Antique Firearms Assembly/Disassembly: The comprehensive guide to pistols, rifles & shotguns [Paperback]

David Chicoine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 28, 2005

Whether collector, cowboy or active shooter, this comprehensive reference is the guide enthusiasts need to bring the past alive with precision instructions and 600+ full-size photographs. Antique Firearms Assembly/Disassembly offers historic information and complete step-by-step details for popular antique and hard-to-find firearms manufactured around the mid 1800s and into the early 1900s.

More than 60 firearms are included in this resource devoted to antique and obsolete models, and replicas. Each listing includes a history of the weapon, highlighting unique features of the model, a large-scale drawing outlining component parts, and details everyone, including gunsmiths, police armory enthusiasts, forensic scientists or arms collectors will enjoy. The wide variety of guns featured including the Winchester 1873, Colt Lightning Rifle, Colt 1873 SAA and Smith & Wesson No.3, create a resource unequaled by any.

-Features over 600 photos of antique and rare firearms for assisting in identification

-Specific biographies of each of the 60 featured firearms

-Illustrated directions and detailed parts drawings assist gunsmiths in their craft

Product Details

• Paperback: 528 pages
• Publisher: Krause Publications (September 28, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873497678
• ISBN-13: 978-0873497671
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #348,757 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars good as far as it goes, September 14, 2009

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John Corstorphine "Lost in the '60's" - See all my reviews
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The old show biz adage goes, "always leave 'em wanting more..." and that is unfortunately what this volume does. Everything contained in it is top notch information on 66 elderly and antique handguns, rifles, and shotguns, primarily handguns. If there is any deficit to the book, is that rifles got short shrift with only 16, shotguns with 5, and that this isn't volume 1 of 4, 5, or 6. It would be helpful for a prospective buyer to be able to see the table of contents before buying, just to make sure that it will be of use, that the book covers guns that the buyer has. My only disappointment is that I have only one of the 66 guns covered, though that is somewhat balanced by the other information and guns should I ever come into contact or possession. Four stars because I like it, I just wish there was more...

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Book, July 27, 2011

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John Watts (Cincinnati, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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I purchased this book on Amazon.com because I have a deep interest in antique firearms and was very much aware of the reputation of the author as both a first class gunsmith and as a first class writer. Between his verbal descriptions and excellent photographs, Mr. Chicoine has the ability to instantly involve me in the antique arm being described; from it's unique history to it's special mechanisms and design. I know of no other writings on this subject that can boast the thoroughness and depth of this book. I only wish it was longer and could include a few more of the antique firearms that it describes. Perhaps we could prevail upon Mr. Chicoine to write a sequel, Antique Firearms, Part Two. I have several other volumes written by Dave Chicoine and in every case, they are the very best available on their respective subjects.

5.0 out of 5 stars Antique Firearms Assembly/Dissassembly, March 16, 2011

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Dave Chicoine is both a talented gunsmith and a talented wordsmith. This combination has produced a book that is both easy to read and technically helpful. Too many gun books are simply regurgitation of other works. This book contains instructions that are found nowhere else! The photographs are plentiful, well-done, and helpful. As a working gunsmith myself, I find this book essential in my shop. I thought enough of it to buy a second copy for library of the gunsmithing school where I teach. I recommend "Antique Firearms Assembly/Dissassembly" without reservation.

Bill Jacobs
Bolt&Barrel Gunsmithing
Greenwood, SC