Description
Used “The Book of the Gun” by Harold L. Peterson, Hardcover, Good condition
The book presents firearms from gunpowder to magazine weapons. It is a story of vast scope and high excitement, as men changed their way of waging war and hunting game. Full-colour studies of important guns in historic settings have been specially photographed for this book to prove rich illustration. Ranges from arsenal-matchlocks, wheel locks, flintlocks, breechloaders, repeaters and magazine arms. The story beings with Friar Bacon’s experiments with the substance we now call gunpowder.
Features:
- 262 pages total
- Hardcover
