GUNSMITHING SCHOOLS

RECOMMENDED READING

• The Modern Gunsmith by James Howe, an older book that covers most of the basics of building custom guns.
• Professional Gunsmithing by Walter Howe is another older book with valuable information on tools and fixtures for working on rifles, shotguns and pistols.
• Stockmaking by Alvin Linden is one of the best books covering stockmaking.
• Building Your Gunsmithing Library edited by Reid Coffield and Larry Potterfield is an indexed review of gunsmithing books.
• Professional Stockmaking Through the Eyes of a Stockmaker by David L. Wesbroook is a step-by-step guide with complete photographic support for every detail of working wood into rifle stocks.
• The Final Touch: A Complete Course in Gunstock Checkering by Joel Schafer is a how-to manual that prepares one to master the art/craft of gunstock checkering
• Custom Rifles in black and white by Steven Dodd Hughes is a compendium of some of the finest custom guns crafted during modern times.
• Fine Gunmaking: Double Shotguns by Steven Dodd Hughes gives the reader an understanding of the universal language of gunmaking through the workshop experience of an American Craftsman.