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The complete handgun : 1300 to the present /

Illustrations and diagrams show various wheel-locks, flint locks, revolvers, and automatics, models that trace the development of the pistol.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hogg, Ian V., 1926-2002
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Exeter Books, ©1979.
Subjects:
Pistols > History.
Pistols.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • 'Hand-gonnes'
  • Wheel-lock to Flintlock
  • Duelling-pistols at dawn
  • Duck's foot and pepperbox
  • Enter the revolver
  • Navy and dragoon colt
  • Inventors and patents
  • The volcanic magazine feed
  • Cartridge and pinfire
  • Power in the hand
  • Mechanical repeaters: dead end development
  • The age of the automatic
  • Revolvers keep pace
  • Handguns go to war
  • Born out of war
  • New technology, new target
  • Artwork index.