307 pages, about 11" x 8", glossy soft-cover in full color. New re-print restored and digitally enhanced from a nice original. Printed on high quality 20# 97 bright acid free paper. Over 85 Illustrations- most of the machinery used to make the weapons.

Contents - Index:

• Pages: 307

• The Fabrication of Small Arms 1878
• Springfield Rifle and Carbine .45
• Springfield Cadet Rifle
• Colt Army Revolver
• Smith & Wesson Schofield Revolvers
• Ordance Memoranda No. 22
• Brig. Gen. Stephen V. Benet, Chief of Ordnance, U.S. Army, James G. Benton, Brevet Colonel, U.S. Army and Capt. J. E. Greer, First. Lt. D.A. Lyle, Master. Armorer E. S. Allin

• Small Arms
• Nomanclature
• Noanclature Springfield Rifle .45
• Springfield Rifle and Carbine
• Colt Army Revolver
• Breech Loading System
• Firing Pins
• Cam Latch
• Springs
• Main Spring
• Parts
• Screws and Placement
• Description and Placement of Parts
• Table of Iron and Steel Parts
• Straightening
• Proving
• Grinding
• Milling
• Burring Sockets
• Tempering
• Sights
• But Plate Screws
• Manufacture of Carbine and Rifle
• Bayonet and Clasp
• Cam Latch
• Ejector Stud
• Extractor
• Base Spring
• Swivels and Pins
• Case Hardening
• Inspection of the Revolver
• Revolver Dissassembley and Assembly
• Gauges for the Colt Revolver
• Dimensions and parts of the Colt Revolver
• Spart Parts
• List of Parts of 1000 Colts approved 1875 March
• Illustration of internal parts of the Colt Army Revolver
• Groove Depth of the Colt
• Loading the Revolver
• Schofield Smith and Wesson Revolvers
• Barrels
• Hammer
• Trigger
• Tumbler
• Assembly
• Inspection of arms
• Locks
• Stocks
• Appendages
• Inspection of Barrels
• List of Verifying Gauges Springfield Rifle and Carbine
• Order of Dissembly
• Difficulties and Solutions
• Cleaning
• Nomanclature of the Schofield Revolver
• Spare Parts of the Smith & Wesson
• Assembley and trouble shooting the Smith & Wesson
• Manufacture of Swords and Sabers
• Scabbards
• Swords and Sabers
• Steel Bayonets
• Proof of the Bayonet, Saber and Sword
• Calvary Sabers
• Cleaning Sabers and Swords
• Illustration 30+ machinery to manufacture weapons