The Pennsylvania-Kentucky Rifle
The Pennsylvania-Kentucky Rifle

Author: Henry J. Kauffman

Publisher: Masthof Press

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 188329455X

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Read about the rifle that was made in America by gunsmiths who migrated to Lancaster Co., Pa., from central Europe in the first half of the 18th century. This intensive study and exacting research by Kauffman has brought to light a tremendous amount of information on America's first great rifle. First printed in 1960, this book has an extensive listing of gunsmiths and the stylized work of the makers. Various rifles are identified with many photos and sketches and documentary data. (374pp. illus. index. Masthof Press, 2005 reprint.)

Opium Season
Opium Season

Author: Joel Hafvenstein

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9781599215952

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Guns of the Old West
Guns of the Old West

Author: Jeff Cooper

Publisher: Paladin Press

Published: 2008-10-01

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9781581606829

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Originally written in the 1950s, Guns of the Old West is a factual account of the guns used during, and after, one of the most romanticized and often misconstrued periods in American history. It covers a wide array of firearms, from the smallest of hideaway pistols - the Derringer - to the largest of Colt's single-action revolvers, the more recent Mauser "broomhandle," and the Colt 1911 auto pistol. Illustrated throughout, this book describes not only the evolution of fighting pistols and rifles during the 1800s and before, but also the men who created and used them. Of particular interest is the chapter titled "Frontier Life Insurance" that defines the code by which men lived and fought with their pistols. It was a time when the handgun was both a defensive and offensive weapon, much more than today, when it is considered mainly for defense. The chapter on "The Long Guns" covers the development of frontier rifles, from the famous Kentucky rifle of the plains and the mountain man's Hawken to the ever-popular Winchester lever actions.