Sporting Guns

Sporting Guns

Author: Chris McNab

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2007-11-13

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780312368234

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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.


Hemingway's Guns

Hemingway's Guns

Author: Silvio Calabi

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2016-03-01

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 158667160X

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Ernest Hemingway is a mythic writer and alpha male. As a hunter and conservationist, he drew greatly from the strong example of Theodore Roosevelt, and he much enjoyed teaching newcomers to shoot and hunt. Including short excerpts from Hemingway's works, these stories of his guns and rifles tell us as much about him as a lifelong, expert hunter and shooter and as a man.


Good Guns Again

Good Guns Again

Author: Stephen Bodio

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 9781885106056

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Steve covers good guns, from American classic shotguns to English and Spanish gunmakers. He discusses Damascus barrels, how to buy a customized gun, how to buy an affordable double for $3,500 or under, big bore rifles, Gun-Trader Blues, and much more. This is Bodio at his finest, the unleashed, unfettered gun fanatic, haunting the gun shops, evaluating and offering a unique insight into the world of sporting firearms.


Firearms: An Illustrated History

Firearms: An Illustrated History

Author: DK

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2014-04-01

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 146543089X

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This fascinating visual account of firearms shows everything from the earliest cannons to modern weapons of war. It also highlights how gun technology and military tactics developed in tandem over time. Centuries ago, the Chinese discovered that if they put gunpowder and a projectile into a metal tube and ignited it, they could fire the projectile with enormous force. The first guns were born. Firearms: An Illustrated History showcases over 300 firearms including pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, machine-guns, and artillery, each with annotated close-up photographs and details of their origins, barrel, and caliber. It details the use of the firearms, not just in the military but for sport, hunting, and law enforcement. This comprehensive volume traces the history of firearms, highlighting "turning points" such as the rifle with its parallel spiraled groves that could impart a spin to bullets making them fly straighter. It also showcases iconic firearms such as the Walther PPK self-loading pistol popularised in James Bond films. With information on the great gunsmiths including Beretta and Kalashnikov and a detailed guide to how guns work, Firearms: An Illustrated History is an essential purchase for everyone interested in guns and military history.


The Illustrated Book of Guns

The Illustrated Book of Guns

Author: David Miller

Publisher: Thunder Bay Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781571452870

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Profiles more than one thousand gun models, including antiques, military weapons, and others, providing color photos, technical specifications, and details on their origins, performance, and use.


Browning

Browning

Author: Matt Eastman

Publisher:

Published: 1998-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781571571144

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Considered to be THE reference on the Browning Arms Company, this book contains John Browning's inventions, serial numbers, proof marks, and engravings. In addition, all models of the famous Browning line of fine guns are covered. The history of the Browning family, the inventions, and Browning's association with Colt, Winchester, Savage, and others rounds out this fascinating book. Illustrated with hundreds of pictures and charts.


Sport

Sport

Author: C. M. van Stockum

Publisher:

Published: 1914

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13:

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