内容简介
In15thcenturyEurope,thebattlefieldswererifewithinaccurateweapons;canonsandmusketsoftenmissedtheirtargetscompletelyandneededtobecleanedaftereachshot.Soldiersbegantoexperimentwithgroovedbarrels,whichrequiredlesscleaningandhadtheaddedbenefitofhittingtargetswithgreaterprecision.These"rifled"barrelsquicklycaughton,andtheriflewasborn."Rifles"exploreshowrifleschangedovertime,andhowtherequirementsofthebattlefieldbroughtaboutnewdevelopments,includingtheadventofthesemi-automaticrifleduringWWI.Filledwithover200full-colorphotographsofrifles,thisartfulbookshowcasesbeautifulantiquemodelsaswellasextrememodernweapons.Seealloftheriflesmadebytopmanufacturers,includingBrowning,MarlinFirearms,Winchester,Ruger,andRemington.Learnaboutdifferentactiontypes,includingbold-action,pump-action,andsemi-automaticrifles.Italsoincludeshelpfulinformationaboutsafehandlingandstoragesolutionsforgunowners.