American Single Shot Rifle Association

Gleanings from the Literature, 1990 to 2004

Items of interest to single shot rifle and Cast Bullet shooters from over forty arms magazines and
journals, as the announcements appeared in past issues of The Single Shot Rifle Journal.

 

Reprints available for $3 each and an SASE, sent to the ASSRA Archives, 625 Pine Street, Marquette, Ml 49855, (906) 225-1828, rprusok@nmu.edu Be sure to mention the Journal year and number. 37¢ = four 2-sided pages.

 

2004, No. 6

• "The Remington Rolling Block .43 Spanish" R.W. Ballou, 9-pp. how to shoot it with .348 Winchester brass, in September, 2004 issue of The Accurate Rifle.
• "The Elusive 11.15x65R" J.C. Munnell, 9-pp. of reloading for it in three European double rifles, in September, 2004 issue of The Accurate Rifle.
• “Precision Barrel Fitting" Jim Boatright and Mike Wilkerson, 11 pp. in September, 2004 Precision Shooting. "Improving Case Charge Density" John Lake, 5-pp. of using a spiral in the drop tube for black powder loading, in the September 2004 issue of Precision Shooting.
• "The Comblain Rifle, An Early Falling Block Breechloader. Part 1" Jonathan Kirton, 21 pp. of the rifle's evolution, in the October, 2004 issue of The Gun Report. Part 2, with 22 more pages in the November issue.
• "Smith & Wesson and the XM9 Pistol" Michael LaPlante. Six pages shed some light on why we now have an Italian made service pistol. In V. 26, No. 5 issue of Man at Arms, (now also called Gun and Sword Collector for better recognition on newsstands.)
• “Winchester Low Wall .17 HMR" 2-pp. description of redesigned low wall rifle, now with the Winchester name and made by Miroku in Japan. In Sept. 2004 American Rifleman
• "Ballard Single Shot Rifle...An Old Favorite Rides On" George Layman, 7-pp. recap of original Ballard models, but no mention is made in the bibliography of Dutcher's book about Ballard rifles, in Gun Digest, 2005.
• "Ahead of its Time: The Cummins 'Duplex' Riflescope" Clarence Anderson, 5-pp. in Gun Digest, 2005.
• "Hasty la Vista" Matthias Recktenwald, 6-pp. account of the German team win over the Americans at the August long range match at Raton, New Mexico. They did, however, also run a photo of Lee Shaver, shooting with his 1874 Sharps. In the October, 2004 issue of Visier (in German).
• "Winchester Model 1885 Single Shot 'Carbines and Short Rifles" Lewis Yearout, 4 pp. with production figures, in Fall, 2004 issue of The Winchester Collector.

2004, No. 5

• "Soldering 101" Fred Stutzenberger, 5-pp. how-to for both soft and hard solders, in March, 2004 Muzzle Blasts.
• "En Miniature" Jost-B. Anderhub and Hansi Techel, 2-part article about German parlor and rook rifle cartridges. These aren't mentioned in most books on cartridges. 4 pp. in December, 2003 and Feb, 2004 Deutsches Waffen-Journal.
• "Comments on Wind Flags" Patty and Clint Dahlstrom, 5 pp. with charts and diagrams, in Winter/Spring, 2004 Canadian Marksman.
• "Everybody's Favorite" Gil Sengel, 13 pp. of comparison of the five models of Stevens Favorite rifles, in Rifle No. 213.
• "Proper Epoxy Bedding" Dennis Wood, 3 pp. in May, 2004 issue of American Gunsmith.

2004, No. 4

• "Davide Pedersoli's John Bodine Rolling Block Target Rifle" Kenny Durham, 4 pp. of shooting it in competition, in May, 2004 Australian Shooter.
• "Building a Rifle Rest" Randolph Bulgin, 8 pp. of how to build an adjustable tripod front bench rest, in the June-July issue of Machinist’s Workshop.
• "Cutting a Gun Screw to Length" Steve Acker, 2 pp. of an angle iron jig instead of holding the screw against a grinder with pliers, in June-July Machinist’s Workshop.
• “Partners in Crime (or, rimfire ignition and headspace, and how they go together)" Bill Calfee, 12 pp. (don't crush the rim) in June Precision Shooting.
• "Disassembly/Reassembly of the Browning Model 1885 High Wall" Chick Blood, 4 pp. Finally someone addresses this problem, in American Gunsmith, June, 2004. Also available from the Archives for another $10 ppd: a 10-pp. photocopy of the Browning Field Service Manual B-78, essentially the same action as the 1885.
• "Frog Ruger No. 1" Tom Schiffer, 4-pp. description of Rodger Rodick's Ruger "One of One Hundred" ASSRA No. 1 actions engraved by John Schipper with the "Frog Ballard" Creedmoor cartoon and stocked by Dick Binger, in the June, 2004 issue of The Accurate Rifle.
• "The First Borchardts" Jim Zupan, 24-pp. discourse on the 1878 Sharps Borchardt rifle, in the SCA Report of The Sharps Collector Association, Vol. 11, No. 1.
• "Drag from Lube Grooves" Richard Gunn, 3-pp. about laminar flow across lube grooves in a Cast Bullet affecting projectile stability, in May-June The Fouling Shot.
• "Stevens' Other .22" John Gross, 3 pp. about the Stevens .22-15-60 and a 44-1/2 Stevens no. 52 rifle chambered for it, in the June issue of The Gun Report. With bibliog.
• "The Great Blackpowder Shootoff" Jim Straight, 6-pp. in-depth comparison of 5 black powders (Elephant the worst; Swiss the best), in July Single Shot Exchange.
• "Standard Deviation - A Myopic's Explanation for the Blind" Ken Howell, 8-pp. simple explanation of adaptation to shot groups, in Precision Shooting, July 2004.
• "Who Was Sir George Greenhill?" Don Miller, 6-pp. bio and explanation of the formula for matching bullet length to rifling twist, in Precision Shooting, July 2004.
• "Getting the Best from the .22 Long Rifle" John Robinson, 7 pp. comparison of 32 cartridge brands, with dimensional variations, but the key to accuracy still is to try them all in your rifle, in July Australian Shooter.
• "Loading the .44-77 BN" Nick Naul, 4 pp. You can't get accuracy with grease-groove bullets in a barrel throated for paper patched bullets, in August Single Shot Exchange.
• "Bock auf Block" Hartmut Mrosek and Matthias Recktenwald, 8-pp. of praise for the Uberti high- and low-wall Winchester replicas, which have both a coil and flat mainspring, in the July issue of Visier (in German).
• "The Nepal Martinis" Ross Seyfried, 11 pp. in Rifle No. 215, and "Treasures of Nepal" Garry James, 7 pp. in the August American Rifleman. Descriptions of Martinis, muskets, artillery and unmarked Sharps 1853 slant breech rifles discovered in Nepal. An ad in the same issue of The American Rifleman offers them for sale by Atlanta Cutlery in Conyers, GA, (800) 883-0300, but they're not cheap.

2004, No. 3 (Same as 2003, No. 4)

2004, No. 2

• "The Golden Age of American Target Shooting - 1840 to 1900" Russell Gilmore, 16-pp. account of turkey shoots, schuetzen, Creedmoor, military, gallery, and military academy target shooting, in the 4th Quarter, 2003 Journal of The Remington Society of America.
• "Marlin Color Casehardening" 7-pp. text and photos taken from a promotional film uncovered at the company during its move from New Haven to North Haven, CT, edited by Joe Baker and printed in the December, 2003 issue of The Marlin Collector.
• "Italian Vetterli Rifles and Carbines Swiss Engineering with Italian Flair" Paul Scarlata, 12 pp. of description, no loads, in Man at Arms, Vol. 26 No. 1, 2004.
• "Martini-Henry Disassembly" 2-pp. illustrated reply to a letter-to-the-editor (Stuart Mowbray in Man at Arms, Vol. 26 No. 1, 2004) of how to clean off the cosmoline and dis-reassemble a large frame Martini Henry rifle. Mowbray's editorials always are worth reading, and in this issue it's the problem of who's holding the bag for your rifle stolen a century ago by somebody who's now dead. And those war trophies and Japanese swords now claimed by original owners.
• "The Merrimack Ballard Shotgun - Ballard's 20 Gauge Reloadable Rimfire Shotgun" John Dutcher, 7-pp. chapter from author's book, Ballard, The Great American Single Shot Rifle, in Jan. 2004 issue of The Gun Report.
• "En Miniature" Jost-B. Anderhub and Hansi Techel, Part 1 of a series of articles about German parlor and rook rifle cartridges. These aren't mentioned in most books on cartridges. 2 pp. in December, 2003 Deutsches Waffen-Journal.
• "Holland & Holland Paradox, A reloading miracle" Ross Seyfried, 8 pp. of how to shoot a 750 gr. bullet in a paradox thin walled shotgun with rifled muzzle without bursting the barrels and get 5" groups at 100 yards. (The bullet if .001" smaller than the bore, so that there's minimal friction.) In Handloader No. 227.
• "Machined Cartridge Cases" Ted Clarke, 2 pp. for making cases for squib (reduced) loads, in February-March, 2004 Machinist’s Workshop.
• "The Design, Marketing and Production of Maynard Rifles" Max Goodwin, 11-pp. history of the inventor and his patents, including a most useful Consumer Price Index that allows you to convert prices since 1800 to today's values, in Bulletin No. 88 of The American Society of Arms Collectors.
• "A Plain Old Maynard Rifle", Robert Holter, 8 pp. describing a 3-barrel Maynard rifle set and its accessories, in Bulletin No. 88 of The American Society of Arms Collectors.

