By Dolf L. Goldsmith

Contributing Editors: Richard Fisher, Robert G. Segel, Dan Shea

NOW SHIPPING! The Vickers machine gun was such an integral part of 20th century history that it is embedded in almost every history book of the two Great Wars. In 1994, historian and machine gunner Dolf L. Goldsmith followed up his history of the Maxim machine gun in The Devil’s Paintbrush–Sir Hiram Maxim’s Gun with the story of the Maxim’s progeny, the Vickers machine gun, titled The Grand Old Lady of No Man’s Land.

Now, a quarter of a century later, Dolf has participated in the upgrading of that massive book with over 270 more pages of new information, color photos and research completed by himself and three more Vickers historians: Richard Fisher, Robert G. Segel and Dan Shea. This is the ultimate collectors’ book for Vickers machine gun enthusiasts, historians, collectors and scholars alike!

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By Dolf L. Goldsmith

The fifth and final volume of Dolf Goldsmith’s Browning Machine Gun series. Volume V: Dolf’s Notebook ties it all together with hints and tips for working on Browning machine guns, all culled from Dolf’s 70 years of experience and experimentation with the weapons in question.

To complete the story, this book, although not a part of the 4-volume history and development set (which also included the .50 Browning) was undertaken as a parallel writing effort. When material seemed too technical to form a part of the other volumes, it was set aside to be used for an eventual “hands-on” technical volume. Volume V covers component identification (including the various styles), pinpointing causes of malfunctions and the necessary corrective actions, explaining the mysteries of headspace and timing, history of accuracy tests and much more.

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