The World’s Fighting Shotguns

Description

This is the first authoritive work that traces the fascinating history of the shotgun as a pure fighting weapon. It covers development of the shotgun as a fighting instrument from the blunderbuss and the fowling piece through the magazine and belt-fed full-automatic assault shotguns, machine shotguns, and new developments now in use or on drawing boards. This comprehensive volume recounts fighting shotgun use in the Old West, the introduction of the magazine repeater, German protests against American shotgun use during World War I, the lawless employment of shotguns during the roaring twenties and desperation thirties, American use of shotguns in the Pacific campaigns of World War II, British experiences with shotguns in Malaya, American shotgun experiences in Vietnam, and more.