Percussion Revolvers (eBook)

A Guide to Their History, Performance, and Use

Johnny Bates, Mike Cumpston (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
208 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-62914-035-3 (ISBN)

Infos

A fascinating look at the history and development of the revolver.Highly detailed and informative, Percussion Revolvers explores the advent, development, and use of precartridge revolvers during the middle years of the nineteenth century. The percussion revolver emerged in the 1830s and remained state-of-the-art until metallic cartridge revolvers came into common use in the mid-1870s. Through the use of modern replicas, shooting enthusiasts Mike Cumpston and Johnny Bates investigate the capacities and limitations of the original revolvers, providing insight into their accuracy, utility, and ballistic performance.Chapters include: Replicas: The Good, the Bad, and the Awful Early Revolvers, 183647: The Paterson and the Walker Colts The Dragoons Colt Revolvers of Midcentury: The Pocket and Navy Models Holsters, Belts, and Sashes The Later Years: The Last of the Colt Percussion Designs A Hail of Lead: The Confederate LeMatBates and Cumpston discuss the development of the precartridge arms, placing them in their proper historic context. They also take a look at modern replicas, including detailed information on selection, maintenance, and shooting, while delving into both the positive and negative realities that can be encountered when using these firearms.A valuable reference for students, fiction writers, and active shooters, Percussion Revolvers is an in-depth and comprehensive exploration of caplock handguns and their modern replicas.

Autor

Johnny Bates and Mike Cumpston live in central Texas and are lifelong shooting enthusiasts. Bates has many years of experience tuning and repairing original and replica revolvers for collectors and living history groups. Cumpston is a field editor for GUNS magazine.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.7.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: 1851 • 44 magnum • artillery • ballistics • black powder • books on artilleries books on reference libraries • books on ballistics • books on black powders • books on caps • books on cartridges • books on colts • books on encyclopedias • books on game shootings • books on guns • books on handguns • books on holsters • books on loads • books on luger • books on maintenances • books on manufacturers • books on pistols • books on remington • books on replicas • books on rifles • books on shooters • books on shooting techniques • books on shoots • books on shoulders • books on single actions • CAP • cartridges • Chronograph • chronography • colt revolvers • Colts • disassemble • Disassembly • Dragoon • elmer • Encyclopedia • flasks • game shooting • gunfighting • Guns • hand gun • Handguns • Holster • Keith • kieth • Load • Loading • loads • Luger • Maintenance • Manufacturers • modern weapons • navy books on hand guns • Percussion • pistols • Reference Library • regret buying • reloading • Remington • replicas • Reproductions • Rifles • semi-automatic • Shoot • Shooters • shooting techniques • shootist • shoulder • single action
• ISBN-10: 1-62914-035-X / 162914035X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62914-035-3 / 9781629140353