American Military Shoulder Arms. Volume III : Flintlock alterations and muzzleloading percussion shoulder arms, 1840-1865 / George D. Moller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moller, George D.

Series:

American military shoulder arms ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Armed Forces--Firearms--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (648 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

pt. 1. Alterations

pt. 2. Armory-pattern muzzleloading shoulder arms

pt. 3. Non-armory-pattern muzzleloading shoulder arms.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781283636544

1283636549

9780826350022

082635002X

OCLC:

778432291