Historical Rifle Biblography Worth Knowing!

[Kenny Wasserburger]

From my own personal research Library: All of the below I own.

The first 12 Books are from a list published in the Rifle in 1887. hock:

Forest and Stream's Handbook for Riflemen, Original Copy 1876

Rifle and Marksmenship by H. Gildersleeve original Copy 1878, Pub by Spirit of the Times

The Riflemans Handbook by John Pease Original Copy 1862

Interduction to Young Marksmen by John Chapman Original Copy 1848, Plus I have 2 reprints

Manual for Rifle Practice by Gen George Wingate Original Copy 1882 and 2 reprints.

The Rifle and How to Use It by Hans Busk original copy 1860 New Edition.

Modern Observations on Rifle Shooting by Edwin Perry A reprint of the 3rd 1883 edition and also a reprint of the 1880 1st edition. Much more Info in the 3rd Edition.

Hints and Advice on Rifle Shooting by Robert McVittie Reprint 1886

The 3 Rifles by Maj Standford Sheridan Young reprint 1878

Hints to Riflemen by HWS Cleveland 1865 Reprint in 1948.

Modern Sportman Gun and Rifle by J H Walsh (aka Stonehenge) 1884 reprint

The Gun and it's Development by W.W Greener 1887 reprint.
End of list from Forest and Stream 1887 article.

My own added:

The Art of Shooting with the Rifle by Sir Henry St. John Halford reprint of the 1888 book, I am sure it would of been included as it was printed just a few months later. I have 2 copies one paperback and 1 leather bound.

E. Remington and Sons Catalog of 1878 Reprint
Accounts of the 1877 Matches at Creedmoor and the Spirit of the Times Match

Report of the Exec Committe of the Amateur Rifle Clube of the 1874 Internationl Match 1875 Reprint lots of Sats!

The Ideal #5 Handbook of Useful information for Shooters 1895 reprint info on Paper patching-Wet and Fisher Brush

The American Riflemans Encyclopedia 1902 Reprint, excellent accounts of the Creedmoor Matches and Verbage on the Fisher Brush

The Book of the Rifle by Thomas Francis Freemantle 1901 Reprint

The Kentucky Rifle by Capt John G.W. Dillion 1924 a 1959 Reprint, Excellent Forward 10 pages long by Capt William DeV. Foulke

The Muzzleloading Caplock Rifle by Ned H.Roberts 1958 5th Edition

Major Ned Roberts and the Schuetzen Rifle Original 1951 Copy Edited by Garald C. Kelver and 1 reprint

The Muzzleloading Rifle Then and Now 2001 reprint of the 1942 edition by Walter Cline

The Breach-Loading Rifle by Major Ned Roberts and Kenneth Waters 1987 Original Copy.

Broad Foot Publishing's Copys of The Rifle-Shooting and Fishing Vol's 1-10 and #21 Excellent Resources Original 1991 Edition.

Mister Rifleman by Colonel Townsend Whelen Original 1965 edition- Foulke Referenced

Only Accurate Rifles are Intereresting by Col. Townsend Whelen March-April 1957 American Rifleman Excellent References on William DeV. Foulke and the 1900 Match and Discription of the Fisher Brush.

Modern American Rifles by A.C. Gould 1892 reprint

Sharps Firearms by Frank Sellers 1988 3rd Printing 2 copies 1 autographed to me personally.

Americans and Their Guns- NRA history lots on Creedmoor Original 1967 Copy.

Now that boys and Girls is a reference Library worth having. :wink:


Kenny Wasserburger
The Lunger

[Don McDowell]

Kenny did the description of the Fisher brush in Whelens book provide enough detail to build them?
That is an impressive collection of books to own.

[Kenny Wasserburger]

Don it sure did, Jimbo's is almost to a tee the Fisher Brush, except for the Nylon Brushes!

Kenny

[Don McDowell]

That's great to hear.

[Kenny Wasserburger]

Whelen says though it had 3 rubber O-ring's-washers, where as Jimbo's has two. One other slight difference, Still no Idea who made them or first come up with it, but I am betting it was something concocted from That Homer Fisher Cleaner or was stolen from that idea a small handle is mentioned in Shooting and Fishing by N.O. Good to push with the jag. He Also mentions the Hyde Base and shorter patch and wet patching the Paper and using THINER Paper! hum who da thunk that!

Kenny W.

[Don McDowell]

Yeh I know it pizzes some folks off, but I still say we're just now catching up to where most teenagers of the 1880's knowledge levels.
Those shooting masters like Hyde , Gildersleeve etc were the sports stars of their day, and folks read everything they could on them. No matter if they could ever participate, they still wanted to know what was going on. Have even read New York Times reports of the matches at Creedmoor..

[Kenny Wasserburger]

I know Don, ha, yet dang it does piss me off a bit that some folks took Dan T. and then myself to task for not being a traditional PP'er. ha! (wet patching thin paper shorter Patch) I am using almost exactly down to the alloy the same thing Frank Hyde did! and son of a gun It sure worked damm good this past year at Phoenix and Raton Creedmoor. And am using the Same Cartride that Hyde used later on and William DeV. Foulke did, when he won the Wimbledon Cup in 1900. When I think about that it sure does put a smile on this ole Lunger's Face!

Like I have said before, me and gong Shooting are a thing of the past.

Kenny W.

[Don McDowell]

Kenny you sure have brought a lot of the old ways to the light again, and we sure do owe a tip of the hat for your efforts.
After the Rocky Mtn regional and the nationals I can see why you have cast gong shooting aside. I must say that I haven't gotten so much enjoyment out of shooting for a good many years as I did at those two matches. Not saying that I won't take in any more gong shoots, but am saying most of my efforts will be directed to shooting smaller and smaller groups in the center of those black bullseyes.

[Kurt]

I read a lot of the old writings also. I don't have near the books you have Kenny but I find them online and lately I spend more time reading them online instead reading the jibjab on the forums. For example here is one of the books you can read free plus many many more if you know who wrote it and what what the tital is it is out there like this one https://archive.org/stream/bookrifle00fr...1/mode/2up

Kurt

[Tombstone 71]

Kurt, Thank you for the website. I love to read and have no where near the books that Kenny has. It is blowing and raining and I have had a bad cold for 3 days now and its been over 2 weeks since I have had any trigger time, you may have just saved me from going nuts.

Tim