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Johnson Rifles and Machine Guns

Author : Bruce N. Canfield
Publisher : Andrew Mowbray Incorporated, Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781931464024
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Johnson Rifles and Machine Guns written by Bruce N. Canfield and published by Andrew Mowbray Incorporated, Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The M1941 Johnson Rifle is the hottest WWII rifle on the collectors' market today, and this exciting new book covers it all! From invention and manufacture through issue to the troops, every aspect of the Johnson is explained and illustrated - including collector's notes and serial number data. You will learn about all the other Johnson weapons, like the Light Machine Guns, "Paratroop" rifles and aircraft cannon. Discover which troops used these unique guns, including those Johnson Rifles issues to the U.S. Marine Corps. Author Bruce N. Canfield also tells the intriguing story of Johnson himself. Learn about Johnson's continual struggle against government bureaucrats as his rifles stoof head-to-head with the famous M1 Garand.

The Johnson Semiautomatic Rifle

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Johnson Semiautomatic Rifle written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses a bill to provide for the adoption of the Johnson semiautomatic rifle as a standard arm of the military and naval forces which will later become known as the United States semiautomatic rifle, M2, caliber .30.

The Johnson Semiautomatic Rifle, Hearing ..., on S. 3983 ..., May 29, 1940

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Johnson Semiautomatic Rifle, Hearing ..., on S. 3983 ..., May 29, 1940 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Military Handbook of the Johnson Semi-Automatic Rifle

Author : Johnson Automatics Trust
Publisher : Loose Cannon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Military Handbook of the Johnson Semi-Automatic Rifle written by Johnson Automatics Trust and published by Loose Cannon. This book was released on 1938-06-01 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the M1 Garand is the iconic US rifle of the WWII era, it had a strong competitor, the Johnson Semi-Automatic. Developed as a possible replacement for the Garand, it addressed several of the drawbacks of the M1: a larger 10-rnd magazine that could be topped up with strippers, the ability to take a vertical external magazine and had a fully automatic light machine gun version as well. This 'handbook' seems to actually be a long form promotional booklet created by Johnson to help promote and sell its virtues to various government customers about the advantages of his rifle vs. the M1 Garand. There is even a section comparing the two point by point. It covers description, a detailed explanation of functioning, operation and disassembly (with diagrams/photos). It is a terrific resource for the historian or for those with in interest in military arms. Of note, the Johnson while not adopted by the US Army was used in small numbers in the early Pacific campaigns by the US Marines, and one USMC Cap. Robert Hugo Dunlap carried one into battle on Iwo Jima, subsequently winning the Medal of Honor based on his actions. This book is a must-have for anyone interested in the Johnson rifle and how it works.

Automatic Arms

Author : Melvin M. Johnson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 162914861X
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (291 download)

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Download or read book Automatic Arms written by Melvin M. Johnson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The evolution of automatic weapons is one of the most significant developments in weapons history. While this development has been filled with disagreements, controversy, and stray hurdles, out of all of this tumult, shouting, and shooting has come the progress in firearms from the days when it was necessary to build a fire under a gun to make it go off to the “you press the button and they do the work” automatic firearms of the present day. In 1941, Melvin M. Johnson Jr. and Charles T. Haven, both well-established experts on firearms and ammunitions in their day, commemorated this development in Automatic Arms: Their History, Development and Use. The topics on which they illuminate the reader include: History and development How they work How to keep them firing How they may be employed in combat In the authors’ foreword, they state, “There has been a great deal of general discussion about various automatic weapons pro and con, and naturally there have been misunderstandings and misinterpretations.” They succeed immensely in their endeavor to clear up misunderstandings and misinterpretations with the clear, concise language they use in discussing this most notable of historical developments. Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for hunters and firearms enthusiasts. We publish books about shotguns, rifles, handguns, target shooting, gun collecting, self-defense, archery, ammunition, knives, gunsmithing, gun repair, and wilderness survival. We publish books on deer hunting, big game hunting, small game hunting, wing shooting, turkey hunting, deer stands, duck blinds, bowhunting, wing shooting, hunting dogs, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Silk Chutes and Hard Fighting

Author : Jon T. Hoffman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780756718497
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book Silk Chutes and Hard Fighting written by Jon T. Hoffman and published by . This book was released on 1999-10-01 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a brief narrative of the development, deployment, & eventual demise of Marine parachute units during World War II. It is published to honor the veterans of these special units & for the information of those interested in Marine parachutists & the events in which they participated. Chapters: the jump into parachuting; rendezvous at Gavutu; Tasimboko; Edson's Ridge; recuperation & reevaluation; Choiseul; Bougainville; & the closing shock. Illustrated with black-&-white photographs & maps.

