Russia 87 REVOLVER DIRECTORY Solid-frame 87 Hinged-frame 88 South Africa 89 Pinfire patterns 30 Spain 89 Solid-frame 89 Rim- and centre-fire: Hinged-frame 94 Argentina 43 Austria-Hungary Sweden 97 Open-frame 43 Switzerland 97 Solid-frame 43 Turkey 9 Hinged-frame 45 Union of Soviet Socialist Belgium Republics 99 Open-frame 45 United States of America 99 Solid-frame 45 i) Pre-1917 Hinged, pivoting and other Open-frame 99 frames 50 Solid-frame 100 Hinged, pivoting and other Brazil 57 frames 114 Britain Solid-frame 59 ii) 1917-45 Hinged, pivoting and other Solid-frame 121 frames 62 Hinged, pivoting and other frames 123 Chile 69 iii) Post-1945 Czechoslovakia 69 Solid-frame 123 Denmark 69 Hinged-frame 137 France Open frame 69 Yugoslavia 137 South Africa 243 Spain Pre-Civil War patterns 244 Post-Civil War patterns 253 Browning copies 257 Sweden 276 Switzerland Between-war designs 276 Post-1945 designs 277 Solid-frame 71 Hinged, pivoting and other frames 73 Germany i) Pre-1945 HANDGUN ORIGINS Solid-frame 75 Introduction 9 Hinged, pivoting and other The revolving cylinder 15 frames 77 The self-contained cartridge 1 ii) Post 1945 7 Improved revolver designs 18 Solid frame 77 Repeating and automatic Hinged-frame 82 pistols 19 Israel 82 The modern handgun 20 Italy 82 Future developments 22 Solid-frame 82 Cartridge design 23 Hinged-frame 85 Strengths and weaknesses 24 Japan 85 Solid frame 85 Hinged-frame 86 REVOLVER CONSTRUCTION Mexico 86 Netherlands 86 Successive extraction 27 Norway 86 Simultaneous extraction 27 Philippines 86 Trigger systems 29 Poland 87 Gas-seal patterns 29 Portugal 87 Constructional features 29 Romania 87 Printed and bound in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Limited, Frome, SomersetĬontents Foreword Bibliography The organisation of this book
(Aleksandr Borisovich) Illustrated encyclopedia of twentieth-century handguns pistols and revolvers of the world from 1870 to the present/A.B. Bobrov, Nikolai 683.4303 ISBN 1-85367-187-8 Library of Congress Cataloging in-Publication Data Zhuk. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Handguns: Pistols and Revolvers of the World from 1870 to the Present I. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electrical, mechanical or otherwise, without first seeking the written permission of the Publisher.īritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Zhuk, Aleksandr B. The moral right of the author has been asserted. Revised and expanded from Revolver i Pistolet© A.B. Zhuk, 1995 English-language translation © N.N.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia o f Handguns © A.B. Greenhill Books The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Handgunsįirst published in 1995 by Greenhill Books, Lionel Leventhal Limited, Park House, 1 Russell Gardens, London NW11 9NN. HANDGUNS PISTOLS AND REVOLVERS OF THE WORLD, 1870 TO 1995.
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