HEYDAY OF THE SHOTGUN: THE ART OF THE GUNMAKER AT THE TURN OF THE LAST CENTURY. By David J. Baker.

HEYDAY OF THE SHOTGUN: THE ART OF THE GUNMAKER AT THE TURN OF THE LAST CENTURY. By David J. Baker.

SAFARI RIFLES: DOUBLES, MAGAZINE RIFLES, AND CARTRIDGES FOR AFRICAN HUNTING. By Craig Boddington.

SAFARI RIFLES: DOUBLES, MAGAZINE RIFLES, AND CARTRIDGES FOR AFRICAN HUNTING. By Craig Boddington.

AMATEUR GUNSMITHING. By Desmond Mills and Mike Barnes.

1986 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 240mm). Pp211. B/w photographs and illustrations.

One of the very few books books to cover the complete stripping and reassembly of both sidelock and boxlock shotguns. Chapters include: The workbench; Turnscrews and vice jaws; The boxlock; The sidelock; The over-and-under; Stock renovation; Buying a secondhand gun; English proof; Barrel browning; Barrel blueing; Jointing; Barrel sleeving; General care and storage.
£68.00
Availability: In stock
Book Code
20216
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Author Mills (Desmond) and Barnes (Mike).
Book Code 20216
ISBN 0851154557 / 0851154557.
Book Description Slight use and soiling to edges, book-seller's stamp to fep. Good-plus in slight spine-faded and used dust-wrapper.
Book Cover Hardcover
Published Date 1986
Publisher The Boydell Press.
Place Woodbridge, Suffolk.