I'm interested in learning the basics of gunsmithing. Are there any books out there that speak with authority in this field? If so, I'd like to know what they are. Thanks.

Buy Roy Dunlap, GUNSMITHING!! It is the best to start out as a first. Several others like MacFarland's SIMPLIFIED GUNSMITHING if you can find a copy.

You may also want to check out American Gunsmithing Institute or AGI for short. They put out a lot of videos on gunsmithing topics.

Try finding "The Modern Gunsmith" by James V. Howe. It is like Dunlap's book and very basic but written a long while back when the "basics" were new stuff. He writes very methodically and so you will pick up intricate detail about how to make everything rather than just buying and using.
Frank

If you're working with Mausers, you may find "The Mauser Bolt Actions, A shop manual" by Jerry Kuhnhausen to be useful.

I also have a copy of "Do-It-Yourself Gunsmithing" by Jim Carmichel that's got some interesting tid bits it as well.

Fantastic! Thanks guys. Any other suggestions welcome.

I have a copy of "The Modern Gunsmith" ,two volume including supplement, in excellent condition. It is for sale, $75 including shipping.

Mete,
If FUR... does not take you up on that and these are first editions, I will take the deal.
Lets see if he wants it first since this is his post.
Frank

NRA Gunsmithing Guide
Gunsmithing Tips & Projects by Wolfe Publishing
Introduction To Modern Gunsmithing by Mcfarland,if you can find it.All these are good.

If you have any interest at all in SxS shotguns, hands down the best book for care & feeding is AMATEUR GUNSMITHING by Mills and Barnes.

Step by step instructions with photos to tear down, clean and reassemble boxlocks and sidelocks plus some other tidbits.

Comes up on Abebooks, a bit expensive and will probably come from the UK.

Rob

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Originally posted by Frank Martinez:
Mete,
If FUR... does not take you up on that and these are first editions, I will take the deal.
Lets see if he wants it first since this is his post.
Frank

I see that Frank is a gentleman! Good on ya'! This is a good price, BTW.

jpb

the machinist handbook

Frank, first editions ? Mine is the 1941 edition.We'll see if Furocious is interested.

Baker, Clyde Modern Gunsmithing..1933
Bish, Tommy L Home Gunsmithing Digest 1970
Carmichel, Jim D0-It-Youself Gunsmithing 1977
Chapel, Charles Edward, Complete Guide to Gunsmithing 1975
Dunlap Gunsmithing…..1950
Frazer Elementary Gunsmithing..1938
Fry, Franklin. Gunsmithing Fundamentals: A Guide for Professional Results..1988
Henderson, David R. Gunsmithing Shotguns : A Basic Guide to Care and Repair 2003
Howe, Walter J. . Professional Gunsmith….1946
Howe, James V.. The Amateur Guncraftsman….1938
Howe, James V….The Modern Gunsmith Vol I & II ..1941
Kennedy, Monty Checkering & Carving Gunstocks 1962

Linden, Alvin, Firearm Design & Assembly No 1 The Inletting of Gunstock Blanks as Applied to Modifications of the Springfield Rifle, 1941;
The Shaping of Inletted Blanks & Alteration of the Winchester Model 70, 1943,

The Finishing of Gunstocks1941 and Conversions of the 1917 Enfield Rifle.
Matunas, Edward A Do It Yourself Gun Repair…1977
McFarland Gunsmithing Simplified 1950
Murtz, Harold A. Practical Gunsmithing 1996
Newell, A. Donald Gunstock Finishing and Care Samworth 1949
Stelle & Harrison Gunsmithing Manual 1883
Traister, John First Book of Gunsmithing 1981
Traister, John E Basic Gunsmithing..1979
Traister, John E Gunsmithing at Home: Lock, Stock and Barrel…1996
Vickery Advanced Gunsmithing 1940
Walker, Ralph Hobby Gunsmithing: 1972
Whelen, Townsend Amateur Gunsmithing NRA 1924