American Firearms And Their Makers Since 1850

Author : Arthur Merwyn Carey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015021651719

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American Firearms Makers by Arthur Merwyn Carey Pdf

"American Firearms Makers is without question the most complete reference work of its kind in print. It is a cyclopedia of firearms makers of both long and short arms, custom made and arms made under federal and state government contracts. It covers the period from the Colonial era to the end of the nineteenth century. American Firearms Makers contains more than 2100 entries arranged in alphabetical order from Andrew Agnew to John Zuendorff. All the great makers, such as Colt, Derringer, Drepperd, Pomeroy, Whitney, etc., have considerable material to cover a complete summary of their activities and their place in American firearms history, not to mention the hundreds and hundreds of other makers whose names may be puzzling to collectors. Each entry will tell you the correct spelling of the maker's name, the span of years he was active, the town or city and state in which he was located, and the type of arms he produced. The data are intentionally concise; but, where it is appropriate, other information is abundantly supplied: patent dates, descriptive markings, calibers and dimensions of the arms, etc. Other books have covered sections of the country and limited periods of the subject's history. This is the first book covering the entire United States during the flintlock, percussion, and metallic-cartridge cycles of arms. The material in American Firearms Makers represents thirty-three years of collecting, researching, and inspecting old firearms, both in the United States and abroad. The author has one of the best reference libraries in this field. This volume has been awaited by collectors, antique dealers, libraries, and museums. American Firearms Makers is illustrated with authentic contemporary pictures together with photographs from the author's collection. It contains in addition a chronology and a bibliography"--Jacket flap

Author : Library of Congress. General Reading Rooms Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Firearms
ISBN : IND:30000077188039

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American Firearms and Their Makers Since 1850 by Library of Congress. General Reading Rooms Division Pdf

Author : Arthur Merwyn Carey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1015342725

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American Firearms Makers by Arthur Merwyn Carey Pdf

Author : Clayton E. Cramer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440860386

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Lock, Stock, and Barrel by Clayton E. Cramer Pdf

This provocative book debunks the myth that American gun culture was intentionally created by gun makers and demonstrates that gun ownership and use have been a core part of American society since our colonial origins. Revisionist historians argue that American gun culture and manufacturing are relatively recent developments. They further claim that widespread gun violence was largely absent from early American history because guns of all types, and especially handguns, were rare before 1848. According to these revisionists, American gun culture was the creation of the first mass production gun manufacturers, who used clever marketing to sell guns to people who neither wanted nor needed them. However, as proven in this first scholarly history of "gun culture" in early America, gun ownership and use have in fact been central to American society from its very beginnings. Lock, Stock, and Barrel: The Origins of American Gun Culture shows that gunsmithing and gun manufacturing were important parts of the economies of the colonies and the early republic and explains how the American gun industry helped to create our modern world of precision mass production and high wages for workers.

Author : Geoffrey S. Stewart
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493078592

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Arming the World by Geoffrey S. Stewart Pdf

Arming the World tells the story of the American small arms industry from the early 1800’s through the post-Civil War era. Almost from the beginning, the United States produced arms in new, and radically different, ways, relying upon machinery to mass produce guns when others still made them by hand. Leveraging their technological advantage, American gun-makers produced guns with interchangeable parts and perfected new types of small arms, ranging from revolvers to repeating rifles. The federal government’s staggering purchases of arms during the Civil War stimulated the development of fast-firing breech-loading rifles and metal-cased ammunition. When, in 1865, it became clear that every country in the world had re-equip itself with modern weapons, the Americans had an overwhelming head start. Salesmen from Remington, Winchester, Colt and Smith & Wesson --- and from lesser-known firms, too – traveled the world marketing their guns, dominating – or, perhaps, even inventing – the international arms business. American gun-makers sold rifles and side-arms by the millions and cartridges by the billions to great powers, restive colonies and fading empires alike. Adding a new element to the unstable global balance of power, American gun-makers affected the course of history.

