CATALOGUE UPDATED 9TH MARCH- WE ENDEAVOUR TO SEE THAT ALL BOOKS LISTED ARE INSTOCK ON THIS DATE

this section covers rifles from the earliest muzzle loaders to the lever action and bolt action models, of Mauser, Winchester, Marlin, British Enfields, Springfields etc. The single shots, Maynards, Remingtons and Ballards and more from the United States, and from Great Britain, Westley Richards, Gibbs Etc.

RIFLES

NEW IN

(NB215) THE ALL NEW COLLECTORS GUIDE TO REMINGTON ROLLING BLOCK MILITARY RIFLES OF THE WORLD George Layman, 22cm x 29cm, 240 pages in hard covers, history, and categorisation by country, many detailed photographs, £30.50

(NB214) THE WIND BOOK FOR RIFLE SHOOTERS Linda K. Miller & Keith A. Cunningham, 22cm x 28cm, 134 pages in soft covers, photographs, diagrams and tables, £18.95

(NB207) HANDBOOK FOR 6.5MM ARISAKA TYPE 38 I. Skennerton, 34 pages in card covers, photographs, exploded views, history etc., £4.50

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WINCHESTER RIFLE BOOKS

(NB2) THE HISTORIC HENRY RIFLE – OLIVER WINCHESTER’S FAMOUS CIVIL WAR REPEATER Wiley Sword, quarto, 103 pages in soft covers, many photo ills., gun numbers, colour section, £22.95

(NB43) THE WINCHESTER LEVER LEGACY Clyde Williamson, Large Quarto, 664 pages, one of the classic ‘Winchester Books’, the lowdown on actually loading for and shooting your favourite Winchester rifle, £64.00

(NB53) WINCHESTER - AN AMERICAN LEGEND R.L.Wilson, Oblong quarto, 404 pages with excellent colour photo ills., The official history of Winchester firearms and ammunition 1849 to the present, £29.50

(NB54) THE WINCHESTER BOOK George Madis, Art & Reference 1985, folio, 640 pages including over 1800 photographs, the most comprehensive work on the Winchester, £54.00

(NB66) WINCHESTER – BOLT ACTION MILITARY & SPORTING RIFLES 1877 TO 1937 Herbert Houze, quarto, 206 pages, many photographs, a useful addition to Winchester reading, £32.00

(NB68) WINCHESTER ENGRAVING R.L.Wilson, folio, 500 pages beautifully illustrated with hundreds of impressive colour and mono photo ills., a must for the Winchester enthusiast, £89.00

(NB98) THE EIGHTY – EIGHT A COLLECTORS REFERENCE ON THE WINCHESTER MODEL 88 LEVER ACTION Douglas P. Murray, 22cm x 28cm, 88 pages in soft covers, privately printed, many photo illustrations, £19.50

(NB111) THE WINCHESTER SINGLE-SHOT - A HISTORY AND ANALYSIS John Campbell, 22cm x 29cm, 268 pages including many detail photographs, Mod 1885 and its developments, highwalls, lowwallls etc. history, sights etc, £39.95

(NB112) THE WINCHESTER SINGLE-SHOT – VOLUME 2 OLD SECRETS & NEW DISCOVERIES John Campbell, quarto, 280 pages including many detail photographs, many new items, inc. single shots of the British Empire, history, sights etc, £39.95

(NB127) THE WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 ‘CENTENNIAL’ RIFLE Herbert G. Houze, 22cm x 29cm, 191 pages, deatial photographs and construction drawings, accounts, different calibre models etc., £31.50

(NB137) WINCHESTER LEVER ACTION REPEATING FIREARMS – VOLUME 1 – THE MODELS OF 1866, 1873 & 1876 Arthur Pirkle, 202 pages in card covers, many detail line drawings, gun numbers etc., £13.50

(NB139) WINCHESTER LEVER ACTION REPEATING FIREARMS – VOLUME 1 – THE MODELS OF 1894 AND 1895 Arthur Pirkle, 2nd edition 246 pages in card covers, many detail line drawings, gun numbers etc., £14.50

(NB182) STANDARD CATALOG OF WINCHESTER FIREARMS Joseph M. Cornell, 22cm x 29cm, 286 pages all in colour, history, photographs and specifications for all Winchester models, £18.99

(NB185) THE STORY OF BENJAMIN TYLER HENRY AND HIS FAMED REPEATING RIFLE Les Quick, 22cm x 29cm, 239 pages full of excellent colour photographs, with detailed photographs of markings, ammunition and tools, £75.00

(NB204) THE STORY OF THE WINCHESTER 1 OF 1000 AND 1 OF 100 RIFLES Edmund E. Lewis, 22cm x 29cm, 176 pages full of coloured photographs, a comprehensive guide to Winchester’s dream rifles, £34.95

(ND90) WINCHESTER SPORTING FIREARMS : DATES OF MANUFACTURE Pocket book 2.5in x 5in, 46 pages, description of models with dates, £4.50

(B2) WINCHESTER - THE GUN THAT WON THE WEST Harold F. Williamson, Barnes 1961, 28cm x 22cm, 494 pages, with many illustrations throughout.,various stages in the development guns and ammunition, Good + in D.J. £28.50

(B4) WINCHESTER (HONG KONG) LTD., WINCHESTER WESTERN. 100TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION Firearms and Ammunition Export List No. 6603 August 1, 1966, 28cm x 22cm, 70 pages, full of illustrations and Information, Book Good In paper covers, £10.00

(B63) W COME WINCHESTER Viscardo Brunelli, Olimpia 1980, 30cm x 22cm, 199 pages, full of black and white photographs, descriptions, numbers, text in Italian, Book Good + in D.J. Ex Library, £20.00

(B29) THE FIRST WINCHESTER :THE STORY OF THE 1866 REPEATING RIFLE John E. Parsons, William Morrow 1955, 207 pages with many intext photographs, VG in DJ, £50.00

