Wilcox, C. M. Rifles and Rifle Practice: An Elementary Treatise upon the Theory of Rifle Firing, Explaining the Causes of Inaccuracy of Fire, and the Manner of Correcting it. With Descriptions of the Infantry Rifles of Europe and the United States, their Balls and Cartridges. New York, D. Van Nostrand, 1861. 12mo, folding frontis., viii, 276 pp., five folding plates in rear, original cloth, some minor shelf wear and rubbing to binding, foredge of one folding plate ruffled, otherwise a fine clean copy. Treatise on rifle fire for infantry, originally published in 1859, the author was First Lieutenant in the 7th U.S. Infantry. Price: USD 375.00 other currencies   order no. 498    inquire

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