Handguns: Semi‐automatic Pistols and Revolvers and Sub‐machine Guns

In the present climate of opinion, it may be regarded as controversial even to review such a book as this. Readers should therefore be reminded at once that it is part of a bona fide series of specialist works on different types of weapons, which from their content are obviously intended mainly for those who have a legitimate use for the weapons listed therein. They will find an illustration of each gun, along with its basic statistics (calibre, weight, etc.) the principles of its design, its history, its distinctive characteristics (safety devices have a prominent place here) and, significantly, a...