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In 1803 Lewis and Clark set out on their epic expedition across the American wilderness west of the Mississippi, armed with the typical weapon of their day, the single-shot muzzle-loading rifle. By 1865, a variety of breech-loading and repeating arms had been invented, there were both easier to use and more accurate. This encyclopaedic study, part one of a two-part book, traces the development and uses of firearms on the frontier during that period, drawing on primary sources such as correspondence and diaries, newspaper accounts, government reports, and patent materials. Then, as now, most of the advances in weaponry were made in response to the militarys needs, becoming available somewhat later to civilians, and then to Indians. The authors thoroughly cover the refinements and adaptations of weapons for employ by these three groups and by explorers and trappers, describing in detail each gun, its modifications, operations, and uses. In many ways the history of firearms on the frontier parallels the history of the development of the West.

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title Firearms of the American West 1803-1865 author Garavaglia - photo 1

title:Firearms of the American West, 1803-1865
author:Garavaglia, Louis A.; Worman, Charles G.
publisher:University Press of Colorado
isbn10 | asin:0870814834
print isbn13:9780870814839
ebook isbn13:9780585036809
language:English
subjectFirearms--West (U.S.)--History.
publication date:1998
lcc:TS533.2G36 1998eb
ddc:683.4
subject:Firearms--West (U.S.)--History.
Firearms of the American West
1803-1865
Louis A. Garavaglia
Charles G. Worman
University Press of Colorado Page iv Copyright 1998 by the - photo 2
University Press of Colorado
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Copyright 1998 by the University Press of Colorado
Copyright 1984 by the University of New Mexico Press
Published by the University Press of Colorado
P.O. Box 849
Niwot, Colorado 80544
All rights reserved.
Printed in the United States of America.
The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State College, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, University of Southern Colorado, and Western State College of Colorado.
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Services Permanence of paper for Printed Library Materials. ANSI Z39.48-1984
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Garavaglia, Louis A., 1940
Firearms of the American West, 1803-1865 / Louis A. Garavaglia,
Charles G. Worman.
p. cm.
Originally published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico
Press, c 1984-c1985.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-87081-483-4 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. FirearmsWest (U.S.)History. I. Worman, Charles G., 1933
II. Title.
TS533.2G36 1998
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To Karen,
who not only put up with all this,
but unwaveringly supported it.
L.A.G.
To Carol,
Liz, Paul, and Rob
for their patience and support.
C.G.W.
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CONTENTS
Preface
xi
Acknowledgments
xiii
Part I: The Explorers: Military Arms, 1803-20
3
Chapter 1: Rifles
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The Kentucky Rifle, the Model 1803 Prototype, and the Air GunMore Kentuckies, the Model 1803, and AmmunitionNew Production ofthe Model 1803, the Contract Models of 1814 and 1817, and the Hall Breechloader
Chapter 2: Smoothbores
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Loading Techniques and AmmunitionEuropean Predecessors and the Model 1795Shotguns and BlunderbussesThe Contract Musket of 1808 and the Models of 1812 and 1816
Chapter 3: Pistols
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Nondescript Arms and the Models of 1799 and 1805The North Models of 1811, 1813, 1816, and 1819
Part II: Trappers and Traders: Civilian Arms, 1803-48
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Chapter 4: Rifles
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Kentucky and Tennessee Rifles and the Mountain or Plains RifleEastern Rifles for the West: The Henry and OthersSt. Louis Rifles: The Hawken and OthersFlint versus Percussion LocksThe English Rifle and the Refined HawkenMore Eastern Rifles for the WestNondescript and Atypical ArmsThe Henry and the HawkenLoading TechniquesMultibarreled ArmsThe Jenks BreechloaderRepeating Rifles: The Miller-Billinghurst and the ColtMore Repeaters: The Cochran and Other Arms
Chapter 5: Smoothbores
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