The Illustrated Catalog of Rifles and Shotguns

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CONTENTS...................................................................................

Contents

INTRODUCTON 6

1 HSORC FLES 7

2 E VL WAR 12

3 AMNG TE RONTER 42

4 wo WORLD WARS 80

5 ODERN FES 124

6 OTGUNS 200

INDEX 254


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INTRODUCTON

IntroductionThe development of the Longarm, a being a long smoo-bored bael mouned on a

wooden stock wc cod be ed om the shoude using both ands led to becomng n

common use by nanty from te 14 ceny onwards. Tis coincided wth i gadualy

becomng moe eective moe accurae and above al moe eliable. Deveopment wen

n fits and sats howeve with ong periods where nothng muc changed.

By e me of e American Cvl War smoothbore intlock ams wee st n evdence b thepessue o e wa made demands on ecnology whch fasfowarded the developmen o

te ongarm by many years. e need for supeor accracy o nflc maxmum damage on

e other sde led o e deveopmen o e red barel wch enabled roops o pck of e

enemy a geaer ranges before e opponent's guns became eecve. The need or more

reiabe igniton led to e wdespead adopon of the pecussion cap. Othe deveopments

ke the Mine bulet which expanded n the boe o he bare to gve a moe eectve gas sea

aso ncreased range and veocy. Mulisot eams ike the everacton Henry Rfle (see

page 2) and he Spencer Repeating Carbine (page 37) aso came nto use on e Union sde

giving them a tremendous advanage.

uring te Froner perod (1801900) e rfe deveoped aongsde e shogn (whic s

aso covered n ths book) o te pon wee at e end of he era e rs semiauomac

ries and sogns appeared mosty by coesy of one man John M Brownng.

wo Word wars saw bo weapons used mataly e sogun suc as e Sevens

Model 620 (page 237) in a cose comba roe and the fle sed as e man weapon of e

infany lke he Mauser K98 (page 04) bu wth special vesions deveoped o snipng and

eite oces units.

Arriving in e modern period we can see sae-oftea atomatic "Assat ries ike e

Cot M6 (page 35) and sophsicaed modern spoing weapons both ries lke e

Remingon Nyon 66 (page 70) and shotgns ike the Mossberg Model 500 (page 22) at

ave benefied om the pressue of miitay developmen. At the same ime we show

exampes of guns which ae stil so for peasre ha gnoe al rappngs of moderny

ke the adtonal Englsh stye sde by side sogn e Gamba ondon (page 215)

and hg quaity tadiiona snge so boacton nting ries ike e Weatherby

Mark V series (page 8).


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_HISTORIC IFLESBaker Rifle

Jsigned by Ezekiel Baker and rst seected for sevice i wooden malet was orgay issued to assst i ths task. I

8 , the Baer was e first geera isse red weapon o eabed i emen to operae i ope fomaons and pc o

e Biis sevce. A muzleoadng flitoc pece, t ed a er arges at longe rages tha was possible wthftig ba that had to be rmy rammed no te barrel A smoothbore muskets

Bech

Type: Muzzle-loadng flintock rfe

Origin: Tower Armores, Egad

alibe 62 Barrel length: 3025

Cadius Beach was a gnsmth a Masal, Mchga and whic te orgia ear sig as bee removed and epace

s Know to have bee acive i te years 1868-77,b by a adjsabe sight mouted o the tag Ths weapo

obably set p bsess beoe ta dae and shed ater cleary marked w the maker's ame, but as o date

- s percusso spong e as a cas see barel rom

Type Percsso re

Origin C H Beach Marsha Mcgan

albe 40 Barrel ength: 29

Bown ess Short Ld Patter Musket

:om about te 17 owards the Brtsh Army was

pped wt a sees of smpe, eective fltoc muskets,

now by e solders ckname of "Bown Bess is wasnever a orma tte, and the term covered a multitde o

variaos cabe me egth ad ock deal he Sho

Lad Paer sow here enered servce fom abo 76

owads, becomng e sandad ssue am ad a popar

gu wth sodiers o the next 1 yeas o so

Type: Mzzle-oadng fltlock muske

Orign: ower Arores gan

alber .75 Barre ength 42n


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Allen and Wheelock Drop Breec RileA single shot breechloader produced fom 1860 o 1871,

soe saw miiary service i he Cvi War as privaely

procured weapos. I has a pa round par ocagoal barrel

bewee 23 and 28 iches ong Te breech block drops

dow wen he tgger guard is lowered ejectng he

ad alowng a fresh roud to be inseed Made i a

of caibers- through 44 all rimfire

Total producion 1500000.

