Westley Richards was the leader in British breech-loading single shot development. Their early designs predated both the paper cartridge and coil case forms of the 1850-1860 period. Volume 4 describes in great detail Westley Richard's designs during the early breech-loading period. Much attention is given to the text and hundreds of photos and drawings of rifles, sights, reloading tools, and cartridges for all models.

265 pages, black and white photographs and illustrations.

The Table of Contents includes the following:

• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Pre Monkey Tail Single Shot Rifles
• Chapter 2 Monkey Tail Rifles
• Chapter 3 The Wedge Block Rifles
• Chapter 4 Improved Martini
• 1868 Patent
• 1869 Patent
• 1870 Patent
• 1871 Patent
• Chapter 5 1872 Falling Block
• Chapter 6 1873 & 1878 Falling Blocks
• Model of 1873
• American 1874
• Transition Model
• Patent of 1876
• Model of 1878
• Chapter 7 1881 Deeley & Edge
• Chapter 8 Model of 1897
• Chapter 9 ZAR Martinis
• Chapter 10 Westley Richards Cartridges
• Appendix Serial Numbers of Surviving Rifles
• Index

ISBN: 0-9707608-0-9