God Book

[crs1945]

Hi,
Does anyone know of a Good book for a first time builder of flintlocks.Something basic but which covers all aspects. Thanks.

Muzzie

 

[Ohio Joe]

"The Art of Building the Pennsylvania Longrifle". I think Dixie Gun Works and Track of the wolf carry this book.

 

[LRB]

Also, RECREATING THE AMERICAN LONGRIFLE by Buchele, Shumway, and Peter Alexander. A very worthwhile book, GUNSMITHING TIPS AND PROJECTS. This one has a number of howto's by John Bivins and others. Very good instruction on carving a longrifle. This one is from WOLF PUBLISHING and is a book of past articles from RIFLE magazine.

 

[CG6018]

Muzzie: Ohio Joe is correct about "The Art of Building the Pennsylvania Longrifle." You can also order it directly from Chuck Dixon at; Dixon's Muzzleloading Shop, 9952 Kunkels Mill Road, Kempton, PA 19529 (phone # (610) 756-6271) $23.00 prepaid. It is a fine book and a good read. The 22nd Annual Gunmakers Fair will be held July 23-25 this summer, and it is well worth the trip to Dixon's.

 

[steved]

Muzzie,

I'm currently building my first longrifle and I've been using books by Dixon and Alexander. I followed the Dixon book's logical instructions for laying out the rifle and inletting all functional parts (barrel, lock, trigger, ramrod pipes, butt plate, etc). All this was done while the blank was still "squared". In my opinion, the Dixon book is short on guidance to the novice builder when it comes to the crucial point of actually taking that block of maple and turning it into longrifle with all of its beautiful lines/curves. That's where the Alexander book came in for me. He provides a huge amount of detail(pictures, drawings) on how to shape all elements of the stock.

 

[Ohio Joe]

Happy birthday, "1776Patriot"... Dare we ask how many years? I've always felt we're getting wiser, not older. ::