02705nam 2200637 a 450 991077906210332120230725060150.01-283-63654-90-8263-5002-X(CKB)2550000000088215(OCoLC)778432291(CaPaEBR)ebrary10521991(SSID)ssj0001322630(PQKBManifestationID)12584153(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001322630(PQKBWorkID)11483738(PQKB)10613521(SSID)ssj0000608428(PQKBManifestationID)11445079(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000608428(PQKBWorkID)10606662(PQKB)10848911(MiAaPQ)EBC1118941(OCoLC)651799403(MdBmJHUP)muse4761(Au-PeEL)EBL1118941(CaPaEBR)ebr10521991(CaONFJC)MIL394900(OCoLC)817819278(EXLCZ)99255000000008821520120120d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAmerican Military Shoulder Arms. Volume III Flintlock alterations and muzzleloading percussion shoulder arms, 1840-1865 /George D. MollerAlbuquerque University of New Mexico Press20111 online resource (648 p.)American military shoulder arms ;v. 3Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8263-5001-1 0-8263-5000-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Alterations -- pt. 2. Armory-pattern muzzleloading shoulder arms -- pt. 3. Non-armory-pattern muzzleloading shoulder arms.This third volume in Moller's authoritative reference work describes muzzleloading percussion shoulder arms procured by the U.S. government for issue to federal and state armed forces in the period that includes the Civil War. These twenty-five years were an exciting time in the history of shoulder arms. During the 1840s, only a handful of American manufacturers were capable of producing significant quantities of arms having fully interchangeable components. By the early 1850s, at least one firm was producing rifles with close enough tolerances to be considered fully interchangeable.United StatesArmed ForcesFirearmsHistory355.8/242/0973Moller George D930322MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779062103321American Military Shoulder Arms. Volume III3810853UNINA