2004, No. 1

• "Heat-Treating Steel - An Amateur's View" Randolph Constantine, 5 informative pp. (including case hardening) in The Home Shop Machinist, November-December 2003.
• "Plotting Aids in Group Management" Clint Dahlstrom, 9 pp. about managing long range rifle team sight settings for wind conditions (converting variations in wind direction and velocity to minute of angle sight changes) using "plotamatic" procedures, in Summer/Autumn, 2003 Canadian Marksman.
• "Mille yard per un Remington" Alberto Riccadonna, 6-pp. evaluation of the Pedersoli rolling block "John Bodine" .45-70 rifle, in Italian in November, 2003 Armi e Tiro.
• "A Slide Safety for the Mauser Rifle" Steve Acker, 6 pages of making a horizontal safety for the '98 Mauser rifle, that doesn't interfere with a scope, in December-January issue of Machinist’s Workshop.
• "Express Rust Bluing: Tips and Techniques", Dennis Wood, 3 pp. using Mark Lee's Express Blue #1, but it gives a black finish, in December, 2003 American Gunsmith.2003, No. 6
• "The First Trapdoors" Bruce Canfield, 8-pp. description of the four Allin musket conversions, Models 1865 to 1870, in September American Rifleman.
• "Thread Substitutions" Theodore McDowell, 4 pp. of converting metric threads to inches, with chart of common conversions, in Sept-Oct The Home Shop Machinist.
• "German-American Target Shooting Societies in Nineteenth-Century Illinois" Richard Hummel and Rudi Prusok, excellent 9-pp. history in 2002 Yearbook of German-American Studies.
• "The 93x72R" J.C. Munnell, 8-pp discussion of five of the variations of this cartridge, none of which are interchangeable. Some loads. In October The Accurate Rifle.
• "The Snider Rifles in the Ottoman Empire" Charles Purdon, 3 pp. in V. 31 #3 of Arms Collecting.
• "The Colt Snider Rifles" Charles Purdon, 3 pp. in V. 31 #2 of Arms Collecting.
• "The Retrieval of Obliterated Markings" (with acid) R.T. Huntington, 3 pp. in V. 26 #3 of Arms Collecting.
• "Good Guns - Fake Marks" S. James Gooding, 6 pp. in V. 23 #2 of Arms Collecting. How to detect them.
• "Carver's Hunting and Target Sights" James W. Carver (1891), 6 pp. in V. 25 #1 of Arms Collecting.
• "Cast Bullet Handloads for the .308 Winchester" R.W. Ballou, 4 pp. with loads in October Precision Shooting.

2003, No.5

• "Cast Bullet Handloads for .30 Caliber Rifles" R.W. Ballou, 8 pp. of discussion and loads for five cartridges, in the July issue of The Accurate Rifle.
• "Will the Real 7x57mm Mauser Please Stand Up?" John Campbell. The standard 7x57 cartridge has smaller dimensions than the chambers of 7mm Remington rolling block rifles and are dangerous to fire in them, 5 pp. in July The Accurate Rifle.
• "Walter Cooper's Sights" Robert Holter, 4 pp. of (mostly) elevation-adjustable rear barrel sights for Sharps rifles from Bozeman, Montana, in July issue of The Gun Report.
• "An 'Improved' Snider ... the Potts & Hunt connection" Ray McMahon, 4 pp. contrasting the two breech systems at the British 1864-1865 trials, in No. 21 of the International Arms & Militaria Collector.
• "Barrel Vise and Action Wrench" Fred Prestridge, 4-pp. description of how to make them without having a permanent fixture in your workshop, but you still need a lathe to make the precise collets, in Aug-Sept Machinist’s Workshop.
• "Repairing and Restoring Hard-Rubber Handgun Grips" David Chicoine, 4 pp. but mostly if you've got a cache of spare grips to cannibalize. In August American Gunsmith. Applicable also to rubber rifle buttplates. The Gun Parts Corp. has hundreds of reproductions available.
• "Model 1873 Springfield; The End of the Black Powder Era" Al Miller, 9-pp. history, in Rifle, No. 209.
• "Model 1873 Springfield at Long Range" Brian Pearce, 7 pp. with loads and advice, in Rifle, No. 209.
• "The Truth about the 1903 Palma" Jim Foral, 13-pp. recounting of the match, with the losing British team's objections to the American's using service rifles with Pope Barrels. Engrossingly written. In 2004 Gun Digest.
• "The Maynard Single-Shot Rifle ... 19th Century Practicality at its best" George Layman, 6-pp. history and description in 2004 Gun Digest.
• "The Hudson-Krag Handloads" Jim Foral, 8 pp. of description and theory behind the Kephart and Hudson .30 caliber bullet designs, in 2004 Gun Digest.

2003, No. 4 (and No. 3, 2004)

• "A Schmidt Rubin Sporter" Norm and Rocky Chandler, 7-pp. how-to-do-it conversion of the Swiss rifle; maybe the first such article in the literature, in May Accurate Rifle. An ancillary article, "Swiss Precision", by Lawrence Rivard is a 7-pp. article in April Precision Shooting about getting the Schmidt Rubin to shoot accurately.
• "Spring Fever - Winding Your Own" George Ingraham, 4 pp. of making coil springs on mandrels on a small shop lathe, in May-June, 2003 Home Shop Machinist.
• "More Thoughts on Slow-Rust Bluing" Sergey Lyalko. "Understanding of physical basics - what's actually happening to the metal surface - can help to demystify the rust bluing process", 5 pp. in May, 2003 American Gunsmith.
• "The Splendor of Classic Schützen Rifles" Tom Rowe, 5 pp. of magnificent photographs from his new book, Volume 1 of Alte Scheibenwaffen (Old German Target Arms), reviewed in the last issue of the Journal, in May-June, 2003 Man at Arms.

2003, No. 3

• "Stevens Tip-Ups" Thomas Kyser, 14 pp of the pistols and rifles, in Bulletin No. 86 of the American Society of Arms Collectors. Reprint of a 1969 presentation.
• "Modern British Rook and Rabbit Rifle" Gil Sengel, 11-pp. description of converting a Martini Cadet to .357 Magnum, in Rifle magazine No. 206.
• "System Hagn; A Contemporary Classic Single Shot Action" 3 Parts, Steven Hughes, 12 pp. of history and description, in February-April issues of The Accurate Rifle.
• "Gun-Metal Finish Repair: Testing Touch-Up Bluing Methods" David Chicoine, 6-pp. comparison of common quick blues, but none of them suitable for large areas or the whole gun, in March American Gunsmith.
• "Build a No-Slip, No-Scratch Barrel Vise" Norman Johnson, 4 pp. in March American Gunsmith.
• "Snider Rifles, From Muzzleloader to Breechloader" Ross Seyfried, 8 pp. in Rifle, No. 207.

2003, No. 2

• "Wind Deflection" Lester Karas, 8 pp. in July, 2002 Precision Shooting.
• "The Importance of Near-Downwind Wind Effects" David Mechem and Robert Zamora, 4 pp. in December, 2002 Precision Shooting.
• "Reading Wind Flags" Lloyd deVore, 8 pp. in two parts in Cast Bullet Assn. Fouling Shot Nos. 159 and 160.
• "Whitworth, the Man Who Invented Accuracy" Ross Seyfried, 8 pp. of history and how to get Whitworth rifles to shoot, in No. 205 Rifle magazine.
• "The Life and Life's Work of Famous Firearms Engraver Louis Daniel Nimschke (1852-1904)" Herbert Houze, 14 pp. in Vol. 25, #1 Jan-Feb, 2003 Man at Arms.
• "The 7x57 Rolling Block and Cast Bullets" John Campbell, 5 pp. in December, 2002 Precision Shooting.
• "Going Straight with the .40-50 Sharps" John Campbell, 8 pp. in February, 2003 Precision Shooting.
• "The 6.5x55 Swede and Cast Bullets" John Campbell, 6 pp. with loads, in January, 2003 The Accurate Rifle.
• "Ruger No. 1 Iron Sights, Part 2" Roger Clouser, 5 pp. of Lyman receiver mounted sight and 17A front, in January, 2003 The Accurate Rifle. Part 1 in Dec 2002 issue.
• "The Magnificent Crack Shot No. 26" Jim Perkins, 8-pp. informative and interesting article about the Stevens boy's rifle, in January, 2003 issue of The Gun Report.
• "Ganz Weit Weg" (Quite Far Away) Mori Shultz and Matthias Rechtenwald, 8-pp. report of the June, 2002 Quigley Match at Forsyth, Montana. Some individual shooters are pictured but not named; perhaps you're among them. In January, 2003 Deutsches Waffen-Journal.
• "Ammunition for the Zündnadelgewehr" (Prussian needle gun) excerpted from The Engineer, July 20, 1866, 2 pp. of description and dimensions, in January-February issue of the Journal of the International Ammunition Association.
• "System Hagn; A Contemporary Classic Single Shot Action" Part 1, Steven Hughes, 4 pp. of history and description, in February issue of The Accurate Rifle.
• "Tapping a Shallow Hole" Steve Acker, 3 pp. about tapping sight base holes in barrels, in February-March issue of Machinist’s Workshop.
• "Lapping the Smallbore Rifle Barrel" Fred Stutzenberger 5 pp. how to do it and benefits, Feb. Precision Shooting.

