SHARPS FIREARMS - Volume II
SHARPS FIREARMS - Volume II

Author: Roy Marcot

Publisher:

Published: 2017-02-01

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9780961149468

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Profusely illustrated, hard-bound edition of nearly 400 pages. Well researched study of Sharps metallic cartridge firearms up to and incxluding the Model 1874 Sporting Rifles. This volume has extensive chapters on the use of Sharps rifles to hunt buffalos in the 1870s American West.

SHARPS FIREARMS - Volume III. Model 1874 Target Rifles and Other Models
SHARPS FIREARMS - Volume III. Model 1874 Target Rifles and Other Models

Author: Roy Marcot

Publisher:

Published: 2021-09

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780961149482

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Hardbound, 400+ full-color pages. Large format: Landscape 12" by 10".Volume III of a four volume series on Sharps Firearms. This volume covers all Model 1874 variations (not covered in Volume II), Model 1875 and Model 1877 firearms. Included are chapters on Sharps metallic ammunition and reloading tools and implements.

Sharpshooting Rifles of the American Civil War
Sharpshooting Rifles of the American Civil War

Author: Martin Pegler

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2017-08-24

Total Pages: 81

ISBN-13: 1472815920

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At the outset of the American Civil War, the Union Army's sharpshooters were initially equipped with the M1855 Colt revolving rifle, but it was prone to malfunction. Instead, the North's sharpshooters preferred the Sharps rifle, an innovative breech-loading weapon capable of firing up to ten shots per minute – more than three times the rate of fire offered by the standard-issue Springfield .58-caliber rifled musket. Other Union sharpshooters were equipped with the standard-issue Springfield rifled musket or the .56-56-caliber Spencer Repeating Rifle. Conversely, the Confederacy favoured the Pattern 1853 Enfield rifled musket for its sharpshooters and also imported from Britain the Whitworth Rifle, a .45-caliber, single-shot, muzzle-loading weapon distinguished by its use of a twisted hexagonal barrel. Featuring specially commissioned artwork, this is the engrossing story of the innovative rifles that saw combat in the hands of sharpshooters on both sides during the Civil War.

Guns of the Civil War
Guns of the Civil War

Author:

Publisher: Zenith Press

Published: 2011-03-28

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0760339716

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"Featuring guns photographed by Dennis Adler from the Mike Clark/Collector's Firearms Collection; the Dr. Joseph A. Murphy Collection; and the Dennis LeVett Collection, with additional photography provided by the Rock Island Auction Company Archives."

The Scout Rifle Study
The Scout Rifle Study

Author: Richard Mann

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-02-21

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9781983512544

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This book is the definitive study of the enigma known as the Scout Rifle. The Scout Rifle, as conceived by Jeff Cooper, is one of the most misunderstood firearms of all time. The Scout Rifle Study examines the factors that influenced Cooper's Scout Rifle Concept, examines the practicality of the Scout Rifle, looks at the various attempts to achieve Scout Rifle nirvana, and explores the feasibility of the Scout Rifle in the modern world. Whether you're already a Scout Rifle enthusiast or if you're considering a Scout Rifle for the first time, The Scout Rifle Study is the ultimate guide to what many believe is a rifle that can do everything well or possibly, the only rifle you will ever need.

Thorneycroft to SA80
Thorneycroft to SA80

Author: Jonathan Ferguson

Publisher:

Published: 2020-11

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781733424622

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Reference work for all those interested in the history of military firearms. It charts the British love affair with the 'flipped' bullpup rifle and machine gun - weapons with their firing mechanism positioned behind the trigger - from a faltering start in the Edwardian period, through the controversy of the NATO rifle trials, to the troubled history of the current SA80 family.