British Military Rifles (Shire Library) - Softcover

Duckers, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747806330 ISBN 13: 9780747806332

Publisher: Shire Publications, 2008

Synopsis

A spinning bullet leaving a 'rifled' barrel is much more accurate than a musket ball but the technology of grooving a barrel and shaping the projectile to make an efficient and reliable weapon has exercised military minds for centuries. Here is a concise history of the attempts to develop and improve the British Army's most important individual weapon - from the Ferguson of the American Revolution, to the Baker of the Napoleonic Wars, the Brunswick, the Snider, the Maritini-Henry and the famous Lee-Enfields - and the ammunition designed for it.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Duckers is a Member of the Orders and Medals Research Society, the Military Historical Society and is Curator of the Shropshire Regimental Museum in Shrewsbury Castle.

About this edition

• Publisher: Shire Publications
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0747806330
• ISBN 13: 9780747806332
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48