Handfuls of History
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Included here is only a subset of the collection, consisting of the guns featured in the slideshow video, and one
reduced-size photo of each; guns listed in grey are only available in the full version. Purchase
the book to see all the guns, research on their historical context, and nearly five thousand high-resolution photos.
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Matchlocks
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Tanegashima Matchlock
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Indian Torador Musket
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Wheellocks
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German Jaeger Wheellock Carbine
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Flintlock Pistols
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Albanian Rattail Miquelet
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Moretti Flintlock
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Penel Double-Barreled Flintlock
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German Hunting Hanger-Pistol Combination Weapon
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Screwbarrel Boxlock Pistol
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Percussion Pistols
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Belt Pistol
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Double-barreled Bayonet Pistol
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Bacon Underhammer Pistols
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Dueling or Target Pistol
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Model 1836 US Army Flintlock Conversion
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Allen & Thurber Single-Shot Double-Action Pistol
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Robbins & Lawrence Pepperbox
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Allen & Thurber Pepperbox
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Allen & Wheelock Bar-Hammer Transitional Revolver
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Transitional Revolver
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Colt 1849 Pocket Revolver
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Whitney Two-Trigger Revolver
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Massachusetts Arms Maynard Tape-Primed Belt Pistol
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Colt Model 1855 Pocket Revolver
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Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver
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Tranter Third Model Two-Trigger Revolver
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Walch 10-Shot Revolver
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Allen & Wheelock Sidehammer Percussion Pocket Revolver
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Remington-Beals First-Model Pocket Revolver
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Remington 1861 "Old" Army Revolver
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Colt 1851 Navy Revolver
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Manhattan Firearms Navy Revolver
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Metropolitan Navy Revolver
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Savage Navy Revolver
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Warner Cap-and-Ball Pocket Pistol
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Double-Action Adams/Webley-style Revolver
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Beaumont-Adams Percussion Revolver
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Kerr Revolver
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Starr Double-Action Army Revolver
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Starr Single-Action Army Revolver
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Bacon Firearms Second-Model Pocket Revolver
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Philadelphia Deringer
Appendices for Chapter 4:
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Manhattan/Allen Mechanical Comparison
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Muzzle-loading Muskets and Rifles
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Albanian Tanchika Musket
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Pattern 1809 Brown Bess Musket
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"Kentucky" Long Rifle
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M1840 Chasseur Carbine
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Springfield 1842 Smooth-Bore Musket
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M1841 "Mississippi" Rifle
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Brunswick Two-Groove Rifle
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Enfield Pattern 1853 Rifled Musket
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Model 1863 U.S. Double Rifle
Appendices for Chapter 5:
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The Hunters of Kentucky
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Musket Cartridges
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Rocketballs
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No. 1 Smith & Wesson Volcanic Pistol
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Pinfire Pistols
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Deprez Fist Pistol
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Pinfire Revolver
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Boot Pistol
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Javelle Revolver
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Galand-style Degueldre Pinfire Revolver
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Smooth-Bore Double-Barreled Pistol
Appendices for Chapter 7:
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Early Rimfire Pistols
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Sparrow Pistols
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Rollin White Single-Shot Pistol
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Smith & Wesson No. 1
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Manhattan .22 Seven-Shot Revolver
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Rollin White Pocket Revolver
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Sharps Pepperbox Derringer
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Allen & Wheelock Sidehammer Pistol
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Moore Seven-Shooter
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Smith & Wesson Model 2, Old Army
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Lucius Pond Revolver
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Lucius Pond Front-loading Revolver
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Smith & Wesson Model 1½ Tip-Up
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Allen & Wheelock Lipfire Navy Pistol
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Sharps-style Four-Barreled Derringer
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Cupfire Pocket Pistol
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Plant Army Model Revolver
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Slocum Revolver
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Moore's Patent National Firearms First-Model Derringer
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Southerner Derringer
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Deane-Harding Conversion Revolver
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Connecticut Arms Bulldog Single-Shot Pistol
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Remington Over-and-Under Derringer
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Remington New Model Pocket Revolver Cartridge Conversion
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Colt Pocket Revolver Conversion
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Tranter Single-Trigger Revolver
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Remington-Elliot Pepperbox Derringer
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Remington-Rider Magazine Pistol
Appendices for Chapter 8:
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The Rollin White Patent
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The Rollin White Court Battles
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The Aftermath of the Rollin White Lawsuits
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Smith & Wesson Tip-Up Comparison
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Development of Revolvers and Mechanically Repeating Pistols
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Early Centerfire Pistols
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Moore's Teatfire Revolver
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Colt 1849 Pocket Revolver, Thuer-style Frontier Conversion
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Smith & Wesson Model 1½ "New Model" Top Break
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Colt 1861 Navy Conversion
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Remington 1867 Navy Rolling Block Pistol
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Merwin & Hulbert Single-Action Army Revolver
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Colt Single-Action Army Bisley Model
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Colt Model 1877 Thunderer Double-Action Revolver
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Francois Dumoulin Double-Barreled Pistols
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Breech-loading Rifles and Carbines
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Hall Model 1819 Rifle
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Nicanor Kendall Harmonica Rifle
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Greene Underhammer Rifle
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Smith Carbine
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Sharps Model 1863 Carbine
