Winchester Lever Action Rifles

Author : Martin Pegler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147280659X
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Winchester Lever-Action Rifles written by Martin Pegler and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winchester lever-action repeating rifles are an integral part of the folklore of the American West. Introduced after the American Civil War, the first Winchester, the M1866, would go on to see military service as far afield as Bulgaria, but it was in the hands of civilians that it would become known as 'The gun that won the west'. Offering a lethal combination of portability, ruggedness and ammunition interchangeability with pistol sidearms, the Winchesters and their innovative and elegant breech-loading system represented a revolutionary design. They were used by a staggering variety of military and civilian groups - gold-miners, trappers, hunters, farmers, lawmen, professional gunmen and Native Americans. It equipped a whole generation of settlers and as such left an imprint on American culture that continues to resonate today. This book explores the Winchesters' unique place in history, revealing the technical secrets of their success with a full array of colour artwork, period illustrations and close-up photographs.

Author : Sam Fadala
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0811771792
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Winchester's 30-30, Model 94 written by Sam Fadala and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Winchester Model 94 and its revolutionary 30-30 cartridge changed the world of shooting forever. Sam Fadala is here to tell you the whole story, tracing the development of the most popular hunting rifle ever designed, discussing sights, ammunition, and cleaning procedures, as well as telling you how to hunt large and small game.

Author : Edmund E. Lewis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781931464482
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Volcanic Firearms written by Edmund E. Lewis and published by . This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Carroll B. Colby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Firearms by Winchester written by Carroll B. Colby and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates the history of the Winchester gun, from the original repeating rifle to the World War II models.

Author : George Madis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Winchester Book written by George Madis and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Laura Trevelyan
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300223382
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Winchester written by Laura Trevelyan and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating history of the family behind the popular firearm that changed America and the world Arguably the world's most famous firearm, the Winchester Repeating Rifle was sought after by a cast of characters ranging from the settlers of the American West to the Ottoman Empire's Army. Laura Trevelyan, a descendant of the Winchester family, offers an engrossing personal history of the colorful New England clan responsible for the creation and manufacture of the "Gun that Won the West." Trevelyan chronicles the rise and fortunes of a great American arms dynasty, from Oliver Winchester's involvement with the Volcanic Arms Company in 1855 through the turbulent decades of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She explores the evolution of an iconic, paradigm-changing weapon that has become a part of American culture; a longtime favorite of collectors and gun enthusiasts that has been celebrated in fiction, glorified in Hollywood, and applauded in endorsements from the likes of Annie Oakley, Theodore Roosevelt, Ernest Hemingway, and Native American tribesmen who called it "the spirit gun."

Author : Nick Cooper
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445622173
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London Underground at War written by Nick Cooper and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first in a three part series of books on London transport during the Second World War - The Underground, Railways and Buses. Nick Cooper explores the impact of the war upon the running of the Underground and the role it played in so many people's lives.

Author : Thomas Henshaw
Publisher : Academic Learning Company LLC
ISBN 13 : 9780832905032
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of Winchester Firearms 1866-1992 written by Thomas Henshaw and published by Academic Learning Company LLC. This book was released on 1993 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs and text present the history of the Winchester firearm, including their rifles, shotguns and revolvers beginning in 1866 to 1992.

Author : Arthur Pirkle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781882391134
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Winchester Lever Action Repeating Firearms: The models of 1886 and 1892 written by Arthur Pirkle and published by . This book was released on 1996-06-01 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Martin Pegler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472815920
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sharpshooting Rifles of the American Civil War written by Martin Pegler and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the outset of the American Civil War, the Union Army's sharpshooters were initially equipped with the M1855 Colt revolving rifle, but it was prone to malfunction. Instead, the North's sharpshooters preferred the Sharps rifle, an innovative breech-loading weapon capable of firing up to ten shots per minute – more than three times the rate of fire offered by the standard-issue Springfield .58-caliber rifled musket. Other Union sharpshooters were equipped with the standard-issue Springfield rifled musket or the .56-56-caliber Spencer Repeating Rifle. Conversely, the Confederacy favoured the Pattern 1853 Enfield rifled musket for its sharpshooters and also imported from Britain the Whitworth Rifle, a .45-caliber, single-shot, muzzle-loading weapon distinguished by its use of a twisted hexagonal barrel. Featuring specially commissioned artwork, this is the engrossing story of the innovative rifles that saw combat in the hands of sharpshooters on both sides during the Civil War.