DOUBLE GUNS AND CUSTOM GUNSMITHING. By Steven Dodd Hughes.

2007 1st edition. Large 4to (220 x 286mm). Pp166. Colour and b/w photographs. Brown boards, spine titled in silver.

Steven Dodd Hughes has been building, repairing, and customizing double guns (both over-and-unders and side-by-sides) for over thirty years. Chapters include: Section 1: Case histories of used double guns. Section 2, Custom Shotguns: A custom L.C. Smith; A custom Model 21 pigeon gun; Custom Fox shotguns; F.lli Rizzini, Gardone, Italy; Perugini and Visini, Brescia, Italy. Section 3, Evolution of the the sidelock. Section 4, Custom Gunsmithing: Refinishing gunstocks; Stock bending; Stock machining; Balancing a double gun; Arcaded fences; Double gun metalwork; TIG welding for shotgun repair; Gunsmithing screwdrivers; Machine screws and gun screws; Metal finishes for fine guns; Hallmark, signed in gold. Section 5, A stockmaker's view, evaluating shotgun stock blanks. Section 6, Shotgun Engraving: Custom shotguns and American engraving; Firearms Engravers Guild of America.