IF YOU'RE NEW TO C&R, THIS MAY HELP SOMETIME

[echo1]

Hi All,

Many noobs are getting into C&R, often it's their first gun ever, thanks to places like Big 5 and cheap Mosins. There are always questions about disassembly of what ever the weapon may be. I've been using "The NRA Guide to Firearms Assembly" for a couple decades (1977 edition). It has most all of the popular rifles, shotguns, and pistols in it, with some interesting sidebar historical notes. I know the net has info out there, but I'm old school and like print media, so I have more than a few books on guns, cars, and aeroplanes. If you can find a copy, get it for your library, it'll help you out when the grid goes down. PAX

[0351USMC]

1977? Library? Books?
We have internet & youtube.

[atolax25]

Yeah. google and youtube are your friends. As is the search function on these forums.

[Full Clip]

1977? Library? Books?
We have internet & youtube.

I guess you missed this part: "If you can find a copy, get it for your library, it'll help you out when the grid goes down."

[Bobby Ricigliano]

I am going with the OP. When I took an interest in the SKS and Mosin, I picked up the 'For Collectors Only' reference books and read them cover to cover. Buying rifles and collecting & shooting them is fun, but the value of the firearm is multiplied to you when you get into the history, recognize the variants, and understand the nomenclature and function of the rifle.

For this purpose, I prefer physical books over internet sources hands down.

[mag360]

Print sources have at least some amount of credibility as they were likely not their own editor and often collaborate on the work with others. Much more than a dude with a youtube account field stripping an sks.

[Bobby Ricigliano]

I try not to rely on youtube videos featuring portly non military people in military dress shooting haphazardly into woodpiles or mounds of dirt with no eye and ear protection but showing their fiercest warface through multiple mag dumps.

[Capybara]

When I worked for the studios doing research on documentaries, their legal departments would not take ANY Internet sources for anything. I spent many an afternoon at the Margaret Herrick Academy Library, digging through old newspaper clippings, microfiche and archives. 90% of the information on the Internet in, at best, incomplete and more often than not, made up BS.

I agree with Bobby and the OP. YouTube is fine for "how to break down your SKS" videos, but not for verified history and fact.

[pitfighter]

Besides all the reasonable reasons given above - I just love books on these old weapons - invariably I find something else to try to hunt down or locate after reading a chapter on a new rifle.

The amount and quality of information is usually better too - as stated already.
Youtube has helped too - with new gear, semi conversions of wartime arms, etc., where there are no real "books" on the subject.

A healthy respect for both resources (electronic and pulp) is what i find works.

[crufflers]

You convinced me. I downloaded the PDF.

[jben]

If you don't know about Steve's pages, you should.

http://stevespages.com/page7b.htm

[SVT-40]

+1 for books.... The details found in many books are just not available on the net...Especially photos...

[echo1]

Besides all the reasonable reasons given above - I just love books on these old weapons - invariably I find something else to try to hunt down or locate after reading a chapter on a new rifle.

The amount and quality of information is usually better too - as stated already.
Youtube has helped too - with new gear, semi conversions of wartime arms, etc., where there are no real "books" on the subject.

A healthy respect for both resources (electronic and pulp) is what i find works.

So true. I download and print wiki on all my pieces, but I scoop every decent firearms, Peterson automotive, and pre-jet era aviation book I stumble across. I've got time in 2 winged, round engined, fabric and wood flyn machines, and 4 barreled American V-8 iron. Old School, PAX