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Sharps & Hankins Navy Carbine
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Burnside Carbine
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Spencer Carbine
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Model 1863 Maynard Carbine
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Triplett & Scott
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Needham Musket Conversion
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Second Model Allin Conversion 1866 Springfield
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Snider-Enfield
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Werndl Rifle
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Peabody Military Rifle
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Second Contract Spanish Rolling Block Rifle
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Spanish Contract Rolling Block Carbine
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Winchester Model 1873
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Swiss Vetterli Model 1871 Repeating Rifle
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Mauser Model 1871
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Model 1871/84 Mauser
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Murata Type 18
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Springfield 1873 .45-70
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Model 1873 “Trapdoor” Springfield
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Chassepot Needle Gun
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French Model 1874 Gras Rifle
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Beaumont M1871/88 Infantry Rifle
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Type 22 Murata Rifle
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Brazilian Contract Comblain Rifle
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Mark II Martini-Henry
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Gehendra Rifle
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Evans Repeating Carbine, Transitional Model
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H. Pieper Shotgun
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Mark IV Martini-Henry
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M86 Lebel
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German "Commission" Rifle Model 1888S
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German "Commission" Rifle Model 1888/05
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Model 1891 Argentine Mauser
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Model 1893 Spanish Mauser
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Swedish M1896 Mauser
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Type 30 Arisaka Rifle
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Model 1898 Krag-Jørgensen
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Model 1903 Springfield
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Winchester Model 1905 Auto-loading Rifle
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M1917 "Eddystone" Rifle
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Japanese Type 38 Rifle
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M1892 Berthier Carbine
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M1916 Berthier
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Model 1898 Mauser
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Model 1891 Carcano Rifle
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Ross Rifle
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Russian Contract Model 1895 Winchester
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M1891 Mosin-Nagant Rifle
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M1895 Steyr Rifle
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Mark III* Small Magazine Lee-Enfield
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M1911 Schmidt-Rubin
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Italian Vetterli Rifle
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Stevens Crack Shot Rifle
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M93-R35 Lebel Carbine
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Mark III Greener Police Shotgun
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Mossberg 42M-B Training Rifle
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Steyr M95/30
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Mosin-Nagant
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Model 38 Carcano Rifle (Finnish Marked)
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Mauser K98
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K31 Schmidt-Rubin
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Savage-made Lee-Enfield Rifle
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Remington Model 8 Autoloading Rifle
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Swedish AG M42B
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M1 Garand
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M1 Carbine
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Winchester Model 12 Military Shotgun
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Arisaka Type 99 Rifle
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Last Ditch Arisaka Type 99 Rifle
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Vietnam Captured MAS 36
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French MAS 49/56 Rifle
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AK-47/AKM
Appendices for Chapter 10:
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The Era of the Bayonet
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Remington Rolling Block Military Rifles and Carbines
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Treasures of Nepal
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Mauser Comparison
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Arisaka Type 99 Comparison
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Carbines, Cavalry, Dragoons, and Musketoons: The Shrinking Military Rifle
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Early Military and Police Pistols
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Galand revolver
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Early Type 1 "Mark 2" RIC Revolver
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Bavarian Werder Artillery Pistol
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Levaux Revolver
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Model 1874 Chamelot Delvigne
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Ludwig Loewe-made Smith & Wesson No. 3 Russian Revolver
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Mauser Zig-Zag revolver
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Reichsrevolver, Trooper's Model
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Reichsrevolver, Officer's Model
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Model No. 1, 1883 New Model Webley RIC Revolver
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Enfield Mark 2 Revolver
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Kynoch Model 2 Revolver
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Montenegrin Revolver
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Model 1882 Swiss Revolver
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Belgian-made Constable Revolver
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Rast & Gasser Model 1898
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Danish Military revolver
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Italian Bodeo Revolver, Enlisted Man's Model
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French Model 1892 Lebel Revolver
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Japanese Type 26 Revolver
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H. Pieper Garcia-Reynoso Revolver
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Smith & Wesson No. 1 Hand Extractor
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Webley Mark III
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Colt 1892(5) Navy Revolver
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1900 American Eagle "Test" Luger
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Browning 1900
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Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver
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Early-Production Colt 1902 Military
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Mannlicher 1905
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Colt 1902 Military Standard Production Model
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Roth-Steyr
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Glisenti 9mm
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Bergman-Bayard 1910/21
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Model 1913-16 Campo-Giro
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US Government Colt M1911 .45 Automatic
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Webley & Scott 1913 Navy .455-Caliber Auto-loader
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Frommer Stop
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Hopkins & Allen Safety Police
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World War I Steyr Hahn
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Broomhandle Mauser
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Persian Contract 1896 Mauser
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1916 Prussian Contract (Red Nine) Broomhandle Mauser
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Artillery Luger
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Erfurt Luger
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Webley Mark VI
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Ruby
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Spanish-made French World War I Star Model 1914
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French Military Contract Savage Model 1907 Pistol
