Includes photographs, operational drawings, specifications, and test results of every major world manufacturer At the time of its publication, this was the first American text to deal with high-power, high-precision air and gas weapons. Representative samples of every major world manufacturer were gathered for personal testing to check the manufacturers' varying claims. This professional encyclopedia is an important addition to the library of any firearms collector, dealer, or historian.
W. H. B. Smith was a consultant on military weapons to the National Rifle Association and a frequent contributor to The American Rifleman, American Legion Magazine, and The Marine Corps Gazette .