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Pistols: An Illustrated History of Their Impact

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Author(s): Jeff Kinard, Spencer Tucker
Series: Weapons and Warfare
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Year: 2004

Language: English
Pages: 410

CONTENTS......Page 6
INTRODUCTION TO WEAPONS AND WARFARE SERIES......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 10
CHAPTER 1 Introduction......Page 14
CHAPTER 2 The Match, the Wheel, the Flint, and Steel......Page 18
CHAPTER 3 The Percussion System......Page 62
CHAPTER 4 The Metallic Cartridge and the Modern Revolver......Page 118
CHAPTER 5 The Semiautomatic Pistol......Page 184
CHAPTER 6 Post–World War II Developments......Page 268
INDIVIDUAL PISTOL MODELS......Page 296
EARLY PISTOLS......Page 306
PERCUSSION PISTOLS......Page 312
CARTRIDGE REVOLVERS......Page 320
SEMIAUTOMATICS......Page 334
GLOSSARY......Page 388
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 394
INDEX......Page 396