ENFIELD RIFLE BOOKS

(B3 THE BRITISH SERVICE LEE Ian Skennerton, first edition 1982, 28cm x 22cm, 410 pages, with many line drawings and illustrations, The Lee-Metford and Lee-Enfield rifles & Carbines, 1880 – 1980, Book Good + . in D.J. £40.00

(NB4) .303 RIFLE NO.5 MK1 Ian Skennerton, quarto, 48 pages, parts, takedown etc., one of the excellent ‘Small Arms Identification’ series, £7.00

(NB10) THE RIFLE MUSKET – A TREATISE ON THE ENFIELD- PRITCHETT RIFLE Captain Jervis-White Jervis, Facsimile of the 1854 edition, 70 pages with line drawings, new introduction by W.S. Curtis, £15.95

(NB28) .577 SNIDER – ENFIELD RIFLES & CARBINES : BRITISH SERVICE LONGARMS 1866 – C.1880 Ian Skennerton, 242 pages, coloured frontice and many photo illustrations, a welcome return and revamp of the ‘Snider’ book, £29.95

(NB29) MAKING RIFLE BARRELS – MACHINING THE LEE-ENFIELD BARREL Reprint of this interesting booklet published in 1916, 63 pages in card covers with 36 photo illustrations, and 36 detail line drawings, £6.00

(NB55) THE LEE - BRITISH SERVICE RIFLE FROM 1888 TO 1950 Robert J Dynes, 24 pages in paper wraps, many photo ills., £8.50

(NB57) LEE-ENFIELD RIFLE MANUAL 16 pages in card covers, the No.1, No.3, No.4, and No.5, general information including loading data, £3.95

(NB59) .303 RIFLE NO4 : MARKS 1 & 1*, Marks1/2 1/3 & 2 Skennerton, Small Arms Identification series, quarto, 48 pages in card covers, parts lists etc., £7.00

(NB65) .303 RIFLE NO 1, S.M.L.E. : MARKS III & III* I. Skennerton, Small Arms Identification series, quarto, 48 pages in card covers, parts lists etc., £7.00

(NB67) .303 PATTERN 1914 RIFLE & SNIPING VARIANTS Ian Skennerton, quarto, 48 pages in card covers, ‘Small Arms Identification Series’, Parts list etc., £7.00

(NB81) THE SNIDER-ENFIELD RIFLE Charles J. Purdon, 32 pages with many photo ills, ammunition, bayonet etc., paper wraps, £8.50

(NB82) BRITISH ENFIELD RIFLES – VOLUME 1 – SMLE (NO.1) RIFLES Mk1 and Mk 111 Charles R. Stratton, 162 pages in card covers, many excellent detail parts drawings and photographs, £11.50

(NB83) BRITISH ENFIELD RIFLES – VOLUME 2 – LEE-ENFIELD NO.4 AND NO.5 RIFLES Charles R. Stratton, 192 pages in card covers, many excellent detail parts drawings and photographs, £13.50

(NB84) BRITISH ENFIELD RIFLES – VOLUME 4 – THE PATTERN 1914 AND U.S. MODEL 1917 RIFLES Charles R. Stratton, 154 pages in card covers, many excellent detail parts drawings and photographs, £11.50

(NB92) CARTRIDGE CARBINES OF THE BRITISH ARMY Alan M. Petrillo, 72 pages in soft covers, from Sniders to Enfield No. 5’s, photo illustrations, £8.00

(NB95) ACCURIZING & SHOOTING LEE-ENFIELDS Brian Labudda & Ian Shennerton, 22cm x 29cm, 35 pages in card covers, many detailed coloured photographs, £8.95

(NB102) THE LEE ENFIELD NUMBER 1 RIFLES Alan M. Petrillo, 64 pages in soft covers, many detailed photographs covering all marks, £8.00

(NB103) .303 MAGAZINE LEE – METFORD AND MAGAZINE LEE – ENFIELD Ian Skennerton, Small Arms Identification Series, quarto, 49 pages in card covers parts, exploded drawings, accessories etc., £7.00

(NB106) THE LEE ENFIELD NUMBER 4 RIFLES Alan M. Petrillo, 64 pages in card covers, many photographs, covers variations, sniper instructions, accessories, £8.25

(NB116) 7.62MM L42A1 SNIPER, L39A1, 2A & LEE-ENFIELD CONVERSIONS Ian Skennerton, No. 18 in the Small Arms Identification series, quarto, 48 pages in card covers, parts armourer’s notes etc., £7.00

(NB117) AUSTRALIAN S.M.L.E. VARIATIONS Ian Skennerton, Small Arms Identification series No. 19, 48 pages in card covers, parts list takedown, accessories etc., £7.00

(NB120) AN ARMOURERS PERSPECTIVE - .303 NO.4 (T) SNIPER RIFLE AND THE HOLLAND & HOLLAND CONNECTION Peter Laidler & Ian Skennerton, 126 pages with many details photographs and line drawings, telescopes Etc., £24.50

(NB133) HANDBOOK FOR .303 BRITISH RIFLE NO.4 34 pages in card covers, photo ills., stripping parts list historical data etc., £3.95

(NB147) THE LEE – ENFIELD : A CENTURY OF LEE-METFORD & LEE-ENFIELD RIFLES & CARBINES Ian Skennerton, 22cm x 29cm, 608 pages, many intext photographs, the latest, revised and expanded edition of the lee enfield classic, £53.50

(NB167) THE NUMBER 5 JUNGLE CARBINE (LEE-ENFIELD) Alan M. Petrillo, 32 pages in soft cover, many photo ills., variations etc., £4.95

(NB183) THE SNIDER – ENFIELD Charles J. Purdon, 8 pages in paper covers, photo illustrations, £2.50

(NB195) BUYER’S GUIDE FOR THE LEE – ENFIELD Ian Skennerton, 13cm x 20cm, 48 pages in card covers, many photographs, models and markings etc., £7.95

