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Wieland, Terry,

Great hunting rifles : Victorian to the present / Terry Wieland ; foreword by Jim Carmichel. - New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, 2018. - xv, 265 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

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"--

ISBN: 9781510731691 1510731695

LCCN: 2018020513

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Hunting rifles--History.
Hunting rifles.

LC Class. No.: SK274.2 / .W543 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 799.2028