General Firearm Literature

This is the complete patent for the Barett 50Cal BMG. It includes all drawings, and assembly literature.

From The Abstract:

A repeating firearm includes a bolt carrier and bolt assembly which are movable relative to each other to provide for locking and unlocking the bolt with respect to the barrel breech. An elongated bearing plate is supported by the bolt and movable with the bolt to maintain a cartridge to be next inserted into the barrel chamber in a predetermined position until the bolt is substantially fully retracted to prevent premature movement of the cartridge upon movement of the bolt carrier only. … Continue Reading

A collector of curios or relics may obtain a Collector’s License under the Gun Control Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44 and the regulations issued thereunder in 27 CFR Part 178. The privileges conferred by this license extend only to curio or relic transactions. The principal advantage of a Collector’s License is that a collector can acquire curios or relics in interstate commerce. A licensed collector may acquire and dispose of curios or relics at any location; however, dispositions to nonlicensees must be made to residents of the same State in which the collector is licensed.

The licensed collector has … Continue Reading

V O L U M E I – 646 pagesThe laboratory examination of small arms, rifling characteristics in hand guns, and notes on automatic pistols.

V O L U M E II – 494 pagesOriginal photographs and other illustrations of handguns.

Foreword Dr. J. H. Mathews, a 1903 graduate of the University of Wisconsin, with later Master’s and Doctor’s degrees from Harvard, is one of the real pioneers in criminal investigation work involving firearms identification. His first criminal case was in 1923 and involved the metallographic analysis of certain parts of a bomb which had killed one … Continue Reading

These Full Auto conversion plans are unlinke any that are on the market today. Most conversions required milling or drilling the receiver and sear. While this method is tried and proven it does have its drawbacks. First of all it makes a very noticable change in your guns overall appearance. Secoundly it does change your gun somewhat to the effect that it won’t fetch as much on resale.

Our full auto plans are based around the BMG Activator. The only difference is that the activator does not need to be cranked – a second trigger is pulled which will release the … Continue Reading

How do I modify M1 Carbine to M2 Carbine? This is the manual you need! It covers everything you need to know about modifying M1 carbine to M2. The manual contains 27 pages and it includes extensive diagrams and drawings.

A standard reference book for shooters, gunsmiths, ballisticians, historians, hunters and collectors.

This is one of the finest books about military firearms ever written. Julian Hatcher wrote this book in 1947, and it touches on virtually every aspect of firearms then current. The author’s writing style is precise and clear without being dry. The operation of all military small arms and machine guns are given in great detail, as well as Hatcher’s observations about recoil, gun powder, metallurgy, ballistics, and much more. It is an incredible history lesson for the firearms enthusiast written by a man that watched it all happen … Continue Reading

THIS BOOK is intended to fill what has long appeared to us an enormous gap in the Englishlanguage literature of handguns. That a breach might exist in such a dense thicket of bound and illustrated prose may seem cause for surprise, and therefore justifies a word of explanation. Handgun literature is rich in hyperspecialized works an particular brands and models of guns of interest to advanced collectors. However, many beginning students of the handgun, lacking the foundation and overall context which such books presuppose, find them virtually impenetrable. Often enough the authors of these imposing tomes aggravate the situation by … Continue Reading

It is assumed that if you are reading this, you may be considering the possibility of socio–economic collapse from any number of reasons. If it comes to this, we all know that it won’t be like the depression of the 1930’s, when the unemployed homeless came around to your back door at mealtime, begging for a bowl of soup which those employed were willing to share.

Now days people are dependant on government welfare, and consider it their right to be given (or take by force) the necessities of life. For every family that gives up vacations, meals out, consumer goods, … Continue Reading

The Corbin Handbook has been re–written eight times (it is not number eight of the series of Corbin books, as some people think) and each time, it is updated with a number increment. These eight editions of the same book have changed format and size dramatically over the years. Today, it is 230 pages long, indexed and illustrated, with 21 chapters, covering the purpose and operation of nearly every Corbin product. If you only have one swaging book, it should be this one or ReDiscover Swaging.

This collection contains all 5 Volumes of The Machine Gun books.

The work on the Machine Gun by Lt. Col. George M. Chinn has five information packed volumes. Its seventeen parts describe the history, evolution, and development of manual, automatic, and airborne repeating weapons. It was prepared for the Bureau of Naval Ordnance and cost millions of dollars. It remains a magnificent reference and world class collector work.

Volume 1: History, Evolution, and Development of Manual, Automatic, and Airborne Repeating Weapons. 698 pgs.

Volume 2: History, Evolution, and Development of Manual, Automatic, and Airborne Repeating Weapons. 232 pgs.

Volume 3: Development … Continue Reading