Firearms in American History: Our rifles
Author | : Charles Winthrop Sawyer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 588 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Firearms |
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Author | : Charles Winthrop Sawyer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 588 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Firearms |
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Author | : Ian McCollum |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2019-09 |
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ISBN | : 9781733424608 |
Author | : John Walter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Firearms |
ISBN | : 9780873492027 |
The definitive illustrated guide to the world's centerfire and rimfire rifles.
Author | : Charles Winthrop Sawyer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 524 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Rifles |
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Author | : David Westwood |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 489 |
Release | : 2005-03-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1851094067 |
From the musket to the M-16, rifles have played a major role in battle—sometimes tilting the scales in a pivotal moment of war. Yet all too often, poor decisions and ill-conceived "innovations" resulted in putting inappropriate weapons into ill-trained hands, with disastrous consequences. Ranging primarily from the late 18th century to the present, this richly illustrated volume tells the fascinating, sometimes problematic, history of rifled weapons and ammunition for military use. Battle to battle, readers will see how faster-loading, more accurate rifles changed the battlefield. Readers will also encounter many instances where decisionmakers chose to issue rifles ill-suited for the task at hand when better options were available. Author David Westwood has handled every weapon he describes, from muskets to breechloaders, from repeaters and bolt-action rifles to semiautomatics and self-loaders. His exhaustive research reveals new insights into both the successes and failures of rifled weapons. The result is a fresh look at a common weapon's most uncommon story.
Author | : Charles Winthrop Sawyer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 526 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Firearms |
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Author | : Chris Kyle |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2013-06-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0062242733 |
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING FOLLOW-UP TO AMERICAN SNIPER Join Chris Kyle on a journedy to discover “how 10 firearms changed United States history” (New York Times Book Review) Drawing on his legendary firearms knowledge and combat experience, U.S. Navy SEAL and #1 bestselling author of American Sniper Chris Kyle dramatically chronicles the story of America—from the Revolution to the present—through the lens of ten iconic guns and the remarkable heroes who used them to shape history: the American long rifle, Spencer repeater, Colt .45 revolver, Winchester 1873 rifle, Springfield M1903 rifle, M1911 pistol, Thompson submachine gun, M1 Garand, .38 Special police revolver, and the M16 rifle platform Kyle himself used. American Gun is a sweeping epic of bravery, adventure, invention, and sacrifice. Featuring a foreword and afterword by Taya Kyle and illustrated with more than 100 photographs, this new paperback edition features a bonus chapter, “The Eleventh Gun,” on shotguns, derringers, and the Browning M2 machine gun.
Author | : Andrew Biggio |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2021-06-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1684511399 |
It all started because of a rifle. The Rifle is an inspirational story and hero’s journey of a 28-year-old U.S. Marine, Andrew Biggio, who returned home from combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, full of questions about the price of war. He found answers from those who survived the costliest war of all -- WWII veterans. It began when Biggio bought a 1945 M1 Garand Rifle, the most common rifle used in WWII, to honor his great uncle, a U.S. Army soldier who died on the hills of the Italian countryside. When Biggio showed the gun to his neighbor, WWII veteran Corporal Joseph Drago, it unlocked memories Drago had kept unspoken for 50 years. On the spur of the moment, Biggio asked Drago to sign the rifle. Thus began this Marine’s mission to find as many WWII veterans as he could, get their signatures on the rifle, and document their stories. For two years, Biggio traveled across the country to interview America’s last-living WWII veterans. Each time he put the M1 Garand Rifle in their hands, their eyes lit up with memories triggered by holding the weapon that had been with them every step of the war. With each visit and every story told to Biggio, the veterans signed their names to the rifle. 96 signatures now cover that rifle, each a reminder of the price of war and the courage of our soldiers.
Author | : Charles Winthrop Sawyer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 522 |
Release | : 2017-08-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781375981781 |
Author | : William T. Vollmann |
Publisher | : New York : Viking |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
A novel about Sir John Franklin's 19th-century Arctic expedition and about modern Inuit life.