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The great guns /

Traces the history and development of firearms and provides detailed information and numerous illustrations of some of the most significant rifles, handguns, and smoothbores.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Peterson, Harold Leslie, 1922-, Elman, Robert (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Grosset & Dunlap, [1971]
Subjects:
Firearms > History.
Armes à feu > Histoire.
Firearms.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The devil's invention
  • Arm of the noble huntsman
  • The mighty flint musket
  • Myth of the thunder gun
  • A matter of honor
  • A miracle of accuracy
  • Born in America
  • Pistol of the highland warriors
  • The classic smoothbore
  • Dawn of moder arms
  • Multiple threats
  • Arms of the plainsmen
  • Death in a pocket
  • Hybrid of the battlefields
  • Greatest single-shot of all
  • Colonel Colt & Captain Walker
  • Trail of the lever-action
  • The most dangerous game.