Type: Sle reean rre fe

Origin: Ae & Weel WeterMaacue

Caiber A&W rfre Barrel length 6

Ball ever Action CarbineAlhoug hs gu was delveed oo late or acton i is obus saddlering or a slidg lg as a wopiece

geeraly cosidered a Civil War weapon he carbe is a 7 soc wih a treequaer eng forend fastened by

so rmre repeaig arm operated by a eve which doubes barel bands

as e rgger guard. Te ef hand sde o te ecever as a

ype Repea artre are

Origin: La & W Vert

Calber: . fre Barrel length

Bridesburg Model1861 Rile Musket

hs Mode 861 re usket was anuacued by te

Bdesburg Machne Works hat was owned by Aed Jenks

ad is son Baro wo a he oubreak o he Cvil Wa

were welesablised and successfu aufacurers o

cotto and woo mng machnes ey bu a new

863 o house some 50 woers wo produced ao

5000 U Governent pattern muskes per mo

Type Peru ee ue

Origin: ebur Mae Wr Penyvaa

Caiber Barrel length:


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THE CIVIL WAR

ridesbug Moel1863 Rfle Musket-e Model 1863 was eectvely a Model 86 with some

nor mprovemets o the hamme ad muzle reag

ads he Type I ad furher modcatos to te earsgt

ad sprg reaiers or te bael bads te Type II.

Brdesburg wee oe of severa mauacures who made

corac ries dug he Cvl War. By te ed hey had

produced jst uder 00,000 rfles or te Fedea

Govermet.

Type Percusson sevce musket

Org: Bdesbg Machie Woks,esy lvana

Caber 5 Barrel legth 40i

J.F Bown Taget/Snpe Rfles weapo s of a type used by sarpshootes te Cv Beows als Vermot, wo was oe o he poees o su

ar we represeted te vey ates ecoogy T e devces. Boh Amado ad Brow were amous her m

eapon was made by J Brow of Haverhll Massachusets for he g qualy o ter productse eescopc sgh was mauacured by LM Amado o

Type Pecsso fle

Org J F. Brow, Havehi, assachusetts

Cabe Barre legth 25in

unse Cabnee proc Brsde cabe remaed podcto fom

87 o 86 Desged by Ambrose E Bsde wo

'rmed te Brso eams Co. Rhode Isad ad laer

mproved by oe o s gusmts Geoge P. oster a

Bursde ad sod s teress te compay, gog o

greater hgs as the commader o he Army o te oo

Type ecsso beechloadig carbie

Org Briso Fearms Co., Providece, Rhode Isad

Calber: 54 Barrel egh in


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Two WORLD WARS 8

Arisaka Meii 38th Yea CarbineThe Meij 44th Year ype cabine (91) comed te usal

Arsaka acon wi a mch sorer, 20 ch arrel ad a

permaneny fxed bayonet wc was attaced to a hinge on

e ose-cap ad swveled ack de the bael wen not i

use his weapo was podctio from 9 to 942. The

two exampes show ere are stadard prodcton vesions,

showig te ve eat bayoet nstalaton. Althoug oiginay

neded fo te cavaly the cabne was popar wt nfat

nvoved n ue waae, since s shoe enth made it

easie o hade

Type: Bot-action, magazinefed cabne

Origin: Koshgawa/Nagoya/Mukden arsenals

Cabe 6.5 x 50m Barrel Length 20in

e permanently atached bayoet made the cabne mzze heavy

wich aected accate aim.

e shoer barel o the cabe er educed the powe adage o the aleady magnal 6.5mm ond

Arisaka Meii 91th Yea Snipe Rilehe Meji 9 ea sper ife (937) was the otcome o a telescopic sight was moned on the le sde o the weapo

developmet pogam at ased wel ove ten yeas It was this positio was teded to make rechaging the magazi

ased cosely o e ei 38th ea rle b e bot hade easer bt dd n act, make holding and aimng (vital

was both onge and agled sarply dowwards Aoka 5x characteistcs n a snpe rfe) moe dific

