GunsmithingRoy F. Dunlap's classic book on making and repairing guns is reprinted here as part of Stackpole's Classic Gun Book series. Dunlap shows the skilled gunsmith how to produce professional-quality work in every phase of gunwork; included are instructions on working with metals, chamber and barrel work, and designing and crafting gunstocks. Dunlap's detailed instructions are illustrated with diagrams, drawings, and photographs of a variety of firearms. |
Contents
Basic Tools 9 | 9 |
Extra and Special Tools | 25 |
Reference Books and Sources of Supply | 37 |
Shop Practice | 65 |
Helpful Gunsmithing Knowledge | 75 |
Soldering and Brazing | 92 |
Welding | 102 |
Heat Treatment of Metals | 116 |
Browning Blueing and Blacking of Metal | 366 |
Fitting Commercial Metallic Sights | 404 |
The Mounting of Telescopic Sights | 419 |
Wood for Gunstocks | 452 |
Design of Gunstocks | 471 |
Layout and Inletting | 489 |
Shaping and Fitting | 509 |
Finishing | 525 |
Making and Fitting Sights and Accessories | 129 |
Making Fitting and Heat Treatment of Parts | 146 |
Cartridge Information for the Gunsmith | 167 |
Rifle Barrels and Barrel Information | 180 |
Chamber and Barrel Work | 206 |
Rifle Action Work | 231 |
Pistol and Revolver Work | 266 |
Shotguns and Shotgun Work | 287 |
Twentytwo Rim Fire Arms | 348 |
Checkering | 539 |
Finishing SemiInletted Stocks | 556 |
Stock Repair and Alteration | 568 |
Styling the Custom Rifle | 584 |
Ornamentation of Wood and Metal | 609 |
Target Rifles 625 | 643 |
Testing Facilities and Apparatus | 668 |
Tables of Mechanical Reference 685 | 707 |
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Gunsmithing: A Manual of Firearms Design, Construction, Alteration, and ... Roy F. Dunlap No preview available - 1981 |
Common terms and phrases
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