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The rifle in America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sharpe, Philip B. (Philip Burdette), 1903-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W. Morrow and Company, 1938.
Edition:"First edition."
Subjects:
Rifles.
Carabines.
rifles (long guns)
carbines.
Authors' autographs (Provenance)
Table of Contents:
  • Rifle history
  • The early Springfields
  • The percussion rifle
  • The development of the cartridge
  • The early American cartridge rifle
  • The birth and development of the modern rifle
  • The small game rifle
  • Metallic sights
  • Telescope sights, target and hunting
  • Colt and his rifles
  • The Sharpe rifle
  • Winchester, its growth and development
  • The Winchester rifle
  • Remington and UMC, growth and development
  • The Remington rifle
  • The Savage rifle
  • The story of Stevens and Pope
  • The Stevens rifle
  • The Ballard rifle
  • The Marlin rifle
  • The Iver Johnson rifle
  • The Newton rifle
  • The Mossberg rifle
  • Choosing your gun and ammunition
  • Home gunsmithing
  • The custom gun
  • The military rifles of the World War
  • The care of your rifle
  • What's the range?
  • The National Rifle Association and target shooting
  • The future American rifle.