2003, No. 1

• "An Introduction to the Ballard Long Range Rifles; A Brief History of the Quagmire of Models" John Dutcher, 3 pp. with chart, in November Single Shot Exchange.
• "Rust Bluing" Sergey Lyalko, 5 pp. with explanation of contradictory terminology, in fall, 2002 Gunmaker.
• "Metric Equivalent Drills" M.V. Stivison, 1 pp. of instruction of how to convert metric to decimal. (mm x .03937 = decimal size) Also how to compute decimal tap drill size for metric taps. In Nov-Dec Home Shop Machinist.
• "Paper Patched Bullets; The Custom Touch" Ross Seyfried, 8 pp. in December Handloader No. 220.
• "Pouring a Pewter Nose Cap" Dwight Thomas, 4 pp. in November Muzzle Blasts.
• "Creedmoor & the Remington Rolling Block" Roy Marcot, 8 pp. of Remington's role in the 1874 Creedmoor matches on Long Island, in Oct, 2001 American Rifleman.
• "The Gun that Really Won the West" Bruce Canfield, 7 pp. describing all models of the trapdoor Springfield, in October, 2001 American Rifleman.
• "Loading & Shooting the .38-55 Win." M.L. McPherson, 4 pp. with loads for four powders and 255 gr. bullet, but the dimensional drawing is for the .38-40, in June, 2001 American Rifleman.
• "One of a Kind - the C.O. Wood Rifle" Fred Stutzenberger, 5 pp. (plus cover photo) description of a unique long range rifle on a Holden action by Corbin Owens Wood of Worcester, Massachusetts, in the November issue of Precision Shooting.
• "Long-Range Muzzleloading Rifles" Tom Schiffer, 14 pp. of rifles and how to shoot them, in 2003 Gun Digest.
• "How to Remove Nickel Plating" 4 pp. in November American Gunsmith.
• "Ruger No. 1 Iron Sights" Part 1 Roger Clouser, 5-pp. of adapting tang and front sights, in Dec. 2002 Accurate Rifle. Part 2 in January 2003 issue.
• "Scopes: Some Observations and Opinions" Tom Lewis, 7 pp. of target scopes, in December SS Exchange.
• "New Favorite for a New Century" Jim Gardner, 7 pp of the Savage 300 Favorite, with instructions for making it a takedown, in Dec. Guns magazine.

2002, No. 6

• "Custom Sporting Rifle Makers, Part 14, Fred Adolph" Michael Petrov, 4 pp. about the rifles of this custom rifle maker and stock carver, in September Precision Shooting
• The October issue of Muzzle Blasts contains a 4-pp. description of leaving Pyrodex or black powder charge with patched ball in a muzzleloader for a year. The unburned powder corrodes the bore from hygroscopic absorption, but more severe corrosion around the patched ball leaves it almost impossible to dislodge, and an attempt to blow it out by igniting the charge would likely burst the barrel. Don't do it.

2002. No. 5

• "The Morris Tube" Ray McMahon, 3 pp. description of the subcaliber device for the Martini-Henty rifle, in Int’l Arms & Militaria Collector, No. 20.
• "Casting Brass Gun Mountings" Parts 3 and 4, Making and Pouring Brass, Eric Kettenburg, in June and July Muzzle Blasts.
• "Aus Vorderladern werden leistungsfähige Hinterlader" Heino Hintermeier, 10 pp. of "Breechloaders from Muzzleloaders", describing the evolution of the Snider rifle, with cartridge drawings, in July Deutsches Waffen-Journal.
• "Peter Altmaier Guns" Rob't Altmaier, 5-pp. description of the rifles of the Harrisburg, PA gunmaker, in July Gun Report.
• "Spare Parts and Derelicts, the Story of the Trapdoor Springfield, 1865-1898" Thomas Tate, 13-pp. history, in August Accurate Rifle.
• "Removing the Mystery from Nitre Bluing" 6 pp. of bluing with liquid saltpeter, in August American Gunsmith. "Praktizierte Nostalgie" Wolfgang Hölzer, 4 pp. of reloading the 11x59R Gras with .348 Winchester brass, in June Deutsches Waffen-Journal.
• "Accuracy and the Ruger No. 1" Todd Burgreen, install a barrel-bearing set screw in the forearm hanger and speed up lock time, 4 pp. in July Accurate Rifle.
• "African explorer", Henry Stanley's 4-bore rolling block rifle is pictured on the cover of July Precision Shooting. There's a cursory description of the unique Belgian 20-1b., 51" rifle, firing a 1,750 grain bullet with over 200 foot pounds of recoil.
• "The Sharps 1851 Boxlock", FJ. Pablo Balentine, 13 pp. of history and description, in Man at Arms, Sept-Oct, 2002.

2002, No. 4

• "Recrowning Barrels without Disassembling the Gun" Chick Blood, 3 pp. using a kit by Manson Precision Reaming of Grand Blanc, Ml (sold by Brownells), in the April issue of American Gunsmith.
• "Powdercoat Your Guns" Steve Hill, 3 pp. of "blowing a positively charged thermosetting powder onto a neutrally grounded gun part and curing in an oven." in April American Gunsmith
• "Mr. Beach's Idea: The Combination Sight" Clarence Anderson, 5 pp., essentially an update of Anderson's article in the SS Rifle Journal of Jan-Feb, 1997; this one in Man at Arms, V. 24, No. 3, 2002.
• "Methods and Materials Necessary for Small-Scale Casting of Gun Mountings within a Historical Context" Eric Kettenburg, Part 1, General Considerations and Historical Context, 4 pp. in Muzzle Blasts, April, 2002; Part 2, Equipment, Materials and Preparation in May issue. Part 3 to follow. Deals with sand casting.
• "The Life and Times of J.W. Fecker" Clarence Anderson, 9-pp. history of Fecker scopes, companies, and astronomical telescopes, in May The Accurate Rifle.
• "Wells Rifle Shop's New Custom 1874 Sharps", John Feamster, 9 pp. of new Sharps rifle production, in May Precision Shooting
• "A New Look at Cartridge Internal Ballistics", Robert Smalley and M.L. McPherson, 7 pp. thought provoking view of what happens in the cartridge case in the first milliseconds of ignition, in May, Precision Shooting.
• "Introduction to Silver Soldering" Dennis. Wood, 4 pp. of how to do it, in May American Gunsmith.
• "The .43 Mauser; Shooting and Loading the 11mm Mauser" Ross Seyfried, 7 pp. Also two articles on the .405 WCF, in Handloader No. 217.
• "Ruger No. 1 & No. 3 Hammer Spring Tool" for reassembly using a 1/2" drill press, in Cast Bullet No. 141 and Fouling Shot No. 157, 2 pp.
• "Martinis - Shaken, not stirred" Ross Seyfried, 8-pp. overview and some history of British large and small actions, in Rifle No. 202.

2002, No. 3

• "Winchester Schuetzen High Walls" Ken Waters, 3-pp. report of two rifles that Waters used to own, but it's cursory and they're described merely as being "early" and "later". In the March issue of Rifle magazine.
• "The Maynard ... Legend" George Layman, six pp. discussion of some Maynard rifles, in Nov-Dec, 2001 issue of The Backwoodsman.
• "Purchasing Government Surplus Is Easy, Now That They've Gone .com" J.D. Hooker, 3 pp. in March-April Backwoodsman. It's not about guns, but multiple website addresses for buying government surplus gear. Sorry, no $50 WW2 Jeeps.
• "A Pillar Bedding Tool" Fred Prestridge, 3 pp. for making a tool to for steel sleeves around the bedding screws in bolt action stocks in order to avoid crushing the stock wood with ultimate inaccuracy or change of zero, in April-May Machinist’s Workshop.
• "Making a Ruger Scope Base" Steve Acker, 3 pp. of adapting Ruger scope mounts to what appears to be a Mauser `98 barrel, in the April-May issue of Machinist’s Workshop.
• "Reviving the Little Warriors, Part 2" Fred Stutzenberger, 5 pp. of restoring a Remington No. 4 rolling block, including relining the barrel, in April Accurate Rifle. (Part 1 is in December, 2001 issue.)
• "Browning Model 1885" Brian Pearce, 6 pp. of testing the rifle in .45-70 and .22 Hornet, some loads, in Rifle No. 201.

