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Author : H. M. Shirley
Release : 2010
Genre : Browning rifles
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 760/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Browning Auto-5 Shotguns by : H. M. Shirley
Download or read book Browning Auto-5 Shotguns written by H. M. Shirley. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Silvio Calabi
Release : 2016-03-01
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 60X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hemingway's Guns by : Silvio Calabi
Download or read book Hemingway's Guns written by Silvio Calabi. This book was released on 2016-03-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ernest Hemingway is a mythic writer and alpha male. As a hunter and conservationist, he drew greatly from the strong example of Theodore Roosevelt, and he much enjoyed teaching newcomers to shoot and hunt. Including short excerpts from Hemingway's works, these stories of his guns and rifles tell us as much about him as a lifelong, expert hunter and shooter and as a man.
Author : Anthony Vanderlinden
Release : 2003
Genre :
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Book Rating : 715/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Browning Auto-5 Shotguns by : Anthony Vanderlinden
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Author : Nathan Gorenstein
Release : 2022-05-17
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 220/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Guns of John Moses Browning by : Nathan Gorenstein
Download or read book The Guns of John Moses Browning written by Nathan Gorenstein. This book was released on 2022-05-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “well-researched and very readable new biography” (The Wall Street Journal) of “the Thomas Edison of guns,” a visionary inventor who designed the modern handgun and whose awe-inspiring array of firearms helped ensure victory in numerous American wars and holds a crucial place in world history. Few people are aware that John Moses Browning—a tall, humble, cerebral man born in 1855 and raised as a Mormon in the American West—was the mind behind many of the world-changing firearms that dominated more than a century of conflict. He invented the design used in virtually all modern pistols, created the most popular hunting rifles and shotguns, and conceived the machine guns that proved decisive not just in World Wars I and II but nearly every major military action since. Yet few in America knew his name until he was into his sixties. Now, author Nathan Gorenstein brings firearms inventor John Moses Browning to vivid life in this riveting and revealing biography. Embodying the tradition of self-made, self-educated geniuses (like Lincoln and Edison), Browning was able to think in three dimensions (he never used blueprints) and his gifted mind produced everything from the famous Winchester “30-30” hunting rifle to the awesomely effective machine guns used by every American aircraft and infantry unit in World War II. The British credited Browning’s guns with helping to win the Battle of Britain. His inventions illustrate both the good and bad of weapons. Sweeping, lively, and brilliantly told, this fascinating book that “gun collectors and historians of armaments will cherish” (Kirkus Reviews) introduces a little-known legend whose impact on history ranks with that of the Wright Brothers, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford.
Author : Leroy Thompson
Release : 2013-08-20
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 158/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis US Combat Shotguns by : Leroy Thompson
Download or read book US Combat Shotguns written by Leroy Thompson. This book was released on 2013-08-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a soldier must face multiple opponents at close quarters, few weapons can match the effectiveness of the shotgun. From World War I to the War on Terror, the shotgun has been a devastating weapon in the hands of US troops. For urban combat, prisoner control and shipboard operations, it remains as deadly today as it was a century ago. This book examines various types, from the early combat shotguns through to the riot gun and trench gun versions used in World War l. So effective was the trench shotgun, the Germans complained it violated the “Rules of War” as an inhumane weapon, and threatened to execute troops captured carrying one. More recently during the War on Terror, shotguns have been used to clear cave complexes in Afghanistan and buildings in Iraq, but especially to blow doors open during entries and searches. Featuring specially commissioned full-color artwork, this is the story of the origins, development and the use of the combat shotgun in US service, from the trenches of World War l, to the Korean and Vietnamese Wars and lately the cave complexes of Afghanistan.
