Old Gunsmithing Book

[Pitchy]

Found this old gunsmithing book today, what`s kinda neat it has take apart instructions on quite a few odd guns.

[GunnyMack]

Nothing beats those old books, lots of good info and like you said disassembly tips & tricks are a plus.

[Hawkeye2]

Now that is a find! I'm going to have to look for a copy.

[Molasses]

Now that is a find! I'm going to have to look for a copy.

I was just thinking the same thing.

Edit to add: started looking and just like that, an electronic copy on the Kindle. It'll still be fun and more satisfying to have a physical copy, someday. And there's fun in the hunt to find one.

[Pitchy]

Found a couple on Ebay.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Gunsmiths- ... SwT4lWTOSL

I don`t think i`d pay that kind of money for this book, it has a lot of info but nothing real detailed imo.
I found it in with a bunch of other books i have and thought it was worth showing.

[M. M. Wright]

Pitchy, where else would you find an audience who would recognize the names of those rifles and guns. I had no idea what an Evans was until I watched that Tom Selleck movie, Crossfire Trail. Yet, here is a book with instructions on how to work on it. Oh yeah, the bad guy had a Remington Keene didn't he? Well I think it's a super find.

[Pitchy]

Thanks Ron, if anyone needs instructions on any of those rifles i can take a picture of those pages and post them.

[Rusty]

Looks like a nice old book in good condition. There's something about the feel of a book in your hands that a computer just can't match.

[Pitchy]

Agree Rusty, i have a couple big old books from the 1800`s on mechanical engineering that are interesting machines and steam engines ect...

[Molasses]

Pitchy, where else would you find an audience who would recognize the names of those rifles and guns. I had no idea what an Evans was until I watched that Tom Selleck movie, Crossfire Trail. Yet, here is a book with instructions on how to work on it. Oh yeah, the bad guy had a Remington Keene didn't he? Well I think it's a super find.

I HAD an Evans for a very brief time. Won the auction on Gunbroker, got it, realized the "guts" were gone from the magazine and contacted the seller to return it before the end of the inspection period. The seller never did seem to understand my explanation that the magazine wasn't just supposed to be an open tube with a narrow strip attached to the inside of said tube in a spiral, but needed a piece that looked sort of like a rolling pin with lengthwise flutes that the rounds actually sat in and were cammed forwards by that spiral each time the action was worked and the "rolling pin" was rotated a partial turn. Archimedean screw is the term frequently thrown around in describing the mechanism. Kind of a bummer, as it's the only example I've seen that was even close to my neighborhood, pricewi$e.

As it is, my Trapdoors, Ballard, Remington #2 RB, Remington Hepburn and Remington Keene are all covered in this book, which I think justified getting the electronic copy and I will keep an eye out for a cheap "real" one. Just wish it covered takedown of the 3rd Model Winchester Hotchkiss and Remington Lee. Of course, if it did, then I'd want other stuff covered as well, along with egg in my beer.

[Pitchy]

and I will keep an eye out for a cheap "real" one.

You just found one pard, PM me your addy and i`ll sent it to ya free of charge.

[Molasses]

and I will keep an eye out for a cheap "real" one.

You just found one pard, PM me your addy and i`ll sent it to ya free of charge.

Pitchy,

That's an incredibly generous offer and I'm humbled again by how awesome the family here is, but I have to turn you down. The hunt's most of the fun with this stuff, holding the book in your hands is the payoff. Just like having the deer dressed out and hanging is the payoff of that hunt, but not necessarily the whole point of going out hunting.

Tell you what, though. I've got a coworker that's been working on me to go back to one of the cowboy shoots or long range shoots up at Virginia (says they keep asking him when Molasses is coming back every time he goes there). Mebbe if I get myself sufficiently motivated, I'll make it to one or more this new year. Perhaps a detour over to your place on the way home to play show and tell with some of my goofy old guns and your latest cool project? If I haven't tracked down a copy of the book by then, maybe we can haggle over your copy. I'm giving you warning in advance that I'm pretty darned good at Norwegianing up the price of something to what I think is fair to the seller.

[Pitchy]

No problem Mollasses thanks for letting me know.
Yep if ya get up my way some time let me know.

[Hawkeye2]

"Norwegianing up the price" Never heard that term before.

I found a copy on eBay, $23, really looking forward to getting it. Missed the one for $10, delayed too long.

A slightly belated Happy New Year to everyone.

[Hawkeye2]

The book arrived yesterday and I'm impressed. A lot of info on muzzleloading guns and how to make a bullet mold including how to cut round cherry which is something I had wondered about for years. It looks like I have some enjoyable hours ahead of me reading, money well spent. The Gayle Hoskins print on the book cover reminded me how bad I had wanted a copy "Trade from the Monongahela" and his "the Rifle Frolic" when I had seen them in a '69 Dixie catalog.