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By Charles Edward Chapel

ISBN-10: 1258477297

ISBN-13: 9781258477295

ISBN-10: 1620873621

ISBN-13: 9781620873625

Written by way of one of many premiere firearms specialists of the 20th century, Charles Edward Chapel’s Guns of the previous West is an exhaustively researched rfile that not just boasts an important selection of vintage Western weapons, but additionally categorizes the firearms into easy-to-reference sections.

Starting with an introductory bankruptcy at the origins of weapons and their earliest makes use of at the frontier, Chapel covers every thing from muskets to rifles, pistols to revolvers, and shotguns to martial palms. 3 complete chapters are devoted to the increase and fall of the recognized Deringer pistol. And up to Guns of the outdated West is an encyclopedic reference handbook, it’s additionally attention-grabbing old literature that frames the area during which those weapons have been used. Buffalo weapons and hunters are lined, besides martial hands of the post–Civil warfare period. The gun choice of recognized collector and hunter President Theodore Roosevelt is given its personal chapter.

Illustrated with approximately 500 illustrations, in addition to vital paintings from the Western interval from artists corresponding to Frederic Remington, Guns of the outdated West is a necessary paintings for gun creditors and American heritage enthusiasts.

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