USED U.S.MILITARY SMALL ARMS 1816-1865

Description

“United States Military Small Arms 1816-1865” by Robert M.Reilly. Pub: Gun Room Press 1970. Hardcover. Good condition. Some tattering of the dust jacket.

Each of the five chapters deals with a specific type of arm: Muskets, Rifles, Rifle-muskets, Carbines and Handguns.  The major mechanical priming systems alterations from muzzleloading to breechloading, and the principal methods of conversion from flintlock to percussion ignition are also included within the scope of the first three chapters.  Chapter four begins with rare flintlock types and scarce breechloading varieties.  The final chapter discusses the martial handguns of the period – primary and secondary – pistols and revolvers.

Features:

• 270 pages total
• Hardcover