The British Soldier’s Firearm 1850-1864. (From Smooth-bore to Small-bore)

The British Soldier’s Firearm 1850-1864. (From Smooth-bore to Small-bore)

The British Soldier’s Firearm 1850-1864. (From Smooth-bore to Small-bore). This work follows the story of the development of British small arms from the “first serious British official experiments to harness that system of rifling that had revolutionized military thought on the Continent” to the advent of the metallic cartridge breechloader.