SynopsisColorful story of the wide range of firearms, from pistols to rifles, used by plainsmen and settlers, gamblers, native Americans, and the U.S. Army. Detailed descriptions and performance evaluations., This text tells the colorful story of the wide range of firearms - from the smallest pistol to the rifles of the buffalo hunters - used by plainsmen and settlers, gamblers and engineers and soldiers of the US Army., Tells the colorful story of the wide range of firearms used by plainsmen and settlers, gamblers and engineers, Native Americans, and US soldiers. Examines pre-Civil War mass production and technical advances, and the effect of readily available post-war surplus weapons on life in the mid-West. Trace
LC Classification NumberTS533.2.W35 1999