Great Hunting Rifles

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Wieland, Terry, author. | Carmichel, Jim, author of introduction, etc.

Title: Great hunting rifles : Victorian to the present / Terry Wieland ; foreword by Jim Carmichel.

Description: New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018020513| ISBN 9781510731691 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781510731714 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Hunting rifles--History.

Classification: LCC SK274.2 .W543 2018 | DDC 799.2028/32--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018020513

Cover design by Tom Lau

Cover photo credit: Terry Wieland

Print ISBN: 978-1-5107-3169-1

Ebook ISBN: 978-1-5107-3171-4

Printed in China