The Modern Gunsmith, Volume 1

Volume I of th3e most authoritative gunsmithing books of its time (1941) and still with considerable relevance. Volume I covers tools and their use, selection of woods and gun stocks, bedding barrels and actions, checkering, carving & inlays, fitting of sighting equipment, replacement of working small parts, hand-forging and heat treating, revolver & pistol repair, problems of trigger pull, soldering, brazing & welding - and much more. A must for repairing guns made before 1940.