Description
Title: American Military Shoulder Arms – Volume I: Colonial and Revolutionary War Arms
Author: George D. Moller
Publisher: University Press of Colorado / University of New Mexico Press (first published 1993)
Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket (shrink-wrapped in image)
Pages: Approximately 500 pages
ISBN: 9780826350162 (may vary slightly by edition)
Overview:
This is the first volume of George D. Moller’s renowned trilogy on U.S. military shoulder arms. It provides an authoritative, deeply researched reference on American flintlock muskets, rifles, and other shoulder arms used from the early colonial era through the Revolutionary War. The book features:
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Hundreds of full-color and black-and-white photographs
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Line drawings, historical documents, and technical diagrams
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Provenance and manufacturing details from national and private collections
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In-depth analysis of markings, lock mechanisms, barrel configurations, and more
It is considered an essential reference for serious collectors, historians, reenactors, and arms scholars.
