Whether collector, cowboy or active shooter, this comprehensive reference is the guide enthusiasts need to bring the past alive with precision instructions and 600+ full-size photographs. Antique Firearms Assembly/Disassembly offers historic information and complete step-by-step details for popular antique and hard-to-find firearms manufactured around the mid 1800s and into the early 1900s.
More than 60 firearms are included in this resource devoted to antique and obsolete models, and replicas. Each listing includes a history of the weapon, highlighting unique features of the model, a large-scale drawing outlining component parts, and details everyone, including gunsmiths, police armory enthusiasts, forensic scientists or arms collectors will enjoy. The wide variety of guns featured including the Winchester 1873,
Colt Lightning Rifle,
Colt 1873 SAA and Smith & Wesson No.3, create a resource unequaled by any.
-Features over 600 photos of antique and rare firearms for assisting in identification
-Specific biographies of each of the 60 featured firearms
-Illustrated directions and detailed parts drawings assist gunsmiths in their craft
Reader Reviews
The old show biz adage goes, "always leave 'em wanting more..." and that is unfortunately what this volume does. Everything contained in it is top notch information on 66 elderly and antique handguns, rifles, and shotguns, primarily handguns. If there is any deficit to the book, is that rifles got short shrift with only 16, shotguns with 5, and that this isn't volume 1 of 4, 5, or 6. It would be helpful for a prospective buyer to be able to see the table of contents before buying, just to make sure that it will be of use, that the book covers guns that the buyer has. My only disappointment is that I have only one of the 66 guns covered, though that is somewhat balanced by the other information and guns should I ever come into contact or possession. Four stars because I like it, I just wish there was more...
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