This is a history of gunsmithing in America. Although the English guild system regulated the trade in the Mother Country, Americans, as usual, preferred freedom to regulation. This book examines the gunsmithing trade in relation to the militia; apprenticeships; labour; tools and equipment; the Frontier gunsmith; and traitors, criminals, and deserters.
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By Dr. Roger Brown (Greeley, CO USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Gunsmith's Trade (Hardcover)
This is NOT a 'how to' book on Gunsmithing, if that is what you are looking for. It is an academic history of the gunsmith's trade in the United States over the last 400 years. It is a book for other academics and those interested in the history of gunsmithing in the US. The price is rather steep for anyone not a researcher, such as those more casually interested in gun histroy. For those with the interest, it is a well documented and annotated piece of work.
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