(NB201) LEE – ENFIELD PARTS CATALOGUE Ian Skennerton, Small Arms Identification Series No. 23, 48 pages in card covers, Parts Identification lists, Manufacturers notes, Exploded parts drawings, Armourers instructions, parts view & inspection markings, photo illustrations and line drawings, £7.00

(NB202) TECHNICAL MANUAL & ARMOURERS COURSE ENFIELD RIFLES (DVD) American Gunsmithing institute, 120 minutes, covers No.1 MKIII, No.4 MKI(.303), nad Ishapore Models (.308), £27.95

(E160) IDENTIFICATION LIST FOR RIFLES, NO. 4, MK.I, MK.I(T) AND MK.I* 1944 20cm x 17cm, 32 pages in card covers, exploded illustrations with parts list on opposite page, Good+, £17.00

(E161) IDENTIFICATION LIST FOR RIFLES, NO. 4, MK.I, MK.I* AND I(T) 1946 SECTION B1 20cm x 17cm, 60 pages in card covers, exploded illustrations with parts list on opposite page, Good+, £17.00

(E162) PARTS LIST FOR RIFLE, NO. 5, MK. I 1944 20cm x 17cm, 30 pages in card covers, exploded illustrations with parts list on opposite page, Good+, £11.00

(E163) IDENTIFICATION LIST FOR RIFLE, LONG BUTT, MARKS 1 & 1* , RIFLE, NORMAL BUTT, MARKS 1 & 1* AND RIFLE, SHORT BUTT, MARKS 1& 1* 1952 21cm x 27cm, 30 pages in card covers, exploded illustrations with parts list on opposite page, Good only, £15.00

(E164) COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF COMPONENT PARTS (ILLUSTRATED) FOR RIFLE, NO. 4, MKS. 1, 1*, ½, 1/3 AND 2 AND ACCESSORIES / ANCILLIARIES 1959 21cm x 27cm, 78 pages in card covers, exploded illustrations with parts list on opposite page, Good +, £22.00

(E171) PARTS LIST FOR RIFLE, NO. 5, MK. I 1944 AMENDMENTS (NO.1) 20cm x 17cm, 4 pages no covers, exploded illustrations with parts list on opposite page, Good+, £2.00

(E172) INSTRUCTION HANDBOOK FOR USE WITH THE R.S.A.F. 7.62MM CONVERSION KIT FOR CONVERSION OF .303 IN. ENFIELD BOLT ACTION RIFLES Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield, 16cm x 24cm, 18 pages in card covers with 2 page insert, photo ills and line drawings, VG, £9.00

(E173) CONVERSION OF RIFLE NO. 4 TO ACCEPT 7.62M/M AMMUNITION Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield, 14cm x 21.5cm, 4 pages in paper covers, photo ills, VG, £2.00

(NEG4) SPECIAL SERVICE LEE – ENFIELDS : COMMANDO & AUTO MODELS Ian Skennerton, Small Arms Identification series number 13, 48 pages in card covers, De Lisle, Charlton, Howell & Reider Etc., line drawings, photo ills., £7.00

(NM114) TAKEDOWN GUIDE LEE ENFIELD NO4 all in clear photographs, soft covers, £4.95

(B10) THE SNIDER-ENFIELD RIFLE Charles J. Purdon, 32 pages with many photo ills, ammunition, bayonet etc., paper wraps, VG £5.00

(B19) SMALL ARMS TRAINING VOLUME 1, PAMPLET NO. 3. RIFLE. 1942. The War Office 1942, 18cm x 12cm, 44 pages, with many intext illustrations, Pamphlet Good in buff coloured covers, £6.00

MAUSER RIFLE BOOKS

(NB5) BACKBONE OF THE WEHRMACHT – THE GERMAN K98K RIFLE 1934 – 1945 Richard D. Law, Quarto, 367 pages, many photo ills., comprehensive work on this classic Mauser rifle, £47.50

(NB12) THE K98K RIFLE G. de Vries & B.J. Martin, oblong quarto, 152 pages, detail photographs, markings, and wartime photographs of their use, £23.00

(NB15) ARGENTINE MAUSER RIFLES 1871 – 1959 Colin Webster, folio, 296 pages, a superb study with many finely detailed photographs in colour and black & white, much historical detail, ammunition etc., £49.95

(NB48) MAUSER SMALLBORES – SPORTING, TARGET & TRAINING RIFLES John Speed, Oblong quarto, 349 pages, another definitive work from ‘Collector Grade’ on .22 military and commercial models, £46.50

(NB91) MAUSER MILITARY RIFLES OF THE WORLD – 4TH EDITION Robert W. D. Ball, Folio, 11in x 8in, 448 pages, Early blackpowder models,country by country listing with 100,s of photographs, now all in colour, every model from 1871 – 1945, one of the ‘Must Have’ Mauser books, £35.50

(NB72) SERBIAN AND YUGOSLAV MAUSER RIFLES Branko Bogdanovic, 278 pages in card covers, since 1880 Mauser rifles armed the Yugoslav army, with many detailed illustrations and photographs, here is the history and identification guide to all models, £11.50

(NB123) ORIGINAL OBERNDORF SPORTING RIFLES Jon Speed, Walter Schmid & Reiner Herriman, Oblong Quarto, 471 pages with many photographs, produced by Collectors Grade to their usual high standards, includes muck on military rifles, £59.50

(NB134) HANDBOOK FOR MAUSER RIFLES & CARBINES 34 pages in card covers, photo ills., stripping parts list historical data etc., £3.95

(NB144) MAUSER MILITARY RIFLE MARKINGS Terence W. Lapin, 2nd edition, 168 pages in card covers, country by country list plus drawings of marks, £13.95

(NB154) THE MAUSER ARCHIVE Jon Speed, Collector Grade 2007, 29cm x 22cm, 546 pages, many photographs in text plus colour section at rear, this is virtually volume 3 on Mauser rifles, after the author’s Oberndorf, and Mauser Smallbores, this comprises information recently found of early experimental models, patents, and wartime production figures, many new photographs from glass plate negatives, mostly sporting rifles, but includes other experimental models. £59.50

