British Single Shot Rifles, Volume 4 by Walter G. Winfer

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British Single Shot Rifles, Volume 4
by Walter G. Winfer

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Westley Richards was the leader in British breech-loading single shot development. Their early designs predated both the paper cartridge and coil case forms of the 1850-1860 period. Volume 4 describes in great detail Westley Richard's designs during the early breech-loading period. Much attention is given to the text and hundreds of photos and drawings of rifles, sights, reloading tools, and cartridges for all models.

265 pages, black and white photographs and illustrations.

The Table of Contents includes the following:

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1 Pre Monkey Tail Single Shot Rifles
Chapter 2 Monkey Tail Rifles
Chapter 3 The Wedge Block Rifles
Chapter 4 Improved Martini

1868 Patent
1869 Patent
1870 Patent
1871 Patent

Chapter 5 1872 Falling Block
Chapter 6 1873 & 1878 Falling Blocks

Model of 1873
American 1874
Transition Model
Patent of 1876
Model of 1878

Chapter 7 1881 Deeley & Edge
Chapter 8 Model of 1897
Chapter 9 ZAR Martinis
Chapter 10 Westley Richards Cartridges
Appendix Serial Numbers of Surviving Rifles
Index

ISBN: 0-9707608-0-9

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