2002, No. 2

• Concerns with the H&R 1873 Springfield Carbine. The answer to a query in the January issue of the American Gunsmith maintains that the Harrington & Richardson trapdoor carbines have soft receivers that stretch and loosen hinge pins, rendering the angle on the locking cam ineffective so that the actions pop open after repeated firing. Pedersoli reproduction parts imported by Navy Arms do not interchange with these. Original Cavelry Trapdoors fired only a .45-55 cartridge anyway, so that the .45-70 is an overload. On the other hand:
• "Pedersoli's Model 1873 Springfield" by David Anthony in the Jan-Feb issue of The Australian Sportsman is a 3-pp. article in praise of the reproduction trapdoor rifle and that the Pedersoli is"... made of much better steels and modern brass, far superior in quality than that used in the 1870s and '80s." However he doesn't say how he knows that to be true.
• "Etching Firearms Marking" by Roger Ferrell, 3 pp. in the winter, 2002 (Issue No.97) of Gunmaker, journal of the American Custom Gunmakers Guild. It describes the marking of calibers on barrels or the restoration of original stampings on firearms by electrolysis, using a voltage transformer and stencils, both available from Marking Methods in Alhambra, CA. Etching eliminates the drawbacks of hammer stampings, but the transformer costs $550 and reusable stencils about $10 each. Couldn't someone devise a less expensive transformer of 110 V AC to whatever voltage DC?
• "The Gunsmith Has a Friend in Washington, DC?" by Chick Blood is a 4-pp. article in February American Gunsmith on the procurement and use of patent drawings for repairing or making parts for little known firearms. Drawings are available for $3 each from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2011 Jefferson Davis Highway, Washington, DC 20231, (703) 308-0595, with checks made out to Commissioner, Patents and Trademarks. You must submit the patent number. Without that number the Patent Office can do a search, but depending on how long that takes, the cost can be considerably more.

2002, No. 1

• "Sorting Out the 8x72R Cartridges", J.C. Munnell, 6 pp. discussion of these cartridges, used mainly in German Drillings, in October Accurate Rifle.
• "Slow Rust Bluing: the Classic Alternative", no author given, 6-pp. lucid account for using store-bought acids, in September American Gunsmith.
• "Model 1874 Pedersoli Sharps", Brian Pearce, 5 pp. with loads for .45-70, in Rifle Magazine, No. 198.
• "Build a Damp Box for Slow Rust Bluing", David Chicoine, 2 pp. in October, 2001 American Gunsmith of how to do it, essentially an updated version of the late John Bivins' article in Rifle No. 36, also available from the archives.
• "Ub Aug and Hand furs Vaterland", Wolfgang Finze and Matthias Recktenwald, 4-pp. description of the 8.15x46 Wehrmannsbüchse training rifle built on the '98 Mauser action, with loads, in German in October Visier.
• "Remington's Number Three Hepburn -. A Single Shot Rifle of Distinction", George Layman, 6 pp. in 2002 Gun Digest.
• "Super-Fine Farquharson", Scott Key, 2-pp. report of a 3-barrel single shot, in 2002 Gun Digest.
• "Homemade "Express" Bullets for the 40/65 Winchester", Harvey Pennington, 4 pp. about casting hollow point bullets, in 2002 Gun Digest.
• "The Wind Probe", Gene Beggs, 5 pp. of a wind indicator by an airline pilot who knows aerodynamics, in November Precision Shooting.
• "40-65 Winchester, an updated look at an old classic", Ken Waters, 4 pp. with loads, but if you're forming cases from modern .45-70 brass you'll have to turn down the base diameter on a lathe, in December Handloader, No. 214.
• "The H.H. Wolcott Post Civil War Rifle", G. Thomas Puett, 4 pp. of an unusual pivoting-breech single shot rifle, in November Gun Report.
• "Erskine S. Allin", James Whisker and O.H. McKagen, 15 pp. history of the Allin trapdoor musket conversion, in November Gun Report.
• "Wind Reading - Simplified (?)", Clint Dahlstrom, 10-pp. clearly written treatise with charts in minutes and British units, in Summer/Autumn, Canadian Marksman.
• "How to Lengthen a Stock", Chick Blood, 3-pp. how-to-do-it on a Browning Auto 5 shotgun, in November American Gunsmith.
• "Hyper-Velocity Hydrogen Gun", Chip Todd, 3-pp. article of "Research done years ago by the federal government showing how muzzle velocities over the 10,000-fps range can be achieved." Naturally they're single shots. In November American Gunsmith.
• "The Canadian Peabody Rifle", James B. Hughes, 4-pp. description of Canadian rifle trials, in June, 1999 Gun Report.
• "Dr. Maynard's Rifle-Musket", O.H. McKagen, 4-pp. report on Maynard's conversion of a flintlock musket to a breechloader with a Snider-style action, in March, 1999 Gun Report.
• "Understanding the Paper-Patched Bullet", Michael Petrov, 4 pp. with how to do it. Patched bullets must be bore diameter and old rifles had throats made especially for them. Don't re-throat them. In November Accurate Rifle.
• "Rare Gäste", Hartmut Mrosek and Matthias Rektenwald, 4-pp. German article about the .40-65 Winchester cartridge, history and loadings in Pedersoli rifles, but the Germans tend to write fluff articles about American guns in their journals. In the November issue of Visier.
• "Reviving the Little Warriors (Part 1)", Fred Stutzenberger, 6 pp. about relining the barrel of a Stevens Little Scout .22RF and replacing worn-out screws, in December Accurate Rifle. (Part 2 is in April, 2002 issue.)
• "Remington's No. 1 Silhouette Rifle", Marc Palmer, 6 pp. about the newly produced Remington rolling block rifle, with some loads, in December Accurate Rifle.
• "Repairing a Scope Base Mounting Hole" Steve Acker, 3 pp. of how to solder a screw into to a misaligned hole and then re-drilling, in Dec-Jan Machinist’s Workshop.
• "Determining Screw Pitch". A note in Brownell's Gunsmiths Newsletter from James Speicher's Custom Gunshop in Wabash, IN: "Years ago an old-time gunsmith showed me this trick to determine the pitch of the threads in a screw hole. Just take a piece of wood dowel, taper it and turn it into the screw hole. Remove the now threaded dowel and measure the pitch with a screw gauge."

2001, No. 6

• Listing not published. See 2002, No. I.

2001, No. 5

• "Lock Time and Primers" Tom Butters, 5 pp. with energy formulas, with the conclusion that a "sharp snappy relatively low energy blow with a round tipped lightweight firing pin" gives the best results. In Gunmaker, summer, 2001.
• "Stock Finishing" Don Klein, 2 pp. of preparation before and after the varnish or oil, in Gunmaker, summer, 2001.
• "A Look at a Custom M.V. Hagn Rifle and an Essay on Firearms Engraving" Steven Hughes, 5 pp. in July, The Accurate Rifle.
• "Wind Calling" Ed Pocock, Part 1 (in July The Accurate Rifle) is a 7-pp. plain-spoken guide on how to judge the strength of the wind from sensory stimuli and how many clicks to adjust for it, mirage, and the importance of topography and nearby stands of trees. Part 2 is 4 pp. in the August issue.
• "The 8.15x46R" J.C. Munnell, '7 pp. of history of this German schuetzen cartridge and some rifles, in the August issue of The Accurate Rifle.
• "The Remarkable Snider Rifle; An Experiment Shows That It Was an Accurate Shooter After All" Stuart Cruikshank, using a clay base plug in a hollow-base bullet, 8 pp. in August Man at Arms.
• "Underhammer Guns" Ken Aiken, 7 pp. about under-hammer percussion guns, in July Muzzle Blasts.
• "Casting Iron in the Home Foundry" Stephen Chastain, 8 pp. of constructing a cupola furnace to melt iron, and a sand mold to cast iron parts, in the July-August issue of The Home Shop Machinist.
• "Reload Those Rimfires" Robert Miller, 2 pp. about reloading rimfire cartridges using strike-anywhere match heads in a water paste for priming and applied inside the rim with a flat head nail, in July-August Backwoodsman.
• "The Birth of the .45-70" James Sones, 8 pp. of an 1872 report by Wm. Prince of Frankfort Arsenal, that shows drawings of the various cartridges considered for the trapdoor conversions, in the July-August Journal of the International Ammunition Association.
• "Custom Stocking a Stevens 417" Dominick Pisano, 6 pp. in the August Single Shot Exchange.
• "II trabocchetto degli ufficiali" Alberto Riccadonna, 8-pp. critique of the Pedersoli Springfield trapdoor Officer's Model 1875 .45-70, in Italian, in July Armi e Tiro.
• "Cartridge Doppelgängers of History" John Campbell, 5-pp. description of the same cartridges with different designations, and some others that are not the same, in September Accurate Rifle.

2001, No. 4

• "Türkische Peabody-Gewehre" Heino Hintermeier, 8-pp. discussion of the conversion of Peabody Martinis to 7.65 mm Mauser, in German, in the April Deutsches Waffen-Journal.
• "Straight from the Horse's Mouth: Moving Firearms across Borders for International Competition" Clive Law (Permit Officer responsible for the import and export of firearms), 2 pp. in Waiter/Spring Canadian Marksman. Deals mainly with the Canadian border.
• "Chasing Metric Threads on Lathes with Inch Thread Lead Screws" Peter Lott, 3 pp. in June/July Machinist’s Workshop.
• "Tools for Loading the Classics" John Campbell, 5 pp. about the present-day tools, in the June issue of The Accurate Rifle.

