Edward Dixon
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Can anyone recommend some worthwhile books on
Old West firearms?
Old West firearms?
Books.
- Thread starter Edward Dixon
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Are you looking more towards reference books or books that have old style firearms as a major element of the storyline?
I have the complete NRA Firearms Classics Library (so far), which is reprinting quite a few of the classic authors. Some of the books were written when the weapons of the old west were still in daily usage, and not in a recreational way. So far it includes;
Guns of the Old West - Charles Edward Chapel
Firearms of the Confederacy - Claud E. Fuller and Richard D. Steuart
Textbook of Pistols and Revolvers - Julian S. Hatcher
The Gun and its Development - W.W. Greener
Shotguns By Keith - Elmer Keith
The Rifle In America - Phillip B. Sharpe
The Muzzle-loading Cap Lock Rifle - Ned H. Roberts
Gunsmithing - Roy F. Dunlap
Firearms Curiosa - Lewis Winant
Hatcher's Notebook - Julian S. Hatcher
African Rifles & Cartridges - John Taylor
A History of the Colt Revolver - Charles T. Haven and Frank A. Belden
The Bullet's Flight - F.W. Mann
The Book of the Springfield - Edward C. Crossman
Pistols and Revolvers - Walter H.B. Smith
The Kentucky Rifle - Captain John G.W. Dillin
Hope to end up with the complete set eventually (if they don't drain my bank account that is
)
A few of my other reference works include;
Guns On The Early Frontiers; A History of Black Powder Weapons from Colonial Times to the Mexican War - Carl P. Russel
Guns of the Wild West; Firearms of the American Frontier 1849-1917 - George Markham
An Introduction To Civil War Small Arms - Earl J. Coates and Dean S. Thomas
Pictorial History of the Rifle - G.W.P. Swenson
Identifying Old U.S. Muskets, Rifles and Carbines - Colonel Arcadi Gluckman
United States Martial Pistols & Revolvers - Arcadi Gluckman
Firearms Curiosa - Lewis Winant (another copy)
Marlin Firearms A History of the Guns and the Company That Made Them - Lt.Col. William S. Brophy, USAR ret.
The World's Fighting Shotguns - Thomas F. Swearengen CWO USMC ret.
I have quite a few others also but they don't
necessarily deal in the old west.
I have the complete NRA Firearms Classics Library (so far), which is reprinting quite a few of the classic authors. Some of the books were written when the weapons of the old west were still in daily usage, and not in a recreational way. So far it includes;
Guns of the Old West - Charles Edward Chapel
Firearms of the Confederacy - Claud E. Fuller and Richard D. Steuart
Textbook of Pistols and Revolvers - Julian S. Hatcher
The Gun and its Development - W.W. Greener
Shotguns By Keith - Elmer Keith
The Rifle In America - Phillip B. Sharpe
The Muzzle-loading Cap Lock Rifle - Ned H. Roberts
Gunsmithing - Roy F. Dunlap
Firearms Curiosa - Lewis Winant
Hatcher's Notebook - Julian S. Hatcher
African Rifles & Cartridges - John Taylor
A History of the Colt Revolver - Charles T. Haven and Frank A. Belden
The Bullet's Flight - F.W. Mann
The Book of the Springfield - Edward C. Crossman
Pistols and Revolvers - Walter H.B. Smith
The Kentucky Rifle - Captain John G.W. Dillin
Hope to end up with the complete set eventually (if they don't drain my bank account that is
)A few of my other reference works include;
Guns On The Early Frontiers; A History of Black Powder Weapons from Colonial Times to the Mexican War - Carl P. Russel
Guns of the Wild West; Firearms of the American Frontier 1849-1917 - George Markham
An Introduction To Civil War Small Arms - Earl J. Coates and Dean S. Thomas
Pictorial History of the Rifle - G.W.P. Swenson
Identifying Old U.S. Muskets, Rifles and Carbines - Colonel Arcadi Gluckman
United States Martial Pistols & Revolvers - Arcadi Gluckman
Firearms Curiosa - Lewis Winant (another copy)
Marlin Firearms A History of the Guns and the Company That Made Them - Lt.Col. William S. Brophy, USAR ret.
The World's Fighting Shotguns - Thomas F. Swearengen CWO USMC ret.
I have quite a few others also but they don't
necessarily deal in the old west.
Jack Straw
New member
If you're looking for info on shooting old style guns, check out Mike Venturino's books: Shooting Colt Single Actions (pretty well covers everything there is to know about shooting Peacemakers), Sixguns of the Old West (pretty much covers all other pistols from that era), and I don't think it is out yet, but he has one in the works that covers lever actions.
I found the first two to be very informative.
Jack
I found the first two to be very informative.
Jack
Krause publications has a relatively new book which I found to be very definitive:
"A Study of Colt Conversions and Other Percussion Revolvers" by R. Bruce McDowell.
Mr. McDowell discusses how Colt and others converted their (Un)Civil War cap 'n ball revolvers to take cartridges. A lot of those guns were apparently floating around well into the 1870s.
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"A Study of Colt Conversions and Other Percussion Revolvers" by R. Bruce McDowell.
Mr. McDowell discusses how Colt and others converted their (Un)Civil War cap 'n ball revolvers to take cartridges. A lot of those guns were apparently floating around well into the 1870s.
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