The Kentucky Rifle. A Study of the Origin and Development of a Purely American Type of Firearm, Together with Accurate Historical Data Concerning Early Colonial Gunsmiths, and Profusely Illustrated with Photographic Reproduction of Their Finest Work

Editore: National Rifle Association, Washington, DC, 1924

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Blue cloth with simple title. viii, 124 pp. with 126 bw plates and some line engravings, 6-page index at rear. An authoritative and exhaustive study, the first of it's kind. 20 chapters detail the history, construction, accessories and lore of the Kentuckt Rifle. Rare in the first edition, first printing of which this must surely be, as there are also 1924 printings claiming this pagination: x, 133 plus 6 page reference index. Chapters include: Foreword; 1. The Name Kentucky; 2. The Evolution of the American Rifle; 3. The Kentucky and Game; 4. The Rifle That was Needed; 5. Where and by Whom the Kentucky Rifle was Made; 6. Materials Used; 7. Characteristics of the Early Rifle; 8. Flintlock Barrels; 9. Who Rifled the Rifles; 10. The Pioneer and his Rifle; 11. Triggers and Sights of Flintlock Days; 12. Powder, Bullets, Velocities and Penetration; 13. The Flintlock as a Practical Arm; 14. The Rifle in the Revolution; 15. Powder Horns and Game Bags; 16. The Rifle and the Redskin; 17. Idenfitication of Kentucky Rifles; 18. Spurious Kentuckys and Forgeries; 19. Reconditioning Flintlocks; 20. The Passing of the Kentucky Rifle. VG, white tape at base of spine (could be removed with hair dryer), bookplate, a solid clean copy. …

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Titolo
The Kentucky Rifle. A Study of the Origin and Development of a Purely American Type of Firearm, Together with Accurate Historical Data Concerning Early Colonial Gunsmiths, and Profusely Illustrated with Photographic Reproduction of Their Finest Work
Autore
Dillin, Capt. John G.W.
Editore
National Rifle Association, Washington, DC
Anno di pubblicazione
1924
Rilegatura
Hardbound
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Mullen Books maintains a very active computerized inventory which grows by 2-300 titles per week. Our specialties include the Humanities, with an emphasis on Art, Architecture, Photography, Decorative Arts, History, as well as Periodicals related to those areas. We have very rare as well as fairly common titles. Current inventory is approximately 79,000 titles. We have about 1000' of backlog in our specialties numbering over 30,000 items (including 20,000+ smaller and ephemeral catalogues devoted to individual artist exhibitions). Current stock occupies over 2.3 miles of shelving. We are active buyers as well as very active sellers, and supply entire reference libraries as well as individual titles. We ship books almost everywhere, with the exception of China due to restrictions. Our website mullenbooks.com maintains our entire database of over 150,000 titles dynamically, so you can submit "wants" for books which are listed, but not currently in-stock. It is a major research tool. Despite what Google may indicate, we are only open to visitors by appointment, as our schedules are dynamic depending upon the needs of our valued employees.…

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