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James V. Howe ( Griffin & Howe gunmakers)gunsmithing books 1954 as near as I can tell ( not 1937 printing) . In very good shape except the dustcovers are a bit worn and torn in a corner. $100 shipped usps media mail.
 

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Looking on Amazon prices are all over the place on this set. Your price is pretty well in the middle. I had a similar set that I let set in a gun shop for a couple of months and no one was interested. I finally donated it to the local Friends of the Library. It seems like most folks would rather look at the internet than read a book.
 
Looking on Amazon prices are all over the place on this set. Your price is pretty well in the middle. I had a similar set that I let set in a gun shop for a couple of months and no one was interested. I finally donated it to the local Friends of the Library. It seems like most folks would rather look at the internet than read a book.
This level of detail by such a spectacular gunsmith migh be hard to find on the internet. I figure that the people who “just google it” or go to youtube for all of their information aren’t the sorts to do much gunsmithing work ( at least not more than once).
 
That could very well be. Howe's work along with Alvin Lynden's on gun stocking, Stock Making, are mostly about bolt actions but there is a lot of information in both that applies to muzzleloaders as well. There's one copy of Stock Making on Amazon for $175. With what a buck will buy you these days either is worth the money.
 
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