The Big Book of Gun Trivia

Everything you want to know, don’t want to know, and don’t know you need to know

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The Big Book of Gun Trivia

Everything you want to know, don’t want to know, and don’t know you need to know

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Everything you want to know, don't want to know, and don't know you need to know about weapons.

A complete guide to weapons history, facts, myths and trivia, Gordon Rottman offers a step by step guide through interesting weapon facts and statistics, including a section on ammunition, while breaking apart popular myths and misconceptions.

Covering subjects from weapons designations to the longest serving military rifles, where rifles get their names from and everything in between, Osprey is proud to present The Big Book of Gun Trivia.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Abbreviations

Chapter 1 Essential Weapon Facts
Chapter 2 Weapons Myths
Chapter 3 Ammunition History and Facts
Chapter 4 Ammunition Myths
Chapter 5 Things that go Boom

Acknowledgements
Select Bibliography

Product details

Published Oct 20 2013
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 406
ISBN 9781782009498
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Series General Military
Short code GNM
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Gordon L. Rottman

Gordon L. Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, vol…

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