Books by David R. Chicoine 
Gunsmithing
Guns of the Old West - 3rd Edition
by David R. Chicoine
- Well, where is
the 3rd Edition?
- As of May 28, 2008 the publisher,
Krause Publications has informed me they do
not have an interest in publishing
another edition of Gunsmithing Guns of the Old West at
this time.
For those of you who wrote to my editor
Dan Shideler dan.shideler@fwpubs.com at Krause Publications (K-P Books/F+W
Publications) in the interest of purchasing a copy or copies for
yourself or someone else, I offer my sincere thanks.
If you are interested in seeing this
title published, please e-mail me at the address below so we can
let you know of any changes. dave@oldwestgunsmith.com
- At this point I am actively seeking other
publishers and/or methods of publishing this title.
- I have loads of new material (some
of it outlined below) ready to go, the new volume will be
approx. 25-30% larger than the present 2nd Edition (or
about 560-580 pages.) This enlarged 3rd Edition of
Gunsmithing Guns of the Old West will be the crown that
completes the series, it is the gunsmithing book whose
time has come!
- Here' s a sneak
preview of just some of the new material I intend to
include in this new and much expanded 3rd edition. . .
- A new, updated and expanded introduction.
- A new foreword written by Chick Blood
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- Additional guns:
- Colt 3rd Model Deringer
- Colt Scout
- Colt Walker
- Colt Richards Conversions
- Colt Richards-Mason conversions
- Merwin-Hulbert Double Action
- Remington 1858 conversion
- Sharps 4 bbl derringer
- Colt-USFA Lightning rifle
- Remington-Keene rifle
- Cimarron Spencer
- Uberti-Cimarron 1876
- Savage 1899 rifle
- L.C. Smith double shotgun
- Parker 10 bore double shotgun
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- History portion, new material:
- Movie and TV guns
- More black powder cartridges
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- New gunsmithing material:
- Several new gunsmithing tools
- How to make special purpose tools.
- Removing percussion nipples.
- Barrel muzzles; crowning and shaping.
- Revolver barrel fitting-the Colt SAA.
- Barrel/Cylinder gaps.
- Colt open-top repairs and timing.
- Attaching revolver sights, different methods, Colt, S&W,
etc., coins as sights, improving import revolver sights.
- Recoil bushings, why? Making and installing.
- Special feature: Revolver chambers, changing caliber.
- Colt SAA ejector lugs, done the right way.
- Cowboy: Slicking up the Peacemaker for CAS.
- S&W mainspring tension: New Departure, .32 SA and NM#3,
how to adjust those touchy rebounding hammers.
- More on grip-chip repairs.
- More on stock-crack repairs, pins, etc.
- Revolver grips: from scratch.
- More on restoration and refinishing.
- Special feature: An Uberti Henry conversion to side-feed.
- Uberti ‘66 Carbine band/forearm repairs; bedding the
forearm to stop movement.
- Uberti 66-73' slicking up the action.
- Uberti 66'-73' more heavy repair and creative gunsmithing.
- Special feature: 1866-1873 Winchester bolt fix, repairing
severely worn actions.
- Double shotguns, chambers and forcing cones, shortening
barrels and handling muzzles. Shotgun bead sights.
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- New source materials:
- Expanded gunsmithing sources
- Gunsmithing schools
- Expanded parts sources
What would you like to see?
(I can't be sure your ideas will get used, but
I would love to hear your suggestions.)