THE GUN DIGEST ® BOOKS OF
TACTICAL WEAPONS
ASSEMBLY/DISASSEMBLY
J.B. WOOD
©2008 Krause Publications
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2008925078
ISBN-13: 978-0-89689-692-5
ISBN-10: 0-89689-692-7
eISBN: 978-1-44020-430-0
Designed by Sally Olson
Edited by Ken Ramage
Printed in the United States of America
Dedication
“This book is dedicated to all the professionals in law inforcement and other security agencies who each day put their lives on the line for our protection.”
Acknowledgements
“My thanks to these people, who helped to make this book possible:
John D. Yarger, John A. Yarger, and James W. Yarger of Lock & Load Gun Shop; Mike Burkdoll; Ed Marksberry; E. S. “Mac” Bowen, II; Mitch Kalter of Action Arms. John Bressem of H&K; Wayne Daniel of RFB Industries; the late John Raymond Wilkinson; Martin Mandall; the late Russ Moure of Interarms; Margaret Sheldon of Sturm, Ruger & Co.; Dennis Reese of Springfield, Inc.; Tony Aeschliman of Marlin; Merv Chapman of Feather IND.; Frank Harris of Auto-Ordnance; Charles Brown of Hi-Point; Rick DeMilt and Dave Golladay of FNH USA; Doyle DeWoody of Wilson Combat; George Kellgren of Kel-Tec; Jeff Reh, Rick Gump, and Matteo Recanatini of Beretta USA; Steve Fjestad and John Allen of Blue Book Publications...
...and a special note of gratitude to the late Jim Yeaman, without whom the submacine gun section of this book would have been much more difficult.”
Contents
Handguns
Kel-Tec PLR-16
Smith & Wesson Model 459
Taurus 45/410
Taurus 24/7
Wilson ADP
Shotguns
Benelli 121-M1
Remington Model 870R
Carbines
Beretta Cx4 Storm
Hi-Point M995
Ingram SM11-A1
Kel-Tecc SUB 2000
Kel-Tec SU-16
Kel-Tec SUB-9
Marlin M9
Rusian AK-47
Russian SKS
Springfield M6 Scout
U.S. M-1 Carbine
Wilkinson Terry
Rifles
Armalite AR-180
Colt AR-15
FN FAL
Heckler & Koch HK 91
Ruger Mini-14
Valmet 76/FS
Submachine Guns
Ingram Model 10
Reising Model 50
Smith & Wesson M76
Thompson Model 1921
U.S. M3A1
TOOLS
Countless firearms, old and new, bear the marks, burrs and gouges that are the result of using the wrong tools for taking them apart. In the interest of preventing this sort of thing, I am including here a group of tools that are the best types for the disassembly of firearms. Except for the few shop-made tools for special purposes, all of those shown here are available from one of these three sources.
Brownells, Inc.
200 South Front Street
Montezuma, IA 50171
B-Square Company
8909 Forum Way
Ft. Worth, TX 76140
Midway USA
5875 West Van Horn Tavern Road
Columbia, MO 65203
Williams Gun Sight Company
7389 Lapeer Road
Davison, MI 48423
General Instructions:
Screwdrivers: Always be sure the blade of the screwdriver exactly fits the slot in the screw head, both in thickness and in width. If you don’t have one that fits, grind or file the tip until it does. You may ruin a few screwdrivers but better them than the screws on a fine