The complete handgun
Subtitle: 1300 to the present
By: Ian V. Hogg and John Batchelor.
Publisher: Exeter Books; Exeter, 1979.
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Pistols -- History.
Table of contents: title: 'Hand-gonnes'; title: Wheel-lock to Flintlock; title: Duelling-pistols at dawn; title: Duck's foot and pepperbox; title: Enter the revolver; title: Navy and dragoon colt; title: Inventors and patents; title: The volcanic magazine feed; title: Cartridge and pinfire; title: Power in the hand; title: Mechanical repeaters: dead end development; title: The age of the automatic; title: Revolvers keep pace; title: Handguns go to war; title: Born out of war; title: New technology, new target; title: Artwork index.