Firearms

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• Firearms -- Great Britain
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• Firearms -- History
• Firearms -- Identification
• Firearms -- Latin America
• Firearms -- Law and legislation
• Firearms -- Licenses
• Firearms -- Locks
• Firearms -- Maintenance and repair
• Firearms -- Miscellanea
• Firearms -- New York
• Firearms -- Periodicals
• Firearms -- Purchasing
• Firearms -- Rhine River Valley
• Firearms -- Safety measures
• Firearms -- Safety regulations
• Firearms -- Sights
• Firearms -- Social aspects
• Firearms -- Societies, etc.
• Firearms -- Standards
• Firearms -- Taxation
• Firearms -- Testing
• Firearms -- United States
• Firearms -- Use in crime prevention
• Firearms -- Washington (State)
• Air guns
• Assault weapons
• Browning firearms
• Colt firearms
• Firearms accidents
• Flame throwers
• Gun control
• Machine guns
• Muzzle-loading firearms
• Paraffin test
• Pistols
• Products liability -- Firearms
• Revolvers
• Rifles
• Sharps firearms
• Shotguns
• Silencers (Firearms)
• Sporting guns
• Winchester firearms
• Black market -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Firearms
• France -- Firearms
• Great Britain -- Firearms
• United States -- Firearms

• Guns
• Small arms

• The history of a business established one hundred years ago, 1811-1911, ([Philadelphia, Pa., Printed by Franklin printing company, 1911]), by Charles Zimmerling Tyron (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instructions to young sportsmen in all that relates to guns and shooting. By Lt. Col. P. Hawker. (London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1859), by Peter Hawker (page images at HathiTrust)
• The N. R. A. book of small arms [by] Walter H. B. Smith ... (Washington, D. C., The National rifle association of America; Washington, D. C., Harrisburg, Pa., The Military service publishing company, 1948), by W. H. B. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Panama gunrunning hearings before the Subcommittee on the Panama Canal and the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session ... June 6, 7, and July 10, 1979. (Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1980), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Panama Canal (page images at HathiTrust)
• American firearms : an histology of American gunsmiths, arms manufacturers & patentees with detailed description of their arms / by Stephen Van Rensselaer. (Watkins Glen, N.Y. : Century House, 1947), by Stephen Van Rensselaer (page images at HathiTrust)
• The gun and its development / by W. W. Greener. (New York, Cassell and Company, 1910), by W. W. Greener (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chronologie des machines de guerre et de l'artillerie, depuis Charlemagne jusqu'à Charles X; par le général Marion ... (Doullens, De l'impr. de Quinquenpoix, 1828), by Claude Marion (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalog of the Borrowdale collection. ([Santa Fé, N. M.], 1921), by Museum of New Mexico (page images at HathiTrust)
• Corrosion under oil films, with special reference to the cause and prevention of the after-corrosion of firearms / by Wilbert J. Huff. (Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, 1922), by Wilbert James Huff (page images at HathiTrust)
• Firearms in American history / by Charles Winthrop Sawyer. (Boston : The author, 1910), by Charles Winthrop Sawyer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die handfeuerwaffen, ihre Entwicklung und Technik, von R. Weiss ... mit 69 Textabbildungen. (Leipzig, B. G. Teubner, 1912), by Robert Otto Gustav Weiss (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A letter...to the Secretary of state for war, claiming the original invention of an indispensable feature of the Armstrong gun, with an authentic description of that weapon. (London, Ridgway, 1859), by A. T. Blakely (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Gun Foundry Board : message from the President of the United States, transmitting a Report of the Board of Army and Navy officers relative to the best location for establishing a government foundry. ([Washington, D.C.] : Govt. Print. Off., [1884]), by United States. Gun Foundry Board (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guns and gunning [by] Captain Paul A. Curtis ... (Philadelphia, The Penn publishing company New York. Outdoor Life, [c1934]), by Paul Allan Curtis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guns and gunning [by] Captain Paul A. Curtis ... (Philadelphia, The Pen publishing company, [c1934]), by Paul Allan Curtis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nouveau manuel complet de l'armurier, du fourbisseur et de l'arquebusier; ou, Traité complet et simplifié de ces arts. (Paris, Roret, 1852), by A. O. Paulin-Désormeaux (page images at HathiTrust)
• American inventions and improvements in breech-loading small arms, heavy ordnance, machine guns, magazine arms, fixed ammunition, pistols, projectiles, explosives, and other munitions of war, including a chapter on sporting arms. Compiled by Charles B. Norton ... (Springfield, Mass., Chapin & Gould; [etc., etc.], 1880), by Charles B. Norton (page images at HathiTrust)