(NM121) TAKEDOWN GUIDE MAUSER 98 all in clear photographs, soft covers, £4.95

(NES15) BACKBONE OF THE WEHRMACHT VOLUME II - SNIPER VARIATIONS OF THE GERMAN K98K RIFLE Richard D. Law, quarto, 222 pages, detail photo ills. Of the guns, telescopes and accessories, £33.50

(B12) MEINE WAFFE Major Mariotti, 1910, Bern Verlag, Hallersche, Buchdruckerel, 15cm x 10cm, Text in German, 28 pages, intext line drawings, Zur Selbstbelehrung des Infaneristen nach dem Unterricht in de Redrutenschule, Book Good + in slightly grubby blue covers, £25.00

(B17) DESCRIPCION USO Y MANEJO DEL FUSIL MAUSER ESPANOL MODLE 1893 Madrid. Deposito De La Guerra, 1898, 18cm x 13cm, 63 pages with intext illustrations,Text in Spanish, instructions, parts, description manual, front cover detatched but there, together in sewn sections, covers delicate, Good £35.00

(B31) THE GERMAN RIFLE John Walter, Arms and Armour 1979, 19cm x 25cm, 160 pages, with many intext illustrations and line drawings, a comprehensive illustrated history of the standard bolt action designs, 1871 – 1945, VG in DJ, bookplate of Howard Blackmore, £20.00

BRITISH SINGLE SHOT RIFLES


(NB128) BRITISH SINGLE SHOT RIFLES – VOLUME 2 - GEORGE GIBBS Wal Winfer, Quarto, 179 pages, Many excellent photo ills and line drawings, £49.50

(NB129) BRITISH SINGLE SHOT RIFLES – VOLUME 3 – JEFFERY AND THE TRADE FARQUHARSONS WITH NOTES ON NITRO CARTRIDGES Wal Winfer, quarto, 260 pages, excellent photo ills, history, loadings etc., £49.50

(NB131) BRITISH SINGLE SHOT RIFLES VOLUME 5 – HOLLAND & HOLLAND
Wal Winfer, 22cm x 29cm, 202 pages, many photo illustrations, some in colour, Hollands cartridges and paradox, £49.50

(NB193) BRITISH SINGLE SHOT RIFLES VOLUME 6 WEBLEY, KYNOCH & ELEY Wal Winfer, 22cm x 29cm, 311 pages on glossy art paper, many photo illustrations in colour, Kynoch section on the ammunition development. £59.50

OTHER RIFLE BOOKS

(B1) THE MODERN RIFLE Jim Carmichael, Winchester Press 1975, 342 pages, photo ills., information on choice of rifles, ammo, telescopes etc., VG in DW, £8.00

(B5) PHOTOCOPY OF . THE PRONE POSITION. A MODERN APPROACH TO TARGET RIFLE SHOOTING. Leut.Col. T.W.Whittaker. 21cm x 14cm, 5 pages, 1 illustration, put into beige boards, ex library, Good £2.50

(B9) BIG GAME AND BIG GAME RIFLES John Taylor, Herbert Jenkins 1958, 215 pages, definitions and detail of Rifles, African Big Game Hunting, Rifles for Elephant, Rhino, Hippo, Buffalo, Lion Hunting, Hollands .375 Magnum and more. Book good in worn DJ, £48.00

(B10) GAME GUNS & RIFLES Richard Akehurst, G.Bell and Sons first edition 1969, 178 pages, with 87 black and white photographs, from Percussion to Hammerless Ejector in Britain, covering the history of British Gun-making , roughly the period 1830-1900, Book VG in D.W. £45.00

(B13) THE BOOK OF THE SPRINGFIELD Captain Edward C. Crossman, Small-Arms Technical, first edition 1932, 451 pages, with intext photographs, textbook covering all the Various Military and Sporting Rifles for the caliber .30 model 1906 cartridge, G+. £45.00

(B15) THE 03 SPRINGFIELDS Clarke S. Campbell, Riling Arms 1971, small quarto, 320 pages, many line ills, classic work on the bolt action 03’s, VG in DW, £35.00

(B18) RIFLEMAN AND PISTOLMAN L.B. Escritt, Arco 1962, 156 pages, photo ills, general work on pistols and rifles, G+ in DW, £10.00

(B22) UNITED STATES MILITARY MUSKETS, RIFLES, CARBINES AND THEIR CURRENT PRICES Martin Rywell, Pioneer 1963, 50 pages in card wraps, 12 plates, G+, £4.50

(B23) PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE RIFLE G.W.P. Swenson, Allan 1st edition 1971, 56 pages of text plus 296 photo ills., a useful general reference, G+ in DW, £10.00

(B30) TERRITORIAL ARMY RIFLE ASSOCIATION. PROGRAMME BOOK. 1948. Dunfield, Kington, Hereford, 17cm x 13cm, 53 pages, plus 4 extra pages, rules and programme book 1948 and report and accounts 1947, Book Good in paper covers, £4.00

(B38) NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. PROGRAMME OF THE 87TH ANNUAL MEETING. London, Waterlow, 1956,15cm x 10cm, 227 pages plus adverts, Bisley, 9th July to 25th July, 1956, Book Good in card covers, £14.00

(B39) PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. 1943 London, Waterlow, 1956 ,21cm x 14cm, 46pages plus adverts, Bisley Camp, Brookwood, Woking, Surrey,Book Good in paper covers, £8.00

(B51) DIGEST OF U.S. PATENTS RELATING TO BREECH LOADING AND MAGAZINE SMALL ARM836–1873 V.D.Stockbridge, N.Flayderman 1963, 29cm x 22cm, 177 pages, with over 800 U..S. Patents issued for breechloading and magazine small arms, Book Good + in D.J. ex library, £25.00

(B55) BULLARD ARMS G.Scott Jamieson, Boston Mills first edition 1988, 29cm x 22cm, 245 pages, with black and white photographs and illustrations, history, factory, large-frame and small-frame repeaters, single-shot solid frame, and detachable interchangeable barrel, military and experimental all types, cartridges development, patents, calibers and reloading tool, advertising and catalogues, serial numbers, Book Good + in D.J. £20.00

