Small arms lexicon and concise encyclopedia

To assemble in one place the many terms that comprise the "firearms language" together with brief encyclopedic definitions is the object of this work.Compiled herein are over three thousand common and uncommon words, phrases, and names relating to the art of shooting and encountered in the public press, in firearms literature, on the range, in the field, and in the gunsmith's shop, together with approximately 500 illustrations to assist in understanding the written descriptions.