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Fully illustrated.
Blurb: “This definitive book on pistols and revolvers by two of the foremost authorities on handguns in Eu. rope and the United States at last brings to the American reader this classic French work.
The result of four years of cooperative effort on the part of Michel Josserand and Jan Stevenson, who drew on their own research, on rare texts, and on the most recent monographic studies, this fascinating volume covers the historical and mechanical evolution of the handgun and the principal elements of revolver and automatic pistol design, of cartridges, and of elementary ballistics.
The book includes such unique elements as an examination of fifteen of the world's greatest hand. guns-their drawbacks and virtues-and a discussion of the 1860 "New Model Army" of Civil War fame, the 1873 "Single Action Army" or "Peace. maker" of the Western frontier and the immortal Luger. In addition, several virtually forgotten guns, such as the 1858 Lefaucheux and the Webley top breaks, are accorded the recognition long de. nied them. The authors have also included a chapter on handguns of the future as well as important studies in firearms legislation in both France and the United States
PISTOLS, REVOLVERS. AND AMMUNITION was orig inally published in France in 1966, authored by Michel Josserand, and was the first handgun text in French in nearly half a century. Since then it has gone through five printings and a second edi-tion, and has created a minor revolution in French püblishing. It will interest, delight, and instruct all gun fanciers, collectors, and students of ballistics.”