Black Powder Books

“The Muzzleloading Cap Lock Rifle” by Ned Roberts.

“Foxfire, book #5”, edited by Eliot Wigginton; contains a section on making a flintlock rifle.

Both of these are very enjoyable in addition to those you described.

J-Bar said:

“Foxfire, book #5”, edited by Eliot Wigginton; contains a section on making a flintlock rifle.

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Yes this book shows how the hobby survived from the great depression to the end of the 1950's and into the 1960's...,
then along came Fess Parker plus the centennial of the Civil War, and the hobby was greatly increased in the USA.

The Hunter of Kentucky by Ted Franklin Belue gives you some history about the flint era. Not a very long book.

The Winning of America Series of books by Alan Eckert are thick books, but are good reads. They were done in the 60's and 70's so a bit of the information has changed as more information has come to light, but they weave actual historic characters and their actions documented in archived records into good stories and excellent reading. Because the author Alan Eckert had to "fill in gaps" between historic actions..., they are considered "fiction". Wilderness Empire, The Conquerors, Wilderness War, and The Frontiersmen, (read in that order; I think that's historically chronologic..., although they were not written in that order).

IF you want an eye witness history book then Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars of the Western Parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania from 1763 to 1783 by Joseph Doddridge is very enlightening, and although the title is really long, it's a good book, and you can read it for free..,
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044014178412&view=1up&seq=1


LD

I agree with the many suggestions in earlier responses. The one I always recommend on threads like this one is "Flintlocks - A Practical Guide to Their Use and Appreciation" by Eric A. Bye. It is comprehensive and very well written. It's a paperback but is done on heavy, quality paper. The Amazon price is crazy. I got my copy from the NMLRA site.

Jeff

For the pre flintlock era, (which the author calls 'firearms' because they really use fire ignition and not the later technologies like flint sparks or percussion), there is no better coffee table book than this old Stackpole book. Large format about 250 pages, and fully illustrated with old vintage illustrations created centuries ago (woodcuts).

amazon has the size wrong it is taller and wider than a sheet of typing paper.

The Age of Firearms. Robert Held

One cool thing about the Lyman BP manual (1st edition), it gives ffffG loads for all cap and ball revolvers, even the dragoons. Also ffG and fffG to be sure, but it does have ffffG loads too for all of them.

Good selections here. I like any shooting books by Sam Fadala. I enjoy the Ned Roberts book. My favorite is the Muzzleloading Hunter, written by Rick Hacker.