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Arms Makers Of Lancaster County Pennsylvania
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Book Synopsis Arms Makers of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania by : Stacy B. C. Wood
Download or read book Arms Makers of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania written by Stacy B. C. Wood and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Arms Makers of Pennsylvania by : James B. Whisker
Download or read book Arms Makers of Pennsylvania written by James B. Whisker and published by Selinsgrove : Susquehanna University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey, with hundreds of illustrations, of the arms making industry in Pennsylvania from its beginnings until about 1900. it focuses on the Pennsylvania long (Kentucky) rifle, and identifies the primary schools of gun making and major technological developments. Illustrated.
Book Synopsis The Pennsylvania-Kentucky Rifle by : Henry J. Kauffman
Download or read book The Pennsylvania-Kentucky Rifle written by Henry J. Kauffman and published by Masthof Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.)
Book Synopsis American Arms and Arms Makers by : Robert Edward Gardner
Download or read book American Arms and Arms Makers written by Robert Edward Gardner and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book attempts to bring together biographical data pertaining to the American arms craftsmen and a resume of their contributions to the nation's armament.
Book Synopsis Arms Makers of Western Pennsylvania by : James Biser Whisker, Sr.
Download or read book Arms Makers of Western Pennsylvania written by James Biser Whisker, Sr. and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-17 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biographical listing of those who made and re[aired arms of various sorts, but especially rifles and pistols, c. 1790-1900.
Book Synopsis The Pennsylvania Rifle by : Samuel E. Dyke
Download or read book The Pennsylvania Rifle written by Samuel E. Dyke and published by . This book was released on 1974-01-01 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited draft.
Book Synopsis Arms Makers of Colonial Amer by : James B. Whisker
Download or read book Arms Makers of Colonial Amer written by James B. Whisker and published by Susquehanna University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arms Makers of Colonial America by James B. Whisker is a comprehensively documented historical survey of the broad spectrum of arms makers in America who were active before 1783. Complemented by a lengthy introduction and nearly 200 illustrations, this extensive listing was derived from original source materials, including the archives and public and state papers of the thirteen original colonies, tax records, Revolutionary War pensions, deeds, wills and estates, and the American Archives. With a full citation of the source, each biographical entry presents the type of arms production the individual was engaged in, the time period, and the location. The professions represented are many and varied: gunsmiths and gunstockers, armorers, gun barrel makers, iron and steel manufacturers, brass founders, pike and other edged weapon makers and cutlers, accoutrements makers, gunpowder makers, and gunlock makers and locksmiths. In each of the earliest settlements in America there was a gunsmith who mended the arms of his neighbors and sharpened their knives and taught them how to use these tools on which they depended for food and protection. John Dandy of Maryland, ca. 1635, is the first person who can be identified as a gunsmith who made guns - lock, stock, and barrel. Most of the earliest gunsmiths were armorers, that is, they repaired, cleaned, and maintained arms on government contract. In early New England each militiaman provided his own gun or the colonial administration provided one for him and charged him for it. The maintenance of the gun was the responsibility of the government, and thus it has been possible to identify many of the early armorers and gunsmiths through colonial records of their services. Militia service was neglected, however, during the early to mid eighteenth century, and when war came, public arms were generally in a deplorable state. During the French and Indian War many gunsmiths were impressed into service as armorers to restore the neglected arms. This exercise proved to be a grand rehearsal for arms production taken on during the Revolution. An English observer wrote that the Americans would have little difficulty arming themselves if war came between the mother country and her colonies because there were more than sufficient gunmakers and allied tradesmen to provide 100,000 guns a year. Pennsylvania was the center of the arms making trade. The home rifle, commonly called the Pennsylvania-Kentucky Rifle, an American modification of the German hunting rifle, had been developed in or near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in the second quarter of the eighteenth century. It was deadly accurate and gave the skilled marksmen of the backwoods a superior sniper weapon. The craftsmen of Lancaster, Philadelphia, and other cities stopped making their civilian arms and concentrated on making militia muskets in the early years of the war for independence. By 1780, except on the frontier, the supply of imported and domestic militia arms exceeded demand, and the tradesmen returned to rifle making. The golden age of classic long rifle making followed.
