WEAPONS (INFANTRY)

Bayonet and Edged Weapons

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• Benton, Brevet-Col.J.G.."Chapter VI. Small Arms,"Ordnance and Gunnery (1867); 72 Pages, 30 illus. Price 7.00 {Item No. 20506} [Includes: History, Hand arms, Projectile arms, Defensive weapons, Portable fire arms, Arquebuse, Matchlock, Pistol, Petronet, Musket, Rifles, Bayonet, Flintlock, Loading. Hand Arms: Classification, General principles, Thrusting arms, Cutting arms, Thrusting and cutting arms, Scabbards. Defensive Armor: Cuirass and helmet. Manufacture of Sword Blades &c.: Material, Fabrication, Inspection of blades, Proof of blade. Portable Firearms: Principal parts, Barrel, Lock, Stock, Sights, Mountings, Ramrod. Breech Loading Arms: General description, Metallic cartridge, Principles of breech loading arms, Altered Springfield musket, Spencer repeating arms, Advantages &c..;Small Arm Projectiles: Forcing, By action of the ramrod, Patch, Delvigne plan, Tige, or spindle, By form of projectile, By the powder, Present methods, United States, England, France, Austria, Switzerland. Charge of Powder: Conditions. Lubricant: Necessity, Qualities, Methods. Different Kinds of Small Arms: Rifle musket, Rifle, Carbine, Pistol carbine, Colt's pistol, Sporting rifle. Manufacture of Small Arms: Where made, How made, Operations, Welding, Rolling barrels, Swaging, Boring, Drilling and tapping, Turning, Milling, Cutting and filing, Grinding and polishing, Case hardening, Hardening and tempering steel, Blueing, Browning. Inspection of Small Arms: Object, Finished arm, Barrel, Ramrod, Bayonet, Stocks, Lock, Mountings. Packing and Storage of Arms: Boxes, Storage. Preservation and Care of Arms in Service: Instruction, Dismounting by a soldier, To clean the barrel, To clean the lock, To clean the mountings, Dismounting by an armorer, Lock, Precautions in using. Inspection of Arms in Service &c.: Gauges, Inspection, Classification. Durability and Strength of the Musket Barrel: Durability, Strength. [Very interest comments on the multiple loading of muskets at Gettysburg]
• Bruff, Capt. Lawrence."Portable Arms," Ordnance and Gunnery (1896), Chapter IX.; 4 pages, 7 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20549} [Includes: 304. Division - Hand arms - Cutting arms - Principles - Light artillery sabre, 305. Thrusting arms - Principles - Straight sword - Bayonet - Lance - Cutting and thrusting arms - Cavalry sabre
• Gibson, Major James M.."Of Men and Bayonets," Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.43, No.1 (July 1953); 7 pages, 1 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.10605} [The why and how of bayonet training]
• Malone III, Lt.Paul B.."Bayonet," Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.44, No.4 (October 1954); 8 pages, 13 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.10669} [An example of how to conduct Bayonet training and the bayonet assault course]
• Shore, Major Schiller F., Infantry. "The Bayonet--Spirit Weapon," Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.37, No.2 (October 1950); 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.10421}
• U.S.Army Infantry School. "Contrast," Infantry School Mailing List, Vol. XXVI, Chapter 11. (July 1943); 7 pages, 6 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.10242} [Bayonet training 1852 vs. 1943]
• War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Enemy Bayonet Technique," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.5, Section I. (January 1944); 11 pages, 7 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5766} [On Japanese WWII Forces][Includes: Introduction, The Japanese Regulations: Guard Position, Basic Thrust, Other Types of Thrusts, Close Combat]

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