The Fighting Handgun: An Illustrated History from the Flintlock to Automatic Weapons

by Richard Law, Peter Brookesmith

Charts the evolution of the pistol and the revolver from those first days when battle action progressed from blade to bullet. A concise narrative reference to a complex subject. Book is in excellent condition, there is a small crease in the lower left gutter on dust jacket.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1997

Reviews

[Ed Wyrd · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting history of fighting handguns from a European perspective, discussing the reasons innovations occurred there in contrast to those in America.