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The Great Book of Guns: An Illustrated History of Military, Sporting, and Antique Firearms
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Price Last Updated : 5-7-2012
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Features
Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: Thunder Bay Press October 27, 2004
Language: English
ISBN-10: 159223304X
ISBN-13: 978-1592233045
Product Dimensions:
12.3 x 9.3 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
Reader Reviews
If you are looking for a book that covers the history of guns, how their operation has evolved, and an overview of the types of guns in existence, this book is an excellent resource for you. The photos are clear and very detailed, perfect for a historical review of functionality. "The Great Book of guns" features photos of the older flint-lock pistols, pepperbox revolvers, and guns of the Old-West. It even includes the oddities including the Japanese sword-gun (not a bayonet, but a full-size sword with a handle that was a gun). There is a photo of the WWII Liberator, made by GM to be cheap, easy to build, and to dropped in mass on Germany for partisans to get. This praise aside, the book is lacking in a few key areas. I understand that the author can't possibly include every in existence. But he seems to spend a lot of space covering one-off home-made guns, but neglects major commercial introductions (such as the Glock)? Consider the revolutionary nature of the Glock. Gaston Glock with no gunmaking experience making a gun for the Austrian army that bucked much conventional thinking regarding guns. Who would think a plastic frame would make a reliable gun? Almost every gun today is a copy of a Glock (Springfield XD, Steyr, S&W SW, etc), and yet the only mention of the Glock in this book is in a side-panel about SWAT teams, where it mentions that SWAT teams use Glocks among other weapons. This book was an interesting read, but I wonder what criteria the author picked for each gun he included. I would have also liked more diagrams, showing how each gun works and the progression of various styles of gun. I give the book 4 stars since it was fun to flip through, and makes a good coffee table book, but for serious study of firearm history, you might need to go elsewhere.
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The Great Book of Guns: An Illustrated History of Military, Sporting, and Antique Firearms
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by Chris McNab
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on 5-7-2012
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