A RUSH OF BLOOD Ike Daly may be the dirtiest man on the docks of Skagway, Alaska, but that won’t matter once he strikes gold. He owns a large claim upriver near a town called Forty Mile, but it’s too much ground for one man alone to cover. And that’s why Ike’s enlisted the help of an old friend: Clint Adams, the Gunsmith. But Ike and Clint aren’t the only ones heading north to line their pockets. Calvin Parker has plans for a mining operation near Forty Mile—plans that require hiring a deadly gunman when Parker finds out that the Gunsmith is in town. Now, one thing is certain about this gold expedition: Someone’s coming home with a belly full of lead. OVER 15 MILLION GUNSMITH BOOKS IN PRINT!

This is a history of gunsmithing in America. Although the English guild system regulated the trade in the Mother Country, Americans, as usual, preferred freedom to regulation. This book examines the gunsmithing trade in relation to the militia; apprenticeships; labour; tools and equipment; the Frontier gunsmith; and traitors, criminals, and deserters.

Roy F. Dunlap's classic book on making and repairing guns is reprinted here as part of Stackpole's Classic Gun Book series. Dunlap shows the skilled gunsmith how to produce professional-quality work in every phase of gunwork; included are instructions on working with metals, chamber and barrel work, and designing and crafting gunstocks. Dunlap's detailed instructions are illustrated with diagrams, drawings, and photographs of a variety of firearms.