The Browning Automatic Rifle

Author : Robert R. Hodges Jr.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780964102
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Browning Automatic Rifle written by Robert R. Hodges Jr. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-20 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly fifty years the hard-hitting, mobile Browning Automatic Rifle, or BAR, served in US infantry units as a light squad automatic “base of fire” weapon, providing quick bursts of concentrated fire. Designed in World War One, it didn't reach the front until September 1918. In the interwar years US forces used the BAR across the world, from China to Nicaragua. It also became a favorite of notorious gangsters like Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, who prized its ability to punch through police armored cars. At the outset of World War II the US armed forces decided to adapt the BAR for a light machine gun role. The BAR was not without its flaws; it was heavy and difficult to dismantle and reassemble, and it didn't cope well with sustained fire. Nevertheless, the BAR saw action in every major theater of World War II and went on to be used in Korea and in the opening stages of the Vietnam War. Featuring arresting first-hand accounts, specially drawn full-color artwork and close-up photographs, many in color, this lively study offers a vivid portrait of this powerful, long-lived and innovative weapon that saw service with US and other forces across the world for much of the 20th century.

Evaluating Gun Policy

Author : Jens Ludwig
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780815753377
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (533 download)

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Download or read book Evaluating Gun Policy written by Jens Ludwig and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004-05-13 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compared with other developed nations, the United States is unique in its high rates of both gun ownership and murder. Although widespread gun ownership does not have much effect on the overall crime rate, gun use does make criminal violence more lethal and has a unique capacity to terrorize the public. Gun crime accounts for most of the costs of gun violence in the United States, which are on the order of $100 billion per year. But that is not the whole story. Guns also provide recreational benefits and sometimes are used virtuously in fending off or forestalling criminal attacks. Given that guns may be used for both good and ill, the goal of gun policy in the United States has been to reduce the flow of guns to the highest-risk groups while preserving access for most people. There is no lack of opinions on policies to regulate gun commerce, possession, and use, and most policy proposals spark intense controversy. Whether the current system achieves the proper balance between preserving access and preventing misuse remains the subject of considerable debate. Evaluating Gun Policy provides guidance for a pragmatic approach to gun policy using good empirical research to help resolve conflicting assertions about the effects of guns, gun control, and law enforcement. The chapters in this volume do not conform neatly to the claims of any one political position. The book is divided into five parts. In the first section, contributors analyze the connections between rates of gun ownership and two outcomes of particular interest to society—suicide and burglary. Regulating ownership is the focus of the second section, where contributors investigate the consequences a large-scale combined gun ban and buy-back program in Australia, as well as the impact of state laws that prohibit gun ownership to those with histories of domestic violence. The third section focuses on efforts to restrict gun carrying and includes a critical examination of efforts in Pit

Savage Spawn

Author : Jonathan Kellerman
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345429397
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book Savage Spawn written by Jonathan Kellerman and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1999-05-18 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thought-provoking and timely book from a #1 New York Times bestselling novelist and noted child psychologist reveals the factors that often lead to explosive and shocking juvenile violence. “Ethically and morally, kids are works in progress. Throw in psychopathy and you’ve got a soul that will never be complete.” In this powerful, disturbing book, bestselling author and noted child psychologist Jonathan Kellerman shines a penetrating light on antisocial youth—kids who kill without remorse—asserting that “psychopathic tendencies begin very early in life, as young as three, and they endure.” Criticizing our quick impulse to blame violent movies or a “morally bankrupt” society, Kellerman convinces us that it is the kids themselves who need to be examined. Carefully. How do children become cold-blooded killers? Kellerman warns that today’s aggressive bully is tomorrow’s Mafia don, cult leader, or genocidal dictator. Violently psychopathic youths possess an overriding need for power, control, and stimulation, and all display a complete lack of regard for the humanity of others. He examines the origins of psychopathy and the ever-shifting debate between nurture and nature, offering some controversial solutions to dealing with homicidal tendencies in children. As timely as today’s headlines, more gripping than fiction, Savage Spawn is a provocative look at the links between society and biology, children and violence. Kellerman’s sobering message will remain with you long after the last page is turned.

