FRONT COVER; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; EDITOR'S NOTE; CONTENTS; PART I: UNITED STATES MARTIAL SINGLE SHOT PISTOLS; CHAPTER 1: UNITED STATES MARTIAL FLINTLOCK PISTOLS; CHAPTER 2: UNITED STATES MARTIAL PERCUSSION PISTOLS; CHAPTER 3: UNITED STATES MARTIAL SINGLE SHOT CARTRIDGE PISTOLS; CHAPTER 4: UNITED STATES SECONDARY MARTIAL PISTOLS; PART II: UNITED STATES MARTIAL REVOLVERS AND AUTOMATIC PISTOLS; CHAPTER 1: MARTIAL PERCUSSION REVOLVERS; CHAPTER 2: MARTIAL CARTRIDGE REVOLVERS; CHAPTER 3: AUTOMATIC PISTOLS;A historical reference for more than one hundred handguns. United States Martial Pistols and Revolvers, first published in 1939, provides firearm collectors and enthusiasts with a single authoritative volume containing information on the development and description of martial short arms, from the flintlock pistol that was available at the birth of the nation to the latest available handguns during the World War I. This book is particularly useful to collectors as an important reference source, offering a listing of single-shot pistols, revolvers, and semiautomatic pistols, over the period of 1.