Firearms of the American West, Vol. 2, 1866-1894 - Hardcover

Garavaglia, Louis A.; Worman, Charles G.

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9780870814662: Firearms of the American West, Vol. 2, 1866-1894

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ISBN 10: 0870814664 ISBN 13: 9780870814662

Publisher: University Press of Colorado, 1998

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This is the second volume of a two-part study of firearms in the nineteenth-century American West. It traces the development of the firearm from the close of the Civil War to the beginning of its modern era, marked in 1894 by the initial army issues of a new high-velocity bolt-action rifle designed for smokeless-powder cartridges. The Winchester Model 1894, a civilian arm adapted for smokeless-powder ammunition, also appeared at that time. Within this period, the authors discuss all the important military and civilian firearms used in the settling of the West, as well as the guns favored by Indians. As in the first volume, this study is encyclopedic in its detail on rifles, shotguns, and handguns and draws on advertisements from newspapers, catalogs, and other primary sources as well. Over five hundred photographs illustrate the weapons and the famous and now-forgotten men and women who used them. This lively and thoroughly researched book examines guns as a integral part of the frontier experience in a society where peace officers and judges were few.

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About the Author:

After graduating from Western Michigan University, Louis A. Garavaglia served as an army lieutenant with a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) unit in Vietnam. Later he became an Assistant Technical Editor for the American Rifleman. He is now a mechanical designer in Melbourne, Florida, and on occasion still works as a freelance writer. Charles G. Worman is Fellow and Life Member of the Company of Military Historians and currently is the Curator at the U.S. Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.

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Maintaining the high standards they established in volume one ( LJ 10/1/84), the authors conclude their study of firearms in the American West. Under discussion are the firearms used by the military, civilians, and Indians in the period from the end of the Civil War to 1894, which marked the beginning of the modern era with the invention of high velocity smokeless powder ammunition. With material drawn from primary sources and more than 500 photographs, this encyclopedic study is rich in both detail and history. Highly recommended for appropriate collections. George F. Scheck, Naval War Coll. Lib., Newport, R.I.
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