Advanced Gunsmithing: A Manual of Instruction in the Manufacture, Alteration and Repair of Firearms in-so-far as the Necessary Metal Work with Hand and Machine Tools is Concerned

W. F. Vickery

Editore: Small-Arms Technical Publishing, 1945, 1951

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Vintage Hardcover, 1951 Small-Arms Technical Publishing 428 pages with 8 pages of ads at the rear of the book. Good+, no DJ. Moderate shelf/edge wear to dark brown cloth boards with darkened gilt titles - corners bumped. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked, all edges are tinted brown. A Manual of Instruction in the Manufacture, 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. A specialized manual, restricted to the various metal-working operations involved in the production, repair and adjustment of modern, high-grade firearms, using either hand or small power tools. Contains full instructions relative to barrel making, chambering, reboring barrels, remodeling, barrel changing, head-spacing and action work. A highly USABLE book, with its operations told in detail and illustrated in a practical and workable manner, applicable to either amateur or professional gunsmiths. 175 technical sketches and working setups and 25 special plates. Postwar British gunsmiths built many fine custom guns using the principles outlined here. Very respectable copy of a classic on Gunsmithing. LOC SSS-23.

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• Titolo: Advanced Gunsmithing: A Manual of Instruction in the Manufacture, Alteration and Repair of Firearms in-so-far as the Necessary Metal Work with Hand and Machine Tools is Concerned
• Editore: Small-Arms Technical Publishing, 1945
• Data di pubblicazione: 1951
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: Good+
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: No DJ