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American Military Shoulder Arms, Volume I : Colonial and Revolutionary War Arms.
Lavishly illustrated with more than four hundred vivid photographs of muskets, rifles, carbines, and other arms, this book offers an intelligent analysis of the shoulder arms procured and used by the colonists, colonial and state governments, and the Continental Congress.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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University of New Mexico Press
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I; 012. AMERICAN COLONIAL ARMS HISTORY; .2 Pre-Colonial Period, 1492-1607; .5 First Colonial Period, 1607-1691; .8 Second Colonial Period, 1691-1775; 015. IGNITION SYSTEMS OF COLONIAL ARMS; .2 Matchlock; .5 Wheel-Lock; .8 Flintlock Variations; 017. COLONIAL SHOULDER ARMS; .A The Harquebus; .C Matchlock Muskets; .E Wheel-Lock Muskets; .G British Snaphance Muskets; .I English Lock Muskets; .J Swedish Snaplock Musket; .K Doglock Muskets; .L British 17th-Century and Pre-Land Pattern Flintlock Muskets.
- .N 18th-Century Colonial Militia Muskets. P Colonial Fowler-Muskets; .P5 Early 18th-Century Fowler-Musket; .P7 Late 18th-Century Fowler-Muskets; .R Fowling Guns; .R1 17 th-Century Fowlers; .R5 Hudson Valley Fowlers; .R7 New England Fowlers; .R9 Other Fowling Guns; .S French Hunting and Trade Guns; .T French Buccaneer Guns; .V 17th-Century Carbines; .V2 Wheel-Lock Carbine; .V5 English Snaphance Carbine; .V8 Flintlock Carbines; .Y 17th-Century Military Blunderbuss Arms; PART II; 027. DEFINITION OF ARMS BY TYPE, SOURCE, AND ORIGIN; .2 Type of Arm; .5 Source of Procurement; .8 Country of Origin.
- 029. PRIVATELY OWNED ARMS PROCURED DURING THE REVOLUTION031. MUSKETS PROCURED BY AUTHORITY OF A COLONY OR STATE; .2 Committees of Safety; .4 Committee of Safety Muskets; .6 State Contract Muskets; .8 Notes on the Specifications and Procurement of Committee of Safety and State Contract Muskets; 035. MUSKETS PROCURED BY AUTHORITY OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS; .2 Continental Contract Muskets; .5 Continental Use of State Procurement Agencies; .8 Sales of Continental Muskets to Individual States; 037. CONTINENTAL ARSENALS AND LABORATORIES; .2 The First Continental Arsenals.
- .5 The Arsenal and Laboratory at Springfield.8 The Philadelphia Supply Agencies; 039. CONTINENTAL MUSKET PARTS PROCUREMENT; .2 Imported Musket Parts; .5 Musket Parts Fabricated at Continental Facilities; .8 Continental Contract Small Arms Components; 041. REVOLUTIONARY WAR REPAIR OF ARMS; .2 Continental Armorers; .4 Continental Factories and Armories; .42 The Continental Gun Factory; .45 The Continental Armory and French Factory; .48 U.S. Armorers; .6 Continental Contract Repair of Arms; .8 Post-Revolutionary War Repair of Arms; 043. ""US"" IDENTIFICATION OF CONTINENTAL MUSKETS.
- 045. AMERICAN-ASSEMBLED MUSKETS OF BRITISH, FRENCH, AND GERMAN STATES' PATTERNS. 2 Muskets Containing British Components; .5 Muskets Containing American-Made British Pattern Components; .8 Muskets Containing French Components; .9 Muskets Containing Germanic Components; 047. THE AMERICAN LONG RIFLE; 048. AMERICAN-ASSEMBLED CARBINES; 049. AMERICAN-ASSEMBLED BLUNDERBUSS ARMS; PART III; 050. FOREIGN SHOULDER ARMS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION; 053. ARMS CAPTURED DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION; 055. FOREIGN DIPLOMACY AND ARMS PROCUREMENT DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.