GAME GUNS AND RIFLES: PERCUSSION TO HAMMERLESS EJECTOR IN BRITAIN. By Richard Akehurst.
(1969) 1985 reprint. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppxiv,178. B/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Dark red boards, spine titled in gilt.
An authoritative and readable account of "one of the most inventive periods in British gunmaking, from 1830 to 1900." Chapters include: Percussion cap guns; Percussion cap rifles; gunmaking in the percussion era; The pinfire breech-loader; The centre-fire hammer gun; Centre-fire hammerless guns, ejectors and single-triggers; Shooting, 1860 to 1900; Breech-loading game rifles; Gunmaking in the breech-loading era up to 1900; gunmakers of the period; The shooting of muzzle and early breech-loaders.
An authoritative and readable account of "one of the most inventive periods in British gunmaking, from 1830 to 1900." Chapters include: Percussion cap guns; Percussion cap rifles; gunmaking in the percussion era; The pinfire breech-loader; The centre-fire hammer gun; Centre-fire hammerless guns, ejectors and single-triggers; Shooting, 1860 to 1900; Breech-loading game rifles; Gunmaking in the breech-loading era up to 1900; gunmakers of the period; The shooting of muzzle and early breech-loaders.
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61904
| Author | Akehurst (Richard). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 61904 |
| ISBN | 0853686955 / 0853686955. |
| Book Description | Stain to lower edges of boards, red dye from the boards has run 1" into the end-papers, o/w internally clean. Good in slightly used dust-wrapper. . |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1985 |
| Publisher | Arms and Armour Press. |
| Place | London. |