Type Bolt-acion, agaznefed snip ie

Oigin Koa'/Nagoya asenals

Calbe 65 x 50m Barre ength 30n


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Colt-BurgessThe Cot-Burgess was he only atempt by Cot to compee i

the ever-acto maket, usg a paet held by Adew

Bgess, of Owego, New Yok. ee were two vesons, a

fe wi a 25.5 c bael ad a ffeenound tba

magaze and a cabine wt a 205 c barre and a twe

roud magazne e CotBgess was only i prodcto

rom 1883 o 885 dng whc tme 3,775 iles ad 25

cabes wee competed

Type: Tubula magazine, leveractio ifle

Origin Co, Hafod Connectcut

Calber: .44-40 Barrel length: 2n

Colt ightninge Co gtng was he fst sldeaction le o be

maufacted by Cot and was prodced n te e fame

sizes he smafame veso was avalable ony n 22

caber wt a 24 ic bare, whle he medim rame veson

(fe wih a bare engh o 26 inces and carbiebarre

length 20 inches) was avaable n 32-20,38-40,and 0

caibers e lagefame veso incdes rile with a barel

lengt o 28 nces ad cabiebarre lengh 22 ices) was

cambeed fo 3856 p to 5095 e agest ound o

age-ame rife was e 5095 Expess ad eaed te

came "Expess mode" for a cabe vesos

Type uuar agane, slde-aco rfle

Origin Cot ,afod, Conecticu

Caliber see text

Barel length see ex

This was te smallfame verson, avalable 22 So or Long calibe o

wih a 2 ic bael; his exampe has seen consderable service and e

ncludes some epai tape

is one s te medmfame verson, i tis case wt a 26 nch bar

cambered or te 32 cardge


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TAMING HE FRONIER 4

Dimick Plans Rle-;orace E. Dimick estabished s business S Louis in49 were e podced Plas fes ad derrnges, ad

:e weapo seen ere s inscbed with is ame is hal

weapon has a ve heavy barel which s ifled

accodng to e wordng of his patent " by a system o

stag gooves exendig from the base of e boe o

about the position o e unnos and twisting m tence

to he muze

a

Origin H E. k i Mr

Calibr 8 Barrl lngth 3

Marl-Ballard Number 2 Sporting Rlee alBalad Numbe was podced a ew ave

beween 76 ad 9 I was made i o caibers (3

3 rimie 3 ceeire ad 44) ad in ee bae lengts

{6, and 30 iches Te weapo show hee is 444

Type aaa Origin Ma w Hav Ct

Caibr 444 Barrl ng 3

MarlnBallard Number 4 Rle

caibe with a 30 ic barel ad mouts a tangmounted

verne earsg ad a foresig with a godpated

potecto his g was resiged as a ideal log ange

hung e

e atiBallard umber 4 ug fle was prodced hee made a speca ode fo a extraog ocagoa 32 i

betwee 6 and 9 i a umbe o calbes ad ts bae altog is sl ed w e sa Rocy onan

example s n 445 Evelastig Vaious barel leghs om 26 oesgt Tee is also a baelmounted amped easight

o 30 ices were oeed but e purcase of the ile see and a tang moned veier

aaa lt il

Origin Mal Nw Hav Ct

Calbr 44 va Barrl ngt 3


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Accuracv Internatioal PM

The rifl s based aound a exmely rgd alumum frame,

wit an ataced pasc sock wh tumboe gip ad a

sprigoadd bpod sppo. A sanlss ste barel is ee

foatig above te ram, and the action is a sottrow

wic ca b opraed witout t r avng to cange

he head poso.

Type Bo-acton siper fle

Origin: Accuracy Inteaona, England

Caliber 762 Bael length 25i

AR-7 Surial Rile

I 99 te lgdary Egene Soer enterd he US A

Forc's competito fo a v gh and compac aedow

suiva wapon for downed aircrw; t outcom was te

Armalite AR18 Rile

AR7. Oe o ts mos notab atbutes was ha he eire

weapo cod b dsassembled ad sord n he plasc

sock and h rassmbld scods.

Tye: Takeow sematoaic suva rie

Origin: A-7 Csomze Accessores, LLCMerien, Conectct

Caliber .22LR Barrel lengt 6i

Intedd to b a caper alterav o te A- t A- The A- was o al-sel cosco, xtensve us

18 employd a otatng bolt wit seven ugs whch ock into beng made of pssigs fo he upp and ow receiver

t bc nd o t barre wh a shortsroke psto bodes and for a umbr of xtra and iternal parts al

drivng te bot-care reawards furit was glasseioced plastic.