• American breech-loading small arms: a description of late inventions, including the Gatling gun, and a chapter on cartridges. Compiled by Charles B. Norton ... (New York, F. W. Christern, 1872), by Charles B. Norton (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on gun-powder ; A treatise on fire-arms ; and A treatise on the service of artillery in time of war / Translated from the Italian of Alessandro Vittorio Papacino d'Antoni ... by Captain Thomson ... (London : Sold by T. and J. Egerton, at the Military Library, Whitehall, MDCCLXXXIX [1789]), by Alessandro Vittorio Papacino d'Antoni (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American sportsman: containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of the game birds and wild fowl of America. By Elisha J. Lewis...with numerous illustrations. Designed by George G. White-engraved by Louderback & Hoffmann. (Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1857), by Elisha J. Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cours sur la construction et la fabrication des armes à feu, par le colonel Homilius, traduit de l'allemand par Lenglier ... avec trois planches. (Paris, J. Corréard, 1848), by Franz Ludwig Homilius (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Kriegshandfeuerwaffen : eine genaue Darstellung ihrer Einrichtung in den europäischen Armeen, ihrer Anfertigung, ihres Gebrauchs und ihrer allmäligen Entwicklung / von Caesar Rüstow. (Berlin : A. Bath, 1857), by Caesar Rüstow (page images at HathiTrust)
• Observations on the past and present state of fire-arms, and on the probable effects in war of the new musket: with a proposition for reorganizing the Royal Regiment of Artillery by a subdivision into battalions in each special arm of garrison, field, and horse artillery, with suggestions for promoting its efficiency. (London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852), by Francis Rawdon Chesney (page images at HathiTrust)
• The science of gunnery, as applied to the military and sporting arms of England, France, Belgium, Austria, Prussia, Russia, and America. By W. Greener ... (London, E. Churton, 1846), by William Greener (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbuch der Waffenlehre; entworfen für angehende Krieger und insbesondere zum Behuf der Vorlesungen am Königl. Sächs. adeligen Cadetten-Corps, von C.F. Peschel ... (Dresden, Arnold, 1825), by Karl Friedrich Peschel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Geheimnisse der englischen Gewehrfabrication und Büchsenmacherkunst, so wie der Erzeugung der verschiedenen Eisensorten zu den feinsten Jagdgewehren. Aus dem Englischen übers. von Chr. Heinr. Schmidt. (Weimar, B.F. Voigt, 1842), by William Greener (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sporting firearms of today in use, by Paul A. Curtis, jr. (New York, E. P. Dutton & company, [c1922]), by Paul Allan Curtis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbuch des schiess-sport / von Friedrich Brandeis. (Wein ; Pest ; Leipzig : Hartleben, 1881), by Friedrich Brandeis (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die moderne Gewehrfabrikation; praktisches Hand- und Lehrbuch ... (Weimar, B.F. Voigt, 1881), by Friedrich Brandeis (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Guns and gunning, by Bellmore H. Browne; ed. by Dan Beard. (Chicopee Falls, Mass., J. Stevens arms & tool co., [1908]), by Bellmore H. Browne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sporting fire-arms for bush and jungle; or, Hints to intending griffs and colonists on the purchase, care, and use of fire-arms, with useful notes on sporting rifles. (London: W. H. Allen, 1884), by Forsyth Francis Robert Burgess (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The gun book for boys and men, by Thomas Heron McKee ... (New York, H. Holt and company, 1918), by Thomas Heron McKee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instructions to young sportsmen, in all that relates to guns and shooting. By Lieut. Col. P. Hawker. (Philadelphia, Lea and Blanchard, 1846), by Peter Hawker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instructions to young sportsmen in all that relates to guns and shooting, with explanatory plates and woodcuts, ed. by P. W. L. Hawker. (London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1859), by Peter Hawker (page images at HathiTrust)
• An illustrated treatise on the art of shooting, with extracts from the best authorities ... By Charles Lancaster ... (London [Printed by McCorquodale and Co., Limited], 1898), by Charles Lancaster (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Vollständige Anleitung zur Kenntniss und Behandlung der percussionirten Jagd- und Schützengewehre ... (Plauen, A. Schröter, 1853), by M. F. Elrichs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sporting guns and gunpowders : comprising a selection from reports of experiments, and other articles published in the "Field" newspaper, relative to firearms and explosives / compiled by the present editor of "The field." (London : Horace Cox, 1897-1900) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Experts on guns and shooting. (London, Sampson Low, Marston & co., 1900), by G. T. Teasdale-Buckell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Clark's illustrated treatise on the rifle, shotgun and pistol. Also, the materials best suited for the construction of each ... together with H.F [#] Clark & co's Catalogue of guns, watches, silver-ware, jewelry, fancy goods, &c. (Memphis, Tenn., Pub. by H.F. [1] Clark & co, at their gun emporium, 1850), by F.H. & company Clark (page images at HathiTrust)
• The gun and its development, (London, New York, Cassell, 1907), by W. W. Greener (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Essai sur les poudres fulminantes sur leur emploi dans les fusils de chasse, et dans les armes portatives de guerre / par A.D. Vergnaud. (A Paris : Chez Anselin et Pochard, 1824), by A. D. Vergnaud (page images at HathiTrust)
