Review (PDF) THE GUN AND ITS DEVELOPMENT By W. W. GREENER Decorative

                
              
Review (PDF) 
THE GUN AND ITS DEVELOPMENT By W. W. GREENER Decorative
A cornerstone of any firearms library. The author, W. W. Greener, was a noted firearms manufacturer of Birmingham, England who made significant contributions to breech-loading shotgun designs and also to the literature of guns with this book.
Hardcover
Publisher: Odysseus Editions; Special Edition edition (January 1, 1995)
ASIN: B000L9X6UG
Product Dimensions:  8.6 x 6.9 x 2.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
Average Customer Review:  4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #1,985,293 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)   #95 in Books > History > Military > Weapons & Warfare > Conventional > Firearms
A timeless book. Greener's knowledge is staggering and the clarity of his writing makes even complex mechanical issues very clear.If you like doubleguns and even the least bit of curiosity about them, then this book will provide hours of enjoyable and informative reading. Even in today's age of CNC technology it is fascinating to learn the antecedent technologies. Especially since many of the finest guns we own pre-date CNC and were all hand-made.A truly remarkable book about truly remarkable mechanisms.
If you are one bit interested in weapons or the history thereof (especially guns), then this is the book for you. Even if you are not a gun person, this is simply a great history book. Besides the great contents the book looks great with its leather bound cover and gold edged pages. All in all, this book was a "must have" for me even though I didn't know it before I ordered.
It doesn't appear much effort was taken in going from OCR (optical character reader where the computer tries to read the book) to finished project. There are a lot of extraneous letters and numbers in the document which made it a bit more difficult to read than it should be.
This edition of W W Greener book takes you through the development of the modern gun, the edition is of particular interestin that the book was published for The American Rifle Association and is of high quality, it was not the edition I expected which made it all the more enjoyable.If you can find one BUY IT.Arthur Cook
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