The Breech-Loading Single-Shot Rifle

About This Book: A complete and authoritative study of breech-loading single-shot rifles from the early models of Match or Schuetzen Rifles to the 1980's. Cloth over boards with a sewn binding; 333 pp; b&w illustrations throughout. An earlier version of this book was released under a different title in the 1960's. The authors consider this 2nd Edition a "complete rewrite and update."

Table of Contents Highlights: Chapter titles include "Custom Single-Shot Rifles," "Ned Roberts the Early Years," "Iron Sights," "Moulds, Bullets, and Casting," "Hunting Rifles," "Modern Single Shot Rifles," "Loading Tools, Powders, and Loads," "Offhand Shooting and Shooters," "Rest Shooting and Notes Rest Shooters," "Rifle Targets 1875-1925."