History : Military - Weapons

Mississippians have long found the need for an arsenal of interesting, lethal, and imaginative weapons. Native Americans, frontier outlaws, antebellum duelis......

This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to firearms. It also gives extens......

This is a clear and simple guide to building a semi- or full-auto pistol or a single-shot, falling-block handgun from common materials in the privacy of your......

Learn how to make gunpowder from such items as dead cats, whiskey, your living room ceiling, manure and maple syrup with simple hand tools and techniques tha......

This carefully researched revised and updated edition of The AR-15/M16 Sourcebook offers fresh insight into why the AR-15/M16 rifle remains a favorite of sol......

In this book, J. David Truby demonstrates why gun control simply doesn't work. Features rare photos of remarkably ingenious and very deadly improvised weapon......

If you get a bang out of the flash and thud of an explosion and are intrigued by soft munitions, propellants and weapons, why not build your own bazooka? Ant......

Master gun maker Bill Holmes takes you through all the steps necessary to make your own closed-bolt or open-bolt 9mm machine pistol. Holmes' full-size tracea......

The latest volume in this popular and timely series offers detailed instructions, complete with photos and machinist's drawings, for making a pistol-caliber ......

The author provides clear, step-by-step instructions for and expedient 9mm submachine gun. It is easily constructed from readily available materials, primar......

Concerned with how to comfortably, discreetly and safely exercise the privileges granted by a CCW permit? This invaluable guide offers the latest advice on w......

This hands-on manual walks the shooter through every step required to become a true long-range marksman, from understanding minute-of-angle principles and se......

Author Jon Boyd has worked with knives and blades for over 25 years as a knife and sword maker as well as flint knapper. His interest in the samurai sword...

There are many excellent books about the AK. What makes Legends and Reality of the AK-47 different from all the other AK books? It is co-written by a very close...

The Ruger 10/22 is one of the most popular .22-caliber rifles of all time. It is relatively inexpensive, exceptionally reliable and accurate, and easy to wor......

Enthusiasts of the venerable Mosin-Nagant bolt-action rifle, one of the most basic of the Russian and Soviet small arms, will find a wealth of information in......

The only full-power, semiautomatic standard infantry rifle in existence during World War II, the M1 Garand remains the most popular high-powered target semia......

The events of 9/11 and other security breaches that followed awakened Americans to the grave dangers covert weapons - and lackadaisical security measures - p......

This is the book that do-it-yourselfers anxious to try building their own .50-caliber rifles have been demanding since the best-selling Home Workshop .50-Cal......

This book has the widest array of international fighting knives ever assembled! Compiled by three of the most recognized names in historical military knives,......