Books by David R. Chicoine 
Gunsmithing
Guns of the Old West - 3rd Edition
by David R. Chicoine
- Well, where is
the 3rd Edition?
- Just in; as of May 28, 2008 the
publisher, Krause Publications has confirmed they do
not have an interest interest in
publishing another edition of Gunsmithing Guns of the Old
West.
At this point I am
actively seeking other publishers and/or methods of publishing
this title.
For those of you who wrote to my editor
Ken Ramage (ken.ramage@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
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- 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 (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 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
- 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.)