The Book of the Rifle (Classic Reprint)

Thomas Francis Fremantle

ISBN 10: 1333799209 / ISBN 13: 9781333799205

Editore: Forgotten Books, 2024

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Print on Demand. This book delves into the history of the rifle, a weapon of considerable importance in warfare and hunting. Starting with its humble beginnings as a firearm with straight grooves in the barrel, the book traces the development of the rifle through the invention of spiral grooving, a breakthrough that greatly improved accuracy. The author discusses the challenges faced by early rifle users, including the difficulty of loading and the fouling of the barrel. The book also explores the role of the rifle in military history, from its introduction in the 16th century to its use in the American Revolutionary War and beyond. The author examines the work of influential gunsmiths like Ezekiel Baker and Colonel George Hanger, whose innovations shaped the development of the rifle. Through detailed descriptions and illustrations, this book provides a comprehensive understanding of the rifle's evolution and its impact on warfare and hunting practices throughout history. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

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• Titolo: The Book of the Rifle (Classic Reprint)
• Editore: Forgotten Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2024
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1333799209
• ISBN 13: 9781333799205
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New
• Tipo di libro: print-on-demand item
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Sport

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Excerpt from The Book of the Rifle

Many books have been written about arms and about rifles, yet so rapidly does invention move, that the subject is never exhausted. The events of the last two years have aroused a new interest in the rifle; soldiers, volunteers, civilians, all are alike keenly alive to its importance. At last we have begun to understand that the man, armed with a rifle, who is not expert in its use, is a mere mili tary fraud, and that, if he is to acquire skill, the only prescription is - a delightful pas time.

I desire to acknowledge gratefully the ungrudging help of the many friends who have aided or advised me on points connected with this book. Were I to thank them separately, my preface would resemble a long bidding prayer. I would also record my warm sense of much goodwill and pleasant companionship during more than twenty-one years of rifle work, helped especially by patient and ungrudging kindness from shooting men of an older generation.

There can be no finality in the evolution of firearms, at least until some quite new power of destruction shall make them obsolete. The present work, imperfect as it is, may serve to record the point which the rifle has attained at the opening of the twentieth century.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.