Description: This is encyclopedic work of our military shoulder arms in an attempt to make available to the collector, historian and "gun crank" under one binding, the development, description, information as to maker and often other available historical data pertaining to our Carbines, Muskets, and Rifles from the revolutionary war to the present, meaning weapons used through the revolutionary war unto and through World War II. United States Muskets, Rifles and Carbines from the revolutionary war through World War to is the effort of one man Infantry Colonel Arcai Gluckman who put this encyclopedic work together.Contents include: Part 1 ~ United States Muskets: Chapter 1 ~ The development of the Flintlock Musket ~ The Hnd Gun ~ The Harquebus ~ The Musket, Firearm Ignition System ~ The Serpentine ~ The Matchlock ~ The Wheel Lock ~ The Snaphaunce ~ The Flintlock. The Functioning of Flintlock Arms. Chapter 2 ~ Committe of Safety and Continental Muskets ~ Committee of Safety Muskets ~ Continental Makers to Committees. Chapter 3 ~ U.S. Flintlock Muskets Model 1785 French Musket Model 1763, Charleville ~ Markings of Coninental Arms ~ Springfield Musket Model 1795 U.S. Contract of Muskets of 1798 ~ Pennsylvania contract muskets and contratctors ~ Virginia Contract Muskets and Contractors ~ Independent Makers. Chapter 4 ~ U.S. Flintlock Muskets Model 1808. U.S. Muskets Model 1808 and Contractors ~ Independent Makers ~ Unknow Makers. Chaper 5 ~ U.S. Flintlock Muskets Model 1812. U.S. Muskets Model ~ Variations from standard type ~ U.S. Contracts Muskets from 1812 and Contractors and Independent Makers. Chapter 6 ~ U.S. Flintlock Muskets Model 1816 ~ U.S. Muskets Model 1816 ~ Contractors & Independent Makers. Chapter 7 ~ U.S. Flintlock Muskets Model 1835 changes from 1816 U.S. Contract Muskets Model 1835 and Contractors. Chapter 8 ~ U.S. Percussion Musket Model 1842 and Special U.S. Muskets. U.S. percussion model 1842 Special U.S. Muskets Artillery Flintlock Musket 1817, Flintlock short muskets ~ Cadet Flintlock Musket Model 1830. Cadet Percussion Musket Model 1841. Cadet Percussion Model 1851, Martial Muskets, Land & Read Muskets ~ N.Y. State Meacham Musket. Part II United States Martial Rifles. Chapter 1 ~ The Development of rifling and the percussion ignition system conversions to the percussion system. Chapter 2 ~ U.S. Flintlock Rifles U.S. Model 1803 and 1814 ~ U.S. Rifle Model 1817 and Contractors ~ U.S. Breech-loading rifle Model 1819 Contracctors ~ U.S. Flintlock Rifled Musket from 1842. Chaper 3 ~ U.S. Muzzle-Loading Percussion Rifles and Rifle Muskets. U.S. Rifle Model 1841 ~ U.S. Contract Rifles Model 1841 and contractors ~ U.S. Rifled Musket Model 1842 U.S. Rifle Model 1855 ~ Mechanical Primer System ~ Maynard ~ Butterfield ~ Lawrence Ward ~ U.S. Rifle Musket Model 1855. U.S. Cadet Model 1858. U.S. Rifle Muskets Models 1861 and 1863 and contractors. U.S. Rifle Model 1862, Remington U.S. Doble Rifle Musket Model 1863, Lindsay ~ Martial Muzzle-Loading Percussion Rifles and Rifle Muskets S. Henry & Son ~ Justice Krider ~ Norris & Clement ~ Palmetto Armory E. Whitney. Chapter 4 Martial Breech-Loading Percussion Rifles and Alterations to the Breech-Loading to the Breech-Loading