Gunsmithing
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A Wooden Iowa Rifling Bench

Bookout and Neubauer

Shows in detail how to make your own wooden rifling bench. See the new DVD (DVD61) where Steve demonstrates how to ream the  bore of a commercial unrifled barrel blank, then rifle it in a traditional  manner with his homemade rifling bench. 
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58 Pages, (Paperback)

Item #: BK102

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Art of Engraving: A Book of Instructions

Meek

Unlike so many so-called "instruction manuals", The Art of Engraving does not assume you know anything about engraving. You start at the beginning by learning to draw scrolls and layouts, then cut practice plates until you are sure enough of your ability to actually proceed to designing a pattern, transferring it to a gun and cutting it into the steel.

Every gunsmith, gun lover or craftsman - no matter what his other calling - has the soul of an artist. This personal, creative urge can be easily directed into the highly renumerative field of gun engraving through the coaching, no-nonsense instructions and technical support in  Hundreds of original engravings, designs and layouts by the author (plus samples from other master engravers) to explain specific points and techniques. Much of the original work is intended for you to copy and transfer to your own guns to create an engraving job you can be proud of having done.

208 Pages, 9 x 11.5 (Hard cover)

Item #: BK739

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Gun and Gunmaking Tools of Southern Appalachia

Irwin

Gunmakers have a culture in their traditions, tools, and products which this book exposes in very humand terms.  Vivid photographs display the gun anvils, gunboring machines, rifling guides, bow drills, bullet molds, powder horns, chargers, flasks and other tools used by such famous makers as Hacker Martin and Will Howell.  The story told in this fascinating book is one shared by the people of the isolated mountain valleys of Appalachia as each family tells the reader how they make and use the Kentucky and related firearms and the supplies that go with them, both in the past and today as tradition continues.

118 pages, 8-1/2 x 11 (Paperback)

Item #: BK568

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Gunsmith Kinks, Volume 4

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A collection fo 569 all new, original, how-to Kinks, with 332 illustrations, plus 64 pages of latest instructions on a variety of processes - from Color Case Hardening to applying Bake-On finishes to a whole chapter dedicated to advice on running your shop, and increasing profits.  You'll find 133 pages with 167 job-specific Kinks for handguns, rifles, and shotguns; a method to keep tiny springs and parts from vaporizing into space, tricks to make your drill press more versatile, some sample dream shop layouts; and that's just a very partial list.

Brownell

544 pages, 6 x 9 (Hardcover)

Item #: BK554

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Gunstock Carving: A Step-by-Step Guide to Engraving Rifles and Shotguns

Janney

The specialized art of carving gunstocks is very popular with both hunters and crafters. Many hunters commission artists to carve an image replicating a successful hunt on their gun or rifle which is then displayed to commemorate their catch. This type of woodcarving can be very lucrative and now carvers of all levels can learn this process from start to finish with this new book by Bill Janney.

Bill Janney has appeared on PBS's American Woodshop and is a featured demonstrator at Cabela's, a national hunting store. He lives in Middletown, Ohio.   

96 Pages, (Paperback), photos

Item #: BK999

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Notes from a Small Iowa Rifleshop

Limited Stock Sale! 

Bookout

It is chock-full of things to make your gun building endeavors quicker, easier and more efficient.  It was reviewed in the October, 1998 issue of Muzzle Blasts magazine and in the November, 2002 issue of  Muzzle Loader. Many of the projects when completed will serve you for a lifetime! This book has found homes in so many countries that to count 'em, would make yourhead swim!

Inside you'll find:

  • Tool making projects
    Patterns for rifle furniture (taken from originals!)
    Building equipment projects
    Short cuts
    Forge projects
    Comb profiles

This is a wire spiral bound so you can lay it flat on your work bench. You'll find the back side of the pages blank for making notes, patterns or what have you.  All books are numbered, dated and autographed to you or to whomever you indicate. Now in it's fifth printing.

40 pages, 8-1/2 x 11 (Spiralbound Paperback)

Item #: BK123

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Quest for the Indian Trade Gun

Heath gives information on how gun barrels were forged for the guns that were traded to the Indians in Mississippi in the era of the 1720's when English and French traders were in that area. He  gives the reader a history of iron smelting, barrel skelp preparations, materials experiments conducted on actual barrels recovered by archaeologists and processes used in gun making.

275 pages, 9 x 11-1/2 (Soft Hand-Bound)

Item #: BK558

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