American Military Shoulder Arms Flintlock Alterations and Muzzleloading Percussion Shoulder Arms, 1840-1865
| Author/creator | Moller, George D. Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press |
| Description | 599 p. 11.000 x 08.500 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from UPCC Books History 2011 Subject Collection |
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| Summary | Annotation This third volume in Moller's authoritative reference work describes muzzleloading percussion shoulder arms procured by the U.S. government for issue to federal and state armed forces in the period that includes the Civil War.These twenty-five years were an exciting time in the history of shoulder arms. During the 1840s, only a handful of American manufacturers were capable of producing significant quantities of arms having fully interchangeable components. By the early 1850s, at least one firm was producing rifles with close enough tolerances to be considered fully interchangeable. And thanks to the invention of the expanding bullet, rifled arms could be used by an army's entire infantry. For the first time, line infantry were equipped with arms capable of rapid reloading and of consistently hitting a man-sized target at distances as great as three hundred yards.Like the first two volumes of American Military Shoulder Arms, this exhaustive reference work will be a must for serious arms collectors, dealers, and museum specialists. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780826350008 |
| ISBN | 0826350003 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780826350008 |
| Stock number | 00027321 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |