Student of the Gun


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Building a Percussion Lock


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A step by step walk through of building a percussion lock from scratch using only tools commonly found in a home workshop, and easily obtained materials. The lock is built and designed at the same time, allowing each part to define where the next part fits, and how it looks. Using this build process, it should be possible to modify this lock design to fit any size or style muzzle loading gun. From plain materials to case hardening, the entire process is described in text and in full color pictures.




Checkering & Carving of Gunstocks


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Full-size line drawings and photos of checkering and carving patterns by America's leading stock-makers.




The Muzzle-Loading Cap Lock Rifle


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Explores the history, construction, and care of one of America's finest firearms Hundreds of photographs show muzzle-loading cap lock rifles, ammunition, cap magazines, powder flasks, bullet molds, and more Describes and recreates traditional shooting matches in fascinating detail




How to Build a Muzzle Loading Rifle


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Preface By B. LeRoy Compton. Building A Muzzle Loading Target Pistol; Let's Make And Trim A Powder Horn.




Hunting Big Mule Deer


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Denning shares his knowledge of mule deer hunting and techniques that have been refined by trial and error, observation, and faithful persistence.




The Art of Engraving


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Chambering Rifle Barrels for Accuracy


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in Part I, Fred Zeglin gives you an in depth study of what it takes to build an accurate hunting rifle. Fred has been building custom hunting rifles for over thirty years. His clients come from all walks of life and have one thing in common; when they go hunting they don't want to worry about the accuracy of their rifle.In Part II, Gordy Gritters explains the extreme accuracy requirements of a quality benchrest rifle. Gordy has nearly thirty years invested in building precision rifles. He is a competitive shooter as well as a gunsmith. Builder of many high accuracy rifles used by customers across North America to set records and win various rifle competitions including the Varmint Hunter Jamboree, Coyote Hunting National Championship, 1000 yard matches, 600 yard matches, F-Class matches, BR-50, IR 50-50, 100 and 200 yard benchrest matches, sniper matches, NRA service rifle matches, as well as for varmint and big game hunting.




Encounter with the Self


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Penetrating commentary on the Job story as a numinous, archetypal event, and as a paradigm for conflicts of duty that can lead to enhanced consciousness.