Type: Seiauomatc fle

Oigin: Arale c Costa Mesa, Caiorna

(ow at Geeseo, lios)

Caliber: .223 Barre ength: 20


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MODERN IFLES 12

This example was made by Sterig in Engand, and has lugs fo a geade-lancher beneath

e baread a moug for e geade-lancher sg above the ecever

Anschutz Target ad Sportig RilesMembes of e Asctz famly ave bee vey acve egumakg busiess n Gemay snce17 93, mosty

podcig spong arms and compeiion ies. he

compay of J.G. Asct was esablshed Su 1856

ad emaied coosy bsness ul1945 we the

tow was overr by the advacig Soviet Red Amy. The

compay was eesabsed a Um 1950, sce whe

as poduced a wde vaety of spong ad age rfles,

mos o them based o e compay's ow Mode1954 b

action A sma seleco of e compay's 22 sigle-shot

rifes ae sown o ths ad the folowg page.

Type: B c fl

Origin Ach l,ay

Calber 22

Bael length caps

hs s mode1808 ED chambeed o .22L

wth a1925 ic barrel

s is a mode1710 cambeed fo 22

ad as a 24 c bae


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Akah DrillingAkah is a large (and existing) Gema spos goods can,

e name beig e German ponetic abbreviao for

Abecht Kid (A = Abecht and cild. Le Uned Staes

ardwae chais and mal order houses, Aa buys i goods

Type: Shotgu/ile

Orign Aka Germany

Caiber 16 gage/8mm Barrel length 25.5n

such as shogs from esabshed manfacers ad the

ses them under ts ow ame Tis dilling has wo 16

gauge sotgn baels and one Bmm fle bare

Antoio Zoli Ritmo Sigle-Barrel Trap ShotguAono Zo of rescia maes a rage o shoguns amongs

whic s ths Ritmo trap g wi a usualy configued

veed ib, desged to maximize the eat dsspaon from

e barel Te gn has a checered pistol grp stye wau

soc with a eco pad o the b

Type Sige-bare tap shotg

Orgin Antoio Zo, Bresca, Italy

Caber gage Barrel engh 34n

Antoio Zoli Combinato Safari De Luxe Shotgu/RifleTe Combiat (combao, show ee combnes a rifle caber ad 20 gage e Combnato as boxock aco,

barrel 7mm caliber and a sotgun n 12 gauge in an over- doble iggers, a foding-lea rear sg ad a 2.75 ch

ad-nder conguraon bt s also made with barrels i 22 camber with scew- choe system

Type Combned shog/fe

Origin Aono oli Bescia taly

Caber 1 gauge/ 7 x 57m Barre engh 4


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Eow SHOTGUN 20

Angelo Zol ver-and-Uer ShotgunThis over-and-unde shogun was made by Ita ian gunsmith

Ageo Zo (ot o be confsed with Antoo ol, aso o

Bresca, Itay) Tis sotgn as an extra l ventated b

above the top barre ad vens n e spie betwee e

upper and lower barels. The gun is vey we finised with

egraved sde pates and a Moe Caro sock w a whe

line butt recoi pad

Type: Ovean son

Orgn: Anlo ol, sa Ialy

Caliber 12 ae Barrel length 30n

America Arms Brttan Double-Barrel SotguThe adonaly designed Bany ode eered prodction

989 and was a dobe-bae, boxock sotgn in ee

gauge with a 27 inch bare o 20 gage with a 25 inc

barel. t ad atoatic ejectos and a sigle selective trigg

he action was engraved ad e wal sock was

checkered.

ype Dol-ar sot

Origin Aran Ars In, Nor Kasas y sso

Caliber 2/20 a

Barre lengh 25, 27n

Amercan Arms Moel Sver II OverandUnder Shotgue Amercan As company as soe aufacrig

capablity n te Uited Staes but e ajoy of ther

products are impoed rom Erope iclding the shotgns

from Spain were ee is a adtion the anacre of

ne shoguns is sal bore overandder sotg, the

Siver , as wo sperposed 26 ch ventibbed baes,

egravig on e acto and a waut sock

Type: Ovannr sot

Orgn Aran As, , ort Kansas ty ssor

Caiber 2 a Barrel engh 26n

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