About this title: This practical and precise guide to the chemical and heat colouring of all barrel steels and gun metals covers the earliest soft carbon methods to the latest rustless techniques - some 230 formulae in all. Also included in this book are ways to remove rust, barrel finishes, and nickel plating by chemical means. It's a classic, comprehensive ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Samworth Firearms Classic
Date Published: 1936
Description: Good. Book will be packaged with care for a safe journey! (Former library book, may have some edge wear)Thousands of satisfied customers! Spend Less with our LOW PRICES! Book will be packaged with care for a safe journey! *** 13 Years of online selling experience! ! **** Customer satisfaction guaranteed! read more
Description: Good. Book will be packaged with care for a safe journey! (Former library book, may have some edge wear)Thousands of satisfied customers! Spend Less with our LOW PRICES! Book will be packaged with care for a safe journey! *** 13 Years of online selling experience! ! **** Customer satisfaction guaranteed! read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Samworth Small Arms Technical Pub Co, Plantersville, SC
Date Published: 1936
Description: Near Fine. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" Tall. First Edition, First Printing, December, 1936. Hard cover lg. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall in orange cloth w/ gilt titles. Near Fine/No DJ. Light slant, endpapers foxed, owner name blacked-out on front endpapers; book square and firmly bound, cloth clean and bright, interior unmarked. 151pp inc. Bibliography; illustrated in b/w drawings. A classic in the field. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Date Published: 2008-03-10
ISBN-13:9780811703260ISBN:0811703266
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780811703260. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Stackpole Books, Bx-42
Date Published: 1936
ISBN-13:9780811706100ISBN:0811706109
Description: 0811706109. Hardcover. 8vo. Stackpole. 1936. 160 pgs. First Edition/First printing. No DJ. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards lightly rubbed and worn. BX-42; 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.6 Inches; 160 pages. read more
Binding: 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt titles. Dust jacket. 151 pp.
Publisher: Small-Arms Technical Publishing Company., Plantersville, South Carolina.
Date Published: 1945. [1936].
Description: Very good with a very good dust jacket. See Smith # 1. Photo frontispiece. Text illustrations. Charts. Diagrams. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Samworth Small Arms Technical, Plantersville, SC
Date Published: 1936
ISBN-13:9780913150412ISBN:091315041X
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. 091315041X. Viii, 152 pages, frontispiece, cloth, former owners name and bookplate otherwise very good. From the preface: "The present work is specially addressed to the individual gun owner, the gunsmith and maker of small precision work: the larger Armouries disposing of skilled technical experts and all available aids, while their mass-production manufacture permits, indeed compels, the installation of equipment quite beyond the reach of the individual or ... read more
Description: Very Good. This is a 1936 X/LIBRARY hardcover with DJ. All clean crisp text pages with nice secure binding. Daily shipping. ALL ORDERS ARE GUARANTEED. read more
Edition: REVISED AND UPDATED ED
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: STACKPOLE BOOKS Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780811703260ISBN:0811703266
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 152 pages. A guide to the chemical and heat colouring of the various barrel steels and gun metals that covers the soft carbon methods to the rustless techniques-some 230 formulae in all. it also includes the ways to remove rust, barrel finishes, and nickel plating by chemical means. it is intended for gunsmiths, restorers, collectors, and shooters. tables edition revised and updated ed (Hardback) read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, PA
Date Published: (1936)
Description: Fine in VG DJ. Samworth book on firearms. A thoroughly complete and practical manual on the chemical and heat coloring of gun metals. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: TheStackpole Co.
Date Published: 1936
Description: As New in As New jacket. 132 pp. with more than 230 formulae for the blueing and browning of metals, including a classification of the very numerous compositions, plus much more. A real classic. read more
Description: As New in As New jacket. Near fine hard cover in near fine unclipped dj now in mylar. Clean tight and unmarked. Facsimile of original 1936 edition. 151pp nf/nf. read more
Edition: reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Stackpole Co, Harrisburg, PA
Date Published: unknown
Description: Very Good in None jacket. Hardcover. 151 pages. Reprint of original 1936 edition. Blue cloth covers, gilt titles to covers, numerous b&w charts and diagrams. Slight rubbing to covers, light soiling to upper corner of front endpaper, otherwise pages crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight copy. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780811703260ISBN:0811703266
Description: New. A guide to the chemical and heat colouring of the various barrel steels and gun metals that covers the soft carbon methods to the rustless techniques-some 230 formulae in all. It also includes the ways to remove rust, barrel finishes, and nickel pla... read more
Edition: Facsimile Reprint
Binding: Boards
Publisher: Arms and Armour Press, London
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780811706100ISBN:0811706109
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A fine copy of this facsimile of the book originally published in 1936. In fine d/w. 152pp. read more
"Good book describing innumerable methods to blue or black carbon steel. Nowadays, there are more direct ways to accomplish the task but this book gives a good background for understanding the chemical nature of the process."
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