REMARKS ON RIFLE GUNS 1823

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Naval & Military Press, 2015

1843428423 / 9781843428428

Da: Naval and Military Press Ltd, Uckfield, Regno UnitoNaval and Military Press Ltd

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SB 142pp.+ 8pp supplemant 6 plates (in colour) tables, line drawings, 2004 N&MP Reprint of 1823 Original EditionPublished Price £16 Ezekial Baker was the inventor of the Baker rifle, and had 60 years of gun making to his credit, as well as the fact that is rifle was issued to the British Army. Baker writes about the early history of rifling, percussion locks, and casting lead balls for muskets and rifles. He also advises the reader on how to aim and use his rifle, as well as looking at fowling pieces (shot guns in modern parlance) and blunderbusses. The book is not just a self-encomium however, as he looks at the history of the early rifle, a subject of considerable importance to all military historians as well as firearms historians. There is also a description of the early method of proofing barrels, and how to burst a blunderbuss.The construction of firearms is described, with some valuable comments on stocking weapons and on the percussion lock, the important transitional firing method between flintlock and the firing pin.The appendices include a handy aide-memoire of shot to the ounce and a table of the weights and diameters of lead ball.…

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Titolo
REMARKS ON RIFLE GUNS 1823
Autore
Ezekiel Baker
Editore
Naval & Military Press
Anno di pubblicazione
2015
Condizione
New
Tipo di libro
Book
Rilegatura
Brossura
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
1843428423
ISBN 13
9781843428428
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Military Science and Technology, Weapons

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