Kit Ravenshear was born in Surrey, England in 1930. He began working on guns and restored his first firearm, a boxlock pistol, at age 13. As an adult, Kit was a 2nd Lt with the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. He later served as the Weapons Training Officer in the Argyll & Sutherland Highlander Regiment. After discharge, he served as a police officer in Suffolk and returned to Scotland to work as a salesman.
    Throughout this period, he also served as a part time gunsmith until 1962, when he acquired Normans of Framlingham, an old gun business. By 1963, he was admitted into the ranks of Master Gunmaker. Immigrating to Canada in 1971, he settled in Pennsylvannia in 1973. Each booklet is 7” x 8-1/2”, staple bound.
METALWORK Part 2 - Disassembly, Joining, Castings & Locks. 24 pages. This Manual deals with cleaning and disassembly of old guns, including such “simple” procedures of removing old rusted screws. Kit delves into hard soldering, brazing and welding. Such is Kit’s expertise, that he mentions that his system of brazing has been used for over 200 years. This Manual also deals with castings using the lost-wax method and using castings which have been DIRECTLY copied from original parts, giving the gun an authentic look. Finally, this Manual deals with flint and percussion locks for guns.           No.  703636