Author: James Meek

Dimensions: 9 x 11.5 in

Pages: 208

Hardbound

The Magnificent Classic The Engraving World Has Been Waiting For THE ART OF ENGRAVING brings to the reader - for the first time ever - a complete, authoritative, imaginative and detailed introduction and training in the art of gun engraving. It is a supremely unique book, for not only does it sweep aside the mystery which has surrounded engraving through the centuries, but it factually, simply and in layman's terms tells you how to engrave. 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.

Whether you want to learn to engrave now . . . think you might like to in the future . . . or simply wish to broaden your knowledge of the art to be able to better judge the work of others (as you will learn to tell the good from the bad - and know why), this is the book for you.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 The Art of Engraving. Chapters include: Design and Layout; Materials; Anatomy; Lettering; The Camera; Beginning to Engrave; Advanced Engraving and The Gravermeister. 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.

Extremely handsome with over 1378 photographs, drawings, designs, layouts and illustrations. Deluxe, hardbound cloth covers. Bound a special way to lie flat. Printed on finest, dull-finished, coated paper available. Extensive use of color to highlight designs, illustrations, pictures. Thoroughly cross-referenced index. Comprehensive listing of reference books of design, equipment, precious metals, books. Written to be used on your bench; magnificent enough for the parlor . . . but above all, intended to teach you how to engrave a gun.

Item #: 739

Kirkland

Early technology that developed into the manufacturing processes that provided "black pwder" for industrial, agricultural, military and sporting purposes for several hundred years prior to the invention of the "smokeless powders".  Includes history of Early American and French methods of making and testing black powder.  20 illustrations.

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

Item #: BK570

Angier

Handgun enthusiasts, gun-owning do-it-yourselfers, law enforcement officials, and gunsmiths--here is the ultimate one-volume guide to acquiring and developing all the necessary skills for making pistol repairs at home, from helping hints on work space and setting up a small shope to the tools needed and how to use them.  Covers hardening, finishing and weling.  George Nonte Jr. is a noted firearms expert, writer and pistolsmith who brings his knowledge together in this easily understood illustrated reference.  Point by point instructions on the art and skill of reparing and modifying and use of handguns.  With over 250 million handguns in the United States about 1/3 are in need of repair.

160 pages, (Hardcover)

Item #: BK551

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

W.W. Greener

First published in Great Britain in 1881 and subsequently revised nine times between that date and 1910, The Gun and Its Development traces the fascinating history of weaponry from the obscure, ancient origins of the slingshot and the bow and continuing on to the invention of the crossbow, possibly around 1000 a.d.; the introduction of gunpowder into Europe in the 14th century; the development of sporting and military guns over the centuries thereafter; and the rise of modern, factory-mass-produced firearms in the early 20th century.Individual chapters cover early to modern handguns; gunpowder ignition methods from fuses and flintlocks to percussion fulminates; shotguns; hammerless guns; ejector guns; the history of the firearms industry; manufacturing methods and their development in Britain, America, and elsewhere; how to use and handle different types of guns; ballistics; the development of rifling and smokeless powder; and much more.Copiously illustrated with photographs and marvelous engravings. The Gun and Its Development is the classic, authoritative reference work on the subject, certain to be of great interest to marksmen, hunters, gun collectors, and anyone interested in military or industrial history.

William Wellington Greener (1834-1921) was a world-renowned expert on the history of guns, and a pioneer in both the development of modern firearms-especially choke barrels for shotguns-and in the metallurgy and machining processes used in their manufacture.

6 x 9, 846 pages, illustrations, charts

Item #: BK922

Crocker

Outlines the history of gunpowder manufacture from its development as a propellant in the fourteenth century to its eclipse by high explosives.  A number of gunpowder mills can still be identified and some are now preserve and interpreted for the visitor.

32 pages, 6 x 8-1/2 (Paperback)

Item #: BK652

This second volume has so many brand new Kinks, so many more "hands-on" cures to shop problems and so many more useful and time-savings jigs, fixtures and drawings.  Stuff that you will not find anywhere else, like a complete-as-possible interchangeability list of guns from the manufactuers who made "Private Label" guns; a list of modern formulae for all the old chemicals and solutions (like "sweet spirits of nitre" and more); hundreds of quick cures for really impossible repairs; tips on stocking, bluing/plating, drilling, tapping, hunting, reloading; plus loads of info on specific guns, listend and indexed by gun name.  A veritable treasure chest to delight and please the gunsmith or hobbyist.

504 pages, 6 x 9 (Hardcover)

Item #: BK552

Brownell

This third volume continues on from the other two volumes with more useful gunsmithing hints and tips.  You get detailed instructions on a glass bedding synthetic stocks; how to properly do pillar bedding; cleaning oil-soaked stocks; extensive instructions for installing pre-threaded, short-chambered barrels; removing frozen chocke tubes; a specification and hole-spacing chart for Weaver scope mount bases; 80 pages of instructions and suggestions on bluing, plating and parkerizing and of 400 new listings of "Private Label" guns cross-referenced to their original manufactuer's counterpats.  Then 50+ pages of clever, time-saving shop/bench ideas from neat ways to build cleaning systems and sandblast cabinets, to removing rusty recoil pad screws, to making and using some might clever jigs and fixtures.

512 pages, 6 x 9 (Hardcover)

Item #: BK553

Brownell

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.

544 pages, 6 x 9 (Hardcover)

Item #: BK554

Kirkland

Explains the manufacture of French military muskets used by the European armies during the 1700 & 1800's.  20 illustrations.

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

Item #: BK569

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

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