British Military Rifles (Shire Library)

by: Peter Duckers (Author)

Publisher: Shire Publications

Publication Date: 2008/3/4

Language: English

Print Length: 48 pages

ISBN-10: 0747806330

ISBN-13: 9780747806332

Book Description

A spinning bullet leaving a ‘rifled’ barrel is much more accurate than a musket ball but the technology of grooving a barrel and shaping the projectile to make an efficient and reliable weapon has exercised military minds for centuries. Here is a concise history of the attempts to develop and improve the British Army’s most important individual weapon – from the Ferguson of the American Revolution, to the Baker of the Napoleonic Wars, the Brunswick, the Snider, the Maritini-Henry and the famous Lee-Enfields – and the ammunition designed for it.

About the Author

A spinning bullet leaving a ‘rifled’ barrel is much more accurate than a musket ball but the technology of grooving a barrel and shaping the projectile to make an efficient and reliable weapon has exercised military minds for centuries. Here is a concise history of the attempts to develop and improve the British Army’s most important individual weapon – from the Ferguson of the American Revolution, to the Baker of the Napoleonic Wars, the Brunswick, the Snider, the Maritini-Henry and the famous Lee-Enfields – and the ammunition designed for it.