Recommended Books & Videos for the Southern . - Mark E. Elliott

The following books and videos have been the most valuable to me in the diversion of Southern (Virginia/Kentucky/North Carolina/Tennessee) longrifles and accouterments. Books

Longrifle Books

The Kentucky Rifle, by Capt. John Dillon
Rifles of Colonial America, Vols l & ll, by George Shumway
Thoughts on the Kentucky Rifle in its Golden Age, by Joe Kindig Jr.

Longrifles of North Carolina, by John Bivins
Kentucky Rifles & Pistols 1750-1850, by the Kentucky Rifle Association
Long Rifles of Virginia, by Butler & Whisker
Gunsmiths of Virginia, by James Whisker
Gunsmiths of West Virginia, by Lambert & Whisker
Gunsmiths of the Carolinas 1660-1870, by Whisker, Bryan, Russo & McKight
Notes on Southern Long Rifles, Vols 1-4, by Jerry Noble
The American Rifle: At the Fight at Kings Mountain by C.P. Russell, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, D.C. 1941
Rifle Making in the Great Smoky Mountains by Arthur I. Kendall, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, D.C. 1941 Accouterment Books

The Kentucky Rifle Hunting Pouch, by Madison Grant
Powder Horns and Their Architecture, by Madison Grant
Powder Horns: Documentation of History, by Tom Grinslade
Sketches of Hunting Pouches, Powder Horns, and Accoutrements of Southern Appalachia, by Jim Webb Advanced Work on Longrifles and Accouterments

Drawings of Rifle Gun Triggers, Locks, Fittings & Etc. Observations & Notes, by Jim Webb
Gun Worms, by Jim Webb
Journal of Historical Armsmaking Technology, Vols I-V, by the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association
Seeing Through the Eyes of Yesterday, The Kentucky Rifle and the Golden Mean, by Patrick E. Hallam
Artistic Ingredients of the Longrifle, by Joe Kindig III Contemporary Longrifles

Three Centuries of Tradition, The Renaissance of Custom Sporting Arms in America, by Mark Silver & Wallace Gusler for The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Gunmaker References

Recreating the American Longrifle, by William Buchelle, George Shumway, & Peter Alexander
The Gunsmith of Grenville County - Building the American Longrifle, by Peter A. Alexander
The Art of Building the Pennsylvania Longrifle, by Chuck Dixon
Gunsmithing Tips & Projects (The John Bivens articles from Rifle magazine), by Wolf Publishing Company Accouterment Maker References

The Word of Buckskinning II-IV, by Scurlock Publishing
Recreating the eighteenth Century Hunting Pouch, by T.C. Albert
Recreating the eighteenth Century Powder Horn, by Scott & Cathy Sibley Videos

Videos for the Gunmaker

Building a Kentucky Rifle, by Hershel House
Basic Blacksmithing, by Hershel House
Traditional Gunstocking, by Mark Silver
Relief Carving a Kentucky Rifle Circa 1775, by Wallace Gusler
Engraving a Kentucky Rifle Circa 1775, by Wallace Gusler
Forging a Flintlock Rifle Barrel, with Jon Laubach

You should be capable to get most of these from Scurlock Publishing

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