2001, No. 3

• "Cast Bullets in the .38-55 Browning High Wall" Mike Thomas, 6 pages with many loads in #210 Handloader.
• "Precision Brand Products tool black" is a 3-pp. product review by Brian Kraut in March-April Home Shop Machinist, of a kit for blackening ferrous machine tools with better results than gun blue by holding oils better. Also kits for blackening aluminum or brass.
• "La sfida del numero uno" Flavio Gandini. 6-pp. test of the Ruger No. 1 in .218 Bee, in Italian in March Armi e Tiro.
• "Rifling Types of the Master Barrelmakers" John Dutcher, four photos of rifling by Pope, Schoyan, and Zischang with comment, in April Accurate Rifle.
• "Die Büchse mit dem Dreh" Norbert Klups, 6-pp. description (in German) of a single shot rifle by Aloys Mayr that loads by pivoting the barrel assembly to the side, in the March issue of Deutsches Waffen-Journal.
• "Wickel-Kurs" Hartmut Mrosek and Matthias Recktenwald, 8-pp. instructions (in German) for making paper cartridges for the 1863 Sharps percussion breechloader, in the April issue of Visier.
• "Servicing the New Remington Rolling Block Rifle" Chuck Blood, 4 pp. with exploded view, in the April issue of American Gunsmith.
• "Remington Rolling Block Buffalo Rifles" Leo Remiger and Roy Marco6 pp. describing the rifles and 10 pp. the hunters, m 1st Quarter Journal of the Remington Soc. of America.
• "Replicating Billy Dixon's Long Shot" Vince Bottomley, 7 pp. of a 1000-yard shoot at an Indian silhouette in the UK with description of building the rifle, in April Precision Shooting.
• "A Case for Starline's New .45 'Basic' Brass" John Campbell, 4-pp. on the merits of a new brass source, with manufacturer's address, in May Accurate Rifle.
• "Rust Bluing" Steve Nelson, 3 pp. excellent run-through, but no acid formulas, in Gunmaker No. 94. Mentions John Bivins' article for making a damp box in Rifle # 36.
• "The Magic and Mystery of Curly Maple" Raymond Kirkbride, Jr., 5 pp. How to find the trees and work the wood, with a sidebar on blank preservation, in May Muzzle Blasts.

2001, No. 2

• "Working the New Stevens Favorite” Chick Blood, 4 pp. of how to service, disassemble the Savage M 30 Favorite repro, with exploded view, in January American Gunsmith.
• "A Pair of Aces: the A-5 and the 5-A" Clarence Anderson, 9-pp. history and comparison of the Lyman and Winchester rifle scopes, in the February issue of The Accurate Rifle.
• "Secrets for Loading the Old Ones, Part 1" John Campbell, 8-pp. guide on getting old rifles to shoot accurately, in the February issue of The Accurate Rifle. Part 2, 5 pp. in the March issue with Greenhill formula chart.
• "Custom Stocking a Farquharson, Part 1" Dominick Pisano, 3-pp. article on making a pattern stock for machine forming, in February The Accurate Rifle. Parts 2 & 3, fitting the machined stock 5 pp. in the March issue.
• "Wood Finish of the Early American Firearm" Eric Kettenburg, Part 1: Use and Mfg. of Scraping Blades, in January Muzzle Blasts. Part 2: Staining and Burnishing (with aqua fortis) in February, 2001 issue.
• "Stangenspargel" (Lance asparagus) David Schiller, describes a most unusual French "Mousqueton Modele 1854" 9 mm breechloader, wherein the vertical dropping breechblock secures a rimfire cartridge ignited by a hook-shaped vertical striker (apparently with a cam at its top) powered by the trigger guard as mainspring. The French used it as parade arm with 46-inch bayonet. Two specimens exist in European museums. If you can figure this out any better than I, you'll need to see the 5-pp. article, from February Visier. Most of it deals with French history.
• "From Pelt to Felt" Jim Hardee, 4-pp. description of how felt hats were made from beaver fur. Want to know how that derby was made, that you wear to matches? in Jan. 1999 Muzzle Blasts.
• "The New High Wall Rifle and Action" Tom Schiffer, 5-pp. evaluation of the new Winchester high wall rifle made by the Ballard Rifle and Cartridge Company in Cody, WY in February Precision Shooting.
• "Flash Hole Study, .44-90 Meacham Highwall" M.L. McPherson, 10 pp. in February Precision Shooting. Larger holes improve accuracy.
• "Fill that Unsightly Hole" Chip Todd, 4-pp instructions for filling screw holes and dovetail sight slots, in the February issue of American Gunsmith.
• "The US Model 1873 'Trapdoor' Springfield" Paul Scarlata, 4 pp. of history in January-February, 2000 Classic Arms and Militaria.
• "The Toggenburger" Garry Hollands, 3-pp. description of Chicago rifle, in March SS Exchange

2001, No. 1

• "Lights, Camera, Shoot" John Coory, 6-pp. description of the role of the "armorer" in present-day film production, in November Australian Shooter.
• "Boots Obermeyer, on Extreme Rifle Accuracy, Part 2" John Taylor, 5-pp. interview about 5R rifling profile with non-radial land edges, in December, 2000 Accurate Rifle. (Part 1 is in November, 2000 issue.)
• "Forend Bedding for Single-Shot Rifles”, Steven Hughes, 4 pp. about Rugers and Winchesters, in Dec. Accurate Rifle.
• "The Fabulous .40s; Great Cartridges from a Golden Era" John Campbell, 8 pp. with loads, in December Accurate Rifle.
• "Classic Cartridges: Getting Down to Cases" John Campbell, 5 pp. of classifying old cartridges into six groups, in January Accurate Rifle.
• "A Short History of the .22 Rimfire Cartridge in the United States" Hap Rocketto, 9 pp. in December Accurate Rifle. (Maybe you should subscribe to The Accurate Rifle!)
• "An Old Twist to a New Millennium" John Campbell, 6-pp. discussion of the importance of matching bullet weight to rifling twist, and Norm Lammers' Greenhill formula chart, in November Precision Shooting.
• "Schuyler, Hartley & Graham; Sales & Shipments of Military Remington Rolling Block Arms to the Americas, 1868 to 1900" Edward Hull, 9-pp. in-depth article about the Remington rolling blocks sold south of the border, in December Gun Report.
• "Alexander Henry's Rook Rifle and ihre große Schwester" (Alexander Henry's Rook Rifle and its Big Sister) Bertram Kropa, 4-pp. about a smaller version of the Henry dropping block rifle, in December Visier.
• "Making an Adjustable Headspace Gage for Rimmed Cartridges" Lowell Braxton, 4 pp. in December-January Machinist’s Workshop.
• “Me and My Guedes" Thos. Davis, 4 pp. of shooting an 1885 Guedes rifle, in Nov-Dec The Fouling Shot. Davis' email is thosthree@worldnet.att.net
• "Fred T. Huntington, RCBS Inventor and Marketing Genius" Karl Bosselmann, 10 pp. in two parts, in January and February, 1995 issues of Target Gun (GB), photocopy sent by the author.
• "Winchester Low Wall .25-20 WCF" Ken Waters describes his original rifle in 3 pp. in Rifle No. 193, January 2001.
• "Laufkundschaft" (Passing trade) Hartmut Mrosek and Matthias Rektenwald, 4-pp. evaluation (in German) of the Rigby long range match rifle reproduction by Artax (no address), in November Visier.
• "Sharps Breechblock Repair" Dan Phariss, 3 pp. article of bushing the (Model 1874) firing pin hole and making a new firing pin out of a piece of 3/32" piano wire, in Winter, 2000 Black Powder Cartridge News.

2000, No. 6

• "Gunmakers of Norwich, Connecticut, Part 1 - W.H. Davenport Arms Company" Dick Salzer, 2-pp. history with relationships with Bay State and Hopkins and Allen companies, and a list of Davenport patents, in the October issue of The Gun Report.
• "Francis Bannerman VI, Military Goods Dealer to the World" Dwight Demeritt Jr, 8 pp. of history in the May Bulletin of the American Society of Arms Collectors, No. 82,
• "Making a Spinning Target" Lowell Braxton, 2 pp. in Machinist’s Workshop, Oct-Nov. (Welding one seems easier.)
• "Determining the Size of a Metric Thread from Inch Measurements" Robert Koval, 2 pp. in Machinist’s Workshop, Oct-Nov.
• "Recent Observations Concerning the Issue and Trial of the Experimental 24" Barrel Springfield Carbine (Model 1886)" Dusan Farrington, 13 pp. with footnotes in December Man at Arms.
• "Lemon Meringue Stock - A linseed oil finish for Amateurs" Nikitas Kypridemos, 5-pp. article using 1 egg, 1 lemon, alcohol, and linseed oil, in 2001 Gun Digest.
• "John Barlow, the Ideal Man" Jim Foral, 9-pp. history of Barlow and Ideal loading tools and molds, in 2001 Gun Digest.
• "Wood Scrapers, an Alternative to Sandpaper" Larry Lyles, how to make them from old saw blades, 6 pp. in November Muzzle Blasts.
• "Wood Finishes for the Home Workshop" Curly Maples, 5-pp. almost a follow-up of the previous article, in November Muzzle Blasts.

