Condition: Good – 320 Pages
Written by a professional gunsmith, this publication is a Do-It-Yourself guide for kitchen table or workshop application. It contains information on how to refinish, repair, restore, checker, customize, blue, accurize and restock all with simple tools, making it a “must have” for the professional and novice alike! Enhanced with numerous explanatory pictures and schematics.
Topics include the following:
- Getting Started
- That First Project
- Stock Finishing
- Pads, Plates, Swivels and What to do About Them
- Checkering & Carving
- A Place to Work
- Hand Tools and Measurements
- Power Tools and How to Use Them
- Lathe Lore
- Soldering & Welding
- Sights to Behold
- The Clean Scene
- General Repair Techniques
- Barrels Needn’t be a Bore
- Angles for Antiques
- To Polish & Jewel
- Blue, Brown or Plate?
- The In-letted Stock
- A Matter of Custom
- Custom Accessories
- The Next Step
- Directory of Gunsmith Suppliers
- Tools of the Trade
Printed in 1972 – 320 pages – Soft bound Condition: Good.
