The powder flask book : treating of the history and use of the flask as a principal accessory to the firearm : from its inception, through the ages, until the popular acceptance of the metallic cartridge : and giving emphasis to the powder flasks of the nineteenth century, noting their significance and values for shooters and collectors of antique arms and flasks

The powder flask book : treating of the history and use of the flask as a principal accessory to the firearm : from its inception, through the ages, until the popular acceptance of the metallic cartridge : and giving emphasis to the powder flasks of the nineteenth century, noting their significance and values for shooters and collectors of antique arms and flasks

1st ed.

New Hope, Pa. : R. Halter, 1953.

xv, 495 p. : ill., map, ports., facsims. ; 29 cm.

623.46 R573 1953

(OCoLC)01356850

Map on back lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Preface -- The flask through the ages -- A search in literature -- The flask in use -- Metal to market -- The flask and the arm -- American makers -- British makers -- Other foreign makers -- American patents -- British patents -- The craftsman and his flask -- Flask photography -- Pictures and prices of yesterday -- Ancient or early flasks -- Your collection and mine -- Flask collecting -- Values -- Other arms accessories -- The cartridge replaces the flask.
79.1.33

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