Title American military shoulder arms / George D. Moller
Publication Info Niwot, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, c1993-
Location Call Number Status
 Arms and Armor  147.1711 M73    REQUESTABLE
 Offsite  147.1711 M73  v.1    REQUESTABLE
Description v. : ill. ; 29 cm
Contents PART I -- 12. American Colonial Arms History -- 2. Pre-Colonial Period, 1492--1607 -- 5. First Colonial Period, 1607--1691 -- 8. Second Colonial Period, 1691--1775 -- 15. Ignition Systems Of Colonial Arms -- 2. Matchlock -- 5. Wheel-Lock -- 8. Flintlock Variations -- 17. Colonial Shoulder Arms -- A. The Harquebus -- C. Matchlock Muskets -- E. Wheel-Lock Muskets -- G. British Snaphance Muskets -- I. English Lock Muskets -- J. Swedish Snaplock Musket -- K. Doglock Muskets -- L. British 17th-Century and Pre-Land Pattern Flintlock Muskets -- N. 18th-Century Colonial Militia Muskets -- P. Colonial Fowler-Muskets -- P5. Early 18th-Century Fowler-Musket -- P7. Late 18th-Century Fowler-Muskets -- R. Fowling Guns -- R1. 17th-Century Fowlers -- R5. Hudson Valley Fowlers -- R7. New England Fowlers -- R9. Other Fowling Guns -- S. French Hunting and Trade Guns -- T. French Buccaneer Guns -- V. 17th-Century Carbines -- V2. Wheel-Lock Carbine -- V5. English Snaphance Carbine -- V8. Flintlock Carbines -- Y. 17th-Century Military Blunderbuss Arms -- PART II -- 27. Definition Of Arms By Type, Source, And Origin -- 2. Type of Arm -- 5. Source of Procurement -- 8. Country of Origin -- 29. Privately Owned Arms Procured During The Revolution -- 31. Muskets Procured By Authority Of A Colony Or State -- 2. Committees of Safety -- 4. Committee of Safety Muskets -- 6. State Contract Muskets -- 8. Notes on the Specifications and Procurement of Committee of Safety and State Contract Muskets -- 35. Muskets Procured By Authority Of The Continental Congress -- 2. Continental Contract Muskets -- 5. Continental Use of State Procurement Agencies -- 8. Sales of Continental Muskets to Individual States -- 37. Continental Arsenals And Laboratories -- 2. The First Continental Arsenals -- 5. The Arsenal and Laboratory at Springfield -- 8. The Philadelphia Supply Agencies -- 39. Continental Musket Parts Procurement -- 2. Imported Musket Parts -- 5. Musket Parts Fabricated at Continental Facilities -- 8. Continental Contract Small Arms Components -- 41. Revolutionary War repair of Arms -- 2. Continental Armorers -- 4. Continental Factories and Armories -- 42. The Continental Gun Factory -- 45. The Continental Armory and French Factory -- 48. U.S. Armorers -- 6. Continental Contract Repair of Arms -- 8. Post--Revolutionary War Repair of Arms -- 43. "US" Identification Of Continental Muskets -- 45. American-Assembled Muskets Of British, French, And German States' Patterns -- 2. Muskets Containing British Components -- 5. Muskets Containing American-Made British Pattern Components -- 8. Muskets Containing French Components -- 9. Muskets Containing Germanic Components -- 47. The American Long Rifle -- 48. American-Assembled Carbines -- 49. American-Assembled Blunderbuss Arms -- PART III -- 50. Foreign Shoulder Arms Of The American Revolution -- 53. Arms Captured During The American Revolution -- 55. Foreign Diplomacy And Arms Procurement During The American Revolution -- 57. Foreign Arms Procured By Individual Colonies -- 65. British Military Shoulder Arms -- A. Land Pattern Muskets -- A2. Long Land Pattern (Type I) Musket -- A4. Long Land Pattern (Type II) Musket -- A6. Short Land Pattern Musket -- A62. Short Land Pattern Musket (for Dragoons) -- A66. Short Land New Pattern Musket -- A9. Land Pattern Commercial Sales Muskets -- C. Sea Service Musket -- D. Marine or Militia Musket -- F. Officers' Fusil -- H. Flank Company Sergeants' Fusil -- I. Light Infantry Fusil -- J. Royal Artillery Carbine -- K. 1770 Dragoon Carbine -- L. 1756 Light Dragoon Carbine -- M. Elliot Carbine -- O. 18th-Century Horseman's Carbines -- O2. Queen Anne Period