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Book Synopsis British Gunmakers of the 21st Century by : DONALD. HOLTS AUCTIONEERS. DALLAS
Download or read book British Gunmakers of the 21st Century written by DONALD. HOLTS AUCTIONEERS. DALLAS and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-25 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the nineteenth century there were thousands of British gunmakers plying their trade the length and breadth of the land building all qualities of gun and rifle. Gunmakers have dwindled to a very small number today but the nature of the trade has changed from volume production to exclusive best guns only. British gunmakers have embraced the new technology on offer and by using a combination of CNC machining and new steels allied to traditional gunmaking skills, they are building superb quality guns and rifles to the highest standards. Unlike their competitors, British guns are not entirely built by machine and there is a large element of hand craftsmanship in every example built. Not content to rest on their historical laurels, they have introduced new designs and brought their creations right up to date for twenty-first century requirements. Guns and rifles are all built to the exact specifications of the customer and no two are alike. Each gun is individually made yet designed to embrace modern requirements such as high pheasants, steel shot and so on. This book shows the great variety of guns and rifles on offer entirely built in Great Britain today and how British gunmakers still continue to lead the world in best quality guns and rifles.
Book Synopsis Boothroyd's Revised Directory of British Gunmakers by : Geoffrey Boothroyd
Download or read book Boothroyd's Revised Directory of British Gunmakers written by Geoffrey Boothroyd and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Gun Makers of Birmingham, 1660-1960 by : Joseph McKenna
Download or read book The Gun Makers of Birmingham, 1660-1960 written by Joseph McKenna and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-03-05 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the history and development of gun-making in Birmingham, England--for many years a center of the world's firearms industry--this book covers innovations in design and manufacture of both military and sporting arms from 1660 through 1960. The city is perhaps best known for mass-producing some of the most battle-tested weapons in history, including the Brown Bess musket, the Webley revolver and the Lee-Enfield rifle. Yet Birmingham's gun-makers have carried on a centuries-long tradition of crafting high quality hand-made sporting guns.
Book Synopsis Vintage British Shotguns by : Terry Wieland
Download or read book Vintage British Shotguns written by Terry Wieland and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 2008-12-16 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative guide to British-made shotguns looks at individual makers, their products, and the selling points of particular guns. In some cases Wieland also notes negative points or product limitations. While the book will be welcomed by gun collectors worldwide, it is particularly useful to those who are curious about British makers whose production was or is substantial enough that their guns would have crossed the pond into North America.
Download or read book Empire of Guns written by Priya Satia and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2018 BY THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE AND SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE By a prize-winning young historian, an authoritative work that reframes the Industrial Revolution, the expansion of British empire, and emergence of industrial capitalism by presenting them as inextricable from the gun trade "A fascinating and important glimpse into how violence fueled the industrial revolution, Priya Satia's book stuns with deep scholarship and sparkling prose."--Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies We have long understood the Industrial Revolution as a triumphant story of innovation and technology. Empire of Guns, a rich and ambitious new book by award-winning historian Priya Satia, upends this conventional wisdom by placing war and Britain's prosperous gun trade at the heart of the Industrial Revolution and the state's imperial expansion. Satia brings to life this bustling industrial society with the story of a scandal: Samuel Galton of Birmingham, one of Britain's most prominent gunmakers, has been condemned by his fellow Quakers, who argue that his profession violates the society's pacifist principles. In his fervent self-defense, Galton argues that the state's heavy reliance on industry for all of its war needs means that every member of the British industrial economy is implicated in Britain's near-constant state of war. Empire of Guns uses the story of Galton and the gun trade, from Birmingham to the outermost edges of the British empire, to illuminate the nation's emergence as a global superpower, the roots of the state's role in economic development, and the origins of our era's debates about gun control and the "military-industrial complex" -- that thorny partnership of government, the economy, and the military. Through Satia's eyes, we acquire a radically new understanding of this critical historical moment and all that followed from it. Sweeping in its scope and entirely original in its approach, Empire of Guns is a masterful new work of history -- a rigorous historical argument with a human story at its heart.
