TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wieland, Terry,
AU  - Carmichel, Jim,
TI  - Great hunting rifles: Victorian to the present 
SN  - 9781510731691
AV  - SK274.2 .W543 2018
U1  - 799.2028 23
PY  - 2018///.
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - Skyhorse Publishing, 
KW  - Hunting rifles
KW  - History
KW  - fast
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -