Apart from the flintlock mechanism, there was little in a musket of 1800 which would have puzzled an arquebusier of 1400 had he lived to see one. History, as the introductory section of this The Revolver The Rifle The Machine Gun Automatic Pistols Automatic Rifles and Submachine GunsĪN A-Z OF FIREARMS FROM 1830 TO THE PRESENT The Hand Gonne The Matchlock The Wheel-lock The Snaphaunce The Flintlock The Percussion Principle Phototypeset in England by Vantage Photosetting Company Limited, Southampton Printed inīy Leefung-Asco Printers Limited Jacket front illustration by JimĪn international shooting competition between America and Ireland, 1875 FrontispieceĪn elaborate example of a cased pair of pistols withĪre breech-loading centre-fire target pistols with ebony stocks fitted with mounts of chiselled iron in the Gothic style. ISBN: 0-89479-031-5 This book was designed and produced by Quarto Publishing Limited 13 New Burlington Street, London W1 Art Editor: Roger Daniels Design Assistant: Marian Sanders Text Editor: Donald Clarke New York, New York 10016 By arrangement with Quarto Limited Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
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