Author: William Wellington GreenerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
The Gun and Its Development, with Notes on Shooting, by W. W. Greener,...
Author: William Wellington GreenerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
The Gun and Its Development
Author: William Wellington GreenerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 830
Book Description
The Gun and Its Development
Author: W. W. GreenerPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510720251
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
First published in Great Britain in 1881 and subsequently revised nine times between then and 1910, The Gun and Its Development traces the fascinating history of weaponry: the obscure, ancient origins of the slingshot and the bow, the invention of the crossbow, possibly around 1000 AD; the introduction of gunpowder into Europe in the fourteenth century; the development of sporting and military guns over the centuries thereafter; and the rise of modern, mass-produced firearms in the early twentieth century. Chapters cover early to modern handguns; gunpowder ignition methods from fuses and flintlocks to percussion fulminates; shotguns; hammerless guns; ejector guns; the history of the firearms industry; manufacturing methods and their development in Britain, America, and elsewhere; how to use and handle different types of guns; ballistics; the development of rifling and smokeless powder; and much more. Copiously illustrated with photographs and marvelous engravings, The Gun and Its Development is the classic, authoritative reference work on the subject, certain to be of great interest to marksmen, hunters, gun collectors, and anyone interested in military or industrial history.
The Gun and Its Development
Author: William Wellington GreenerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
The Gun and Its Development, with Notes on Shooting, by W. W. Greener,... Fifth Edition, with Appendix
Author: William Wellington GreenerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 742
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The Gun and Its Development
Author: W. W. GreenerPublisher: Book Sales
ISBN: 9781850790150
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
A facsimile of the 1910 edition of Greener's history of firearms which includes instruction in all forms of shooting
The Gun and Its Development
Author: William Wellington GreenerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
The Gun and Its Development; with Notes on Shooting. Illustrated
Author: William Wellington GreenerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 768
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The Gun and Its Development; with Notes on Shooting
Author: William Wellington GreenerPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230731759
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885* edition. Excerpt: ...Colt Revolver, and the cartridge cases are removed after firing, by working a rammer placed beneath the barrel. We illustrate one of the smaller models in Fig. 257. It is known as the "Bull-dog " and takes the-380 long cartridge; other sizes, as-410, 442. " 450 are made, but they are heavier and more cumbrous than the English patterns. All these revolvers are expensive, and as they are not self-extracting, English revolvers of the best make are preferred to them, and they art also much more handy SELF-EXTRACTING REVOLVERS. The idea of making revolvers self-extracting appears to have originated with M. Galand, a Belgian maker, but his ideas were rapidly improved upon. Amongst the earlier self-extracting revolvers was the "Thomas," which we illustrate in Fig. 258; by turning over the barrel and forcing it forward an inch and a half, the fired cases are ejected as shown. This is accomplished by having the barrel and chamber to slide along the chamber spindle and body of the pistol; the extractor being fast to the spindle retains the cartridge cases until the chamber is clear of them. A further improvement is the " Self-extracting Revolver." This principle of ejecting the cases originated, we believe, with Messrs. Smith and Wesson of the United States, but it has been improved upon considerably both in England and Belgium. We illustrate one of the improved revolvers in Fig. 259. The improvement mainly consists in the method of making fast the barrel and chambers to the pistol body and in the employment of a rebounding cock. Large quantities of these revolvers are made in Belgium in imitation of our " Bull-dog" and " Irish Constabulary " models. The English Army Revolver made upon...
The Gun and Its Development
Author: William Wellington GreenerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description