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The Gunsmith’s Manual

by J. Parish Stelle and Wm. B. Harrison

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  1. 1Chapter I — History of the Gun
  2. 2Chapter II — How Guns Are Made
  3. 3Chapter III — Guns Now in Use
  4. 4Chapter IV — Pistols Now in Use
  5. 5Chapter V — On General Gunsmithing
  6. 6Chapter VI — Taking Apart, Cleaning and Putting Guns Together
  7. 7Chapter VII — Tools Required for Work, Their Cost, etc.
  8. 8Chapter VIII — Tools, etc., and How to Make Them
  9. 9Chapter IX — The Work Bench
  10. 10Chapter X — On Working in Iron
  11. 11Chapter XI — On Working in Steel
  12. 12Chapter XII — On Working in Silver, Copper and Brass
  13. 13Chapter XIII — On Working in Wood
  14. 14Chapter XIV — On Gun Stocks
  15. 15Chapter XV — On Gun Barrels
  16. 16Chapter XVI — On Work on Gun Barrels
  17. 17Chapter XVII — Tools for Breeching Guns
  18. 18Chapter XVIII — Tools for Chambering Breech-Loading Barrels
  19. 19Chapter XIX — On Gun Ribs
  20. 20Chapter XX — On Thimbles
  21. 21Chapter XXI — On Rifling of Guns
  22. 22Chapter XXII — On Gun Locks
  23. 23Chapter XXIII — On Fitting Gun Hammers
  24. 24Chapter XXIV — On Nipples or Cones
  25. 25Chapter XXV — Mainsprings
  26. 26Chapter XXVI — On Rods
  27. 27Chapter XXVII — On Bullet Moulds
  28. 28Chapter XXVIII — Screw-Making Tools
  29. 29Chapter XXIX — Nomenclature
  30. 30Chapter XXX — On Browning
  31. 31Chapter XXXI — Recipes for Browning Gun Barrels
  32. 32Chapter XXXII — Miscellaneous
  33. 33Chapter XXXIII — On Powder and Shot
  34. 34Chapter XXXIV — Miscellaneous Recipes
  35. 35Chapter XXXV — On Judging the Quality of Guns
  36. 36Chapter XXXVI — On Using the Rifle
  37. 37Chapter XXXVII — On Using the Shot-Gun
  38. 38Chapter XXXVIII — On Using the Pistol
  39. 39Chapter XXXIX — Vocabulary of Mechanical Terms Used by Gun-Makers
  40. 40Chapter XL — Vocabulary of Chemicals and Substances Used in Brownin…
  41. 41Chapter XLI — Calibres of Guns, Rifling, Twist of Rifling, etc.
  42. 42Chapter XLII — Directions for Taking Apart and Assembling Rifles, D…

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