Starting with the '03 Springfield and '17 Enfield, this authoritative guide describes the development of automatic and semi-automatic weapons, explaining how they work, barrels and experiments with obstructions, strengths and weaknesses of military rifles, receiver steels and heat treatment, headspace, recoil problems, gunpowder, corrosion, triggers, and the Pederson Device. It also covers noted gun makers, tips to match ammunition, interior and exterior ballistics, velocity variation, measuring methods, weights, overloads, and ranges. Invaluable information for shooters, gunsmiiths, collectors, ballisticians, and hunters.
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Julian Hatcher was a retired U.S. Army major general, technical editor for The American Rifleman, and author of Machine Guns, Pistols and Revolvers and Their Use, and Textbook of Firearms Investigation, Identification and Evidence. He was director of the National Rifle Association from 1922-1946.
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46 of 48 people found the following review helpful:
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Hatcher's Notebook remains the best firearms reference,
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This review is from: Hatcher's Notebook (Hardcover)
As a young Army ordinance officer, Hatcher saw it all. He discovered the reason 1903 rifles were blowing up; he discovered that the 1906 rifle cartridge didn't go as far as predicted, and he helped develop its replacement; he was involved in early machine gun trials; he was involved in the semi-automatic rifle trials, and the development of the Garand. And he documented it all.Every serious student of firearms needs to have this book. To some, it may first appear to be dated. In fact, basic firearms design has changed little since the 1930s. Hather's Notebook gives excellent inside coverage of a key era of modern firearms design.
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Still one of the best,
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This review is from: Hatcher's Notebook (Hardcover)
Hatcher's book is probably the most complete compendium of gun facts assembled. Every shooter and gun buff should own (and read, of course) this book. Much of the information here is empirically derived, so while the data are good, the conclusions are not always valid. Some of the exterior ballistics theories put forth are now better understood, and are not correct in this tome. Aside from the slightly outdated exterior ballistics section, this book contains information to be found nowhere else.
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THE Book on how guns work,
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General Hatcher was the Army's Chief of Ordinance during WW II. This book presents a wealth of information on how guns work. The mechanical details, specifications of steels used, heat treatment, testing, gun powder, ballistics, accuracy, records of US rifles, and anything else you want to know about. This is THE guide.
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IN the Spanish American War of 1898, our Army was armed partly with Krag Jorgensen .30 caliber repeaters and partly with the old .45 caliber Springfield single shots, while the Navy used the Lee Straight Pull rifles in a caliber called 6 mm U.S.N., which in inches was equal to .236 caliber. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nickel steel receivers, old heat treatment, caliber radius, excess headspace, firing pin blow, instrumental velocity, receiver blown, caliber ogive, forward clearance, small arms primers, standard projectile, double heat treatment, bullet seat, flat base bullet, service cartridge, muzzle pressure, tailed bullet, metal fouling, ogival head, thong case, ballistic coefficient, service bullet, automatic pistol cartridge, safety lug, barrel obstructions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Persons Injured, Nature of Failure, Probable Cause, Disposition of Rifle, Frankford Arsenal, Rock Island, Ordnance Department, National Match, United States, War Department, Winchester Magnum, Watertown Arsenal, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Fort Benning, Lake Denmark, Chief of Ordnance, Board of Officers, Remington Magnum, Western Cartridge Company, New Haven, Small Arms Division, British Textbook of Small Arms, Camp Perry, Marine Corps, Fort Sill New!
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IN the Spanish American War of 1898, our Army was armed partly with Krag Jorgensen .30 caliber repeaters and partly with the old .45 caliber Springfield single shots, while the Navy used the Lee Straight Pull rifles in a caliber called 6 mm U.S.N., which in inches was equal to .236 caliber. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nickel steel receivers, old heat treatment, caliber radius, excess headspace, firing pin blow, instrumental velocity, receiver blown, caliber ogive, forward clearance, small arms primers, standard projectile, double heat treatment, bullet seat, flat base bullet, service cartridge, muzzle pressure, tailed bullet, metal fouling, ogival head, thong case, ballistic coefficient, service bullet, automatic pistol cartridge, safety lug, barrel obstructions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Persons Injured, Nature of Failure, Probable Cause, Disposition of Rifle, Frankford Arsenal, Rock Island, Ordnance Department, National Match, United States, War Department, Winchester Magnum, Watertown Arsenal, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Fort Benning, Lake Denmark, Chief of Ordnance, Board of Officers, Remington Magnum, Western Cartridge Company, New Haven, Small Arms Division, British Textbook of Small Arms, Camp Perry, Marine Corps, Fort Sill New!
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- Small Arms by Richard Jones on page 564, and page 626
- Three Rivers by Carla J. Mills on page 416
- The Model 1903 Springfield Rifle and its Variations. 3rd Revised Edition by Joe Poyer on page 56, and page 430
- The SAFN-49 Battle Rifle (A Shooter's and Collector's Guide) by Joe Poyer on page 69
- Zips, Pipes, And Pens: Arsenal Of Improvised Weapons by J. David Truby in Back Matter
- The M14-Type Rifles: A Shooter's and Collector's Guide, 2nd Edition by Joe Poyer in Back Matter
- The M16/AR15 Rifle, 3rd Ed. (A Shooter's and Collector's Guide) by Joe Poyer on page 130
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