In Europe, Indian hobbyism, or Indianism, has developed out of a strong fascination with Native American life in the 18th and 19th centuries. “Indian hobbyists” dress in homemade replicas of clothing, craft museum-quality replicas of artifacts, meet in fields dotted with tepees and reenact aspects of North American Indian lifeworlds, using ethnographies, travel diaries, and museum collections as resources. Grounded in fieldwork set among network ...
Great articles, written by great gun writers, about classic rifles! The Gun Digest Book of Classic American Combat Rifles presents a unique compilation of articles on the greatest American combat rifles developed since 1776, and as they originally appeared in Gun Digest . Since the first issue of Gun Digest in 1944, combat rifles have made regular appearances in the magazine, in articles on the romance, design, performance, historical, ...
The Greatest Gun Book of All Time Presents – The Greatest Guns of All Time! <br>In <i>The Greatest Guns of Gun Digest®</i>! <p>For over six decades, <i>Gun Digest</i> has been the definitive guide to the world's greatest guns. Pistol and revolvers, rifles and shotguns, military and commercial arms – all have been lovingly and lavishly featured in the pages of the wo ...
Readers will appreciate the value of <i>Standard Catalog of Civil War Firearms</i> because it combines historical, identification, and pricing information in one handy volume.<p>
A great deal of advancement in metallurgy and weapons design occurred during the Civil War as people on both sides of the conflict struggled to find better ways to bring a swift end to the war. These new designs are the basis of o ...
Veteran author and respected shooting expert Dr. Wayne van Zwoll has made the most complete work ever published on bolt-action rifles even better by:Profiling the newest turnbolt actions and riflesTaking an in-depth look at the history of bolt gunsAnalyzing the latest trends in bold actionsOffering valuable tips on how to become a better shooter of bolt rifles ...
In this excerpt from the Gun Digest Book of Concealed Carry , Massad Ayoob says that International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) matches hone your CCW skills. They require you to move, draw and shoot in a simulated stress environment. ...
In this collection, excerpted from the Gun Digest Book of Concealed Carry , Massad Ayoob covers wardrobe choices for CCW, the value of IDPA match training and words of advice to help you survive. ...