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.
TUBES & TOOLS - Barrels, Barrel Work, The Workshop & Tools.  24 pages. This manual, as the name suggests, deals with gun barrels. The instructions range from preparing the barrel to fitting the loops, lugs or staples to attaching under-ribs and fitting the gun sights. There is information about barrel straightening and lengthening. There is a discussion about bores, rifled and smooth. Finally, Kit speaks about electric power equipment, heating, torches and forging and hand tools. The final craftsman’s manual before KIT BITS.          No.  703637