Horseman's Carbine -- O7. Horseman's Carbine (from 1757) -- R. Military Rifles of the Seven Years' War -- S. Military Rifles of the Revolutionary War -- T. Ferguson Breechloading Rifle -- V. Nock Volley Gun -- X. Blunderbuss and Musketoon Arms -- X2. British Late 17th-Century Blunderbuss -- X5. British Early 18th-Century Blunderbuss -- X8. British Military Revolutionary War Period Blunderbuss -- X9. British Quasi-Military 18th-Century Blunderbuss -- Y. British Foreign Purchase Arms -- 70. French Arms -- A. Introduction -- B. Manufacturing Tolerances -- C. French Regulation Models and Armories -- C2. The Configuration of French Arms -- C4. Early Naval Muskets -- C6. Alterations of French Regulation Arms -- C8. French Matchlock Muskets -- D. 1696 Contract Naval Musket -- E. 1696 Contract Grenadier Musket -- F. 1716 Contract Naval Musket -- G. 1716 Contract Grenadier Musket -- H. Model 1717 Muskets -- H1. Model 1717 Infantry Musket -- H2. Model 1717 Rampart Musket -- H5. Model 1717 Dragoon Musket -- I. Model 1728 Muskets -- I1. Model 1728 Infantry Musket -- I2. Model 1728 Rampart Musket -- J. 1729 Contract Naval Musket -- K. 1729 Contract Grenadier Musket -- L. Model 1734 Dragoon Musket -- M. Model 1734 Cavalry Musketoon -- N. Model 1746 Infantry Musket -- O. Model 1754 Muskets -- O1. Model 1754 Infantry Musket -- O2. Model 1754 Dragoon Musket -- P. Model 1763 Infantry Musket -- Q. Model 1766 Infantry Musket -- R. Model 1761 1766 Dragoon Muskets -- S. Model 1763 1766 Cavalry Musketoons -- T. Model 1767 Hussar's Musketoons -- U. Model 1770 1771 Infantry Musket -- V. Model 1770 Artillery Musket -- W. Model 1773 Infantry Musket -- X. Model 1774 Infantry Musket -- Y. Model 1777 Muskets -- Y1. Model 1777 Infantry Musket -- Y2. Model 1777 Naval Musket -- Y3. Model 1777 Ship, Marine, and Colonial Muskets -- Y5. Model 1777 Dragoon Musket -- Y6. Model 1777 Artillery Musket -- Y8. Model 1777 Cavalry and Ship Musketoons -- 75. Liege Arms -- 2. American-Assembled/Repaired Arms with Liege Locks -- 5. Liege Contract British Short Land New Pattern Muskets -- 80. Dutch Arms -- 1. Colonial Period -- 3. Revolutionary War Period -- 5. Configurations of Dutch Muskets -- 52. (Type I) Musket -- 55. (Type II) Musket -- 58. (Type III) Musket -- 59. (Type IV) Musket -- 85. Spanish Arms -- 2. Configurations of Spanish Military Arms -- 7. Model 1757 Musket -- 9. Military Escopeta -- 90. German States' Forces In The American Revolution -- 3. Hesse Cassel -- 7. Brunswick and Hesse Hanau -- 92. German States' Muskets -- 1. German States' Military Small Arms Manufactories -- 2. Known German States' Procurement Information -- 4. Prussian Regulation Muskets -- 42. Model 1713 and Model 1723 Muskets -- 44. Model 1723--1740 Musket -- 46. Model 1740 Musket -- 48. Model 1740--1773 Musket -- 6. German States' Prussian-Style Muskets -- 95. Jager Rifles 448 -- 2. Ansbach-Bayreuth Jager Rifle -- 4. Hesse Cassel Jager Rifle -- 6. Heller Jager Rifle -- 9. Peterson Jager Rifle -- APPENDICES -- 1. Brief Military History Of Colonial America -- Pre-Colonial Period, 1492--1607 -- First Colonial Period, 1607--1691 -- Second Colonial Period, 1691--1775 -- 2. 17Th-Century British Army Organization And Linear Tactics In Europe -- 3. Dates Of Wars And Military Actions That Involved Colonial North American Armed Forces And The Armed Forces Of The United States -- 4. Revolutionary War Background Information -- Summary of Events Leading Up to the American Revolution -- Brief Chronological Military History of the Revolutionary War -- 5. Shoulder Arms Known Imported During The American Revolution -- 6. Personnel In Charge Of Small Arms Procurement To 1815 -- 7. Caliber Designations Of American Military Shoulder Arms And Ammunition -- 8. Revolutionary War Navies And Privateers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subjects Firearms -- United States
United States -- Armed Forces -- Firearms -- History
ISBN 0870812866
OCLC 27975048