2000, No. 5

• "Photographs of an altered Remington RB Rifle" by the late Maurice Guy. A 1-pp. spread of a .40-70 Sharps Straight rolling block with Hepburn-style side lever, altered by James Brown & Son, Pittsburgh in the 1880s, in Man at Arms, August issue.
• "Edler Wilder Westen" Markolf Schmidt, 7-pp review of Lone Star rolling block and C. Sharps highwall rifles, and BP loading table for 15 cartridges, in July Deutsches Waffen-Journal.
• "Ruud um den Block" (Around the Block), Hartmut Mrosek and Matthias Recktenwald, 7-pp review of the Pedersoli Sharps Millennium and Boss Gun replicas (in German), in the July issue of Visier.
• "A Trip to the Ballard Rifle and Cartridge Company" John Dutcher, 4-pp. description of the company's operation, in August Precision Shooting.
• "The Effects of Muzzle Damage Examined" Norman Johnson, 5-pp. analysis of 12 degree muzzle cut (minimal; changed point of impact), rock damage and cleaning rod wear (considerable) in August Precision Shooting.
• "Structural Analysis of Firearms Metals" Robert Fish, 4 pp. in August American Gunsmith.
• "The Ruger No. 1, Shooting and Tuning" Ross Seyfried, 7-pp. in Rifle No. 191.
• "The Eagle Target" Jack Stoner, 1-pp account of the German Vogelschieβen with schuetzen rifle at last year's NMLRA National Match, in August Muzzle Blasts.
• "Installing a Pre-threaded Short Chambered Rifle Barrel" Steve Acker, 7 pp. in August-September Machinist’s Workshop.

2000, No. 4

• "This Chamber Ring Thing" John Campbell, with tests by Charlie Dell and comments by Mic McPherson, 8 pp. in May Precision Shooting. Use pure cotton wads, not Dacron.
• "Australian Cadet Martini Rifles" Part 1 of 2, Ian Skennerton & Ray McMahon, 7-pp. description & exploded view, in Int’l Arms & Militaria Collector Magazine Bulletin No. 19.
• "You CAN Do Something" Eric Value, 3-pp account of a buyer's legal ordeal in getting his money back for an altered sword from William Fagen of Clinton, Michigan. The lawsuit was successful, but a $4750 sword cost the seller almost ten times that in legal fees. Did you know that a 5-day return policy means that the item must be back in the hands of the seller in five days, even if three of those are on a holiday weekend? In the June issue of The Gun Report.
• "The Little Darling of the Ballard Line, Yesterday and Today" G.J. Layman, 3 pp. of praise for the 3F Fine Gallery Model and the Ballard Rifle & Cartridge Co. reproduction, in May-June Backwoodsman.
• "A Tale of Three Maynards" Garry Hollands, 4-pp. Part 3, 1863 percussion and 1882 Cartridge. (the 1st two parts discussed the 1863 military carbine, civilian models 1865 and 1873, the 1st two percussion rifles, and 1873 CF rifle, September 1999 and January, 2000), in SS Exchange, June 2000.
• "Manson Rifle Receiver Blueprinting Tools" Steve Acker, 5-pp. of how to rifle a bolt action receiver from the rear, in line with the bolt cavity, in July-August Machinist’s Workshop.
• "Removing a Broken Screw" Steve Acker, 3-pp. article of various methods, and finally an end mill when others fail, in June-July Home Shop Machinist.
• "The Swinburn Rifle - An 'Improved' Martini?" Ray McMahon, 2-pp. with action drawings from patents of the 1870s British trials, in International Arms & Militaria Collector, No. 19.
• "Creedmore [sic]: An American Spectacle" Dick Salzer. 12-pp. recount of the 1873 first international match, with a listing of long range rifles, in The Gun Report, December, 1998.
• "The Wilkinson Loader" Robert Halter, 3-pp. description of the powder measure, in The Gun Report, January, 1999.
• "Mossberg SSI-One" Stan Trzoniec, 4-pp. description of Mossberg's introduction into the single shot rifle game with an under-lever tip-up rifle for high-power cartridges, in Rifle, July, 2000.
• “My Luck Continues" Robert Altmaier, 2-pp. description of Peter Altmaier rifles (Harrisburg, PA), including a single shot, in May issue of Monthly Bugle of Penn. Antique Gun Collectors Assn.
• "Weight Sorting Brass" Clint Dahlstrom, 2 pp. in Spring/Summer issue of Canadian Marksman.
• "The Model 1878 Sharps Rifle" Dave Thorn, 3 pp. history in the summer issue of Black Powder Cartridge News. Address of where to get letters of authentication
• "Contouring Tapered or Swamped Barrels" Fred Stutzenberger, 4-pp. Part V of "Essentials of Barrelmaking" in the July issue of Muzzle Blasts.

2000, No. 3

• "Albini-Braendlin Fusil Modele 1853-1867M/80" Part 1, Guy & Leonard A-R-West, 4-pp. description of the first Belgian (trapdoor) breechloader, in March-April Classic Arms and Militaria.
• "Something Special - AGP22", Colin Greenwood, 2-pp. description of a Parker-Hale .22LR Francotte Martini rifle with a long eye relief Zeiss scope mounted so low as to be in direct contact with the barrel, in March-April Classic Arms and Militaria.
• "Die gab's nur einmal" Klaus Schinmeyer, 6-pp. evaluation of C. Sharps Arms Model 1875 sidehammer rifle, in the March issue of Deutsches Waffen-Journal.
• "Reading Wind Conditions" Bill Bartram, 7 partial pp. about wind flags in April Precision Shooting. Seems obvious: direction and velocity. Nice photo of Stevens Favorites on the cover.
• "Molybdenum Disulfide and Shooting" James Bachynsky, 4-pp. success story of bullet lube in Canadian Marksman, winter, 2000.
• "30-90 C. Sharps Sporting Rifle (Hartford Style)" Dave Scovill in the "Spotting Scope" section of Rifle No. 189, 4-pp. article of praise, with loads.
• "Takedown Rifles, practical or frivolous?" Ross Seyfried, 8-pp. describing various takedown systems, but with major exclusions, in Rifle, No. 189.
• "Sight Pressing with Whathaveyou", making rams for drill-press or vise for pushing out/in dovetail sights, 2 pp. in May American Gunsmith.

2000, No. 2

• "Metal Finishes for the Home Workshop" Rusty Steele (surely a pen name), 5 pp. guide to bluing and browning for the hobbyist gun builder, in February Muzzle Blasts.
• "Schuetzen Gun Company" 2-pp. evaluation of a rolling block rifle by Richard McKinney in the "Custom Corner" by Stan Trazoniec in March Rifle magazine.
• "A Prototype Colt Laidley Rifle - Death of a Salesman" Edward A. Hull, 3-pp. addendum to this rolling block rifle's story published in the December, 1967 The Gun Report. 52 rifles were made for Russian consideration and then the patent was bought by Eli Whitney for production of the Whitney-Laidley rifle. This article is in the March, 2000 issue of The Gun Report.
• "Billy Dixon, Plainsman Supreme" Steve Englert, 6-pp. account taken from Arms Gazette, in Black Powder Annual, 1995. Engkert owns Dixon's 1876 Winchester, .45-75 rifle.
• "The Great Creedmoor Rifle Match of 1874" Bob Smith, 10-pp. account with bibliography, in Black Powder Annual, 1987.
• "The Ethics of Arms Restoration" David Chicoine, 3 pp. in Man at Arms, April, 2000. Depends on definition.
• "Stevens Favorite Model 30G" 2-pp. critical evaluation in the Dope Bag of The American Rifleman, March, 2000.

2000, No. 1

• "Keller-Meister" Andreas Keiner & Hartmut Mrosek, 7-pp. review of the new improved Sanftl percussion schuetzen rifle with rear-striking hammer, in German, in November Visier.
• "The Civil War Sharps Rifle" John McAulay, 6-pp. overview of the 1859 Sharps percussion in the service of Army, Navy, and Connecticut, in April, 1999 American Rifleman. "Meacham Low Wall" 2-pp. Dope Bag review in August, 1999 American Rifleman. They like it.
• "Westley Richards Breech-Loaders" Roy McMahon, 2-pp. account of the 1869 British field trials that chose the Martini (rifle, not the cocktail) instead, in No. 18 International Arms & Militaria Collector.
• "Allyn H. Tedmon: Godfather of Stevens Rifles" Clarence Anderson, 9-pp. biography in December Precision Shooting.
• "Browning's Superb Single Shot" John Enright, 3-pp. review of the 1885 BP rifle, in Dec. Australian Shooter.
• "Chambering a Rifle Barrel for Accuracy" Randolph Constantine, 5 pp. in December Home Shop Machinist.
• "Stronger Scope Installation" Steve Acker, (re-tap to 8-40 screws), 4 pp. in December Home Shop Machinist.
• "Nagant-Remington Rifle Production" Ed Hull, 4 pp. of the Swiss connection of Russian rolling blocks, and more information sought, in 4th Quarter, 1999 of Remington Society of America Journal.
• "Names and Notes" 2-pp. report on the German team at Quantico last August by Robert Cadek, in January Visier (in German).
• "Donau-Welle" Wolfgang Finze & Hamza Malalla, 6-pp. description of the Austrian Werndl rifles M. 1867 and 1873, with dimensions of the 11 mm Werndl Cartridge, in January Visier (in German).

