Book Review – Home Gunsmithing, The Colt Single Frontier Revolver. By Loren W. Smith

This is very much a specialist book, a reprint of a 1955 publication. It is a soft back book, A5 size of about 117 pages with black and white photos.

It starts with a brief history of the Model “P” known to us as the Peacemaker and even has a list of serial numbers by year up to 1940 when Colt stopped production the first time around! The rest of the book concentrates on the mechanics and repair of pistols.

The level of detail contained in chapters 2 to 9 covers all aspects from setting up smooth actions to barrel replacement, setting sights and refinishing. If you do a lot of work on pistols it even gives information on how to make special tools including jigs to help set hammer and trigger alignment.

This book has far more information than 99% of us needs or wants! But maybe crucial for that 1% who has the workshop time to perfect Peacemaker gunsmithing skills.

ISBN 9781258165796