Book Synopsis Arms Makers of York County by : James B. Whisker
Download or read book Arms Makers of York County written by James B. Whisker and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Gunsmiths of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania by : James B. Whisker
Download or read book Gunsmiths of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania written by James B. Whisker and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Longrifles of Western Pennsylvania by : Richard F. Rosenberger
Download or read book The Longrifles of Western Pennsylvania written by Richard F. Rosenberger and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intent is not a complete history of American longrifles or a full description of the context in which they were made and used. An overview of their design evolution, history, and distinguishing characteristics is presented as a backdrop to discussion of the gunsmiths of Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, key players in the golden age of American riflemaking. The nicely designed volume measures 11.25x9.25", a perfect shape for the necessarily horizontal, abundant illustrations. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis Perry County Gunmakers & Their Guns by : R. Keith Hite
Download or read book Perry County Gunmakers & Their Guns written by R. Keith Hite and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There were scores of gunmakers throughout Pennsylvania during the late 1700's and through the mid 1800's. While there were many gunmakers from Perry County, little was known about these makers until 1969 when Roy Chandler and Don Mitchell published a limited-edition work - 300 copies - on Perry County Gunmakers. In doing so, the Chandler and Mitchell book became the definitive resource on an important and integral part of Perry County's development. During the final years of his life, Roy Chandler exhorted the author to update his 1969 work and further unwrap the history of these frontier manufacturers.
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Download or read book Arms Makers of Western Pennsylvania written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis American Firearms Makers by : Arthur Merwyn Carey
Download or read book American Firearms Makers written by Arthur Merwyn Carey and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "American Firearms Makers is without question the most complete reference work of its kind in print. It is a cyclopedia of firearms makers of both long and short arms, custom made and arms made under federal and state government contracts. It covers the period from the Colonial era to the end of the nineteenth century. American Firearms Makers contains more than 2100 entries arranged in alphabetical order from Andrew Agnew to John Zuendorff. All the great makers, such as Colt, Derringer, Drepperd, Pomeroy, Whitney, etc., have considerable material to cover a complete summary of their activities and their place in American firearms history, not to mention the hundreds and hundreds of other makers whose names may be puzzling to collectors. Each entry will tell you the correct spelling of the maker's name, the span of years he was active, the town or city and state in which he was located, and the type of arms he produced. The data are intentionally concise; but, where it is appropriate, other information is abundantly supplied: patent dates, descriptive markings, calibers and dimensions of the arms, etc. Other books have covered sections of the country and limited periods of the subject's history. This is the first book covering the entire United States during the flintlock, percussion, and metallic-cartridge cycles of arms. The material in American Firearms Makers represents thirty-three years of collecting, researching, and inspecting old firearms, both in the United States and abroad. The author has one of the best reference libraries in this field. This volume has been awaited by collectors, antique dealers, libraries, and museums. American Firearms Makers is illustrated with authentic contemporary pictures together with photographs from the author's collection. It contains in addition a chronology and a bibliography"--Jacket flap
Book Synopsis American Firearms by : Stephen Van Rensselaer
Download or read book American Firearms written by Stephen Van Rensselaer and published by American Life Foundation. This book was released on 1947 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Small Arms Makers by : Robert Edward Gardner
Download or read book Small Arms Makers written by Robert Edward Gardner and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers American and foreign makers, with illus. showing European marks.
Book Synopsis Memorial of Sundry Gun Manfacturers of the Borough of Lancaster by : Lancaster, Pa. Manufacturers
Download or read book Memorial of Sundry Gun Manfacturers of the Borough of Lancaster written by Lancaster, Pa. Manufacturers and published by . This book was released on 1803 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Gunsmith's Trade by : James B. Whisker
Download or read book The Gunsmith's Trade written by James B. Whisker and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a history of gunsmithing in America. Although the English guild system regulated the trade in the Mother Country, Americans, as usual, preferred freedom to regulation. This book examines the gunsmithing trade in relation to the militia; apprenticeships; labour; tools and equipment; the Frontier gunsmith; and traitors, criminals, and deserters.