The Rifle (The Firearms Classics Library)

NEW, still in original factory seal. Reprint of the original 1947 edition. The Palladium Press Firearms Classics Library has the same characteristics as Easton Press titles and are produced in genuine full leather. Features include: 22 karat gold accents and lettering and decoration on covers and spine; Printed with acid neutral pages that are thread sewn, not glued; Gilt page edges; silk page marker sewn into the binding; 5 raised spine bands; silk moire end papers. 259 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. . . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: * PART ONE: THE LARGE BORES 1834 TO 1874: 1.) Early Riflemaking -- 2.) Early Big Game Hunters -- APPENDIX A: A List of Hunters ----- * PART TWO: THE MEDIUM BORES 1875 TO 1892: 3.) Breechloading Rifles -- 4.) Hunting with Breechloaders -- APPENDIX B: A List of Hunters ----- * PART THREE: THE SMALL BORES 1893 TO 1905: 5.) Smokeless Powder Rifles -- 6.) Big Game Hunters, Collectors, Guides -- APPENDIX C: A List of Hunters ----- * PART FOUR: HIGH VELOCITY SMALL BORES 1906 TO 1946: 7.) High Velocity Rifles -- 8.) High Velocity on Big Game -- APPENDIX D: A List of Hunters ----- * PART FIVE: CONCLUSION: 9.) Is There an All-round Rifle -- 10.) Ammunition, Sights, Outfits, Transport and the Future ----- * APPENDICES:E.) Consolidation of Appendices A, B, C and D -- F.) Grand Summary of Big Game Hunting Rifles -- G.) The Most Popular Rifles -- H.) Big Games Species

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Publisher: Palladium Press

Year: 2006

Type: New

Binding: Hardcover

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