1999, No. 6

• "Bristlen Cal. 45 di Pedersoli" Bruno Circi, 4-pp. evaluation of Italian percussion rifle, in July, 1992 Armi e Tiro.
• "Per Fare Sempre Centro" Nicola Bandini, 4-pp. evaluation of Pedersoli 1874 Sharps Sporting No. 3 and 1874 Sharps Silhouette rifles, in Sept. 1995 Armi e Tiro.
• "La Fine dell' Avancarica" Nello Ciampitti, 4-pp. evaluation of original 1873 Springfield trapdoor rifle, in July, 1995 Armi e Tiro.
• "La Rinascita del Trapdoor" Nicola Bandini, 6-pp. evaluation of Pedersoli Springfield trapdoor long range rifle S-906, in March 1989 Armi e Tiro.
• "Handlich and preiswert" Norbert Klups, 4-pp. evaluation of the H&R Handi-Rifle, in September Deutsches WaffenJournal.
• "Finding and Making Gun Parts" Steve Acker, 2 pp. of hints, legalities, and 7 sources, in October Machinist’s Workshop.
• "Remington Single-Barrel Rolling Block Shotguns" 5 pp. in Remington Society of America Journal, 3rd Quarter, 1999.
• "The Lure of the Single Shot" Mark Keefe, 5-pp. introduction in November/December American Rifleman.
• "John Madole's Sidelever Barreled Action" Steven Hughes, 2-pp. (and cover photo) of modified Ruger No. 3, in October Precision Shooting.
• "Loading the .50-70 Government" Mike Venturino, 6 pp, 8 loads. in Handloader No. 202.
• ".25-36 Marlin" Ken Waters, 6 pp. with loads, in Handloader No. 202.
• "Remington-Gewehr" Hans Heigel, 4-pp. evaluation of the Remington-made No. 1 rolling block Mid-Range Sporter, in German, in November Internationales Waffen-Journal.
• "Building a Target Rifle" Part 4, Steve Acker, 7-pp. head-spacing, crowning, mounting and truing scope mounts, in November-December Home Shop Machinist.
• "Rain, Rain, Go Away", Harold Vaughn and Jack Jackson, 6-pp. discussion of the effect of raindrops on the bullet's flight, in November Precision Shooting.

1999, No. 5

• "Provaci Ancora Quigley" Nicola Bandini, (in Italian), 8 pp. praise of Pedersoli's Model 1852 (the date on the side-plate) Sharps Quigley Sporting .45-120 Rifle, in June Armi e Tiro.
• "Prova Evergreen" Nicola Bandini, (in Italian), 6-pp. report on the 1874 Armi Sport Sharps replica in .45-70, in Armi e Tiro, July.
• "Fall Sucht" Wolfgang Finze, &Matthias Recktenwald (in German), 4 pp. of reloading information for the .577-.450 Martini Henry, in Visier, July.
• "Conversions for Winchester Single Shot Action" K.E. Smith, 1 p. of drawings for conversion to rimless case extraction; adaptation to draw bolt through stock; bushed firing pin; and template for bending lower tang to pistol grip, in March, 1961 Precision Shooting.
• "Büffeltöter" (Buffalo Slayer) Markolf Schmidt (in German), 7-pp. review of Shiloh Sharps Model 1874 LRE .45110 rifle, in Deutsches Waffen-Journal, July.
• "The Importance of Correct Stock Design" Karl Bosselmann, 4 pp. of criteria, in Australian Shooters Journal, July.
• "Ball & Williams Ballards: Early 1862 to mid 1965" John Dutcher, 17 pp. history and description of the arms, in Gun Report, August.
• "Pin-Hole Diopter Shooting Glasses" Don Depew, 2 pp. of how to put the peep sight on your glasses for better vision, in August Muzzle Blasts.
• "Fifty-one, Fifty-five, and Fifty-seven" George Stephens, 6-pp. description of two Ray Morgan-Eric Johnson target rifles, of which fewer than 85 were made, in Precision Shooting, August.
• "Flute Your Own Barrel" Norman Johnson, 2-pp. how-to-do-it, in Machinist’s Workshop, August.
• "Building a Target Rifle, Part 3" Steve Acker, 8 pp. of chambering, in The Home Shop Machinist, Sept.-October.
• "Watson Gun-Sight Company" Alan Capon, 7-pp. reproduction of that company's 24-pp. turn-of-century catalog, in Arms Collecting, August.

1999, No. 4

• "Some Brief Experiments in Ballistics" Karl Bosselmann, 3-pp. of three experiments that indicate hunting rifles should be zeroed at the conditions of altitude and temperature expected at the hunt site, in Australian Shooters Journal, May, 1999.
• "Building a Target Rifle" Part 2, Steve Acker, cutting receiver threads and truing Remington bolt lugs and face, 7 pp. in Home Shop Machinist, July-August, 1999.
• "The Return of the Ballard" Tom Schiffer, 7-pp. review of the new rifles of the Ballard Arms & Cartridge. Co, in Precision Shooting, July, 1999.

1999, No. 3

• "The Wurffleins of Philadelphia: Artisans at the End of an Era" Ronelle Willadsen 18-pp. overview of the family and its percussion and tip-up rifles, in the Journal of the American Society of Arms Collectors, No. 79.
• "Alvan Clark and the False Muzzle" John D. Hamilton, 7-pp. describing the invention of 1840, in the Journal of the American Society of Arms Collectors, No. 79.
• "The British .450-.577 Martini Henry Rifle, Part 1, Where it came from" Allan Vaisham, 4 pp; “Martini-Henry, an All-Time Classic, Part 2, How to shoot one" Winston Coates, 3 pp., both in March, 1999 Australian Shooters Journal.
• "The Best of the Boys' Rifles" John Dunn, 4-pp. praise of Stevens Favorites and Remington No. 4, in April, 1999 Australian Shooters Journal.
• "Erbfolge" (Inheritor), Peter Keller & Matthias Recktenwald, 2-pp praise of H&R's Buffalo Classic tip-up rifle, in March, 1999 Visier. (German)
• "Replacing an Integral Front Sight" Steve Acker, 3 pp. on a Ruger Blackhawk sight, in Machinist’s Workshop, April 1999.
• "Tips to Build a German Claw Mount" Reto Buehler, 2 pp. in Gunmaker No. 86.
• "Pressure-Sustaining Cartridges" David Tucker, 7 pp. overview of whisper cartridges without report, muzzle flash or smoke, in the Journal of the Int'l. Ammunition Assn., No 406.
• "Martini-Henry Nonsense" Barry Temple, 2 pp explaining the .577/.450 cartridge designation, in Int’l Arms and Militaria Collector, No. 15.
• "Custom Corner - Stott's Creek Armory" Stan Trzoniec, 2-pp of praise of Dick Binger's splendid Sharps-Borchardt restoration, in Rifle, No. 183.
• "Ballard No. 5 Pacific Model; Revival of a Classic" Mike Venturino. 3-pp. description of the new Ballard rifle, although this one with a 3-finger lever, in Rifle, 183.
• "The Single Shot Advantage" Ross Seyfried, (You better make that first shot count!), 5 pp. in Rifle, # 183.
• "What About Gain Twist Barrels?" M.L. McPherson, 10-pp. of positive results, in Precision Shooting, April, 1999.
• "Time Capsule; objects in history" Jim Fitzpatric, 1-pp. description of Pope Mfg. Co. bicycles for use in wartime (Pope-cycles?), in American History, April, 1999, sent by Bob Tyler for the archives.
• "Long Range Büchsen von Andreas Baumkircher" (Long range rifles of A.B.) Bertram Kropac, 4-pp. description of new Swiss RB rifle, in the April, Internationales Waffen-Magazin (in German).
• "Seltene Gaste" (Strange Guests) W. Finze & M. Recktenwald, 6-pp. review of C. Sharps Arms Co. Sharps, and Lone Star rolling block rifles, in the April, 1999 Visier. (In German).
• "Remington Pistol-Framed Cadet Rifle" Leon Wier, 3-pp explanation of 50 cal. RF rifles made up of Remington parts by Hardy & Graham Co., in the 1st Quarter, 1999 Journal of the Rem Soc. of America.
• "Building a Target Rifle" Steve Acker, Part 1 of a series; threading the barrel on a bolt action, 9 pp. in The Home Shop Machinist, May-June, 1999.
• "Black Powder Cartridges for Hunting and Silhouette on the Range and in the Field" Mike Venturino, 7-pp. article with tips for shooting, in Handloader No. 199.
• "Der Konkurrent - Remington Rolling Block No. 5 Military Rifle" Gerhard Ortmeier, 4-pp. history of the Mexican connection (in German) in Deutsches Waffen-Journal, April, 1999.
• "A Boer Martini" Geoffrey Allen, 4-pp. description and history of a Z.A.R. Francotte-Martini, .577-450, in V. 5, No. 6 Classic Arms and Militaria.
• "The Cadet Martini" Geoff Allen, 2-pp. article about collecting and shooting, in V. 6, # 1 Classic Arms and Militaria.