(B59) THE '03 SPRINGFIELD Clark S. Campbell, Fadco, 1st edition 1957, quarto, 344 pages inc. line ills., VG in DW, £49.00

(B65) RIFLEMAN'S PROGRESS Ellis Christian Lenz, Standard Publications 1st edition 1946, Quarto, 162 pages of writings on the art of rifle shooting and some experiences, target and big game, of the author, VG, £38.00

NEW BOOKS ON OTHER RIFLES

(NB6) COLLECTING CLASSIC BOLT ACTION MILITARY RIFLES Paul S. Scarlata, large quarto, 278 pages with many photographs, and technical descriptions, chapter on test firing, £31.50

(NB7) A GUIDE TO THE MAYNARD BREECH LOADER George J. Layman, 148 pages in card wraps, photo ills etc., £8.75

(NB9) SHARPS RIFLE - THE GUN THAT SHAPED AMERICAN DESTINY Martin Rywell, 156 pages in card wraps, many photo ills., £6.25

(NB11) RIFLES OF THE WORLD – 3RD EDITION John Walter, 22cm x 28cm, 616 pages in soft covers, comprehensive guide to military and sporting rifles, listed A to Z by manufacturer, many photo ills., £20.99

(NB13) NOTES ON RIFLE SHOOTING (1864) Captain Heaton, reprint of this famous 1864 book by one of the great riflemen, new introduction by W.S. Curtis, 96 pages, £12.00

(NB16) SPENCER REPEATING FIREARMS Roy W. Marcot, folio, 316 pages on glossy paper, many excellent photographs of the guns and the ammunition produced by the Spencer and the Roper arms companies from 1862 to 1889, £57.50

(NB17) 7.62mm R MOSIN NAGANT – HANDBOOK Skennerton, 34 pages in card covers, Identification, Stripping, maintenance, operation etc., £3.95

(NB18) MAJOR NED H. ROBERTS AND THE SCHUETZEN RIFLE Edited By Gerald O. Kelver, Revised edition, 122 pages in card wraps, photo ills., includes some loading data, £11.50

(NB20) UNITED STATES RIFLE MODEL OF 1917 C.S. Ferris, 213 pages in card covers, detail photographs, makers, serial numbers, markings, accessories etc., £14.50

(NB21) THE MAYNARD RIFLE 1860 CATALOG 40 pages, the original catalogue reprinted , plus new introduction and many extra photographs of the guns and accessories, £3.25

(NB23) THE M1903 SPRINGFIELD RIFLE AND ITS VARIATIONS – 2ND EDITION Joe Poyer & Ed Furler, 466 pages in soft covers, many detail photographs and line drawings, covering the variations, sights, telescopes and accessories, £17.95

(NB24) SWISS MAGAZINE LOADING RIFLES 1869 TO 1958 Joe Poyer, 235 pages in soft covers, many detail photographs, markings, telescopes, accessories etc., £14.50

(NB26) RIFLE ACCURACY FACTS Harold R. Vaughn, published by Precision Shooting, 290 pages in card covers, many illustrations, ‘the definitive study, made over a number of years, by a leading research scientist, on the subject of why some rifles shoot very well, some fairly well and others poorly, £22.50

(NB27) DEAD ON – THE LONG RANGE MARKSMAN’S GUIDE TO EXTREME ACCURACY Tony Noblitt & Warren Gabrilska, 172 pages in soft covers, photo ills., calibres, telescope adjustment charts, £14.95

(NB30) SHARPS FIREARMS Frank Sellers, 22cm x 29cm, 358 pages, many photo ills.,covers all models, rifles, pistols and shotguns, the most comprehensive work on ‘Sharps’, £49.50

(NB32) THE RIFLE SHOOTER David Tubb, quarto, 434 pages in soft covers, on the finer techniques of target rifle shooting by this 11 times winner of America’s National High Power Rifle Championship, many illustrations, section on ammunition etc, £19.95

(NB33) THE MOSIN-NAGANT RIFLE Terence W. Lapin, 219 pages in soft covers, ‘For Collectors Only’ series, with parts, identification etc, line drawings, £14.50

(NB34) THE TARGET RIFLE IN AUSTRALIA 1860 - 1900 J.E.Corcoran, 222 pages with many photo ills., History including Wimbledon, Rigby, Kerr, Whitworth, Gibbs, Metford, , and much more on early target rifles, £29.95

(NB35) SCHUETZEN RIFLES - HISTORY AND LOADINGS Gerald O. Kelver, 130 pages, photo ills., card wraps, sharps, Winchester Etc. Bullet Lubes, loads, patches Etc., £9.95

(NB37) .450 & .303 MARTINI RIFLES AND CARBINES Ian Skennerton, quarto, Small Arms Identification Series, 48 pages in card covers, line drawings of parts breakdown, £7.00

(NB38) A GUIDE TO THE BALLARD BREECH LOADER George J. Layman, 216 pages in card wraps, detailed photo ills, history, ammunition etc.., £13.95

NB39) SHOOTING LEVER GUNS OF THE OLD WEST Mike Venturino, 8.5in x 11in, 300 pages in soft covers, nicely produced on quality paper with fine photographs of the guns and cartridges, with loading details for Winchester and Marlins, £22.50

(NB44) HOW TO'S FOR THE BLACK POWDER CARTRIDGE RIFLE SHOOTER Paul A Matthews, 134 pages in soft covers, photo ills. Practical advice on how to get the best from your reloading, £16.50

(NB45) THE AMERICAN PERCUSSION SCHUETZEN RIFLE John Hamilton & Tom Rowe, oblong 29cm x 22.5cm, 384 pages full of superb colour photographs on art paper of the guns and accessories, beautifully produced from the publishers of the ‘Alte Scheibenwaffen ‘ series, £55.00

