ADVANCED GUNSMITHING: A MANUAL OF INSTRUCTION IN THE MANUFACTURE, ALTERATION, AND REPAIR OF FIREARMS... By W.F. Vickery.

(1939) 1993 paperback facsimile reprint. 8vo (129 x 194mm). Ppxii,422. B/w photographs and illustrations.

A facsimile paperback edition "...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. For amateur and professional gunsmiths. With original illustrations by Oliver B. Hamilton." Chapters include: Shop equipment; Barrel changing and its adjustments; Chambering, boring and reaming tools; Rifling tools and the rifling of barrels; Reboring and rechambering old rifles; Action work and alterations; Sights, scopes and small parts; Shotgun repairs; Problems of .22 and other rim-fire rifles; Revolver and automatic pistol jobs; Cleaning, clearing and lapping barrels; Working with hand tools; Notes on firing-pins; Soldering and brazing; Forging and welding; Heat treatment of steel; Blueing of firearms; Cartridge case and bullet dies; Loading tool accessories and appliances; Postmortem.