Author : Pamela Haag
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780465098569

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The Gunning of America by Pamela Haag Pdf

Americans have always loved guns. This special bond was forged during the American Revolution and sanctified by the Second Amendment. It is because of this exceptional relationship that American civilians are more heavily armed than the citizens of any other nation. Or so we’re told. In The Gunning of America, historian Pamela Haag overturns this conventional wisdom. American gun culture, she argues, developed not because the gun was exceptional, but precisely because it was not: guns proliferated in America because throughout most of the nation’s history, they were perceived as an unexceptional commodity, no different than buttons or typewriters. Focusing on the history of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, one of the most iconic arms manufacturers in America, Haag challenges many basic assumptions of how and when America became a gun culture. Under the leadership of Oliver Winchester and his heirs, the company used aggressive, sometimes ingenious sales and marketing techniques to create new markets for their product. Guns have never “sold themselves”; rather, through advertising and innovative distribution campaigns, the gun industry did. Through the meticulous examination of gun industry archives, Haag challenges the myth of a primal bond between Americans and their firearms. Over the course of its 150 year history, the Winchester Repeating Arms Company sold over 8 million guns. But Oliver Winchester—a shirtmaker in his previous career—had no apparent qualms about a life spent arming America. His daughter-in-law Sarah Winchester was a different story. Legend holds that Sarah was haunted by what she considered a vast blood fortune, and became convinced that the ghosts of rifle victims were haunting her. She channeled much of her inheritance, and her conflicted conscience, into a monstrous estate now known as the Winchester Mystery House, where she sought refuge from this ever-expanding army of phantoms. In this provocative and deeply-researched work of narrative history, Haag fundamentally revises the history of arms in America, and in so doing explodes the clichés that have created and sustained our lethal gun culture.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1110 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-23
Category : Government publications
ISBN : WISC:89117116970

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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications by Anonim Pdf

Author : Stephen Van Rensselaer
Publisher : American Life Foundation
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015013327203

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American Firearms by Stephen Van Rensselaer Pdf

Author : Bruce Wexler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-23
Category : Firearms
ISBN : 1435156862

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50 Guns that Changed America by Bruce Wexler Pdf

"American history has always been interwoven with developments in firearms technology and so is peppered with legendary guns. At the birth of the nation, Americans armed themselves with state-of-the-art long guns to fight their colonial oppressors. Once independent, the young country was drawn into a succession of conflicts, which caused firearms technology to keep pace with weapon design and production demand. The needs of many military campaigns ensured that the nation's gunmakers have remained at the cutting edge of innovation. 50 Guns That Changed America will explore the most significant American weapons from the early days of firepower to the amazing modern guns in use today, including: Simeon North/Hall pistol; Dimick plains rifle; Spencer carbine rifle; Winchester Model 1866; Smith & Wesson Army revolver; Colt Peacemaker; M60 machine gun; ArmaLite AR-18 machine gun. Each firearm is illustrated in full color with archive photography of the manufacturers and the guns in action where possible."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Richard C. Rattenbury
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-22
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780806147796

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A Legacy in Arms by Richard C. Rattenbury Pdf

The history of American firearms is inseparable from the history of the United States, for firearms have played crucial roles in the nation’s founding, westward expansion, and industrial, economic, and cultural development. This history unfolds in compelling words and images in A Legacy in Arms, a volume that draws upon the collections of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City to trace the business and art of gun making from the early national period to the turn of the twentieth century. With more than 200 images—almost all in full color—A Legacy in Arms not only documents the inspiration and innovation of arms makers from individual artisans to mass producers, but also describes the development of decorative expression in the gun maker’s art. In an account both entertaining and enlightening, Richard C. Rattenbury details the development of commercial arms making, from the genesis of the Kentucky rifle to the arms of such iconic manufacturers as Colt, Remington, Smith & Wesson, Sharps, Marlin, and Winchester. Into this narrative he weaves the particulars of design evolution and the impact of mass production via the “American System.” The accompanying photographs and illustrations stand as eloquent testimony to the range and richness of the gun maker's craft—and its rightful place in the story of American industry and culture.

Author : Waldo Emerson Rosebush
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : History
ISBN : UCLA:L0068308584

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American Firearms and the Changing Frontier by Waldo Emerson Rosebush Pdf

Describes the historical and mechanical development of firearms, emphasizing those made or used in North America.

Author : Stephen Vanrensselaer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1436712122

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American Firearms: An Histology of American Gunsmiths, Arms Manufacturers and Patentees with Detailed Description of Their Arms by Stephen Vanrensselaer Pdf

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : Stephen VanRensselaer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1494073129

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American Firearms by Stephen VanRensselaer Pdf

This is a new release of the original 1947 edition.

Author : Charles Winthrop Sawyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Firearms
ISBN : CORNELL:31924032590733

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Firearms in American History: 1600-1800 by Charles Winthrop Sawyer Pdf

Author : Louis A. Garavaglia,Charles G. Worman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105037627119

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Firearms of the American West: 1803-1865 by Louis A. Garavaglia,Charles G. Worman Pdf