Firearms category: 210 books
Fine Shotguns
The History, Science, and Art of the Finest Shotguns from Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
In Fine Shotguns, expert John M. Taylor offers a global view of shotguns using photographs and descriptions of guns from the United States, Britain, Germany, Austria, France, Spain, and Italy. Here are all types of shotguns: single barrel, double barrel, combination guns, hammer shotguns, paired shotguns,...
by J.B. Wood
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
This short e-book teaches you how to take apart and reassemble your Colt Python with confidence. Thanks to clear Assembly/Disassembly instructions and crisp photography - aided by gun expert J.B. Wood's sage advice - you'll save an expensive trip to the gunsmith by getting to know your gun inside and out!
by Bill Harriman
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2019
Entering service in 1897, the Arisaka family of bolt-action rifles armed Japanese troops and others through two world wars and many other conflicts, including the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05.
Issued in long and short versions – the latter for cavalry and specialists – the Type 30 was...
Randall Military Models
Fighters, Bowies and Full Tang Knives
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2004
Author Bob Hunt's first book, Randall Fighting Knives in Wartime, provided him the opportunity for further study on this subject. It was apparent before publication of the first book, that the subject matter could not be exhausted. In his second book, Hunt continues the process of identifying, describing...
A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor
in All Countries and in All Times
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
Widely considered the classic book in the field, George Cameron Stone's A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times is an indispensable resource and reference tool for anyone interested in arms and armor. Originally published in 1934, it remains...
by Kevin Muramatsu
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
Cleaning, Repairing and Maintaining Pistols Has Never Been Easier!
Gun Digest Book of Automatic Pistols Assembly/Disassembly, 4th Edition is the indispensable guide to DIY disassembly, repair, and reassembly of semi-automatic pistols of all types.
Step-by-step disassembly and reassembly instructions...
Collecting Case Knives
Identification and Price Guide
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2009
Feast your eyes on the craftsmanship and quality that is synonymous with Case pocket knives with this one-of-a-kind guide.
The only full-color book focused solely on the work of W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co., this book delves into Cases 120-year history and provides you with the defining details...
by Mike Loades
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
Technologically sophisticated and powerful, the crossbow has long enjoyed a popular reputation for villainous superiority because it could be used with little training as a weapon of assassination. The study of bow designs, trigger mechanisms and spanning devices reveals a tale of considerable mechanical...
by George D. Moller
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
New data surrounding the procurement and modifications of arms produced by the national armories, and under federal contract procured by the individual states and by individual members of militias, is presented here for the first time. This information, interwoven with military, political, economic,...
American Military Shoulder Arms, Volume III
Flintlock Alterations and Muzzleloading Percussion Shoulder Arms, 1840-1865
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
This third volume in Moller’s authoritative reference work describes muzzleloading percussion shoulder arms procured by the U.S. government for issue to federal and state armed forces in the period that includes the Civil War. These twenty-five years were an exciting time in the history of...
Colt
A Collection of Letters and Photographs about the Man, the Arms, the Company
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Same Colt! The mere mention of his name brings to the minds of practically all who read, one thing only—guns. Their interest in guns may be active or passive, all according to their inclinations and temperament, but they all recognize what the name stands for. If a collector, for Colt pistols and...
Armas Brancas: Lanças, espadas, maças e flechas como lutar sem pólvora da pré-história ao século XXI
Armas Brancas: Lanças, espadas, maças e flechas como lutar sem pólvora da pré-história ao século XXI
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Conheça as armas utilizadas pelas culturas humanas para travar suas batalhas quando a pólvora não é uma opção.Escrito por Antonio Luiz M. C. Costa, de “Títulos de Nobreza e Hierarquias: um guia sobre as graduações sociais na história”, autor de ficção especulativa e editor de...
by Henry Pratap Phillips
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Gunpowder has been considered as one of the most important discoveries made by man after the wheel. Interestingly, the origin of gunpowder is still shrouded in uncertainty. Nobody can definitely say who actually invented gunpowder and when. Common belief has it that gunpowder was invented in China and...
by John Vlander
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2014
The Remington 1858 or New Model Army Revolver has an intimate relationship with the film Gone With the Wind. After purchasing an 1858, research into its supposed use by the Dalton Gang and the discovery that this type of gun had been used as a prop in Gone with the Wind created a perfect opportunity...