Book Synopsis British Gunmakers: Historical data on the Birmingham, Scottish and Regional gun trade in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries by : Nigel Brown
Download or read book British Gunmakers: Historical data on the Birmingham, Scottish and Regional gun trade in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries written by Nigel Brown and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most important aspects of the British Gunmakers series of books has been the compilation of the past and existing records of the many gunmaking firms and the setting down of the historical facts known about them before they get lost in the mists of time. No such collection, just like a cartridge collection, can ever be complete but this volume in conjunction with the first two is undoubtedly the best printed source of such historical record information available anywhere in the world. --
Book Synopsis Great British Gunmakers, 1740-1790 by : William Keith Neal
Download or read book Great British Gunmakers, 1740-1790 written by William Keith Neal and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Art of the English Trade Gun in North America by : Nathan E. Bender
Download or read book The Art of the English Trade Gun in North America written by Nathan E. Bender and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Symbolic ornamentation inspired by ancient Greek and Roman art is a long-standing Western tradition. The author explores the designs of 18th century English gunsmiths who engraved classical ornamental patterns on firearms gifted or traded to American Indians. A system of allegory is found that symbolized the Americas of the New World in general, and that enshrined the American Indian peoples as “noble savages.” The same allegorical context was drawn upon for symbols of national liberty in the early American republic. Inadvertently, many of the symbolic designs used on the trade guns strongly resonated with several Native American spiritual traditions.
Book Synopsis The British Over-and-under Shotgun by : Geoffrey Boothroyd
Download or read book The British Over-and-under Shotgun written by Geoffrey Boothroyd and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The British Shotgun by : I. M. Crudgington
Download or read book The British Shotgun written by I. M. Crudgington and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Midland Gun Company - A Short History by : Guy N Smith
Download or read book Midland Gun Company - A Short History written by Guy N Smith and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-27 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This iconic company was founded in the late 19th century and traded into the 1960s. Midland produced 1000s of guns during this time, many still in service today. They also produced a huge range of accessories & equipment for virtually every type of shooter. A selection of products feature in this book along with photographs, drawings and diagrams.
Book Synopsis Sidelocks and Boxlocks by : Geoffrey Boothroyd
Download or read book Sidelocks and Boxlocks written by Geoffrey Boothroyd and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a wonderful reference tool for anyone interested in increasing their knowledge of firearms. Filled with all the critical facts that American owners of British guns need, this book is the outgrowth of Boothroyd's many articles for Shooting Times. A complete reference source that is unparalleled.
Book Synopsis English Gunmakers by : De Witt Bailey
Download or read book English Gunmakers written by De Witt Bailey and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gallyons written by Richard Gallyon and published by . This book was released on 2017-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fascinating history of one the oldest gunmaking families in the UK, stretching back to 1784. This insightful and well-researched book focuses on not only the superb craftsmanship and skill that went into creating the renowned Gallyon firearms but covers the long lineage of the gunmaking family and the development of the business itself. This is an invaluable reference source for every gun enthusiast and collector and will stand alongside Quiller's other monographs on James Purdey and Sons, Holland and Holland and Boss and Co.
Book Synopsis The British Boxlock Gun and Rifle by : Diggory Hadoke
Download or read book The British Boxlock Gun and Rifle written by Diggory Hadoke and published by . This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The boxlock, or 'body action', was the first really successful hammerless sporting gun. This book will educate the reader in the huge variation in boxlock design and quality. It tells the story of the development and perfection of body action guns of all qualities.
Download or read book British Gunmakers written by Nigel Brown and published by Quiller. This book was released on 2009-10-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Final installment of the series Best source for history of British gunmakers New records of gunmaking firms from throughout the south of England and Scotland The final volume of the British Gunmakers series compiles the records of old and new gunmakers and expands the factual information highlighted in the first two volumes. It is illustrated throughout and offers new research on records of an additional 190 Scottish and English gunmaking firms, particularly from Birmingham and London.
Book Synopsis Birmingham Gunmakers by : Douglas Tate
Download or read book Birmingham Gunmakers written by Douglas Tate and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated with fine examples of craftsmanship.