• Remington Arms in American history. (New York, Rinehart, [1956]), by Alden Hatch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionary of ordnance terms; arms, ammunition and explosives, including other war matériel in five languages: English, French, German, Italian [and] Spanish. By H. Strom in collaboration with A.F. Stoeger, Jr., July Michauz, U.W. Baldi [and] W. Boehm. (New York, Pub. by the Murray Printing Company, Cambridge, for Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., [1944]), by Hans Strom (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Büchsenmacherkunst und zur richtigen Beurtheilung der Schiessgewehre ... (Weimar, B.F. Voigt, 1843), by J. Schmidt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instructions to young sportsmen in all that relates to guns and shooting / by P. Hawker. (London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1826), by Peter Hawker (page images at HathiTrust)
• An illustrated treatise on the art of shooting, with extracts from the best authorities. By Charles Lancaster. (London, McCorquodale, 1906), by Charles Lancaster (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Report of the Board for Examination of Breech-Loading Military Small Arms : State of New York. (Albany : Weed, Parsons & Co., Printers, 1867), by New York (State). Board for Examination of Breech-Loading Military Small Arms (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American sportsman, by Elisha J. Lewis. (Philadelphia, London, J. B. Lippincott Co., 1906), by Elisha J. Lewis (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Huo gong qie yao / Tang Ruowang shou ; Jiao Xu shu. ([China] : Hai shan xian guan, Daoguang ji you [1849]), by Johann Adam Schall von Bell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Extra census bulletin. Report on the manufacture of firearms and ammunition, by Charles H. Fitch. (Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1882), by United States. Census Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sporting firearms, by Horace Kephart ... illustrated with diagrams. (New York, Outing Publishing Company, 1912), by Horace Kephart (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American sportsman: (Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & co., 1871), by Elisha Jarrett Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pepperbox firearms / by Lewis Winant. (New York : Greenberg, c1952), by Lewis Winant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instructions to young sportsmen in all that relates to guns and shooting / by P. Hawker. (London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825), by Peter Hawker (page images at HathiTrust)
• European firearms, by J. F. Hayward. (New York, Philosophical Library, [1955]), by Victoria and Albert Museum (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American sportsman: (Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & co., 1885), by Elisha Jarrett Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American sportsman: (Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & co., 1857), by Elisha Jarrett Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
• The art of shooting. ([Fenton, Mich.] Fenton independent presses, 1892), by C. A. Damon (page images at HathiTrust)
• When the court takes a recess, (New York, E. P. Dutton & company, [c1924]), by William McAdoo (page images at HathiTrust)
• Colt's revolvers, automatic pistols (Hartford, Conn. : Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co., [ca. 1923?]), by Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Special reports to the commission on firearms legislation and psychiatric and expert testimony in criminal cases. 1928. (Albany, J. B. Lyon company, printers, 1928), by New York (State). Crime Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Firearm use in violent crime : a selected bibliography / compiled by Marla Wilson Ray, Office for Improvements in the Administration of Justice, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Robert N. Brenner, Marjorie Kravitz, National Criminal Justice Reference Service ; [prepared by Aspen Systems Corp.]. ([Rockville, Md.] : Dept. of Justice, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, 1978), by Marla Wilson Ray (page images at HathiTrust)
• An evaluation of police handgun ammunition : summary report / prepared for the National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice by R.C. Dobbyn, W.J. Bruchey, L.D. Shubin. (Washington : National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975), by R. C. Dobbyn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Firearms / Special Operation Services. (Brigham City, Utah : Bureau of Indian Affairs, Dept. of Interior, [1981?]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• An update on FBI firearms training / by William F. Vanderpool. ([Washington, D.C.? : Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Dept. of Justice], 1984), by William F. Vanderpool (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tests of hand-held metal weapon detectors / [prepared by the Law Enforcement Standards Laboratory]. (Washington : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., [Congressional Sales Office], 1977), by Law Enforcement Standards Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sahra topcu endaht talimnamesi. (İstanbul : Matbaa-yı Askeriye, 1310 [1892]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Fenn-i esliha / müellifi, Mahmut Şevket. ([İstanbul] : Mekteb-i Fünun-ı Harbiye-yi Şahane Matbaası, 1301 [1885]), by Mahmud Şevket Paşa (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Le tir, par le commandant Ferrus, le capitaine L. Claudot, le marquis de Créqui-Montfort, Ménessier, Gastinne-Renette, Paul Manoury, G. Le Roy; Carnet du docteur, par le médecin inspecteur général de l'armée H. Nimier; préface du général Journée. Ouvrage orné de 48 pages d'illustrations hors texte et de nombreaux schémas. (Paris, P. Lafitte & Cie, [c1914]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Criminal investigation : transitional firearms training program