New Book on Tennessee Rifles

[Jim Blair]

Recently purchased a new book titled Gunmakers of Buffalo Valley & Greasy Cove in Unicoi County Tennessee by Dave Byrd.Worth the money if you have an interest in this school of rifles.Short bios of the makers with pictures of existing rifles.Some are very interesting such as the rifles pictured made by the McInturff family which have features of one school of Virgina rifles where the family came from combined with features common to Tennessee rifles.

 

[wattlebuster]

I ordered it friday so it should be in soon :thumbsup:

 

[Trench]

That's great! I'm happy to see some authors and researchers looking in to other region's gun makers. Exciting!!

 

[TennesseeJed]

Where do you get it from?

 

[Jim Blair]

Jed,I got mine from a bookseller but you can order them from the author at-

Dave Byrd
129 Ridgewood Rd
Unicoi TN 37692

For $22 shipping included.

 

[TennesseeJed]

Thanks, I'll be ordering soon.

 

[wattlebuster]

My autographed copy came in today an although I have not read it,I did give it a good look over an I think its going to be a winner. Good book :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[Flash Pan Dan]

I got my copy of this book a couple of days ago and just finished reading it. I am now studying the dimensions and pictures in more detail. This book is a good resource. I understand that there was a more comprehensive series of books published a few years ago on the subject of Southern rifles. Does anyone know the name and author of those books? Any leads as to where I might look for it would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Jim Blair]

You might check out the books written by James B. Whisker,he wrote several small volumns about southern rifles by state-

Type in James B.Whisker in the search feature-
http://www.cornellpubs.com

 

[TennesseeJed]

Somehow or another I never got around to ordering it but picked it up today at the longrifle show at the Museum of Appalachia.

Talk about money well spent.

Interesting how the vast majority of the rifles were .32 or .36 caliber, with a couple of .38s and a .40 and .45 thrown in for good measure.