Building a Magazine Fed Rifle at Home Paperback – October 13, 2024

The author, better known on YouTube as “Garage Guy .30-06”, has designed and built dozens of elegant homemade firearms from his garage. This book covers his journey to build this magazine fed bolt action rifle. The design is covered in detail along with the tools, techniques and mathematics that go with this 45 ACP rifle. Using a metal lathe and a benchtop mill he created this unique gun from raw steel and a barrel blank. This should be an entertaining and informative book for any firearm enthusiast, hobbyist or shooter.This book includes a dedicated chapter on how to calculate the forces and the necessary dimensions of the firearm action based off of the materials and pressures. Also included is a chapter covering the detailed dimensions of the bolt action design. A separate chapter also includes a description of the methods, materials and tricks used to build this rifle along with another on testing and finishing the rifle. This 45 ACP magazine fed bolt action rifle can be built in a home garage using a metal lathe, a benchtop end mill, a 1911 magazine and a few other simple tools. Read more