(NB47) REMINGTON ROLLING BLOCK FIREARMS Conrad F. Schreier, 21.5cm x 28cm, 61 pages, photo ills, covers most models, good basic reference £5.95

(NB49) THE SPRINGFIELD 1903 RIFLES Lt. Col. William S. Brophy, Large Quarto, 616 pages, the illustrated, documented story of the design, development and production of the models, appendages and accessories, £54.50

(NB50) MILITARY BOLT ACTION RIFLES 1841-1918 Donald B. Webster, 29cm x 22cm, 142 pages listed by Country of origin, photo ills. and description, £25.50

(NB51) REVOLVER RIFLES Edsall James, 21cm x 28cm, 23 pages in card covers, 32 photo illustrations depicting many models, £3.95

(NB52) THE AMERICAN KRAG RIFLE AND CARBINE Joe Poyer, 299 pages in soft covers, many detail photographs and line drawings, includes accessories, ammunition etc., £14.50

(NB61) FORTY YEARS WITH THE .45-70 REVISED Paul A. Matthews, 184 pages in soft covers,, many intext photographs, covers the care loading and use of the 45-70 rifle, £14.50

(NB62) MANNLICHER MILITARY RIFLES – STRAIGHT PULL AND TURN BOLT DESIGNS Paul S. Scarlata, 22cm x 29cm, 168 pages, history and development, contains numerous detailed photographs, £24.50

(NB63) THE BENCHREST SHOOTING PRIMER folio, 420 pages, many illustrations, ‘The very best articles on shooting and reloading for the most challenging of all the rifle accuracy disciplines, from the pages of ‘Precision Shooting Magazine 1982 – 1996’, £16.50

(NB64) THE .45-70 SPRINGFIELD Joe Poyer & Craig Riesch, 143 pages in soft covers, many detail illustrations of parts and accessories, £12.50

(NB67) .303 PATTERN 1914 RIFLE & SNIPING VARIANTS Ian Skennerton, quarto, 48 pages in card covers, ‘Small Arms Identification Series’, Parts list etc., £7.00

(NB70) SIR CHARLES ROSS AND HIS RIFLE Roger Philips & Jerome Knap, 32 page in paper wraps, 37 photo ills., £8.50

(NB73) STILL MORE SINGLE SHOT RIFLES James J. Grant, 211pages, over 200 photo illustrations, the third in this classic series on single shots, £23.50

(NB74) PRECISION SHOOTING AT 1000 YARDS Edited by Dave Brennan, quarto, 256 pages in soft covers, choice of gun, optics, open sights, loading etc., £26.50

(NB75) OBSERVATIONS ON MUSKETS, RIFLES AND PROJECTILES * TOGETHER WITH A TREATISE ON THE ELASTIC CONCAVE WADDING Henry Wilkinson, W.S.Curtis reprint of the 1852 edition, 57 pages in card wraps, £5.50

(NB76) MAKE IT ACCURATE – GET THE MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE FROM YOUR HUNTING RIFLE Craig Boddington, 273 pages with many intext photographs, loading for, and accurising the Hunting Rifle, £16.50

(NB78) BRITISH EMPIRE CADET & TRAINING RIFLES Ian Skennerton, Small arms identification series no. 16, 48 pages in card covers, photographs, drawings, stripping etc., £7.00

(NB80) BIG BORE RIFLES AND CARTRIDGES Quarto, 359 pages in soft covers, photo ills., featuring cartridges from 8mm to 600 nitro, loadings etc., £20.50

(NB85) MILITARY RIFLES OF JAPAN – fifth edition Fred L. Honeycutt & F. Patt Anthony, Oblong 29cm x 22.5cm, 207 pages, all Japanese rifles, ammunition, bayonets etc., many photographs, £38.50

(NB86) THE ’03 ERA – WHEN SMOKELESS REVOLUTIONISED U.S. RIFLERY Clark S. Campbell, 22cm x 29cm, 368 pages, many breakdown and sectioned drawings with large section on revamping the 03 to a sporter, £49.50

(NB88) MORE SINGLE SHOT RIFLES AND ACTIONS Frank de Haas, 21.5cm x 28cm, 146 pages in card wraps, photo ills and breakdown line drawings includes Snider Enfields, £20.95

(NB93) BLACK POWDER, PIG LEAD AND STEEL SILHOUETTES Paul Matthews, 132 pages in card covers, Line drawings, another Matthews classic on shooting the black powder cartridge rifle, full of loading and casting information, £12.50

(NB94) REPORTS OF EXPERIMENTS WITH SMALL ARMS FOR THE MILITARY SERVICE
151 pages, with many tables and line drawings, the story of the development of the U.S. model of 1855, and its ammunition, results of rifle firing etc., £9.50

(NB96) THE THREE RIFLES Maj. Stamford Sheridan Young, 1997 reprint of the 1878 edition with a new introduction by W.S. Curtis, 79 pages covering the Snider, The Military Smallbore & The Match Rifle, Line illustrations, £12.00

(NB97) THE GREAT REMINGTON 8 AND MODEL 81 AUTOLOADING RIFLES John Henwood, folio, 283 pages with many photographs and illustrations in colour, £39.95

(NB100) INSTRUCTION FOR THE FORMATION AND EXERCISE OF VOLUNTEER SHARP-SHOOTERS Captain Barber, Reprint of the 1804 Edition, 132 pages, limited numbered edition of 700 copies, £29.50

(NB101) MARTINI – HENRY .450 RIFLES & CARBINES Dennis Lewis, 70 pages in soft covers, with many photo ills., Excellent quick martini reference, £8.95

(NB107) TRAPDOOR SPRINGFIELD Waite & Ernst, 22cm x 29cm, all models from 1873, 215 pages, many detail photo ills of parts and models, £35.50

(NB108) THE CLASSIC BRITISH ROOK & RABBIT RIFLE Colin Greenwood, 19.5cm x 25.5cm, 176 pages with many colour and mono photographs, a very useful addition of a subject rarely approached. £19.95

