Quote Originally Posted by ssgross View Post
I think this is the best advise, and would add paying particular attention to the area just beyond the chamber. I have seen several No. 4's with what look like pristine bores, running the bore cam in from the muzzle end, only to have the throat look like a bomb went off in there with shards of metal "peeling" away - or so it looks that way. I have come to learn a bomb did go off, hundreds or thousands of times, in the form of old surplus ammo loaded with cordite.
Any particular bore scope you may recommend for that purpose? Those seem the doodad to have for inspecting everything about a barreled action, and they seem to be a heck of a lot more effective than the old test with a dummy cartridge at the muzzle.

Quote Originally Posted by CoatiMundi View Post
I bought my books from different sources. Availability dictated where I got them. The Hard cover version of the The Broad Arrow was still available from Mr. Skinnerton’s US partner as of a couple weeks ago.
If they are out, you might have to get it internationally.
I'll reach out to Mr. Skennertonicon to see what's available, but I will gladly pay for international postage if it means saving myself from buying a absurdly priced Volume I of "The Broad Arrow...." I figure knowledge is well worth the money, especially if it'll save time and cash on actual rifles.