Early Percussion Firearms
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Early Percussion Firearms
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Author : Lewis Winant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Early Percussion Firearms written by Lewis Winant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with History categories.
Early Percussion Firearms
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Author : Lewis Winant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1916
Early Percussion Firearms written by Lewis Winant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1916 with Firearms categories.
Early Percussion Firearms
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Author : Lewis Winant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959
Early Percussion Firearms written by Lewis Winant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with categories.
Percussion Pistols And Revolvers
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Author : Mike Cumpston
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2005-07
Percussion Pistols And Revolvers written by Mike Cumpston and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-07 with Pistols categories.
In the early transition from the long-lived flintlock system, handgun development closely paralleled that of the long arms. With the advent of the revolving pistols, however; came patents that created monopolies in revolver production and the through-bored cylinder necessary for self-contained metallic cartridges. The caplock revolvers took on a separate evolution and remained state of the art long after the widespread appearance of cartridge firing rifles and shotguns. They rode in the holsters of of explorers and adventurers across the world and granted safe conduct in the back-alleys of the Industrial West right up until the last quarter of the 19th Century. Handguns possess a mystique distinctly different from that of other firearms. They are tools of personal empowerment-chosen by their owners to provide independence and freedom of movement. In the ambitious, optimistic early years of western industrial civilization they were the emblem of liberty and equality and the bane of repressive governments and social movements. Largely because of the traditions that emerged in the time of the caplock pistols and revolvers, they remain so in the early years of the 21st Century.
Early American Firearms
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Author : Robert Abels
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1950
Early American Firearms written by Robert Abels and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1950 with Firearms categories.
The Illustrated History Of Guns
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Author : Chuck Wills
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2017-05-02
The Illustrated History Of Guns written by Chuck Wills and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-02 with Sports & Recreation categories.
For the first time in paperback, a photographic history of civilization, as seen through the world's most deadly and fascinating firearms. The Illustrated History of Guns is a comprehensive look at the tools of battle. To craft this book, more than five hundred photographs of genuine specimens were specially commissioned from the six-thousand-piece collection of the Berman Museum of World History. The weapons featured span a period of close to four thousand years, ranging from Ancient Greece to World War II, and from the Crusades in Europe to the US Civil War. It features a wide array of diverse treasures, including the traveling pistols of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, a royal Persian scimitar with 1,295 rose-cut diamonds and rubies, and a single 11-carat emerald set in gold, first owned by Shah Abbas I of Persia and given in tribute to Catherine the Great. The Illustrated History of Guns also offers information on weapons innovators, including Alexander Forsyth, Eliphalet Remington, Samuel Colt, Sergei Mosin, the Mauser brothers, Hiram Maxim, John Browning, Richard Gatling, John T. Thompson, John Garland, Feodor Tokarev, Oliver Winchester, and Mikhail Kalashnikov. With unparalleled historical perspective and background on persons significant to the development and advancements of weapons technology or military strategy, The Illustrated History of Guns belongs on the shelf of every history buff and firearms enthusiast.
A History Of Firearms
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Author : W. Y. Carman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-10-05
A History Of Firearms written by W. Y. Carman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-05 with History categories.
Amply illustrated with pen & ink drawings, and including a glossary of key terms, this volume, originally published in 1955, traces the history of firearms and the pioneers who made that history, step by step, to the fringe of a complex modern science.
Early Military Rifles
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Author : Balázs Németh
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-11-26
Early Military Rifles written by Balázs Németh and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-26 with History categories.
The conduct of combat operations in open order during the 18th and 19th centuries required an improved firearm with more accuracy than the standard-issue smoothbore infantry musket. Consequently, the appearance of a new type of regular light infantry soldier and an innovative military firearm, the rifle, marked a new age in the history of warfare. During the 18th century both Austria and Prussia fielded light troops armed with rifled firearms, while conflicts in North America involved the deadly long rifle and the innovative Ferguson breech-loader. Rifle-armed specialists also fought for several nations during the Napoleonic Wars. However, it was the decades after 1815 that saw the appearance of successful rifled percussion firearms, paving the way for the widespread issue of rifled weapons. This development was accelerated by the Prussian adoption of the Dreyse 'needle gun' in 1848 and in 1849, the French Minié rifle was the first successful conical ball rifle concept to be issued to regular troops in large numbers. Illustrated throughout with stunning full-colour artwork, this study charts the development, combat use, influence and legacy of rifled firearms in a host of conflicts, from the War of the Austrian Succession of 1740–48 to the Mexican–American War of 1846–48.
Guns On The Early Frontiers
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Author : Carl Parcher Russell
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 1980-01-01
Guns On The Early Frontiers written by Carl Parcher Russell and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980-01-01 with History categories.
"Here is a book for the historian, the student, the gun collector or aficionado. . . . It approaches understatement to call Guns on the Early Frontiers an outstanding contribution to firearms literature. It sets its own standard."--New York Times. "A Glossary of Gun Terms, ample footnotes most skillfully arranged and illustrations beyond the dreams of avarice complement the text, which achieves the miracle of scholarship without tedium."--W.H. Hutchinson, San Francisco Chronicle. "Not the least interesting portions of the book are the notes and glossary and the excellent bibliography. Here [is] a book designed primarily for the serious collector or gun historian, but whose readable style should appeal even to the casual amateur. The collecting of old guns, whether privately or by a public institution, involves a certain responsibility. These guns, whose history is inextricably linked with the history of settlement, require something more than careful preservations. They require--and the present volume goes far to supply--accurate documentation."--Canadian Historical Review. Carl P. Russell, a leading authority on firearms of the American frontier, was coordinator of planning for the science and history museums and other interpretive facilities of the National Park Service in the Western United States.
Early Firearms Of Great Britain And Ireland From The Collection Of Clay P Bedford
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Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
Early Firearms Of Great Britain And Ireland From The Collection Of Clay P Bedford written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.