(NB109) HIGHPOWER RIFLE G. David Tubb, 208 pages, soft covers, many photographs, an in depth look at rifle shooting techniques by this championship shooter, £14.95

(NB110) SHOOTING BUFFALO RIFLES OF THE OLD WEST Mike Ventorino, large quarto, 286 pages, many photo ills., loading data, 11 classic buffalo cartridges, bullet choice, patching etc., £20.00

(NB113) SHOOTING THE BLACK POWDER CARTRIDGE RIFLE Paul Matthews, 129 pages with photo ills., soft covers, £15.50

(NB114) COMBAT RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP EXERCISES – TRAINING EFFECTIVELY FOR COMBAT READINESS Andy Stanford, 49 pages in card covers, £6.95

(NB119) MARLIN FIREARMS – A HISTORY OF THE GUNS AND THE COMPANY THAT MADE THEM Lt. Col. S. Brophy, 22cm x 29cm, 696 pages, many photo ills, the definitive work on ‘Marlins’ and the company, £57.50

(NB121) THE OFFICIAL SOVIET MOSIN - NAGANT RIFLE MANUAL Maj. J.F. Gebhardt, folio, 104 pages in soft covers, many line drawings, Operating instructions for the model 1891/30 rifle and model 1938 and model 19404 carbines, £14.00

(NB122) THE MILITARY REMINGTON ROLLING BLOCK RIFLE George Layman, revised fourth edition oblong quarto, 148 pages in soft covers, many detail photographs, £17.50

(NB123) REVOLVER RIFLES Edsall James, A4 size, 23 pages in card covers, 32 photo illustrations depicting many models, £4.75

(NB124) U.S. RIFLE .30 MODEL 1917 AND .303 BRITISH PATTERN 1914 – HANDBOOK
Skennerton, 34 pages in card covers, Identification, Stripping, maintenance, operation etc., £3.50

(NB126) RIFLES OF THE U.S. ARMY 1861 – 1906 John D. McAulay, 22cm x 29cm, 280 pages, many contemporary photographs, covers muzzle loaders and breechloaders, from Enfields and Halls Breechloaders to the 03 Springfields, £26.50

(NB136) HANDBOOK FOR U.S. RIFLE .30 MODEL 1917 AND .303 BRITISH PATTERN 1914 34 pages in card covers, photo ills., stripping parts list historical data etc., £3.95

(NB140) THE .58 AND .50 CALIBER RIFLES & CARBINES OF THE SPRINGFIELD ARMORY 1865 – 1872 Richard A. Hosmer, 275 pages in card covers, many detailed photographs, the early breech loading Springfields, also includes accessories, £12.95

(NB141) U.S. MARTIAL .22RF RIFLES Thomas D. Batha, 102 pages in card covers, photo ills. From Rolling Block conversions through to the latest target models, £10.00

(NB143) A COLLECTOR’S GUIDE TO THE GERMAN GEW. 88 ‘COMMISSION RIFLE’ Paul S. Scarlata, 22cm x 28cm, 216 pages in soft covers, history, many photographs, and a section on shooting the rifle, £19.95

(NB145) THE .45-70 SPRINGFIELD – 4TH EDITION REVISED AND EXPANDED Joe Poyer & Craig Riesch, 274 pages in soft covers, many detail illustrations of parts and accessories, production statistics etc., £12.50

(NB150) A POTPOURRI OF SINGLE SHOT RIFLES AND ACTIONS Farnk de Haas, 22cm x 29cm, 153 pages in soft covers, many photographs and action cutaway drawings, the third in this excellent series, including some more modern actions, rolling blocks to rifles such as the Vickers target rifles, £18.50

(NB151) BRITISH .22RF TRAINING RIFLES Dennis Lewis & Robert Washburn, 64 pages in soft covers, many detail photographs, £8.00

(NB152) RIFLES AND CARTRIDGES FOR LARGE GAME Layne Simpson, 22cm x 29cm, 326 pages with many coloured photo illustrations, choice of rifles and loadings for cartridges, £23.50

(NB156) THE HIGHPOWER SHOOTING PRIMER 22cm x 29cm, 534 pages of the very best articles on shooting and reloading for the most popular of all the rifle accuracy disciplines, photo illustrations, £23.95

(NB158) JAPANESE RIFLES OF WORLD WAR II Duncan O. McCollum, 22cm x 29cm, 61 pages in soft covers, many photographs, sniper variations, details and accessories, £13.50

(NB159) A COLLECTOR’S GUIDE TO MILITARY RIFLE DISASSEMBLY AND REASSEMBLY Stuart C. Mowbray & Joe Puleo, 22cm x 29cm, 304 pages in soft covers, excellent clear all colour photographs covering 48 of the most famous military rifles from the M1866 Chasssepot through to the AK47, £30.95

(NB163) THE CUSTOM RIFLE GAZETTE – VOLUME 1 – ISSUE 1 July 1995, 22cm x 28cm, 150 pages in card covers, articles on big game rifles and rifle building, many colour photographs, £8.50

(NB165) RUGER NO.1 J.D. Clayton, & John Ambler, 22cm x 28cm, 191 pages in soft covers, full of photo illustrations and includes a colour photograph section, £19.95

(NB166) SIERRA HIGHPOWER RIFLE RELOADING WITH G. DAVID TUBB DVD, run time 3 hours, covering all aspects of accurate reloading, £21.00

(NB168) DOUBLE BARRELED RIFLES – FASCINATION IN WOOD AND STEEL Norbert Klups, 22cm x 29cm, 208 pages, full of fine colour photographs of double rifles, and details of actions, care, ammunition etc., £28.50

(NB169) THE SINGLE SHOT MILITARY RIFLE HANDBOOK Croft Barker, 130 pages in card covers, loading and shooting the military rifles, Sharps, Remington, Burnside, Spencer, snider, Springfield, many photo illustrations, £17.50

(NB170) SHOOTING THE .43 SPANISH ROLLING BLOCK Croft Barker, 137 pages including many photographs, full of loading and shooting tips, £13.50

