The Calisher & Terry in British & Colonial Military Service
A new book which has been written after many years of careful research by Brian Knapp who is a well known authority on small arms of the 18th & 19th Centuries.
The book is a comprehensive study of the Calisher & Terry rifle, illustrated with over 170 rifle images and 50 period photographs, most of which have never been published in book form before. With many cuttings from contemporary newspaper and magazine articles, the C&T story is not only about one of the most popular capping breech loading rifles and a famous Birmingham manufacturer but also a social snap shot of Victorian life in a provincial manufacturing city during the industrial revolution.
The book is A4 size, hard back with over 200 pages.
CHAPTER LIST
Chapter 1…….…. Prologue
Overview of the C&T story
Chapter 2…….…. Calisher & Terry the Partners
The Calisher family and their partnership with William Terry
Chapter 3…….…. Patents and the Richard F Brand Connection
Origins of the Terry system and related patents
Chapter 4…….…. British War Department, Trials, Contract, and Issue
Ordnance trials of the C&T at Hythe and HMS Excellence. Indian and Colonial sales.
Chapter 5…….…. The Partnership in Operation, Beginning to End
Explosion in Whittall St. Sales to the US Ordnance and end of the Calisher and Terry partnership
Chapter 6……….. The Calisher & Terry Product Range
Numbers produced, Sporting rifles, Shotguns, Pistols, Commercial Military Carbines and Rifles
Chapter 7……….. The New South Wales Purchase, Issue and Use
Identification and issue to the NSW police and volunteers. Actions against Bushrangers
Chapter 8……..... The Queensland Purchase, Issue and Use
Issue in Queensland to police, volunteers and artillery
Chapter 9........... The Calisher & Terry in South Australia
Competition between the C&T and other rifles by Volunteers in South Australia
Chapter 10......... The New Zealand Purchase, Issue and Use
Volunteers and Militia, armed with the C&T in the Maori Wars
Chapter 11......... The Battling Bishop of Borneo & his Terry Rifle
Unlikely Hero fights Moro pirates with his double barrelled Terry rifle
Chapter 12......... The Story of The Terry Rifle from Contemporary Sources
Contemporary Newspaper and Magazine accounts extorting the benefits of the C&T rifle
Chapter 13......... List of Known Terry Specimens
Contemporary list of surviving C&T rifles by serial number plus list of WD contracts
Chapter 14..........Foreign Copies of the Terry Breech Loading System
Copies manufactured in America, Germany and Russia
Chapter 15..........Addendum
Price includes delivery U.K.
The Calisher & Terry in British & Colonial Military Service
A new book which has been written after many years of careful research by Brian Knapp who is a well known authority on small arms of the 18th & 19th Centuries.
The book is a comprehensive study of the Calisher & Terry rifle, illustrated with over 170 rifle images and 50 period photographs, most of which have never been published in book form before. With many cuttings from contemporary newspaper and magazine articles, the C&T story is not only about one of the most popular capping breech loading rifles and a famous Birmingham manufacturer but also a social snap shot of Victorian life in a provincial manufacturing city during the industrial revolution.
The book is A4 size, hard back with over 200 pages.
CHAPTER LIST
Chapter 1…….…. Prologue
Overview of the C&T story
Chapter 2…….…. Calisher & Terry the Partners
The Calisher family and their partnership with William Terry
Chapter 3…….…. Patents and the Richard F Brand Connection
Origins of the Terry system and related patents
Chapter 4…….…. British War Department, Trials, Contract, and Issue
Ordnance trials of the C&T at Hythe and HMS Excellence. Indian and Colonial sales.
Chapter 5…….…. The Partnership in Operation, Beginning to End
Explosion in Whittall St. Sales to the US Ordnance and end of the Calisher and Terry partnership
Chapter 6……….. The Calisher & Terry Product Range
Numbers produced, Sporting rifles, Shotguns, Pistols, Commercial Military Carbines and Rifles
Chapter 7……….. The New South Wales Purchase, Issue and Use
Identification and issue to the NSW police and volunteers. Actions against Bushrangers
Chapter 8……..... The Queensland Purchase, Issue and Use
Issue in Queensland to police, volunteers and artillery
Chapter 9........... The Calisher & Terry in South Australia
Competition between the C&T and other rifles by Volunteers in South Australia
Chapter 10......... The New Zealand Purchase, Issue and Use
Volunteers and Militia, armed with the C&T in the Maori Wars
Chapter 11......... The Battling Bishop of Borneo & his Terry Rifle
Unlikely Hero fights Moro pirates with his double barrelled Terry rifle
Chapter 12......... The Story of The Terry Rifle from Contemporary Sources
Contemporary Newspaper and Magazine accounts extorting the benefits of the C&T rifle
Chapter 13......... List of Known Terry Specimens
Contemporary list of surviving C&T rifles by serial number plus list of WD contracts
Chapter 14..........Foreign Copies of the Terry Breech Loading System
Copies manufactured in America, Germany and Russia
Chapter 15..........Addendum
Price includes delivery U.K.