The Guns of John Moses Browning

Author : Nathan Gorenstein
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982129239
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book The Guns of John Moses Browning written by Nathan Gorenstein and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 336 pages. 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.

Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works Firearms 1871-1993

Author : William E. Goforth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780978708603
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works Firearms 1871-1993 written by William E. Goforth and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Student of the Gun

Author :
Publisher : Responder Media
ISBN 13 : 1470500159
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Student of the Gun written by and published by Responder Media. This book was released on with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Gun

Author : C. J. Chivers
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743271734
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book The Gun written by C. J. Chivers and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a New York Times reporter, traces the invention and mass distribution of the AK-47 assault rifle, and its effects on war. He traces the invention of the assault rifle, following the miniaturization of rapid-fire arms from the American Civil War, through World War I and Vietnam, to present-day Afghanistan, where Kalashnikovs and their knockoffs number as many as 100 million, one for every seventy persons on earth. It is the weapon of state repression, as well as revolution, civil war, genocide, drug wars, and religious wars; and it is the arms of terrorists, guerrillas, boy soldiers, and thugs. From its inception to its use by more than fifty national armies around the world, to its role in modern-day Afghanistan, he discusses how the deadly weapon has helped alter world history.

Rearming the French

Author : Marcel Vigneras
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Rearming the French written by Marcel Vigneras and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reemergence of French national forces in the war against the Axis Powers, and the role of large-scale American aid.

Hatcher's Notebook

Author : Julian S. Hatcher
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811707954
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Hatcher's Notebook written by Julian S. Hatcher and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 1962 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handgun enthusiasts, gun-owning do-it-yourself, law enforcement officials, and gunsmiths here is the ultimate one-volume guide to acquiring and developing all the necessary skills for making pistol repairs at home, from helpful hints on work space and setting up a small shop, to the tools needed and how to use them properly, to welding, hardening, and gun finishing. All this valuable information, plus much more, is contained in this easy-to-use reference for handgun aficionados.

Firearms of the Texas Rangers

Author : Doug Dukes
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 157441819X
Total Pages : 645 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Firearms of the Texas Rangers written by Doug Dukes and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2020-08-14 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From their founding in the 1820s up to the modern age, the Texas Rangers have shown the ability to adapt and survive. Part of that survival depended on their use of firearms. The evolving technology of these weapons often determined the effectiveness of these early day Rangers. John Coffee “Jack” Hays and Samuel Walker would leave their mark on the Rangers by incorporating new technology which allowed them to alter tactics when confronting their adversaries. The Frontier Battalion was created at about the same time as the Colt Peacemaker and the Winchester 73—these were the guns that “won the West.” Firearms of the Texas Rangers, with more than 180 photographs, tells the history of the Texas Rangers primarily through the use of their firearms. Author Doug Dukes narrates famous episodes in Ranger history, including Jack Hays and the Paterson, the Walker Colt, the McCulloch Colt Revolver (smuggled through the Union blockade during the Civil War), and the Frontier Battalion and their use of the Colt Peacemaker and Winchester and Sharps carbines. Readers will delight in learning of Frank Hamer’s marksmanship with his Colt Single Action Army and his Remington, along with Captain J.W. McCormick and his two .45 Colt pistols, complete with photos. Whether it was a Ranger in 1844 with his Paterson on patrol for Indians north of San Antonio, or a Ranger in 2016 with his LaRue 7.62 rifle working the Rio Grande looking for smugglers and terrorists, the technology may have changed, but the gritty job of the Rangers has not.

The Book of the Garand

Author : Julian S. Hatcher
Publisher : Martino Fine Books
ISBN 13 : 9781614273356
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (733 download)

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Download or read book The Book of the Garand written by Julian S. Hatcher and published by Martino Fine Books. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2012 Reprint of 1948 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Julian Sommerville Hatcher was a noted firearms expert and author of the early twentieth century. He is credited with several technical books and articles relating to military firearms, ballistics, and auto loading weapons. His premier works are "Hatcher's Notebook" and "Book of the Garand." He was also a pioneer in the forensic identification of firearms and their ammunition. Hatcher retired from the United States Army as a Major General. Afterward, he served as Technical Editor of the National Rifle Association's "American Rifleman" magazine. Hatcher's "Book of the Garand" is the definitive chronicle of the rifle General George S. Patton called "the greatest battle implement ever devised." Hatcher follows the evolution of the M1 Garand from the first semiautomatic hunting rifles to the devastating U.S. infantry weapon of WWII.