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PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED * 1940 * * 428 PAGE * * HARDCOVER BOOK with DUST JACKET * of Advanced Gunsmithing including COMPLETE INSTRUCTION on Barrel Making, Boring, Reaming, Rifling and Chambering a Manual of Instruction in the Manufacture and Alteration and Repair of Firearms in-so-far as the Necessary Metal Work with Hand and Machine Tools is Concerned with Chapters on the Boring, Rifling and Chambering of Barrels with Advanced Gunsmithing for Amateur and Professional Gunsmiths. A specialized manual, restricted to the Metal-Working Phases of Gunsmithing In these various operations it takes the reader many stages farther than do earlier works, yet at the same time it is a most essential booki for the amateur to have at hand. This is a book we can conscientiously recommend as an early purchase by the beginner in firearm study and repair. Here are given principles of and COMPLETE INSTRUCTION on Barrel Making, Boring, Reaming, Rifling and Chambering - done by means of the small modern power tools now so popular, or done entirely by hand on a hand-rifling bench using rifling-heads, barrel and chamber reamers which you yourself can make. It tells all about headspacing, barrel changing, action alterations, barrel lining, together with some highly applicable chapters on the reboring and chambering of rusted or shot-out barrels or of obsolete rifles. Extensive treatment is given the popular .22 rimfire and its peculiar problems. There is a full chapter on shotguns and their repairs or alterations. The causes and corrections of malfunctions are given. Complete coverage is made of all metal small parts: sights, barrel bands, swivels, firing-pins, lock and action parts, telescopic sight fittings and repairs, coil and flat spring making, heat treatment and tempering of gun parts. Comprehensive treatment is given of all the small repairs most frequently necessary in firearm upkeep. No matter how many other gunsmithing books you now have, you need this one. It takes up where all others left off. Filled with data on modern firearms and the most applicable and modern methods of adjustment and repair. chapters: Shop Equipment Barrel Changing and Its Adjustment Chambering, Boring and Reaming Tools Rifling Tools and the Rifling of Barrels Reboring and Rechambering Old Rifles Action Work and Alterations Sights, Scopes and Small Parts Shotgun Repairs Problems of .22 and other Rim-Fire Rifles Revolver and Automatic Pistol Jobs Cleaning, Clearing and Lapping Barrels Working with Hand Tools Notes on Firing-Pins Soldering and Brazing Forging and Welding Heat Treatment of Steel Blueing of Firearms Cartridge Case and Bullet Dies Loading Tool Accessories and Appliances Postmortem all in this neat 1940 Hardcover Book 428 Page book in overall good condition with overall clean, intact pages and good binding with Wear and Tear to Dust jacket and age spotting on outside page edges and price maybe removed inside and this Neat 1940 book measures about 8.75" x 6" And THANKS SO MUCH FOR LOOKING AT THIS NEAT BOOK - please see all our other neat Books in Our Ebay Store - with More of These and Other Great Books added Daily TO VIEW OUR OTHER AUCTIONS ... *** Please PURCHASE ONLY IF YOU are "SURE" that YOU WANT this ITEM... and ARE "COMPLETELY" SATISFIED with "ALL" the INFORMATION we HAVE SUPPLIED HERE! so that someone who knows they really do want this book may have a chance to buy it ! there are so very many wonderful and fun books out there on ebay and hopefully you can find exactly what you are looking for Buyer To Pay Shipping Costs: (We usually ship Priority Mail except sometimes for larger oversized books we may have to use Media Mail but please be Aware that sometimes Media can get Very Delayed on occasion, and is sometimes very, very, Unpredictable, and We don't have any control over How long it may take, so your patience is Very Much Appreciated thank so much) . NJ residents kindly include 7% sales... read more

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