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I was doing a lot of barrel work, such as chambering and fitting actions. My files are free to download, and if you share these files they must remain free. Dunlap shows the skilled gunsmith how to produce professionalquality work in every phase of gunwork. Nov 14, 2009 heres a book about gunsmithing that you can download as a 40mb pdf file.
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Be very careful as there is some very serious misinformation in this book also e. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. At nearly 500 pages, chapel covers everything from the use of proper tools to how to get a gunsmithing job, and everything in between. Hi, hopefully some of you have read these books before and can let me know what you think about them. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app.
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