The Gunsmith 307
The Gunsmith 307

Author: J. R. Roberts

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2007-06-26

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 1440620644

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Clint Adams receives a mysterious ticket to board a floating gambling casino. But when he uncovers a con man out to bust the whole boat, he draws everything he has to win.

The Gunsmith's Manual
The Gunsmith's Manual

Author: J. P. Stelle

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-06-04

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1632202468

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Originally published in 1883, The Gunsmith’s Manual is generally considered to be the first substantive work dealing with gunsmithing exclusively and in detail. A comprehensive introductory chapter, one of the manual’s best qualities, provides the reader with an extensive history of the gun, including the invention of gun powder, the first rifle, and much more. Once acquainted with firearms, readers can then move on to learn how guns were made and used in the nineteenth century, as well as terms used in gunsmithing. The real meat of the book, however, is the authors’ detailed instruction on gun care and maintenance. Specifics are offered on tools, workbench materials and setup, metalworking, working with wooden stocks, common repairs, and the process of browning, among many other topics. You can even improve your marksmanship with these expert shooting tips for a variety of firearms. Although first published in the nineteenth century, The Gunsmith’s Manual is highly relevant for today’s firearms owners and tinkerers. The authors’ recommended procedure for removing a rusted-in screw, for example, is still widely used over 100 years later. You can learn to care for your rifle or shotgun as traditional gunsmiths would have. For both the historian and the firearms enthusiast, The Gunsmith’s Manual is an invaluable learning tool.

Red River Showdown
Red River Showdown

Author: J.R. Roberts

Publisher: Speaking Volumes

Published:

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1645404676

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LUCK OF THE DRAW Clint Adams has received a mysterious invite to ride the Misty Morning, a riverboat for gamblers and cardsharps. Staked by a saloon-owning friend, he decides to turn his lucky feeling into some much-needed cash. Along the way, he saves pretty Mia Hayley, who is so confident that the worst is over that she bets Clint five hundred dollars she'll win more money on the Misty Morning than he will. But something isn't quite right aboard the ship. The atmosphere is edgy, the card games are unfriendly, and the boarding passengers look more and more like cattle about to be slaughtered. This riverboat—making no stops until its final destination—just may be a floating con game, set up by a crook who gathered as many suckers as he could to cheat all at once. But Clint Adams is no sucker...

The Gunsmith in Colonial Virginia
The Gunsmith in Colonial Virginia

Author: Harold B. Gill

Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg

Published: 1974

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780879350086

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The importance of gunsmithing in Virginia during the colonial period is clear. Gunsmiths were found nearly everywhere: in port towns along the coast, in settled inland areas, and - probably the busiest ones - on the frontier. As with most craftsmen, many of these men remain obscure. They left little trace and the records reveal their names only incidentally. With the revolutionary war, gunsmiths of unusual ability appeared.

The Arts and Architecture of German Settlements in Missouri
The Arts and Architecture of German Settlements in Missouri

Author: Charles Van Ravenswaay

Publisher: University of Missouri Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 580

ISBN-13: 9780826217004

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Many Germans who immigrated to America in the nineteenth century settled in the lower Missouri River valley between St. Charles and Boonville, Missouri. In this magnificent book, which includes some six hundred photographs and drawings, Charles van Ravenswaay examines that immigration--who came, how, and why--and surveys the distinctive Missouri-German architecture, art, and crafts produced in the towns or on the farms of the rural counties of Cooper, Cole, Osage, Gasconade, Franklin, Montgomery, Warren, and St. Charles from the 1830s until the closing years of the century. As the immigrants sought to transplant their native culture to the Missouri backwoods, the compromises they were forced to make with conditions in Missouri produced many fascinating and individualistic structures and objects. They built half-timbered, stone, and brick houses and barns with designs reflecting the traditions of the many German regions from which the builders emigrated. The author's far-reaching study of immigrants' arts and crafts included furniture in traditional peasant designs as well as the Biedermeier and eclectic styles, redware and stoneware pottery, textiles, wood and stone carving, metalwares, firearms, baskets, musical instruments, prints, and paintings and identifies craftsmen working in all of these fields. One chapter is devoted to the objects the immigrants brought with them from the Old World. Added to this new printing of The Arts and Architecture of German Settlements in Missouri is a touching and informative introduction by Adolf E. Schroeder. Schroeder's long friendship with Charles van Ravenswaay allows him to reflect on the vast contributions this author made to our knowledge of Missouri's German culture. Everyone interested in architecture, crafts, or Missouriana will find this book indispensable as they savor van Ravenswaay's excellent presentation of the craftsmen and their products against the background of the aspirations and folkways of a distinctive culture.