This significant tome, with over 1500 photographs, covers the subject of portable firearms from muzzle-loaders to machine guns; from revolvers to machine pistols; from muskets to automatics; from derringers to submachine-guns. Compiled by experts whose hands-on knowledge and skill comes over in text and captions, The Illustrated History of Firearms provides a visual reference book to grace any aficionado’s library.

The Illustrated History of Firearms: In Association with the National Firearms Museum

History

Supica, Jim

Wicklund, Doug

Schreier, Philip

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Chartwell Books

This magnificent tome details over 275 of the most important and valuable guns from the NRA National Firearms Museum in Fairfax, Virginia. With guns dating from the 1600s to the present day, the book includes over 1,000 full color photographs from the museum’s own collection. Marvel at the history and beauty of the world’s most treasured firearms. Included in the collection are guns from King James II, Napoleon Bonaparte, Annie Oakley, President Theodore Roosevelt, President Grover Cleveland, Kaiser Wilhelm, Hermann Goring, John Wayne, Sammy Davis, Jr., General Douglas McArthur, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, President John F. Kennedy, to name but a few. In addition, peruse the extensive Robert E. Peterson collection’s beautifully engraved guns, Gatling guns, and sporting guns. The Treasure of the NRA National Firearms Museum will delight enthusiasts and collectors alike.

Treasures of the NRA National Firearms Museum

Americas

This significant tome, with over 1500 photographs, covers the subject of portable firearms from muzzle-loaders to machine guns; from revolvers to machine pistols; from muskets to automatics; from derringers to submachineguns. Compiled by experts whose hands-on knowledge and skill comes over in text and captions, The Illustrated History of Firearms provides a visual reference book to grace any aficionado’s library.

The Illustrated History of Firearms

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

While owning and operating firearms has always been an American tradition, its main function has evolved over the last two centuries. This significant volume covers the history of portable firearms from muskets to machine guns, from dueling pistols to glocks, from derringers to elephant guns. Compiled by the expert staff of the National Firearms Museum, The Illustrated History of Firearms chronicles the evolution of firearm usage and further provides visual references that are fit to grace any aficionado’s library. Broken into sections focused on major conflicts, this book includes:Exquisite photography of historically important firearms, from early flintlocks to ornately decorated modern rifles and shotgunsPhotographs of rare firearms only on display at the National Firearms MuseumImages of iconic guns, such as Dirty Harry’s famous Smith & Wesson Model 29 RevolverAnd more than one thousand more detailed photographs of firearmsWith expert knowledge, beautiful images, and detailed notes, this is a must-have for any hunter, shooter, or gun enthusiast. Most importantly, The Illustrated History of Firearms wholeheartedly espouses and promotes the NRA mission to uphold the Second Amendment and ensure that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”

The Illustrated History of Firearms: Revised and Updated Second Edition

Military

Skyhorse Publishing

Established in 1935, the NRA National Firearms Museum houses and displays a collection of more than six thousand remarkable firearms, many of which are deemed by curators to be priceless works of art. In this detailed full-color volume, you will enter a world populated by only the finest examples of gunmakers’ art, as well as firearms that have graced the castle walls of the royal families of Great Britain. Illustrated in larger-than-life photography, Treasures of the NRA National Firearms Museum also includes portraits of:President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s shotgun for skeet shootingA rifle made specially for an eighteenth-century emperor with a withered handPresident Teddy Roosevelt’s collection of big-game hunting riflesA shotgun owned by Annie Oakley, the most gifted markswoman of all timeAnd hundreds more exquisite photographs of historically important firearmsThis tome offers for the first time photographs of many spectacular works of art from the recently donated Robert E. Petersen Collection. This 425-gun collection is world renowned for its beauty, elegance, and variety of styles of engravers’ art. With exquisite photography, Treasures of the NRA National Firearms Museum brings the splendor of royalty and wealth to your home, giving a bigger and closer look at these firearms than ever before published.

Treasures of the NRA National Firearms Museum: Revised and Updated Second Edition

Showcasing more than 1,700 firearms in full color! From the earliest hand cannons dating back to 1350, to the finest sporting rifles of the 21st&nbsp;Century, this 2nd&nbsp;edition of&nbsp;The Illustrated History of Firearms&nbsp;covers them all. Spectacular, full-color photos of more than 1,700 guns with detailed captions walk readers through the background and development of virtually every type of firearm ever created, and the people who influenced their use and designs. More than a reference book,&nbsp;The Illustrated History of Firearms&nbsp;brings context to the role firearms have played in shaping world events while also charting the development of today's guns for self-defense, competition, recreation and hunting.&nbsp; Painstakingly researched by expert curators at the NRA National Firearms Museum in Fairfax, Virginia, this 320-page, hardbound work of art is as educational as it is beautiful.&nbsp; Whether you're an avid gun collector or shooter, a history buff, or simply want to better understand the seemingly countless types of firearms in today's world, this book is a must-have.

The Illustrated History of Firearms, 2nd Edition

Gun Digest Books

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