Learn how to repair wood stocks, bed a rifle for accuracy, tune a rifle's trigger and select aftermarket parts that will enhance your rifle-shooting ability and take your gun's potential to the next level!

From hunting rifles to tactical and benchrest precision, even today's modular AR-15 and AR-10, author Patrick Sweeney covers them all and shows you how to gunsmith your own rifles at home, and rifle upgrades that maximize their true potential.

Do you have a rifle that just won't group, no matter what you try? Pick up a copy of Gunsmithing: Rifles, 9th Edition and learn why -- then fix it yourself!

This revised edition includes chapters to help you:

• Upgrade today's Ruger 10/22
• Accurize a precision bolt action
• Complete essential projects for the AR-15 and AR-10
• Learn specific gunsmithing tips to improve your hunting and long-range rifles

New additions in this edition include:

• AK-47 and AK-74 enhancements
• Installing slings, rails, and suppressors
• Inspecting and accurizing the M1 Garand and M1A!

Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 -- We're Baaack!
Chapter 2 -- Requirements for Rifle Gunsmithing
Chapter 3 -- Tools
Chapter 4 -- Trigger Work
Chapter 5 -- Scope Mounting
Chapter 6 -- Barrels: Cleaning, Selection and Installation
Chapter 7 -- Cleaning the Action
Chapter 8 -- Break-in, Cyro and Fire-Lapping
Chapter 9 -- Stocks
Chapter 10 -- Wood Repair and Refinishing
Chapter 11 -- Metal Finishes
Chapter 12 -- Accuracy Testing
Chapter 13 -- Recoil Reduction
Chapter 14 -- Buying a Used Rifle
Chapter 15 -- Glass Bedding
Chapter 16 -- Building a Ruger 10/22
Chapter 17 -- Building a Sniper/PRS Rifle
Chapter 18 -- Working the AR-15
Chapter 19 -- Building a Scout Rifle
Chapter 20 -- Refreshing the Hunting Rifle
Chapter 21 -- A Century and a Half: The Lever-Action Rifle
Chapter 22 -- Suppressors
Glossary