by Donald Dallas, Hardcover, 416 pages, 9" x 12". The period from 1850 to 1900 witnessed the most far reaching changes sporting gun and rifle design had ever experienced, prior to this, changes had been pedestrian; the muzzleloader still prevailed in 1850 as it had for centuries. The author describes at length the pinfire, center-fire, and hammerless developments along with all the ancillary changes made to sporting rifles. This is a difinitive book on the subject. 230 full color and 444 black and whit photographs.