Gun Digest Presents Classic Sporting Rifles

Wieland, Terry

ISBN 10: 144023003X / ISBN 13: 9781440230035

Published by Krause Publ, 2012

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BRAND NEW . EXCELLENT Large-Format Quality Paperback Edition. Contents Are In MINT Unread Condition And Book Has NO Publishers Marks. From David Crockett With "OLD BETSY" To The Mountain Men And Their Hawkens To The Buffalo Hunters And Their Sharps And Winchester '73s --- These Are The Rifles That Fire The Imagination Of Hunters, Historians And Firearms Enthusiasts! Now, GUN DIGEST Presents A Unique Compilation Of Articles Celebrating These Iconic Guns. Written By A "Who's Who" Of Great Gun Writers From The Twentieth Century. INCLUDES . Stories By Col. Townsend Whelen (a.k.a., Mr. Rifleman), Elmer Keith, Jack O'Connor, Warren Page, Jim Carmichael And Many More! Between The Legendary Writers --- Their Fascinating Lives, Interests And Adventures --- And Their Iconic Rifles . This Volume Has Something For Everyone. A Must-Have Resource. Profusely Illustrated With Photographs. Contains 206 Large-Format Pages. FREE Postal Tracking And Delivery Confirmation Included. PROVIDING 100% Customer Satisfaction And Service Guaranteed Since 1970.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gun Digest Presents Classic Sporting Rifles
• Publisher: Krause Publ
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 144023003X
• ISBN 13: 9781440230035
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Antique Arms
  • Firearms
  • Rifles

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Synopsis

The greatest gun book of all time presentsthe classic sporting rifles of all time!

From David Crockett with "Old Betsy" to the mountain men and their Hawkens to the buffalo hunters and their Sharps and Winchester '73sthese are the rifles that fire the imagination of both hunters and historians.

Now, Gun Digest presents a unique compilation of articles celebrating these iconic guns.Classic Sporting Rifles, written by a "who's who" of gun writers form the twentieth century, includes stories by:

• Col. Townsend Whelen (a.k.a. Mr. Rifleman)
• Elmer Keith
• Jack O'Connor
• Warren Page
• Jim Carmichel
• And more!

Between the legendary writerstheir fascinating lives, interests and adventuresand the iconic rifles, this volume has something for everyone.

About the Author

Terry Wieland, shooting editor of Gray's Sporting Journal since 1993, is both an award-winning writer and a recognized authority on fine firearms.

In 1971, as a journalist, Wieland made his first trip to Africa to cover the civil war in the Sudan, returned in 1972 to cover the turmoil in Uganda, and again in 1976, covering both the bush war in Rhodesia and the riots in South Africa. He made his first hunting safari in 1990 and has returned a dozen times since, hunting in Tanzania, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. He has also hunted in Alaska, the Yukon, and throughout North America, as well as in Europe and the United Kingdom.

Since 1985, Wieland has been a full-time freelance writer, specializing in fine firearms, wingshooting, and big-game hunting, and writes forRifle, Handloader, Shooting Times, and Safari Times as well as forGray's.