BP Shooter's Library redux

[J.T. Gerrity]

I thought I would ressurect this list as I've found it to be quite useful and figured some of the new members could benefit from it. These are invaluable references covering all aspects of black powder shooting as well as the history behind the guns and the men who used them. Any new suggestions are welcome.

1. "The Complete Black Powder Handbook" by Sam Fadala
2. "Percussion Pistols And Revolvers: History, Performance and Practical Use" by Mike Cumpston and Johnny Bates
3. "They Called Him Wild Bill: The Life and Adventures of James Butler Hickok" by Joseph G. Rosa
4. "The Lyman Black Powder Handbook" from the Lyman Company
5. "Colt Blackpowder Reproductions & Replicas: A Collector's & Shooter's Guide" by Dennis Adler
6. "Colt Single Action: From Patersons to Peacemakers" by Dennis Adler
7. "Recreating the American Longrifle" by William Buchele and George Shumway
8. "Colt Revolvers and the Tower of London" by Joseph G. Rosa
9. "The Colt Gun book" by Lucian Cary
10. "Sam Colt's Own Record 1847" by Wolfe Pub Company
11. "Civil War Small Arms of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps" by John McAulay
12. "Civil War Firearms: Their Historical Background And Tactical Use" by Joseph G. Bilby
13. "Muzzle Loading Caplock Rifle" by Ned Roberts
14. "Muzzle Loading Rifle Then and Now" by Walter M. Cline
15. "Dixie Gun Works catalog" from Turner E. Kirkland and Dixie Gun Works
16. "Triggernometry: A Gallery of Gunfighters With Technical Notes on Leather Slapping As a Fine Art, Gathered from Many a Loose Holstered Expert over the Years" by Eugene Cunningham
17. "My Life on the Plains: Or Personal Experiences With the Indians" by George Armstrong Custer
18. "Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Big Horn" by Evan S. Connell
19. "Lakota Noon" by Gregory F. Michno
20. "Life In The Far West" by George Frederick Ruxton
21. "Ruxton of the Rockies" by George Frederick Ruxton
22. "Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains" by George Frederick Ruxton
23. "The Overland Stage to California" By Frank Albert Root
24. "Roughing it" by Mark Twain
25. "A History of The Colt Revolver and the Other Arms Made by Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company from 1836 to 1940" by Charles T Haven and Frank A. Belden
26. "The Whitney Firearms" by Claude Fuller
27. "An introduction to black powder revolvers" by Phil Spangenberger
28. "The Muzzleloading Hunter" by Rick Hacker

 

[Fingers McGee]

Good listing of references. IMHO, these should be added.

29. "Percussion Colt Revolvers - The Second Generation" Collectors Handbook & Price Guide by Dennis Russel
30. " '51 Colt Navies" by Nathan Swayze
31. "How the Colt Navy .36 Revolver was Gunsmithed and Fired in the Field During the Civil War" by D.L.Rhea
32. "Colt's Single Action Army Revolver" by Doc O'Meara
33. "Metallic Cartridge Conversions" by Dennis Addler

 

[mykeal]

Yes. Very, very well done. This should go in the sticky. Thanks.

I'd add Mike Cumpston and Johnny Bates books:

34. Percussion Pistols and revolvers, History, Performance and Practical Use
35. Percussion Revolvers, A Guide To Their History, Performance and Use

 

[kBob]

While on the subject of printed matter:

Any one familure with a series of pamphlets by Majoe R.O. Ackerman "The Muzzle Loader's Little Library?"

Are there more than 4 booklets in the series?

If it is still available Colonial Williamsberg Foundation used to offer a VHS video of their gun maker producing a long rifle from skelp up.

While visiting the shop at Williams berg a couple of times a decade or so back I was allowed to walk a pass on the rifleing bench, play with and snap a flint fowler that was 99percent finished, and examine the lock and mortise of the Lake Erie Wall Gun from the Museum of American History currently on display in D.C. so I find myself encouraging folks to find a copy of the VHS.

 

[scrat]

good info

 

[madcratebuilder]

I would add these.
Gunsmithing Guns of the Old West by D R Chicine
Black powder and the Old West from SHOOT! Magazine
The Confederate LeMat Revolver by Doug Adams (a must for any LeMat owner)

 

[J.T. Gerrity]

Good suggestions, all. Mykeal, your number 34 is already listed as number 2, but the Guide to Percussion Revolvers by our own MEC is an outstanding book and a valuable reference in it's own right.

 

[A. Walker]

I would add "The Gun Digest Blackpowder Loading Manual" by Sam Fadala. I agree that this should be added to the stickies.