Guns of the Old West An Illustrated Guide

by Chapel, Charles Edward

• ISBN13: 9780486421612
• ISBN10: 0486421619
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-09-19
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

Definitive, scrupulously researched work not only tells the dramatic story of shoulder arms, hand guns, percussion and cartridge weapons but also describes the hunters, settlers, peace officers, soldiers, range detectives, rustlers, and outlaws who used them. An invaluable guide for collectors, dealers, enthusiasts and students. 499 black-and-white illustrations. Bibliography. Index.

Table of Contents

Foreword	1	(4)
How Guns Began	5	(10)
The Kentucky Rifle and Pistol Head West	15	(20)
Flintlock Pistols on the Frontier	35	(16)
Musket, Rifle and Carbine: American Martial Shoulder Arms	51	(30)
Pepperboxes: Percussion and Cartridge	81	(20)
Pocket-sized Death: Development of the Famous Deringer	101	(18)
The Voice of the Derringer: Imitations, Counterfeits, and Competitors of Deringer's Pocket Pistol	119	(14)
Twilight of the Derringer: Breech-loading Cartridge Types; the Derringer in Transition	133	(16)
Captain Walker's Gun-Hunt: Early Colt Revolvers	149	(22)
Martial Percussion Hand Guns on the Frontier: U. S. Martial and Secondary Martial Pistols and American Martial Revolvers	171	(20)
Johnny Kept His Gun: Confederate Firearms in the West	191	(8)
Revolving Shoulder Arms and Related Weapons	199	(10)
When the Colt Was King: The Immortal '72 Model Peacemaker and Others	209	(32)
Gunsmoke over Powder River: The Winchester Rifle	241	(14)
The Indian Campaigns: U. S. Martial Arms of the Post-Civil War Era	255	(16)
Buffalo Guns and Hunters	271	(8)
The Shotgun Guards the Stage	279	(6)
The Guns of Teddy Roosevelt	285	(8)
Bibliography	293	(6)
Index	299