Winchester Lever-Action Rifles: 42 (Weapon). This item is unavailable.
Language: English
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, London, 2015
Series: Book 42 of 87 - Weapon
- Softcover
- Used
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Winchester lever-action repeating rifles are an integral part of the folklore of the American West.Introduced after the American Civil War, the first Winchester, the M1866, would go on to see military service as far afield as Bulgaria, but it was in the hands of civilians that it would become known as The gun that won the west.Offering a lethal combination of portability, ruggedness and ammunition interchangeability with pistol sidearms, the Winchesters and their innovative and elegant breech-loading system represented a revolutionary design. They were used by a staggering variety of military and civilian groups - gold-miners, trappers, hunters, farmers, lawmen, professional gunmen and Native Americans. It equipped a whole generation of settlers and as such left an imprint on American culture that continues to resonate today.This book explores the Winchesters unique place in history, revealing the technical secrets of their success with a full array of colour artwork, period illustrations and close-up photographs. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…
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- Title
- Winchester Lever-Action Rifles: 42 (Weapon)
- Author
- Martin Pegler
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, London
- Publication year
- 2015
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1472806573
- ISBN 13
- 9781472806574
- Illustrator
- Stacey, Mark; Gilliland, Alan
- Item weight
- 263 grams
- Dimensions
- 182.0 x 246.0
- Series
- Book 42 of 87: Weapon
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About the Author
Martin Pegler has a BA Hons in Medieval and Modern History and an MA in Museum Studies, both from University College, London, and was for many years the Senior Curator of Firearms at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds. Martin has established The Somme Historical Centre (www.martinpegler.com), where visitors can see the technology used in the 1914-18 trench warfare. He is currently an author and firearms consultant and he also lectures at local Great War museums.
He is the author of a number of books including The Military Sniper since 1914 (Osprey, 2001), Firearms in the American West 1700-1900 (The Crowood Press, 2002), and the highly acclaimed Out of Nowhere: A History of the Military Sniper (Osprey, 2004). In the 1980s he had the privilege of interviewing many World War I veterans about their wartime experiences, and the recordings are now part of the sound archives of the Imperial War Museum, London.
Mark Stacey was born in Manchester, UK, in 1964 and has been a freelance illustrator since 1987. He has a lifelong interest in all periods of history, particularly military history, and has specialized in this area throughout his career. He now lives and works in Cornwall.
Alan Gilliland, a contributor to more than 70 Osprey titles, notably in the Weapon series, writes, illustrates and publishes fiction (www.ravensquill.com), as well as illustrating for a variety of publishers (alangillilandillustration.blogspot.com).
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