Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
World history has always been interwoven with developments in firearms technology and so is peppered with legendary guns. Since the invention of gunpowder, nations have raced to create more useful and powerful firearms with which to protect, conquer, and hunt. 50 Guns That Changed the World explores the most significant firearms from the past two hundred years, from deadly weapons of war to quaint plinking guns. Included are:
Winchester Model 1873
Colt...
Author
Series
Publisher
Pepperbox Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Written by a technical expert who has fired many of the guns featured, this book includes wide and varied assemblage of weapons from each of the world's major manufacturing countries.
The Illustrated Directory series provide readers with a fully illustrated, comprehensive reference book packed with timelines, historical facts, and images designed to inform and excite. At 512 pages packed with information and photographs, this book is a necessary...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"American history has always been interwoven with developments in firearms technology and so is peppered with legendary guns. At the birth of the nation, Americans armed themselves with state-of-the-art long guns to fight their colonial oppressors. Once independent, the young country was drawn into a succession of conflicts, which caused firearms technology to keep pace with weapon design and production demand. The needs of many military campaigns...
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
On its initial publication in 1998, John R. Lott's More Guns, Less Crime drew both lavish praise and heated criticism. More than a decade later, it continues to play a key role in ongoing arguments over gun-control laws: despite all the attacks by gun-control advocates, no one has ever been able to refute Lott's simple, startling conclusion that more guns mean less crime. Relying on the most rigorously comprehensive data analysis ever conducted
...10) GunDigest 2015
Publisher
Gun Digest Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
69th ed.
Language
English
Description
For nearly 7 decades, "Gun Digest" has been regarded by the shooting industry, hunters, competitive shooters, collectors, and hobbyists everywhere as the shooter's No. 1 resource. In our 2015 69th Edition, Jerry Lee again helps us carry on the tradition of being the gun book every firearms lover turns to. With in-depth articles about today's most fascinating guns, both old and new, testfire stories on the industry's hot-off-the-line guns, insights...
19) My first rifle
Author
Publisher
Little Sportsman, Inc
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Teaches gun safety and responsible firearm use.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request