I haven't actually done any of the work that is set out in the book. It comes in a ring binder, 160 pages (80 pages printed front and back). My version is First Edition Summer of 2004. I don't know if it was subsequently revised or not. The preface states that he finished high school, and then finished the 2 year gunsmithing program at Trinidad State College in 1971. That would put him in his mid 60's now. I do recall over the years seeing pictures of many of his guns in the custom gun sections of various gun magazines, and these were very high end high quality guns that he produced. He says in the preface that he wrote 25 "how to" articles for the publication "gunmaker", a publication of the American Custom Gunmakers Guild. At mid 60's in age I assume that he is still doing this work, but don't know for sure.
The broad categories in the index to his book are (1) Quarter Ribs and Scope Bases, (2) Action Fixtures, (3) Lathe Tooling and Procedures, (4) Octagon Barrels, and (5) 1909 Argentine Mauser Fixtures. The book has a lot of detailed photos, showing the various machine set ups as well as the finished work/rifles, as well as many computer generated dimensioned pictures of bases, rings, fixtures, etc. All of the pages were apparently printed on an ink jet or laser printed, and everything is in black and white, including the pictures. On mine a few of the pages have stuck together over time, and the print transferred from one page to another (could be from the heat from where I have had the book kept), but something I also recall seeing years ago on other computer/printer generated documents. Again, it is all pretty high end stuff, and a lot of it is beyond anything that a home gunsmith doing only a few rifles would probably ever attempt to do. Nevertheless it is interesting to see the ends to which someone doing true custom high-end rifles full time has gone to produce such firearms. I don't recall what I paid for the book, but I believe that I bought it from him directly since he signed the title page. Just going back through the book I feel like it was worth whatever I paid for it.