(NB171) THE 50-70 SHOOTER’S HANDBOOK Croft Barker, 123 pages, photo illustrations, detailed loading instructions etc., £14.50

(NB175) BULLARD FIREARMS G. Scott Jamieson, 22cm x 29cm, 368 pages, full of detailed photographs, plus company history, production records, advertising and much more, £57.50

(NB176) THE YELLOW BOOK OF SELECTED ARTICLES Croft Barker, 202 pages in card covers with many photographs, selection of articles on rifles and rifle shooting, with the emphasis on early single shots for which the author is famous, £20.95

(NB177) RESTORING AND SHOOTING THE ANTIQUE SINGLE SHOT RIFLE Croft Barker, 208 pages in card covers, many detailed photographs, and full of useful information, £18.50

(NB178) SLINGS AND THINGS Glen D. Zediker, 184 pages in card covers with many photographs on the use of the sling in rifle shooting, plus other target shooting accessories. £10.50

(NB179) SERVICE RIFLE SLINGS Glen D. Zediker, 78 pages in card covers with many photographs on the use of the American M-1907 and web sling in rifle shooting shooting. £8.00

(NB180) EXTREME RIFLE ACCURACY Mike Ratigan, 18cm x 25.5cm, 368 pages in card covers, many photographs, hunters to target shooters will find information to improve your shooting & the performance of your equipment, £28.95

(NB181) ROCK ISLAND RIFLE MODEL 1903 C.S. Ferris, 177 pages in card covers, many excellent detailed photographs of the guns and their manufacture, £14.00

(NP135) HIGH POWER RIFLE ACCURACY – BEFORE YOU SHOOT Douglas E. Arnold, 22cm x 29cm, 368 pages in soft covers, intext photographs, rifle accuracy requirements and precision reloading, tables etc., £16.50

(NB186) THE BASICS OF RIFLE SHOOTING National Rifle Association of America, 21cm x 14cm, ring bound, 168 pages, a basic education in rifle shooting, knowledge, skills and attitude, £7.95

(NB187) AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THE .03 SPRINGFIELD SERVICE RIFLE Bruce N.Canfield, 29cm x 22cm, 240 pages, all the models, manufacturers, variations, accessories and Sniper Rifles from WW1, WW11 and beyond, full of black and white photographs, £38.50

(NB189) HANDBOOK OF RIFLE SHOOTING Lieut. Alex lord Russell, 180 pages, reprint of this classic from 1869. Breech loading rifle, sights etc., £22.00

(NB190) THE SOVIET MOSIN – NAGANT MANUAL Terence W. Lapin, 136 pages, many line drawings, ‘the official soviet military handbook for the M1891/30 rifle and the M1938 and M1944 Carbines, £12.00

(NB191) BOLT ACTION MILITARY RIFLES OF THE WORLD Stuart Mowbray & Joe Puleo, Oblong format 28.5cm x 22cm, 408 pages, all colour photographs, country by country with history etc., £49.50

(NB194) HANDBOOK FOR .30 MODEL 1903 SPRINGFIELD 34 pages in card covers, photo ills., stripping parts list historical data etc., £3.95

(NB196) ‘.45-70’ RIFLES Jack Behn, 139 pages with many photo illustrations, reprint of the sought after first 45/70 book published in 1956, £13.50

(NB197) MORE HOW TO'S FOR THE BLACK POWDER CARTRIDGE RIFLE SHOOTER Paul A Matthews, 157 pages in soft covers, photo ills. more practical advice on how to get the best from your reloading, £14.50

(NB199) REMINGTON ROLLING BLOCK RIFLES, CARBINES & SHOTGUNS – SPORTING & TARGET RIFLES Roy Marcot, 32cm x 26cm, 321 pages in landscape format, this lavishly produced book covers over 250 rolling block rifles, full of superb colour photographs of the guns and their accessories, foreword by Norm Flayderman, £69.50

(NB200) CUSTOM RIFLES Jeff Cooper, 18cm x 25.5cm, 128 pages in card covers, many photo illustrations, customizing etc., £9.50

(NB202) THE RIFLEMAN’S RIFLE – WINCHESTER MODEL 70, 1936 – 1963 Roger C. Rule, 22cm x 29cm, 369 pages in soft covers with many photographs in colour, detail photographs of parts, history, ammunition, takedown instructions etc., £59.50

(NB207) HANDBOOK FOR 6.5MM ARISAKA TYPE 38 I. Skennerton, 34 pages in card covers, photographs, exploded views, history etc., £4.50

(NB208) THE GUN DIGEST BOOK OF LONG-RANGE SHOOTING L. P. Brezny, 21cm x 28cm, 222 pages in soft covers, many photographs, £18.25

(NB209) HANDBOOK FOR CARCANO RIFLES & CARBINES I. Skennerton, 14cm x 22cm, 34 pages in card covers, photo illustrations, line drawings, History, takedown etc., £4.50

(NB213) THE U.S. MODEL 1861 SPRINGFIELD RIFLE-MUSKET – 2nd EDITION James B. Whisker, Daniel D. Hartzler, & Larry W. Yantz, 23 cm x 30, 284 pages full of detailed photographs, makers, production figures and variations, £38.95

(NB214) THE WIND BOOK FOR RIFLE SHOOTERS Linda K. Miller & Keith A. Cunningham, 22cm x 28cm, 134 pages in soft covers, photographs, diagrams and tables, £18.95

(NB215) THE ALL NEW COLLECTORS GUIDE TO REMINGTON ROLLING BLOCK MILITARY RIFLES OF THE WORLD George Layman, 22cm x 29cm, 240 pages in hard covers, history, and categorisation by country, many detailed photographs, £30.50

(NES50) M40A1 SNIPER RIFLE 7.62MM U.S. MARINE CORPS Department of The Navy, 20cm x 14cm, 35 pages in soft covers, line drawn illustrations, rifle, telescope etc., £4.75

SEE ALSO TAKEDOWN GUIDES IN THE GUNSMITHING SECTION

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