for instructors. ([Washington, D.C.] : Dept. of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 1991) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Project identification : a study of handguns used in crime. ([Washington] : Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, [1976]), by Tobacco United States. Bureau of Alcohol (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handguns and handgun ammunition / by S. Bergman, E. Bunten, P. Klaus. (Washington : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1977), by S. Bergman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Federal firearms licensee information. (Washington, D.C. : Dept. of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, [1988]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Experimental plating of gun bores to retard erosion / Vernon A. Lamb and John P. Young. (Washington : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Office of Technical Services, 1960), by Vernon A. Lamb (page images at HathiTrust)
• Drill sergeant course : weapons. ([Washington, D.C.? : U.S. Dept. of the Army?], 1984) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Armes de guerre et Batiments cuirassés, par Louis Figuier. Extrait des Merveilles de la science ... (Paris, Furne, Jouvet et cie, [1870]), by Louis Figuier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Military commission to Europe in 1855 and 1856. Report of Major Alfred Mordecai, of the Ordnance Department. (Washington, G. W. Bowman, printer, 1860), by United States. Military Commission to Europe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Engines of war : or, Historical and experimental observations on ancient and modern warlike machines and implements : including the manufacture of guns ... / by Henry Wilkinson. (London : Longman ...[and 4 others], 1841), by Henry Wilkinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hand-book for Hythe : comprising a familiar explanation of the law of projectiles, and an introd. to the system of musketry, now adopted by all military powers : with numerous illustrations / by Hans Busk. (London ; New York : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1860), by Hans Busk (page images at HathiTrust)
• Projectile weapons of war and explosive compounds / including some new resources of warfare, with especial reference to rifled ordnance, in their chief known varieties. With the authenticated weight, measurement, and mode of construction of Armstrong's wrought iron breech-loading guns; together with an account of their shells and fuses. Illustrated by descriptive drawings. By J. Scoffern. (London : Longman, Brown, 1859), by J. Scoffern (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gunnery in 1858: being a treatise on rifles, cannon, and sporting arms : explaining the principles of the science of gunery, and describing the newest improvements in fire-arms /4cby William Greener. (London, Smith, Elder and co., 1858), by William Greener (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American sportsman : containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of the game birds and wild fowl of America / by Elisha J. Lewis ; with numerous illustrations designed by George G. White--engraved by Louderback & Hoffmann. (Philadelphia : Lippincott, 1863), by Elisha J. Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instructions to young sportsmen in all that relates to guns and shooting. (London, Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1830), by Peter Hawker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instructions to young sportsmen in all that relates to guns and shooting / by P. Hawker. (London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1854), by Peter Hawker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Military commission to Europe in 1855 and 1856. (Washington : G. W. Bowman, printer, 1861), by United States. Military Commission to Europe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Del tiro delle armi da fuoco e particolarmente del tiro del fucile per Delorme di Quesney : corredato di un metodo acconcio a rendere in pochissimo tempo tutti i soldati abili in questo esercizio di A. Desborderliers. (Genova : Tip. di A. Moretti, 1851), by A. Delorme du Quesney (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American sportsman: containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of the game birds, and wild fowl of America. By Elisha J. Lewis ... With numerous illustrations. (Philadelphia, Lippincott, Grambo and co., 1855 [c1854]), by Elisha J. Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American sportsman. (Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott & co., 1857), by Elisha J. Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Firearms, ammunition, explosives and fireworks: a selected list of books and pamphlets. Comp. by Anne L. Baden. (Washington, 1943), by Library of Congress. Division of Bibliography (page images at HathiTrust)
• Colt's 100th anniversary fire arms manual. : 1836-1936. ([Hartford, Conn.] : Colt's patent fire arms mfg. co., c1937), by Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Firearms enforcement efforts of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, on firearms enforcement efforts of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, July 2, 1980. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1981), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime (page images at HathiTrust)
• American small arms; a veritable encyclopedia of knowledge for sportsmen and military men. Illustrated with five hundred engravings, by Edward S. Farrow. (New York, The Bradford Company, 1904), by Edward S. Farrow (page images at HathiTrust)

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