Guns That Won The West-Hardbound [Hardcover]

John Walter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 30, 1999

This text tells the colorful story of the wide range of firearms - from the smallest pistol to the rifles of the buffalo hunters - used by plainsmen and settlers, gamblers and engineers and soldiers of the US Army.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Newsletter of the Arms & Armour Society

"For concise accurate information on a very wide range of firearms of the period this book will be invaluable and for those with any interest in the subject there are so many little gems of information to enjoy . . . a first class effort."

Gun Mart

"Excellent."

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Greenhill Books; First Edition edition (April 30, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 185367351X
• ISBN-13: 978-1853673511
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,005,779 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the better ones, IF..., March 9, 2003

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This review is from: Guns That Won The West-Hardbound (Hardcover)

Out of the variously titled "Guns of the Old, Wild or Whatever West" books, this is one of the better ones in terms of describing the guns and putting the overall historical picture into perspective. HOWEVER, it is very short on illustrations and photographs. I'd recommend it to anyone who has any of the other references that are strong on two page color layouts of a whole mess of guns, but very little meat about them as a sort of companion volume, but wouldn't recommend it very strongly as a stand-alone reference. Maybe the most valuable feedback I can give is that I already have most of the available books on the topic, got tired of checking this one out of the library and finally bought my own copy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent Book, But could have been better., April 19, 2010

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Willie S. Matney "Dixie Gunsmithing" (Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guns That Won The West-Hardbound (Hardcover)

The books information about the history of firearms was accurate. However, the patent numbers published were wrong in a good deal of the listings. I highly doubt the author got these wrong, and in fact, it was the publishers fault. One would think that the publisher would employ a fact checker to check the facts after the type setter has had their hand in the printing. Mostly, they would get two numbers reversed, or they would double a number, while leaving one out.

On about every page in my book, I have made hand written corrections to the listed patent numbers, and it would seem to me, that out of say every three patent numbers, they screwed up one.