"200 YEARS OF AUSTRALIAN MILITARY RIFLES & BAYONETS" WW2 ENFIELD REFERENCE BOOK

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From the arrival of the "First Fleet" in Australia in 1788, firearms began to play an important part in Australian history. They started with flintlock muskets, and eventually used Enfields, Sniders, Martini-Henrys, Lee-Metfords, and SMLEs, all the way to the "sweet sixteen" in Vietnam and modern Steyr AUGs. Australian military rifles and bayonets have been of great interest to collectors for decades, leading Ian Skennerton to write an authoritative reference book on the subject in 1988. This "200 YEARS OF AUSTRALIAN MILITARY RIFLES & BAYONETS" WW2 ENFIELD REFERENCE BOOK is in near mint, unread condition, with only some light scattered storage wear evident (most pictured). Otherwise, the book is in near mint shape, with no other damage. Most interestingly, it boasts an elegantly illustrated dust jacket over hardcovers, and sports 122 pages full of descriptive text, period pictures, and black and white photographs of Australian Baker rifles, 1839 and 1842 pattern muskets, Brunswick rifles, early Cavalry, Constabulary, and Yeomanry carbines, 1851 pattern "Minie" rifles, Snider-Enfield rifles and carbines, Martini-Henry rifles and carbines, Martini-Metford rifles and carbines, Martini-Enfield rifles and carbines, all kinds of WW1 and WW2 Short Magazine Lee Enfields, SMLE No. 5 Mk. 1 "jungle carbines", skeletonized armourer's tools and instructional pieces, Lithgow prototype and experimental models, 7.62mm rifles of the 1950s, "sweet sixteens" of the Vietnam period, modern Steyr AUGs, all of the socket, sword, and P-1907 derivative bayonets for those longarms, various issue, service, and manufacturer's markings, and a plethora of other invaluable information. A beautiful example of a "200 YEARS OF AUSTRALIAN MILITARY RIFLES & BAYONETS" WW2 ENFIELD REFERENCE BOOK. Now celebrating over 20 years on eBay. Bid with confidence and please view our other great military, aviation, and sporting classics, including a German WW2 MWC LUFTWAFFE PILOT B-UHR AUTOMATIC WRIST WATCH in MINT, unworn, new in the box condition, sporting a crisp 60 minute/12 hour (outer/inner) white numbers black dial, and featuring the classic big "onion" crown and sweeping seconds hand with hacking function.
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