build a rifle around, to diagrams for Double–set triggers, to full instructions on the making of barrells, it is the best modern book available.
It was re–printed in 1980, but is now out of print. With this book, the amateur gunsmith has all the information he requires to equip himself with excellent hunting or target weapons.
393 pages of excellent, detailed, professional instruction and tips, including … Continue Reading
This manual contains the plans and instructions necessary for construction of the Western pistol. A proven design, this plan will take you through building your very own pistol from scratch.
Includes detailed diagrams and patterns for construction, as well as three pages of dense and comprehensive written instruction.