A complete compendium of rifles and shotguns through the ages. A
"rifled" firearm is one in which the projectile is made to spin as
it travels up the bore. The term "rifle," however, was originally
applied to muskets to differentiate them from the earlier
smoothbore weapons and is used today to designate the infantryman's
personal weapon, fired from the shoulder or the hip, or, in some
modern weapons, from a bipod. The rifle has also been used by
sportsmen to kill larger game and was also used as a working tool
by cowboys and trappers during the period of Western Expansion. It
progressed from being a muzzle-loader to a breechloading,
bolt-operated weapon, then to a semi-automatic weapon, and finally
to a lightweight "assault rifle." The emphasis throughout these
developments has been in increasing the rate of fire, reducing the
weight and making the weapons more accurate, simpler to fire, more
reliable, and easier to maintain. The shotgun is a smoothbore
weapon originally developed as a hunting device for killing fast
moving, flying or running prey. Loaded with shot (many small
projectiles) the chances of hitting a moving target was greatly
enhanced. Like the rifle, the shotgun has undergone similar
progression from muzzle-loader to breechloader, bolt action, and
finally semi-automatic mode. The weapon has also seen military use
in trench warfare and special operations as well as riot
suppression by the police. The Illustrated Catalog of Rifles and
Shotguns shows the reader over 500 longarms of all types form the
early flintlocks of the revolutionary period, the percussion cap
rifles and repeaters of the Civil War, the famous rifles and
shotguns of the Wild West, the standard infantry rifles of two
World Wars, to the present day with Assault Rifles, and combat
shotguns, together with state-of-the-art sporting rifles and
shotguns. Each entry has a color photo along with a description and
a technical specification. It is arranged in alphabetical order
within five historical periods: Historic, Civil War, The Frontier,
Two World Wars, and Modern, plus a separate comprehensive Shotgun
section.
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