This is a reference book written for collectors and it contains much historical information which in many instances will be lost for ever unless documented. The aim of this book, which is the third and last of a series, is to record data on further cartridge manufacturers and loaders, of which today only a handful remain.
Helps you to learn various aspects of living with the double-action revolver: shooting, handling, carrying, maintaining and accessorising. Whether you're new to shooting, or just to the revolver, this book teaches you what you need to know to operate the quintessential American handgun.
To shoot well and to shoot well at 500+ yards are two different things. This book gives shooters and hunters the instruction and advice to go the distance. It helps readers learn how to make the most with shooting gear they own, which additional equipment to add for increased success, and what to look for in high-end long-range set ups.
Combines color photos with details collectors need to identify and better appreciate Smith and Wesson firearms. This work provides easy-to-locate listings organized by model and year of manufacture to quickly and accurately identify firearms. It covers more than 775 models of Smith and Wesson guns and variations.
Offers readers a popular expert's introduction to more of the greatest and most popular handguns of all time. From the best handguns for concealed carry, self-defense and home protection to the world's best hunting and target handguns, this title includes insights of the world's most acclaimed expert on the subject of pistols and revolvers.
Starting with the basics, this guide leads the reader through the process of reloading handgun, rifle and shotgun cartridges. Suitable for beginners and for experienced reloaders alike, it discusses the necessary tools and accessories needed to get started, step-by-step instructions and safety tips for loading metallic cartridges and shotshells.
A resource for firearms enthusiasts, this title offers the firearm industry's answer to an annual report to customers. It helps readers gain all the trend information through product reports from top- name authorities, and access to a catalogue index - with exhaustive illustrations - of major and lesser-known brands of firearms.
Suitable for firearms enthusiasts, this title helps them gain the trend information from product reports by top-name authorities and access the catalogue index with exhaustive illustrations of major and lesser-known brands of firearms, and useful contact information. It includes researched articles on interesting aspects of the shooting sports.
Over the years there has been a noticeable increase in interest, not only in the use of rifles, but also in the technical aspects of what makes an accurate rifle. This book deals instead with all types of rifle from flintlock muzzleloaders to synthetic-stocked rifles.
As part of the "Steps to Success Series", this book covers every aspect of the sport such as equipment selection and fitting, safe shooting guidelines, proven techniques for improved accuracy in the prone, standing, kneeling, and sitting positions, mental and physical training, sooting drills to increase all-round consistency.
Offers an explanation of how combat pistol shooting began and how it evolved through two world wars and into the present day. This title helps the readers learn the differences between the different types of tactical/combat pistol shooting competition, and how to improve combat shooting performance through the application of these techniques.
Starting with the basics, this guide leads the reader through the process of reloading handgun, rifle and shotgun cartridges. This book first discusses the necessary tools and accessories needed to get started, then goes through step-by-step instructions and safety tips for loading metallic cartridges and shotshells.
Covers shooting vision and eye dominance, stocks for game and clay shooting, as well as the use of pattern plates and the try-gun. This book contains historical material that explores how the modern gun stock evolved from the poles and planks to the highly sophisticated designs. It is useful for both amateurs and professionals.
Talks about working on one of the finest sporting firearms ever invented - the shotgun. This work includes various types of shotgun, and covers the work a gunsmith actually encounters. It helps the reader appreciate the complexity and range of skills and knowledge a gunsmith needs.
Suitable for the arms enthusiast seeking information about manufactured firearms, this book contains approximately 1, 500 photos. It also features NRA's information on firearms laws and concealed carry, a catalogue of semi-custom arms, as well as a directory of manufacturers.
Suitable for the novice and experienced gunsmith alike, this book helps them not only learn creative shortcuts to repair, maintain and accessorise a variety of rifles, handguns and shotguns, but also how to avoid the common mistakes that afflict them at one time or another.
Pistols first appeared in the 15th century, and revolvers some 400 years later, while submachine guns were developed at the beginning of the 20th century. This book provides a clear and concise breakdown of 500 handguns and submachine guns from all over the world, including early designs and those being deployed today.
Assault and tactical weapons make up a very large and rapidly growing segment of the firearms owned. This book shows the reader a step-by-step process for assembling or disassembling these types of firearms. It is suitable for those, from the enthusiast to the professional gunsmith.
Presents reports on some of the greatest sporting rifles, presented by the greatest gunwriters, as they originally appeared in the world's greatest firearms annual. From historical hunting firearms to modern classics, this book provides a perspective on the firearms that are recognised around the world as classic hunting rifles.
Suitable for the arms enthusiast seeking information of manufactured firearms, this title is illustrated with approximately 1500 photos. It features chapters on various types of US and foreign cartridges and shotshells. It also includes dimensional cartridge drawings, handloading data, firearm illustrations to many of the cartridge listings.
From the very first handguns of the fifteenth century to modern machine guns and rifles, Small Arms Visual Encyclopedia is a highly illustrated volume that examines all the significant small arms of the world, featuring more than 1000 of the world's handguns, assault rifles, shotguns, machine guns, and other more esoteric weapons.
Explores the history, construction, and care of one of America's finest firearms. This book features hundreds of photographs that show muzzle-loading cap lock rifles, ammunition, cap magazines, powder flasks, bullet moulds, and more. It also describes and recreates traditional shooting matches.
A guide to the chemical and heat colouring of the various barrel steels and gun metals that covers the soft carbon methods to the rustless techniques - some 230 formulae in all. It also includes the ways to remove rust, barrel finishes, and nickel plating by chemical means. It is intended for gunsmiths, restorers, collectors, and shooters.
Fully illustrated with more than 200 colour profile artworks and with accompanying specifications and background text, The Essential Identification Guide: Small Arms 1914 - 45 is an excellent reference guide for modellers and any enthusiast with an interest in the military technology of the twentieth century.
Presents a comprehensive chronology of firearms with full technical specifications, shown in 1100 expert photographs and diagrams. This title includes key specifications for each weapon, including calibre, magazine capacity, barrel length and unloaded weight. It looks at the progress of firearm design from 1800 onwards.
Presents a portrait of famous Western characters, paired with the guns they used to make themselves famous or, as the case may be, infamous. This book is suitable for those interested in the history and lore of the Wild West, gun hobbyists, and tourists seeking a museum experience with a difference.
This title is the product of years of research into the componants that make for consistent, accurate shotgun marksmanship. As well as as explaining and demonstrating the "Positive Shooting" method, many aspects of good shooting are covered, from gun safety to gun fit and customizing.
Volume One - traces the evolution of the shotgun during its formative years in Great Britain. Extensively and painstakingly researched, this highly regarded work gives an invaluable insight into the developments that took place during this innovative period.
Volume Three completes the trilogy of the renowned British Shotgun series and is a tribute to the ingenuity and craftsmanship of the British gun trade. This highly regarded series grew out of the vision of the authors to write a complete story of the evolution of the British shotgun.
Presents the history of the air rifles made by the company, Webley, between 1925-2005, from the introduction of the Mark 1, to the pre-charged guns such as the Venom Viper. This book covers the circumstances under which the early rifles were introduced. It offers information as to how and why they were subsequently developed in the way they were.
Perpetuated by self-appointed progressive social engineers and Utopian idealists, the incremental disarmament of American citizens, through legislation, litigation and cultural bigotry has become a serious threat to liberty and personal safety. This title reveals the history of the gun prohibition movement.