The Treasury of Sporting Guns
Author : Charles F. Waterman
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 25,39 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Sporting guns
ISBN : 9780600340942
Author : Charles F. Waterman
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 25,39 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Sporting guns
ISBN : 9780600340942
Author : Jan Stevenson
Publisher : Crescent
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,26 MB
Release : 1988-12-01
Category : Firearms
ISBN : 9780517641538
Covers rifles, shotguns, and pistols used in hunting and target shooting, including black powder and vintage weapons
Author : Chris McNab
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 31,72 MB
Release : 2007-11-13
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780312368234
Sporting Guns is an illustrated guide to the world's best modern sporting rifles and shotguns, from all-time favorites such as the Weatherby Mark V to the latest Beretta competition shotguns. Ranging from bolt-action rifles to turkey guns, the book examines some of the most exciting available types of long gun for hunting and target sports. Sporting Guns is divided into four chapters that cover the main types of recreational gun: breech-loading (break-open) shotguns and rifles, semi-automatic and pump shotguns, bolt- and manual-action rifles, and semi-automatic rifles. Within each chapter the guns are arranged alphabetically for ease of reference. Each entry takes an individual gun and explroes its key features, including its operating system, construction, hunting/target use, sighting options, price range and important variants. The book also offers essential advice on using sporting guns safely, whether on a shooting range or out in the wild. If you are interested in clay shooting, target practice, or outdoor hunting, Sporting Guns will help you find the right gun and keep informed of the best on teh gun market. Packed with color photographs, detailed descriptions, and full specifications for each weapon, Sporting Guns is the ideal handbook for both novice shooters and expert riflemen alike.
Author : Richard Akehurst
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 42,8 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Firearms
ISBN : 9780297763772
Author : Donald Dallas
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,76 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811704427
The definitive book on the subject The period from 1850 to 1900 witnessed the most far-reaching changes sporting gun and rifle design had ever experienced. Prior to this, changes had been pedestrian; the muzzleloader still prevailed in 1850 as it had for previous centuries. In this major work, Dallas details the many changes that occurred in the latter half of the nineteenth century. He describes at length the pinfire, centre-fire, and hammerless developments along with all the ancillary changes made to sporting guns. He also outlines the many developments in rifles: the superseding of the two groove muzzle-loading Express rifle by the multi-groove, breech-loading rifle of smaller calibre with higher velocity and greater power, propelled by nitro powder and with many different mechanisms on offer.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 36,74 MB
Release : 1897
Category : Firearms
ISBN :
Author : Forsyth Francis Robert Burgess
Publisher :
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 21,84 MB
Release : 1884
Category : Firearms
ISBN :
Author : Jan A. Stevenson
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,28 MB
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Hunting guns
ISBN : 9780861012343
Author : Eric Joly
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,50 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN :
The best hunting guns hold a unique place in the pantheon of sporting equipment. Objects of great beauty, agents of immense force, these rifles conjure images of wild safari runs, upland game hunts, and still mornings spent huddled behind a duck blind, accompanied only by a trusted retriever. Highly prized by hunter and non-hunter alike, the great guns and their storied past are explored fully in this enthusiastic, colorful survey. Combining the lore of the hunt with exquisite historical images, Legendary Sporting Guns offers a double-barreled approach to the subject. A thorough, anecdotal opening text relates the long saga behind the creation and refinement of these arms as well as many rich stories of their use in the field, from the moors of France to the expansive veldts of Africa. Then a brand-by-brand catalog examines the finer points of the most exquisite guns in use today, providing specifications on action, barrel, engraving, weight, stock, and caliber (or gauge), along with illustrations featuring both the complete gun in profile and a detailed view of its action. In tracing the international odyssey of the gun -- from the historic manufacturing centers of Liège, Birmingham, and Saint-Etienne to the unparalleled gun makers Purdey, Holland and Holland, Francotte, and Lebeau-Courally -- Legendary Sporting Guns also tells the story of hunting itself.
Author : Macdonald Hastings
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 33,15 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Hunting guns
ISBN : 9780706310535