American Gun: A History of the U.S. In Ten Firearms (43 page)

in World War II, 168, 184, 186–89, 190, 199, 260, 271

.357 Combat Magnum/Registered Revolvers, 228

.357 Magnum Revolver, 65, 224, 227, 228, 233

Thunder Bear, 103

Tombstone, Arizona: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in, 77–81,
82
, 83

Tommy Gun.
See
Thompson Submachine Guns

Torresola, Griselio, 215–16, 218–20

training, firearms, 53, 227–28, 233, 254

Trevelyan, George Otto, 22

Truman, Harry S.: attempted assassination of, 215–16,
217
, 218–20,
219

turkey shoots, 147–48

Tutt, Davis, 72–77

Two Moons, 104

Union Repeating Gun “Coffee Mill Gun,” 169

Union Switch & Signal, 158

Urschel, Charles: Kelly’s kidnapping of, 182–83

Vickers guns, 172–73

Vicksburg, Battle of, 45

Vietnam War

M14 Rifles in, 210,
212

M16 Rifles in, 235–37,
237
, 241–46,
243
, 248

M1911 Pistols and, 162, 270

snipers in, 211

Springfield M1903 in, 136

Tommy Guns in, 168, 189–90

Villa, Pancho, 156–57

“Volcanic” repeating pistols and rifles, 35, 222

Vonnegut, Kurt, 141

Walker Colt Revolver, 65

Walker Creek, Battle of, 57–62,
60

Walker, Samuel, 63, 65

Walker, Texas Ranger
(TV show), 54

Walther P38 Pistols, 215, 216, 218

War Department, U.S., 122

Washington, George,
13
, 22, 36, 122

Washington, William, 19, 20

Waud, Alfred,
46

Waxhaw Creek, massacre at, 15

Wayne, John, 107

weight

of assault rifles, 237, 238

and guns as products of their time, 261

of long rifles, 5

of M14 Rifles, 210–11, 241

of M16 Rifles, 241, 250

of Maxim guns, 172

of Tommy guns, 189

Weiss, Hymie, 168

Welles, Dr., 92

Wesson, Daniel, 222

White House Police: attempted assassination of Truman and, 216,
217
, 218–20

White Thunder, Daniel, 103–4

Whitney, Eli,
64
, 65

Wilder, John T., 45–48

Williams, Lloyd, 131

Wilson, James H., 51–52

Winchester, Oliver, 34–35, 95, 153, 222

Winchester Repeating Arms Company, 95, 153

Winchester 73
(Jimmy Stewart movie),
108
, 268

Winchester M70 Rifles, 137

Winchester M1866 Rifles “Yellow Boy,” 95–96, 105, 153

Winchester M1873 Rifles,
85
, 96, 105, 106, 268,
268

Winchester M1876 Rifles, 106, 107, 109, 111

Winchester M1886 Rifles,
97
, 106, 107

Winchester M1892 Lever-Action Repeaters, 107, 153

Winchester M1892 Rifles, 268

Winchester M1893 Pump-Action Shotguns, 153

Winchester M1894 Rifles,
97
, 107, 153

Winchester M1895 Rifles,
97
,
101
, 153

Winchester M1897 Pump-Action Shotguns, 153

Winchester Magnum “WinMag,” 137, 139

Winchester rifles

advertising for,
97

bullets for, 91

Dalton Gang robbery and, 87, 89, 90, 91,
92
, 93

firing of, 91

on frontier, 85–93, 100, 102, 104–5,
104
, 109,
110
, 111

in Gunfight at O.K. Corral, 80

in Indian Wars, 100, 104–5,
104
, 122–23

lever-action, 79, 85, 107

at Little Bighorn, 102,
104

in movies,
108

Ordnance Corp decisions about, 123

pictures of,
86
,
108

popularity of, 107

in Remington painting,
94

and Roosevelt (Theodore), 109, 117

sight for, 91

uses for, 93–94

See also specific model

women: guns and, 255–58

World War I

M1911 Colt Pistols in, 143, 145, 157, 270

machine guns in, 131, 132, 133, 134, 143

Mausers in, 127, 128,
128

Maxim guns in, 173

recruitment for,
130

Springfield M1903 Rifles in, 127,
130
, 131, 132, 133

York’s actions in, 143–45,
146
, 147–48

See also specific battle

World War II

Browning Automatic Rifles (BAR) in, 186

Colt M1911 Pistols in, 158–61,
159
, 270

German surrender in, 208

M1 Garands in, 186, 190, 191–93,
194
, 198–202,
203
, 204–8,
207
, 272