Percussion System. Breech-Loading Percussion Rifles Colt ~ Greene-Jenks-Merrill-Sharps-allterations to the Breech-Loading Percussion System ~ Linder Merrill. Chapter 5 ~ U.S. Conversions to the Cartridge System and U.S. and Martial Single Shot Cartridge Rifles. Conversions to the Breech-Loading Cartridge System ~ U.S. Rifle Models 1865 1866 Joslyn Miller, Mont Storm, Morse, Needham, Peabody, Phoenix, Remington, Roberts, Sharps & Whiteny. U.S. and Martial Single Shot Cartridge Rifles Models 1868, 1870, 1873, 1875, 1879, 1880, 1882, 1889, U.S. Cadet Rifles Models 1868, 1868, 1869, 1873, 1879, 1884 U.S. Officers Model 1875. U.S. Navy Model 1870, Remington, U.S. Rifle Model 1871, Remington U.S. Rifle Model 1871, Remington, U.S. Rifle Model 1870 Ward-Burton, Lee, Peabody, Phoenix, Sharps, Sharps-Borchardt, Sharps & Hankins Whitney. Chapter 6 Martial Repeating and Magazine Rifles ~ Evans, Henry, Lee Lee Straight-Pull, Remington-Keene, Spencer, Winchester 1866-1895. U.S. Magazine Rifles Hotchkiss 1878, Chafferreese 1882, Krag-Jorgensen 1892-1896-1898, U.S. Model Rifle Model 1903. U.S. Rifle Model 1917-U.S. Rifle Caliber .30M1. Part III United States Martial Carbine and Musketoons. Chapter 1 U.S. Muzzle-loading Percussion Carbines and Musketoons ~ U.S. Artillery Musketoon Model 1847, U.S. Calvary Musketon Model 1847. U.S. Sappers Musketon model 1847 ~ U.S. Cavalry Musketoon model 1851 ~ U.S. Rifled carbine Model 1855, U.S. Pistol-Carbine Model 1855. Chapter 2 Beech-Loading Flintlock carbine and Musketoons U.S. Flintlock Model 1847, Hall-Jens Flintlock Musketoon. Breech-loading percussion carbines and musketoons, U.S. North-Hall carbines models 1833, 1836, 1838, 1843, 1843, Burnside, Colt, Gallagher, Gibbs, Greene, Gwyn & Campbell (Cosmopolitan), Jenks, Joslyn, Lindner, Merrill, Latrobe & Thomas, Merrill, Perry, Sharps, Smith, Starr and Symmes. Chaper 3 U.S. single shot Cartridge Carbine U.S. Carbine Models 1870, 1873, 1879, 1884, 1890. Martial Single Shot Cartridge Carbines Ballard, Gallager, Joslyn, Laidley-Chick, Lee, National, Palmer, Peabody, Phoenix, Remington, Sharps, Sharps-Borchardt, Sharps & Hankins, Starr, Ward, Burton, Warner, Wesson & Whitney. Chapter 4 Martial Repeating and Magazine Carbines- Ball, Evans, Hotchkiss, Remington-Keene, Spencer, Triplett & Scott & Winchester. U.S. Magazines Carbine Model 1896, 1898,1899, U.S. Carbine Caliber .30 M1-M2, AppendicesReturn of Ordnance and Arms 1793Small Arms Production Table of Springfield Armory, 1795-1848Small Arms Production Table of Harpers Ferry Armory 1801-1842.Ordnance Report of Classification of Musket 1843Ordnance Report on Standardization of Small Arm 1815Change in Springfield Shoulder Arms 1873-1890Glossary of Shoulder Arm NomenclatureAmerican Breech-Loading and Magazine Shoulder Arms 1838-1881Ethics of Arms RestorationIndexBibliographyThis is a very comphrehensive work that deal with american arms, arms makers and the soldiers who deployed them. I ship quickly so you receive your purchase quickly and well packaged so your purchase arrives in great condtion.
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Author: Arcadi Gluckman Colonel Infantry U.S. Army
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