Guns of the Old West (The Firearms Classics Library)

" This Special Edition of 'Guns of the Old West' by Charles Edward Chapel has been privately printed for the members of the Firearms Classic Library. Charles Edward Chapel must rank, whether judged in terms of literary productivity or in-depth knowledge, as one of America's leading firearms experts of the twentieth century. An avid firearms collector, he was also a serious student of firearms history and began researching and writing on the subject while he was still a college student. Over the ensuing years he would make important and lasting contributions to the literature of the field........................"