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Author | : John Walter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Firearms |
ISBN | : 9780873492027 |
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The definitive illustrated guide to the world's centerfire and rimfire rifles.
Author | : Charles Winthrop Sawyer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 588 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Firearms |
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Author | : Ian McCollum |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2019-09 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781733424608 |
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Author | : Charles Winthrop Sawyer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 524 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Rifles |
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Author | : David Westwood |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 489 |
Release | : 2005-03-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1851094067 |
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From the musket to the M-16, rifles have played a major role in battle—sometimes tilting the scales in a pivotal moment of war. Yet all too often, poor decisions and ill-conceived "innovations" resulted in putting inappropriate weapons into ill-trained hands, with disastrous consequences. Ranging primarily from the late 18th century to the present, this richly illustrated volume tells the fascinating, sometimes problematic, history of rifled weapons and ammunition for military use. Battle to battle, readers will see how faster-loading, more accurate rifles changed the battlefield. Readers will also encounter many instances where decisionmakers chose to issue rifles ill-suited for the task at hand when better options were available. Author David Westwood has handled every weapon he describes, from muskets to breechloaders, from repeaters and bolt-action rifles to semiautomatics and self-loaders. His exhaustive research reveals new insights into both the successes and failures of rifled weapons. The result is a fresh look at a common weapon's most uncommon story.
Author | : Charles Winthrop Sawyer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 526 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Firearms |
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Author | : William T. Vollmann |
Publisher | : New York : Viking |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
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A novel about Sir John Franklin's 19th-century Arctic expedition and about modern Inuit life.
Author | : Ryan Busse |
Publisher | : PublicAffairs |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2021-10-19 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1541768728 |
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A former firearms executive pulls back the curtain on America's multibillion-dollar gun industry, exposing how it fostered extremism and racism, radicalizing the nation and bringing cultural division to a boiling point. As an avid hunter, outdoorsman, and conservationist–all things that the firearms industry was built on–Ryan Busse chased a childhood dream and built a successful career selling millions of firearms for one of America’s most popular gun companies. But blinded by the promise of massive profits, the gun industry abandoned its self-imposed decency in favor of hardline conservatism and McCarthyesque internal policing, sowing irreparable division in our politics and society. That drove Busse to do something few other gun executives have done: he's ending his 30-year career in the industry to show us how and why we got here. Gunfight is an insider’s call-out of a wild, secretive, and critically important industry. It shows us how America's gun industry shifted from prioritizing safety and ethics to one that is addicted to fear, conspiracy, intolerance, and secrecy. It recounts Busse's personal transformation and shows how authoritarianism spreads in the guise of freedom, how voicing one's conscience becomes an act of treason in a culture that demands sameness and loyalty. Gunfight offers a valuable perspective as the nation struggles to choose between armed violence or healing.
Author | : Charles Winthrop Sawyer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 522 |
Release | : 2017-08-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781375981781 |
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Author | : Andrew Biggio |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2021-06-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1684511399 |
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It all started because of a rifle. The Rifle is an inspirational story and hero’s journey of a 28-year-old U.S. Marine, Andrew Biggio, who returned home from combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, full of questions about the price of war. He found answers from those who survived the costliest war of all -- WWII veterans. It began when Biggio bought a 1945 M1 Garand Rifle, the most common rifle used in WWII, to honor his great uncle, a U.S. Army soldier who died on the hills of the Italian countryside. When Biggio showed the gun to his neighbor, WWII veteran Corporal Joseph Drago, it unlocked memories Drago had kept unspoken for 50 years. On the spur of the moment, Biggio asked Drago to sign the rifle. Thus began this Marine’s mission to find as many WWII veterans as he could, get their signatures on the rifle, and document their stories. For two years, Biggio traveled across the country to interview America’s last-living WWII veterans. Each time he put the M1 Garand Rifle in their hands, their eyes lit up with memories triggered by holding the weapon that had been with them every step of the war. With each visit and every story told to Biggio, the veterans signed their names to the rifle. 96 signatures now cover that rifle, each a reminder of the price of war and the courage of our soldiers.