The gun and its development; 1896
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The gun and its development; 1896
Author: W. W. Greener
Year: 1896
The gun and its development (1896) by W. W. Greener Published in 1896 in London by Cassell and company, limited Notes: xvi, 768 pages : illustrations, frontispiece, plates ; 23 cm. Includes index Black leather binding over green marbled boards. Five raised bands and gilt decoration on the spine. Green and gilt title label on the spine. Table of Contents: Early arms -- The invention of gunpowder -- Early artillery -- Early hand fire-arms -- The percussion system -- Modern shot-guns -- Hammerless guns -- Ejector guns -- Gun-making -- Modern methods of gun-making -- The proof of guns -- Tests and test-recording instruments -- Public gun trials -- The shooting capabilities of shot-guns -- Varieties of shot-guns and their shooting powers -- The choice of a gun -- How to use the gun -- Trap shooting -- Double guns with single triggers -- Miscellaneous -- Modern pistols -- Explosives -- Internal ballistics -- Ammunition and accessories -- The history of rifling and its development -- Modern sporting rifles -- External ballistics -- Single-shot military rifles -- Early repeating rifle mechanisms -- Modern military magazine rifles -- Target rifles -- Index. National Sporting Library & Museu
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