Table of Contents:
“…Intro; Front Matter; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 The roots of reach; A gray goose wing; A flash and a bang; Rifles to tame a frontier; Chapter 2 Metallic cartridge muscle; Rifles that fired all week; Sharps, for the buffalo;
Browning genius; Winchester jackpot; Chapter 3 Stretching the range in the twentieth century; Charles Newton: rifles ahead of their time; Birth of the riflemanâ#x80;#x99;s rifle; Remington: artillery for the working class; Chapter 4 Actions, barrels, and cartridges; Details at the breech; Getting bullets to fly true; Short hulls for long hits…”
Call Number: SK37 .V36 2006
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