Home Workshop Guns For Defense and Resistance Volume Two: The Handgun

140 Pages·1979·19.43 MB·English

by  Bill Holmes

HOME WORKSHOP
GUNS FOR DEFENSE
AND RESISTANCE

THE HANDGUN

Bull Holmes
AND RESISTANCE

THE HANDGUN

Bil Holmes

eouineR COLDRADO
Home Workshop Guns for Defense and Resistance:
The Handgun
by Bill Holmes

Copyright © 1979 by Bill Holmes

ISBN 0-87364-154-X
Printed in the United States of America

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Foreners
chapter ¥

Chaplor +
Chapter §
Chapter 6
Cnapter 7
‘hapter &
Chapter 9
Ghapier 10
Chapter 34
Chapt 12

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Fatal design
‘The Homa Workshon
Magazine Construction

‘Small Parte
‘Ansembling And Testing

Hardening And Tarporng

Flan And Bling

Slagle hot Heston

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by the proper stamp afsga to the erigmal erection
fon st iantied ie trom to be maa nthe api
fon form in auzr manner athe Sentary ot hse a8
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japaestion form in Suen manners ths Saretay oe
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FOREWORD

Lamabitambarrazcadaposttepistl designs present
harm not that Mey do not perfor the way they wen
ceened 10" qaila tha sontary. These lesions il
portorm as atais thei commercial courterpartasil and
bre just a6 durable. lable, and troubles: Bul ony
fealgne utlice the sane type 0 stared, Brazed. snd
welded conetructiavmethork hat gunmanvfasturste wee
tellower sorts and sneveaseprodurtion Thess et
Ry idoa af top-qualy weapon

“The mostdeara et rearmeare race ilatsiesand
\wued, wir out use of brazed Janta. castings asi, oF
‘lay nate ofany Kind, and custom nla endanelee
{WtiGh bald in my shop ube Megs teenriquss. However,
Since the desis prosented bere are mearit io be Hut
tne cranary hore workshop wih arin mum tooled
duit pasably under emergency conciors, concession
ava been maze bath inise so of releuds ane materiale.

White th ciorary dete a alta ay @ sal and
eld irearm, theo are those WhO Wauid argue wth my
‘etering fers rear ea apie or caling asso aun
"These sre cxporishavarguea wine previa at
li ep 1 ehooke fo lab! arian components of some

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or ine parison component of cea of rine hy any
hare 1aee't Those svrafoa otherwise woul de wl fo
otra up ith Books ot heron

lemony, as itsays onthe Dackcover tthe baok, ts
‘Nagel to Paruline or own ssh wegpone ude tit
preront avs unos Une wnsnons are registred wh he
feast goverement

“These dean ara presented ten only for fitur ute,
sthon ovr survival my depend on having such weapons
rable
BILL HOLMES’ SEMI OR FULL
AUTOMATIC PISTOL DESIGN
Chapter One

Pistol Design

In this ola, Lproposetoshow tauren pital for
hhandqu} cea'gna which ean be “Nanuet nthe
home workshop.

‘hen thee resign for asem-avtomatic piste and
the uiner desciber mating bleck single Pa pst. The
Tis yn isa maces linitag srrewnat by re caidas
sianit ust use Mysozona,s ngle-anordas gril ame
[tabut any esrtdge tate pratoal to ain hem
hal tirearm. provided proper cools ana Pest-tealnent

Thais eFtLelypwactical to make a revolver Inthe
home workshop proper eg pment avalos, | nave
fol included a revoWar design this bee Without pra
fseioval tainng and equ pment, iis very cic to
hanareul's evohor cylinder nat wil dat ar och
propery.

[Re withthe sbbrschine gun, probably the mos iil
art te make for tho someauiomatie gun ne sh

magazine. So possola, a sutable magaviee hts be
Sbinine or nsnulaclret ire, and me tae of the bun

thon bolt araana
“The fist pistol rscussec hor a nage in 22Iong fle,
£2 AGP, 280 ACP. or any combinatior of thece tree. 9
‘el, witha magazine tar each the feo calves and &
ssrresoonding allée [bal ager), the same feme
vray be used for al tee oalbers, The pital can be
Comeered 49 any of tho thee caliers ina mattar ot
seconds siiply by turning the eral Soke dann Tevet
‘acated en the lH sido avocty In front of the tigger
U0. this arlienms gazes theeat-conainedlde‘hore
BSsaomoly, allowing « te be ier atm he tevin
Faplacad with w sicbarre aarembly in the desired
Caliber. & magudne ‘of she coneeponding caves
Fasria nthe ren, athe petal a ead ote ngun
Slide anc bata astemtlice mace from ubIng na doubt
ak litle crude. Ana neither of reas stl Gest