The Gun Makers of Birmingham, 1660-1960.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKenna, Joseph.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Firearms industry and trade--England--Birmingham--History.

Firearms industry and trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 pages)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2021.

Summary:

"Tracing the history and development of gun-making in Birmingham, England--for many years a center of the world's firearms industry--this book covers innovations in design and manufacture of both military and sporting arms from 1660 through 1960. The city is perhaps best known for mass-producing some of the most battle-tested weapons in history, including the Brown Bess musket, the Webley revolver and the Lee-Enfield rifle. Yet Birmingham's gun-makers have carried on a centuries-long tradition of crafting high quality hand-made sporting guns"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Acknowledgments

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. The Early Years

2. A Period of Transition

3. The Triumph of the Birmingham ­Gun Makers

4. Two World Wars

5. Postwar Decline

6. The Gun Makers of Birmingham, 1660-1960

7. Black Country Gun Workers

Appendix I: "Brown Bess" by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)

Appendix II: Birmingham Gun Firms at the Great Exhibition, 1851

Appendix III: Chronological Location of Manufacturers in the Gun Quarter, 1777-1957

Appendix IV: Displacement of Gun Making Firms and Subsidiaries, Owing to the Cutting of the Inner Ring Road

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4766-4146-3

OCLC:

1241731305