Book Description
The definitive illustrated guide to the world's centerfire and rimfire rifles.
Author : John Walter
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,35 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Firearms
ISBN : 9780873492027
The definitive illustrated guide to the world's centerfire and rimfire rifles.
Author : Charles Winthrop Sawyer
Publisher :
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 50,21 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Firearms
ISBN :
Author : Ian McCollum
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 39,17 MB
Release : 2019-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781733424608
Author : Charles Winthrop Sawyer
Publisher :
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 38,72 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Rifles
ISBN :
Author : Charles Winthrop Sawyer
Publisher :
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 21,31 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Firearms
ISBN :
Author : David Westwood
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 26,90 MB
Release : 2005-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1851094067
From the musket to the M-16, rifles have played a major role in battle—sometimes tilting the scales in a pivotal moment of war. Yet all too often, poor decisions and ill-conceived "innovations" resulted in putting inappropriate weapons into ill-trained hands, with disastrous consequences. Ranging primarily from the late 18th century to the present, this richly illustrated volume tells the fascinating, sometimes problematic, history of rifled weapons and ammunition for military use. Battle to battle, readers will see how faster-loading, more accurate rifles changed the battlefield. Readers will also encounter many instances where decisionmakers chose to issue rifles ill-suited for the task at hand when better options were available. Author David Westwood has handled every weapon he describes, from muskets to breechloaders, from repeaters and bolt-action rifles to semiautomatics and self-loaders. His exhaustive research reveals new insights into both the successes and failures of rifled weapons. The result is a fresh look at a common weapon's most uncommon story.
Author : Charles Winthrop Sawyer
Publisher :
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 36,61 MB
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781375981781
Author : William T. Vollmann
Publisher : New York : Viking
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 24,59 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
A novel about Sir John Franklin's 19th-century Arctic expedition and about modern Inuit life.
Author : Ryan Busse
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 39,2 MB
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1541768728
A former firearms executive pulls back the curtain on America's multibillion-dollar gun industry, exposing how it fostered extremism and racism, radicalizing the nation and bringing cultural division to a boiling point. As an avid hunter, outdoorsman, and conservationist–all things that the firearms industry was built on–Ryan Busse chased a childhood dream and built a successful career selling millions of firearms for one of America’s most popular gun companies. But blinded by the promise of massive profits, the gun industry abandoned its self-imposed decency in favor of hardline conservatism and McCarthyesque internal policing, sowing irreparable division in our politics and society. That drove Busse to do something few other gun executives have done: he's ending his 30-year career in the industry to show us how and why we got here. Gunfight is an insider’s call-out of a wild, secretive, and critically important industry. It shows us how America's gun industry shifted from prioritizing safety and ethics to one that is addicted to fear, conspiracy, intolerance, and secrecy. It recounts Busse's personal transformation and shows how authoritarianism spreads in the guise of freedom, how voicing one's conscience becomes an act of treason in a culture that demands sameness and loyalty. Gunfight offers a valuable perspective as the nation struggles to choose between armed violence or healing.
Author : Charles Winthrop 1868 Sawyer
Publisher :
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 14,8 MB
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781362307938