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The Most Comprehensive Gunsmithing Guide of All Time. Written by
one of the most prolific firearms experts of all time, The Complete
Guide to Gunsmithing is a highly detailed and essential reference
for the gun enthusiast and gunsmith alike. At nearly 500 pages,
Chapel covers everything from the use of proper tools to how to get
a gunsmithing job, and everything in between. In more than forty
chapters of exceptionally clear prose, the book answers every
question a collector, soldier, or home defender could have on
topics such as: Drawings and Blueprints Stock Design Checkering and
Carving Stock Repairs and Alterations Etching and Engraving And
many more Not only is the book an incredible resource for gun
owners and gunsmiths, it's also a wonderful look at the world of
firearms in the first half the twentieth century. Published just
over seventy years ago, the book--and revised by the author two
decades later The Complete Guide to Gunsmithing is fascinating look
at how the nature of firearms has changed. With a thoughtful
introductory note by renowned outdoorsman Dr. Jim Casada and
eighty-five meticulous illustrations, this is the definitive
edition of an enduring and authoritative classic. Skyhorse
Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for hunters
and firearms enthusiasts. We publish books about shotguns, rifles,
handguns, target shooting, gun collecting, self-defense, archery,
ammunition, knives, gunsmithing, gun repair, and wilderness
survival. We publish books on deer hunting, big game hunting, small
game hunting, wing shooting, turkey hunting, deer stands, duck
blinds, bowhunting, wing shooting, hunting dogs, and more. While
not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a
national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on
subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to
authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Written by one of the foremost firearms experts of the twentieth
century, Charles Edward Chapel's Guns of the Old West is an
exhaustively researched document that not only boasts a significant
collection of antique Western guns, but also categorizes the
firearms into easy-to-reference sections.Starting with an
introductory chapter on the origins of guns and their earliest uses
on the frontier, Chapel covers everything from muskets to rifles,
pistols to revolvers, and shotguns to martial arms. Three whole
chapters are dedicated to the rise and fall of the famous Deringer
pistol. And as much as Guns of the Old West is an encyclopedic
reference manual, it's also fascinating historical literature that
frames the world in which these guns were used. Buffalo guns and
hunters are covered, along with martial arms of the post-Civil War
era. The gun collection of famous collector and hunter President
Theodore Roosevelt is given its own chapter.Illustrated with nearly
500 illustrations, as well as important artwork from the Western
period from artists such as Frederic Remington, Guns of the Old
West is an essential work for gun collectors and American history
enthusiasts.
Written by one of the foremost firearms experts of the twentieth
century, Charles Edward Chapel's Guns of the Old West is an
exhaustively researched document that not only boasts a significant
collection of antique Western guns, but also categorizes the
firearms into easy-to-reference sections.Starting with an
introductory chapter on the origins of guns and their earliest uses
on the frontier, Chapel covers everything from muskets to rifles,
pistols to revolvers, and shotguns to martial arms. Three whole
chapters are dedicated to the rise and fall of the famous Deringer
pistol. And as much as Guns of the Old West is an encyclopedic
reference manual, it's also fascinating historical literature that
frames the world in which these guns were used. Buffalo guns and
hunters are covered, along with martial arms of the post-Civil War
era. The gun collection of famous collector and hunter President
Theodore Roosevelt is given its own chapter.Illustrated with nearly
500 illustrations, as well as important artwork from the Western
period from artists such as Frederic Remington, Guns of the Old
West is an essential work for gun collectors and American history
enthusiasts.
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