Springfield M1903 Rifles in, 136–37, 201, 269

Tommy Guns in, 168, 184, 186–89, 190, 199, 260, 271

See also specific battle

Wounded Knee, Battle of, 105

WXYZ Building: Summers capture of, 186–87

Wyman, Willard, 239

X-ray machines: detection of guns by, 230, 232

Yale, Frankie, 178

Yellow Wolf (Comanche chief), 62

York, Alvin Culluth, 143–46,
146
, 147–48

Yorktown

Battle of, 45

British surrender at, 22, 23

About the Author

SEAL TEAM 3 CHIEF CHRIS KYLE
served four combat tours in Operation Iraqi Freedom and elsewhere. For his bravery in battle, he was awarded two Silver Stars, five Bronze Stars with Valor, two Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals, one Navy and Marine Corps Commendation, and numerous other citations. Following his combat deployments, he became chief instructor for training Naval Special Warfare Sniper and Counter-Sniper teams, and he authored the Naval Special Warfare Sniper Doctrine, the first Navy SEAL sniper manual. Kyle is the author of the
New York Times
#1 bestseller
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History.
He became president of Craft International (www.craftintl.com). a world-class leader in training and security, and cofounded the FITCO Cares Foundation. He lived with his family in Texas, where he devoted much of his spare time to supporting veterans. As this book was being completed, Chris Kyle and his trusted friend Chad Littlefield died while trying to help a troubled veteran. Chief Kyle lived by a personal motto that “it is our duty to serve those who serve us,” and he and Littlefield died honoring this creed.

WILLIAM DOYLE
is an award-winning author based in New York. His 2011 book
A Soldier’s Dream: Captain Travis Patriquin and the Awakening of Iraq
was hailed by the Huffington Post as “a truly inspirational story about an American soldier who epitomized our country’s values.” In 2012 he coauthored
A Mission from God,
the memoir of civil rights giant James Meredith. He also served as director of original programming and executive producer for HBO.

Visit
www.AuthorTracker.com
for exclusive information on your favorite HarperCollins authors.

Also by Chris Kyle

American Sniper

Credits

Chapter-opener and appendix illustrations by Steven Noble

Cover design by Adam Johnson

Cover images: gun © by the Library of Congress;

paper © by Duncan1890/iStock Photos

Author photograph © by AP Photo/The
Fort

Worth Star-Telegram,
Paul Moseley

Copyright

AMERICAN
GUN
. Copyright © 2013 by CT Legacy, LLC. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

FIRST
EDITION

ISBN 978-0-06-224271-6

EPub © Edition JUNE 2013 ISBN: 9780062242730

13 14 15 16 17   
DIX
/
RRD
   10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

About the Publisher

Australia

HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty. Ltd.

Level 13, 201 Elizabeth Street

Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia

http://www.harpercollins.com.au

Canada

HarperCollins Canada

2 Bloor Street East - 20th Floor

Toronto, ON, M4W, 1A8, Canada

http://www.harpercollins.ca

New Zealand

HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) Limited

P.O. Box 1

Auckland, New Zealand

http://www.harpercollins.co.nz

United Kingdom

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

77-85 Fulham Palace Road

London, W6 8JB, UK

http://www.harpercollins.co.uk

United States

HarperCollins Publishers Inc.

10 East 53rd Street

New York, NY 10022

http://www.harpercollins.com