Offers a detailed study of more than three hundred different guns, including information on their date, origin, weight, barrel length, and caliber, in an informative history that looks at how guns were and are made and profiles the world's leading gun manufacturers.

"About the editor"-- back inside flap of cover." Includes glossary and index.

Pistols & revolvers -- Rifles & muskets -- Sport rifles & shotguns -- Specialist guns -- Machine guns & submachine guns.