Guns and how they work
This book is about how guns work. Leaving aside, for the moment, the moral and psychological aspects, whatever else you may think of firearms, you have to admit that they are remarkable mechanical achievements. We have, in this book, tried to bring out some of the mechanics of firearms and show how...
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New York :
Everest House,
1979.
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Table of Contents:
- The devil's invention
- Muzzle loaders
- Breech loaders
- Revolvers
- Mechanical machine guns
- Magazine rifles
- Automatic machine guns
- Automatic pistols
- Test of battle : guns of World War I
- Rapid fire
- Road to war : guns of World War II
- New directions
- Sporting guns
- By way of accompaniment.
