Guns are featured in almost every form of fiction, and firearms aficionados love to call out mistakes. Fear not: You don’t have to be a gun pro to create accurate gun-related prose.
Retired Green Beret Chris Grall’s Trigger Guard is a one-stop resource for fiction writers about countless firearm-related topics, including:
- The development and evolution of firearms, from the musket to the machine gun
- Detailed illustrations of every weapon discussed
- Basic firearm anatomy
- Types of ammunition and the history of their development
- Realistic firearm malfunctions
- Advice on choosing the right weapon for your character
- instructions for writing dynamic action scenes
- A copyediting style guide
- A detailed glossary of more than 180 firearms-related terms
Note: Due to the large number of illustrations, this is a fixed format e Book.
Spis treści
Cover …………………………………………………………………………………… 1
Title ……………………………………………………………………………………… 2
Copyright………………………………………………………………………………. 3
List of Images ……………………………………………………………………….. 4
Dedication ……………………………………………………………………………. 6
Disclaimer ……………………………………………………………………………. 7
Safety Brief ………………………………………………………………………….. 8
Foreword ……………………………………………………………………………… 9
Introduction ………………………………………………………………………….. 11
Firearm Basics ……………………………………………………………………… 14
Muzzleloaders ………………………………………………………………………. 22
Breech-Loading Rifles ……………………………………………………………. 47
Repeating Firearms ……………………………………………………………….. 53
Automatic Rifles …………………………………………………………………….. 65
Operating Long Guns ……………………………………………………………… 92
Handgun Overview …………………………………………………………………. 111
Derringers ……………………………………………………………………………… 117
Revolvers ………………………………………………………………………………. 120
Automatic Pistols …………………………………………………………………….. 135
Operating the Handgun ……………………………………………………………. 150
Ammunition …………………………………………………………………………….. 159
Malfunctions ……………………………………………………………………………. 185
Combatants, Choose your Weapons ………………………………………….. 199
The Style Guide ……………………………………………………………………….. 221
Writing the Gunfight ………………………………………………………………….. 242
Distant Targets …………………………………………………………………………. 254
The Parting Shot ………………………………………………………………………. 257
Acknowledgments …………………………………………………………………….. 260
Annex A: Full Character Sheet ……………………………………………………. 261
Annex B: Firearm Baseball Card …………………………………………………. 262
Annex C: Firearms Information Table …………………………………………… 263
Annex D: Trigger Guard Firearm Baseball Cards …………………………… 264
Glossary ………………………………………………………………………………….. 301
Bibliography …………………………………………………………………………….. 315
Contents/Outline/Index ……………………………………………………………… 336
About the Author ………………………………………………………………………. 347
O autorze
#1 New York Times best-selling author Scott Sigler is the creator of fifteen novels, six novellas and dozens of short stories. He gives away his stories as weekly, serialized, audiobooks, with over 40 million episodes downloaded. Scott launched his career by releasing his novels as author-read podcasts. His rabid fans were so hungry for each week’s episode that they dubbed themselves the 'Junkies.’ The first hit is always free …He is also is a co-founder of Empty Set Entertainment, which publishes his Galactic Football League series. He lives in San Diego, CA, with his wife and wee little Dogs of Døøm.
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