Summary: "Published annually for more than eighty years, the Shooter's Bible is the most comprehensive and sought-after reference guide for new firearms and their specifications, as well as for thousands of guns that have been in production and are currently on the market. Nearly every firearms manufacturer in the world is included in this renowned compendium. The 107th edition also contains new and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799 SHOSummary: "Published annually for more than eighty years, the Shooter's Bible is the most comprehensive and sought-after reference guide for new firearms and their specifications, as well as for thousands of guns that have been in production and are currently on the market. Nearly every firearms manufacturer in the world is included in this renowned compendium. The 110th edition also contains new and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Ward, Bill.
Summary: This book covers 20 classic and vintage rifles from five different manufacturers. The rifles covered are among the most-used and best-loved rifles of all time. You will find information about each rifle and each manufacturer including: history and development, physical measurements and handling characteristics, accuracy testing, and current value. Plus, there are chapters on finding your own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: AuthorHouse 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Miller, David (David M. O.)
Contents: Historic rifles -- The Civil War -- Taming the frontier -- Two world wars -- Modern rifles -- Shotguns.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pepperbox Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.2 MILMcCoy, Max
Summary: "Ten years have passed since Jack Picaro lost his Ghost Rifle--the firearm he invented, the one that never missed its target. The loss of the rifle calmed the hellraiser in his soul. Instead of returning to the gambling halls and whiskey bars of St. Louis, Jack has spent the last decade as a fur trapper in Wyoming's Wild River Range, married to Sky, the daughter of an Arikara war chief, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MCCWard, Bill
Summary: "The rifles covered in this new volume, as in book one, are some of the most popular and respected American .22 rifles of all time. Eight manufacturers are represented with a total of 25 rifles, including the Browning SA-22, the classic Marlin levers, Mossbergs, Remingtons, Savages, Stevens, and Winchesters. Some, like the Colt Lightning .22 go back over 120 years. Historical background,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palmetto Publishing Group 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 683.422 WARHowlett, Doug
Summary: "There's no denying the popularity and intense fascination with AR-15s among firearms enthusiasts today. Interest has grown rapidly over the past decade, spurred by the versatility of modern sporting rifles in addition to increased performance. Here, inside the most comprehensive source to date in a newly updated second edition, is Doug Howlett's expert approach to everything from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799 HOWJohnstone, William W.
Summary: Captain Jed Foster is more than a thief. He's a traitor. With a handful of murderous rogues, he's run off with four wagons containing new Springfield 1880 rifles, bayonets, and ammunition meant to resupply the troops at Fort Bowie in Arizona Territory. Foster plans to sell the weapons to the highest bidderwhether it's Apaches, Mexican revolutionaries, or Confederate veterans who still dream of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOHMcWhirter, Cameron
Summary: "The epic history of the AR-15 rifle, America's most controversial weapon"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 683.4 MCWVan Lente, Fred
Summary: Two millennia from today, Earth has been ravaged by an endless onslaught of war and the world is filled with secretive enclaves where humanity still clings to life, such as The Grove, Earth's last known repository of scientific knowledge and bioengineered prosperity. Now, under the leadership of a lone protector called War Mother and her sentient sniper rifle, the denizens of The Grove must...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Valiant Entertainment LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 LENHartink, A. E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chartwell Books 2004
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 355 HarPaulsen, Gary.
Summary: A priceless, handcrafted rifle, fired throughout the American Revolution, is passed down through the years until it fires on a fateful Christmas Eve of 1994.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PAUO'Connor, Jack
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1964
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 683.422 OCOVan Zwoll, Wayne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.2 VANFilindra, Alexandra
Summary: "One-third of American adults--some 86 million people--own firearms. This is not just for protection or hunting. Today it is common to associate US gun-centric ideology with individualist and libertarian traditions in American political culture, but Race, Rights, and Rifles shows that gun-centric ideology rests on a very old, but different foundation--a belief system dating back to the American...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.33 FILChivers, C. J.
Contents: Origins. The birth of machine guns -- Machine guns in action -- Hiram Maxim changes war -- Slaughter made industrial: the Great War -- Invention and distribution. Stalin's contest: the invention of the AK-47 -- The breakout: the mass production, distribution, and early use of the AK-47 -- Aftermath: the consequences of the AK-47's global spread. The accidental rifle -- Everyman's gun --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.4424 CHISummary: The tale of the Alamo is one of courage, resolve and loss, but the human drama has obscured the role that technology played in the fatal standoff. Going beyond the obvious importance of Bowie knives and Kentucky rifles, learn how the Mexican army used music, uniforms, and other psychological tactics to keep the Alamo's defenders off guard. Forensic evidence and archival material help highlight...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Wilson, R. L. (Robert Lawrence)
Summary: No arms maker in history has captured the imagination in the way Winchester has: rifles, shotguns, and ammunition famous the world over for craftsmanship, design capability and performance, historical tradition, and sheer romance. And it is the Winchester that is known as "the gun that won the West." Now, in celebration of the 125th anniversary of the Winchester marque, R. L. Wilson --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chartwell Books 2004
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 683.422 WILTroke, Adam.
Summary: With 452 full-color pages, this hardback Rulebook is packed with rich background and contains all the rules for fighting pulse-pounding tabletop battles. The Rulebook includes exciting features such as dynamic close-combat, flyers, psychic devastation and interactive scenery. It also features a comprehensive hobby section to set you on the path to choosing, collecting and building your own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Games Workshop 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Firearm enthusiasts and shooting sportsmen everywhere recognize Gun Digest as the leading source for information on the latest guns and related gear. Entertaining articles by some of the top names in gun and outdoor writing cover all categories of rifles, handguns and shotguns. You'll find historical profiles of great guns of the past, hunting stories about the best gun for teh game, reports...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gun Digest Books, an imprint Caribou Media 2018
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 683.4 GUNMiller, David (David M. O.)
Summary: Completely new selection of guns featured - this book does not repeat the content of other similar volumes by the same author or with the same title.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Colin Gower Enterprises 2005
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 683.4 MILSummary: Sharpe's rifles : Sharpe saves Wellesley's life and is promoted to Lieutenant. He is put in command of the Chosen men, a crack regiment of riflemen who resist acknowledging his authority. Sharpe's eagle : When the French seize the King's Colours and Sharpe loses an old friend in battle, he steadfastly, but quietly swears to avenge the officer's death and restore England's honour. Sharpe's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Ltd. 2009