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Beholla .32-caliber German Auxiliary Pistol
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Langenhan .32-caliber German Auxiliary Pistol
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Walther Model 4
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Smith & Wesson Model 1917
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Colt Model 1917
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Bolo Mauser
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Astra M900
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Jo-Lo-Ar Pistol
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Luger (7.63mm)
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Steyr 1908/34 Pistol
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Colt Official Police
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Beretta Model 1915/19
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Swedish M1907 Browning
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Manufrance Saint-Étienne Policeman
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Le Francais Model 28 Type Armee Pistol
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Reising .22-Caliber Target Pistol
Appendices for Chapter 11:
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Development of Auto-loading Semi-automatic Pistols
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Clips
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Fifteen Years on Either Side of 1855
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Pocket Pistols
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Williamson Derringer
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Continental Pepperbox
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My Friend Knuckle Duster
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Remington Vest-Pocket Pistol
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Colt "Cloverleaf" House Pistol
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Colt Open-Top Pocket .22
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Colt Model 3 Derringer for English Market
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J. Stevens Pocket Pistol
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Otis Smith "Suicide Special"
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C.S. Shattuck Pocket Pistol
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Bulldog Revolver
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Smith & Wesson First-Model Safety Double-Action Revolver
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Chicago Firearms Palm Pistol
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Gaulois Palm Pistol
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FN Browning Model 1910
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Sauer Bar Pistol
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Pieper Pocket Pistol
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Reform Pistol
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Colt 1903 .38 ACP Pistol
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Colt 1903 Hammerless
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Walther Model 2/5 Pocket Pistol
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FN Browning 1906 Vest-Pocket Pistol
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Victoria Model 1911
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Smith & Wesson Model 1913 Automatic
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Dreyse 1907
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Baby Hammerless Revolver
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Steyr Model 1909 Vest-Pocket Pistol
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Lignose Einhand Model 2A
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Remington Model 51
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Colt Model 1908 .25-caliber Hammerless
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Mauser WTP 1
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Velodogs
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Clement Pocket Revolver
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Walther Model 5
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Bayard
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Sauer Model 1914
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Warner Infallible
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Savage Model 1917
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Colt Model 1908 .380 Hammerless
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Webley & Scott Model 1921 .32-caliber Auto-loader
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Webley & Scott Model 1907 .25-caliber Auto-loader
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Harrington & Richardson .25-caliber Auto-loader
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Harrington & Richardson .32-caliber Auto-loader
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Star Model 1919
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Mauser 1910 Pocket Pistol
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Mauser Model 1914
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Mauser Model 1934
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Walther Model 8
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Walther Model 9
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World War II-Era Pistols
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Swiss Model 1929 Luger
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High Standard Model B
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Ithaca Gun 1911A1
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Astra Model 1921 (M400)
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Astra .38-caliber M300
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Astra .32-caliber M300
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Spanish Republican Astra Copy
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Astra Model 600 Nazi Contract
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Astra Model 600 Second Contract
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Fake Nazi Star B
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Steyr Hahn
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Beretta Model 1934 (.380)
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Beretta Model 1935 (.320)
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FN Browning Model 1910/1922
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CZ27
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Unique Model 17 German Contract
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CZ Model .38
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Tula Tokarev TT-33 Pistol
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Enfield No. 2 Mark 1*, Albion-made Pistol
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Webley Mark IV
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French Model 35A
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German Contract French MAB
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Belgian Browning High Power
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Canadian-made High Power
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Lahti
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Sauer Model .38H
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Hungarian FEG 37, German Contract
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Mauser-made Luger
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Nagant
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Nambu 14
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Nambu 94
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Walther PP "Not Made in England"
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Walther PPK
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Mauser HSc
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Radom
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Walther P-38
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Mauser-made P-38
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Spreewerke P-38
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P-38 Shooter
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FP-45 Liberator
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Argentine Model 1927 Colt Systema
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Argentine Ballester-Molina
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Chinese “Mauser”
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French 35S
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Unique Model 51
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Israeli Webley
Appendices for Chapter 13:
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Fremdengerate, or "Foreign Equipment"
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Shooters and Collectors
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Flare Guns
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Hebel Model 1894
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American Very Pistol Mark III
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Perplex Model 2 Double Barrel
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Japanese Type 10 Flare Gun
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International Flare Mark 2 Pyrotechnic Pistol
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English No 2 Mrk 5 Flare Signal Gun Pistol
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Pyrotechnic Pistol M8
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German ayf (Erma) Model 28
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USN Sedgley Mark 5
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Short Stories
- The Boxlock Pistol
- Pete and Marcus
- The Mariposa Pistols
- Pellegrino's Progress
- A Tale of Two Colts
- Don't Volunteer for Nothing