40 pages, about 5 1/2" 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. Fully Illustrated.

Contents - Index:

• Pages: 40

• Rules for Inspection
• The National Armory
• Springfield, Massachusetts
• Inspection for the Colt Army Revolver
• Cylinders
• Barrels
• Frames
• Guards
• Straps,
• Rods
• Hammers
• Triggers
• Final Inspection
• Nomenclature Descriptive to the Colt Revolver .45
• Loading
• Ejecting
• Assembly
• Dimension
• Weights
• Rules for the Inspection of the
• Schofield-Smith and Wesson Revolver
• Cylinders
• Barrels
• Hammers and Springs
• Locks
• Final Inspection
• Nomenclature of the Schofield-Smith and Wesson Revolver
• Operation of the parts
• Loading and unloading
• Rules for the Inspection of the Gatling Gun
• Prepare the Barrel for Proof
• Proof of barrel
• Inspect Carrier Block
• Inspect Crank
• Oscillator and Transverse Apparatus
• Axis and Main shaft
• Locks, Cams,
• Sighting the gun
• Illustration of the internal Gatling Gun
• Precautions in use of the Gatling Gun
• Directions for loading and firing
• Weights and Measures