Intended to replace the proliferation of different small arms fielded by US forces during the American Civil War, the “Trapdoor Springfield” was designed in

The lifetime work of the rifle's premier authority. Exhaustive research has taken Brophy into some of the rarest collections in existence.

Presents reference entries on the history of two wars fought by the United States at the turn of the twentieth century in Latin America and the Philippines, whi

The many roles played by guns in the old West with personal accounts by many early settlers and hundreds of photos.

The Trench Broom. The Annihilator. The Persuader. The Chopper. The Chicago Typewriter. The Tommy Gun. The Thompson submachine gun has gone by many names, and fo

Situated at the crossroads of New England, Springfield, Massachusetts, was founded in 1636 by twelve families led by William Pynchon, who named the settlement a

This is a reprint of the 1898 Ordnance Department manual on the Springfield Carbine rifle. It contains over 50 pages of full color period drawings and informati