AMATEUR GUNSMITHING. By Desmond Mills and Mike Barnes.

(1986) 1994 reprint. 8vo (158 x 240mm). Pp211. B/w photographs and illustrations. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt.

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.