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Great hunting rifles : Victorian to the present / Terry Wieland ; foreword by Jim Carmichel.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, 2018. Description: xv, 265 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9781510731691
  • 1510731695
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 799.2028 23
LOC classification:
  • SK274.2 .W543 2018
Contents:
The perfect hunting rifle -- Stalking-rifle perfection / by James Woodward -- Winchester's model 1892 -- ergonomics, ahead of its time -- Holland's .500 -- The military bolt actions -- Steyr and the Mannlichers -- High velocity -- What price glory? Sir Charles Ross and the fabulous .280 -- The .250-3000 : Savage's velocity king -- Featherweights : development of a concept -- Elusive perfection : the custom rifle -- Walnut -- the wood of kings -- The Mauser 98 -- The FN Mauser -- The Magnum Mauser -- A Nordic symphony : Schultz & Larsen, Norma -- Motfors, and Philip B. Sharpe -- Scopes and mounts -- Bits, pieces, and accoutrements -- The modern hunting rifle.
Summary: "In Great Hunting Rifles, a firearms expert explains the history of some of his rifles from the twentieth century. Each rifle either represents a particular era of gun making, is historically important, or is an example of gun making skills. Each chapter is dedicated to one particular rifle, and is accompanied by photographs"--
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Non-Fiction Non-Fiction Waimate Event Centre - Long term storage Non Fiction 799.2028 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Not for loan A00810743

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-254) and index.

The perfect hunting rifle -- Stalking-rifle perfection / by James Woodward -- Winchester's model 1892 -- ergonomics, ahead of its time -- Holland's .500 -- The military bolt actions -- Steyr and the Mannlichers -- High velocity -- What price glory? Sir Charles Ross and the fabulous .280 -- The .250-3000 : Savage's velocity king -- Featherweights : development of a concept -- Elusive perfection : the custom rifle -- Walnut -- the wood of kings -- The Mauser 98 -- The FN Mauser -- The Magnum Mauser -- A Nordic symphony : Schultz & Larsen, Norma -- Motfors, and Philip B. Sharpe -- Scopes and mounts -- Bits, pieces, and accoutrements -- The modern hunting rifle.

"In Great Hunting Rifles, a firearms expert explains the history of some of his rifles from the twentieth century. Each rifle either represents a particular era of gun making, is historically important, or is an example of gun making skills. Each chapter is dedicated to one particular rifle, and is accompanied by photographs"--

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