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Hard Cover with dust jacket. Condition: New. A step-by-step how to with complete photographic support for every detail of the art of working wood into rifle stocks. Comprehensive coverage of the techniques is illustrated to gain skill and/or understanding of the professional gunmaker's craft. An unparalleled achievement, destined to become the bible for students, professionals or those who appreciate custom rifles. Contents: Introduction to Inletting the Semi-inletted Stock Introduction to Inletting: Definition of inletting - Inletting black - Patience - Workbench - Tools - Types of lighting Inletting the Trigger Guard/Magazine Box into a Semi-inletted Stock: Alignment and initial fit - Inletting the corners of the box - Flat scraper - Trigger-guard tangs - Outside radius at rear of box - Proper clearance between box and action Inletting the Barreled Action - Section 1 Rough Inletting: Inletting guide screws - Leveling - Outlining barreled action onto stock - Choosing the right chisel - Rough inletting the half-inch barrel channel - Repair of mistakes - Alternate methods for difficult wood - Barrel channel rasp Rough Inletting the Barrel Channel with the in-cannel Gouges: Muscle control - Hand positions - Control of fine cuts Inletting the Barreled Action Semi-inlet - Section 2 Finish Inletting: Insertion and removal of barreled action from the stock - Marking points of contact - Chisels - Flat scrapers - Tang - Curved sidewalls of receiver - Recoil lug mortise - Receive ring - Fisher Inletting scrapers - Barrel channel scrapers - Half depth determination - Inletting complete Finish Shaping the Stock Introduction to Finish Shaping: Definitions - Line flow diagrams - Stages of shaping - Design history - Lighting Section 1 - Fitting the stock to the individual shooter: Physical characteristics of the shooter versus stock fit - Stock dimensions - Length of pull - Location of grip - Drop at heel and comb - Cast-off - Pitch - Toe-out Section 2 - Introduction to the tools used in shaping: The smooth-cut plane - Palm plane - Bull nose plane - The spokeshave - The In-cannel gouge - The straight chisels - Nicholson 50 rasp - Crossing file Section 3 - Shaping begins - profiling the buttstock: Toeline - Nose of Comb - Top of wrist - Modification of Tang - Sides of grip Section 4 - Shaping the sides of the buttstock: Line flow diagram - Right side of buttstock - Toe-line - Top and sides of comb-line - Left side of buttstock - Shaping areas adjacent to the cheekpiece - Ghostline of cheekpiece - Cheekpiece fluting Section 5 - Rough shaping the combnose fluting, the top and upper sides of the wrist: Comb nose fluting and tip of wrist - Pistol grip and finger clearance arch Section 6 - Shaping the body and fore arm of the stock: Body - Profiling the forearm - Rough shaping the fore arm - Finish shaping the forearm - Ejection port and bolt handle recess Sanding and Stock Finishing Sanding - Section 1: Right Side of the Buttstock - Side Profile Line of the Wrist - Lower Right Side of the Butt and Lower Rear Portion of the Grip - Toe-line and the Small Radius at the Rear of the Grip - Lower Left Side of the Buttstock and Grip - Behind and Below the Cheekpiece - Front of the Cheekpiece - The Cheekpiece - Front of the Grip - finger Clearance Arch - Upper Wrist and the Comb Nose Fluting - Body the the Stock Through the Receiver Area - Forearm Stock Finishing - Section 2: Stock finishing essays by Dave Wesbrook, Monte Mandarino, Mark Silver, Ed Webber, Richard Schreiber, and Bruce Farnam Appendix I Inletting a Steel Buttplate: Curved Sides of the Plate - Cutting in the Tit of the Buttplate - Spotting-In - Use of a Curved Riffler - Use of the Flat Scraper - Inletting Completed - Layout of a Skeleton Buttplate - Grinding the Draft Appendix II Tools Used in Stockmaking: Channels - Gouges - In-cannel Gouges.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Presumed First Printing. Clean unmarked copy, dust jacket has some wear at the edges with rubbing, short tears and creases, dj now in a protective mylar sleeve. Large format book, profusely illustrated with detailed photographs, 308 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 308 pages. 12.25x9.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good, clean, tight condition. Black jacket in mylar cover. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A very solid, bright, clean copy with no markings within. Corners still sharp. Numerous black and white illustrations. Nice jacket shows minor wear along front and back top and bottom edges, seen mostly from the reverse side rather than the obverse.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

hardcover. Condition: new.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Signed and inscribed by author on title page. Hard cover and dust jacket published by Wolfe Publishing in 1994. Corners are bumped some. One page in middle of book has a very small indentation on side edge. Book is in very good plus condition. Dust jacket has some slight creasing and edge wear, has a tear at bottom front corner, and is in very good minus condition. 11-13 inches, 308 pages, 2.9 lb.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 308 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition; First Printing. Signed and inscribed by David Wesbrook on title page. First edition, first printing. Hard cover and dust jacket published by Dresslar Publishing in 1996. Burgundy covers with gilt lettering on spine. Bottom edge of back cover has some small white stains. Book is in very good condition. Dust jacket has a tear and crease at top by spine, has two small notches at bottom in back, and has some wear and stains along spine. DJ has some wear along edges in back, and is in good condition. Oblong 9-11 inches, 240 pages, 3.6 lb.; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 240 pages; Signed by Illustrator.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Lavishly illustrated study of engraved American powder horns from the 18th-19th centuries. Maroon cloth with gilt spine title. Moderately edgeworn and rubbed color pictorial dust jacket with closed edge tear at rear of jacket and small chip. Contents clean and bright with numerous, detailed color photographs. Signed and inscribed by author, photographer, editor, and book designer. Enclosed letter from editor with embossed stamp. Signed by Author(s).

Photos by David Wesbrook, oblong 9.25 x 12.25", cloth, 240pp with index, covers a bit rubbed, extremities bumped, hinges loose, inkstamp of auction house inside front cover, some soiling to bottom edge of text block else a decent copy in a rubbed, edge-worn, edge-torn and creased dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, who dates the inscription July 16, '02.

1st Edn. xi-308 pagesm 4to illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs. A fine copy in DJ. A step by step guide with complete photographic support for every detail of the art of working wood into riflestocks.