On the pages of this book it is lighted up in detail, what shooting-iron was used in America in the period of settling of east territories and advancement of border westward. Enormous attention is spared to the production of weapon. Muskets, blunderbusses, guns, pistols and easy instruments of XVII, are described in detail - XIX of centuries. An author brings the detailed analysis over of mechanisms and models, that will become an irreplaceable reference source, as for the historians of weapon, so for the wide circle of readers.