1999, No. 2

• "Rifles for BPCR Silhouette Competition" Mike Venturino, 6 pp. of evaluation of currently available single shot rifles and calibers (all positive), in Rifle, No. 182.
• "Build a Working Canon" Paul Holm, 5 pp. in Machinist’s Workshop, February, 1999.
• "A Rear Sight Shifter" Steve Acker, for the 1911 Colt: a screw with a piece of angle iron, 2 pp. in Machinist’s Workshop, February (Formerly Projects in Metal).
• "Gun Iron and Mild Steel" L.H. Swinney, 5 pp. of the history of barrel steels, in Muzzle Blasts, March, 1999, reprinted from No. 78 Journal of the American Society of Arms Collectors, May, 1998.
• "Spurensuche" Wolfgang Dicke, 5-pp. article about the German roots of Winchester engraver, John Ulrich, in February Deutsches Waffen-Journal (in German).
• "Dr. Maynard's Rifle-Musket" O.H. McKagen, 4-pp. description of flintlock conversion to breechloader, in March Gun Report.

1999, No. 1

• "Pedersoli's 1874 Sharps" David Hanna, 5-pp article about shooting it and a little history. He doesn't mention the metallurgical shortcomings, in Australian Shooters Journal, Nov. 1998.
• "Hege-Uberti Western Single Shot Rifle Mod. 1885" Hans Heigel, 3-pp. article of praise the the Italian high wall rifle, in the January-February issue of Internationales Waffen-Magazin.
• "A Barrel Vise" Steve Acker, 2-pp how to build one, in December, 1998 Projects in Metal.
• "A Short Primer on the Primer" M.L. McPherson, 10-pp unusually lucid explanation of what happens at the instant of ignition, and that the choice of primer makes a difference, in December Precision Shooting.
• "More Notes on the .45-70 and Reduced Capacity Cases" Bruce Buckner, with comment by Mic McPherson, 4-pp in December Precision Shooting, a follow-up of a previous 7-pp article, "A Newcomer to the 45-70 and Some Notes on Reduced Capacity Cases" in the May issue.
• ".25-20 Single Shot" Gil Sengel, 3-pp. history and dimensions (no loads), in Handloader No. 197.
• "Case Coloring" Bill Holmes, 3-pp. description of how to do it easily with tincture of benzoin (but see Letters section), in 1994 Guns Illustrated Annual.
• "Iron Sights for Classic Rifles" Roger Clouser, 8-pp. evaluation of modern-made target vernier sights, nothing negative, addresses, in Precision Shooting, January, 1999.

1998, No. 6

• "Meacham High Wall and Low Wall" Part 2, M.L. McPherson, 10-pp. description of testing Meacham's action with a .22 Hornet, Precision Shooting, September, 1998.
• "Block-Buster" Wolfgang Finze, 4 pp. description of the 12.17x44R Swedish rolling block and how to reload for it (use .348 Winchester brass) Visier, Oct. 1998 (in German).
• "Chambering a Rifle Barrel" Steve Acker, 4 pp. (but he checks the headspace with the barrel still in the lathe!) Projects in Metal, October, 1998.
• "The Last Post: Dr. Walter G. Hudson" Paul Nordquist, 8-pp. recap of Hudson's life, Precision Shooting, October, 1998.
• "The Battle of Adobe Walls" Bob Glodt, 4-pp. description, Black Powder Cartridge News, fall, 1998. In the next issue: Dixon's 1538-yard shot.
• "Lone Star Rolling Blocks" Mike Venturino, 3-pp. description of rifles, including the Cove underlever, Black Powder Cartridge News, fall, 1998.
• "Yaw, Drag, and Twist" Dr. Richard Gunn, 3 pp., Black Powder Cartridge News, fall, 1998.
• "A Look Back At - and Into - the Maynard Rifle" Chick Blood, 5-pp description with disassembly and reassembly of the Model 1882 rifle, American Gunsmith, November, 1998.
• ".25-20 Single Shot" C. Brockway, 5-pp. description of shooting a built-up High Wall, with loads, in Handloader, No. 196.
• "Case-Forming the .310 Cadet Cartridge" Joel Black, 4 pp. of forming brass from the .32-20 WCF, The Single Shot Exchange, November, 1998.
• "Lewis L. Hepburn, Remington Gunmaker Extra Ordinaire" Swinney, 14-pp. biography with descriptions of his rifles, including the Remington Hepburn, 4-barrel rifle, and lever action repeaters, Remington Society of America Journal, 2nd Quarter, 1998.
• "William P. McFarland and the Maynard Rifle" Ken Descovich, 5-pp. history of McFarland's career with the Mass. Arms Company, and description of his rack-and-pinion tang sight, Gun Report, May, 1998.
• "Special Order New Haven Arms Co. Rising Block Sporting Rifle" R. Bruce McDowell, 7-pp. description of an unusual single shot rifle wherein the 32 rimfire chamber is in the breechblock, Gun Report, October, 1998.
• "A 'Dual Fire Maynard' Response" Ed. by C.R. Suydam, one page comment on McKagen's article in the April Gun Report, this one in the October, 1998 issue.

1998, No. 5

• ".38-50 Remington" Jerry Matalavag, 2 pp. of loads and shooting, in Black Powder Cartridge News, summer, 1998.
• "The Battle of Adobe Walls" Bob Glodt, Part 1, Prelude to a Conflict, 4 pp. in Black Powder Cartridge News, summer, 1998.
• "The Versatile Ballard Dual Ignition Rifle" Allen Bristow, 2 pp. of the pitfalls of shooting it, in The Backwoodsman, July-August, 1998.
• "Shooting the Snider-Enfield .577" Garry Hollands, 2 pp. in The Single Shot Exchange, May, 1997.
• "L'eterno Rivale dello Sharps" Nello Ciampitti, 6-pp. evaluation of the Umberti Winchester high wall reproduction, less critical than that of John Campbell in the Journal/News of March-April, in Italian, in Armi e Tiro, July, 1998.
• "In Our Own Time ... Kenneth R. Bresien" Clark Frasier, 3-pp. description of Bresien's barrels and his life history, in Muzzle Blasts, August, 1998.
• "Do-It-Yourself; Electrochemical Bore Cleaner" Dann Eichner, 2 pp. in August, 1998 American Gunsmith.
• "Cutting Rifle Barrel Threads" Steve Acker, 2 pp. in August, 1998 Projects in Metal.
• "Rust Bluing, Step-by Step" no author given, 4 pp. in American Gunsmith, December, 1997.
• "Meacham High Wall and Low Wall" Part 1, M.L. McPherson, 7-pp. description of Steve Meacham's reproduction rifles, their design and production, in August, 1998 Precision Shooting.
• "Westley Richards .310 cadet; the New Guinea Connection" Murray Thompson, 2 pp. in Int’l Arms & Militaria Collector, No. 13

1998, No. 4

• "Block-Werke" Hartmut Mrosek and Matthias Recktenwald, 12-pp. description of European falling block .45-70 rifle reproductions with historic photos from the ASSRA journal, in the May issue of Visier (in German).
• "Ruger No. 1 in .218 Bee" Stan Trzoniec, 5 pp. with loads, in Rifle magazine, No. 178, July 1998.
• "Eine kurze Karriere" Dr. David Schiller, 6-pp. description of the Remington Rider split-breech carbine and a comparison with the Pedersoli reproduction, in June Visier (in German.)
• "Browning Mod. 1885 Traditional Hunter" Hans Heigel, 3-pp cursory description, in German, in Internationales Waffen-Magazin, May 1998.

1998, No. 3

• "Cast Bullets in the Ruger No. 1" Merrill Martin, 6 pp of how to get the Ruger No. 1 to shoot, in The Cast Bullet, March-April, 1998.
• "A 'Dual-Fire' Maynard Carbine Conversion?" O.H. McKagen, 4 pp. in April, 1998 Gun Report. Fires both percussion and RF .56-50 Spencer
• "Centering a Rifle Bore" Steve Acker, the Gunsmith Machinist, 2 pp. in Projects in Metal, April, 1998.
• "Make Your Own Bulk Gun-Cleaner/Lubricant”, Bob Bradley, 4 pp. in American Gunsmith, March, 1998.
• "Make Your Own Bore Cleaner for Less Than $26 a Gallon" Bob Bradley, 2 pp. in April, American Gunsmith.

1998, No. 2

• "Today's .45-70 Trapdoor Springfields; Modern Replicas for a Classic Cartridge" Mike Venturino, 4-pp appraisal of Pedersoli trapdoors sold by Cabella's. (They have 3-groove bbls.) in Nov, 1997 Shooting Times.
• "Drilling and Tapping for Scope Mounts" Steve Acker, 3 pp. in Projects in Metal, February, how to mount bolt action receiver scope mounts.
• "Distinguiert; Blockbüchse System Frohn 1906" (Distinguished Dropping Block Rifle of the System Frohn) Walter Schulz, (in German) 2-pp description of Werner Biederstädt's newly manufactured SS hunting rifle, as a supplement to the description of his target rifle described in DMJ 8/1996, in Deutsches Waffen-Journal, January, 1998.
• The Specialheft 98 issue of Internationales WaffenMagazin is dedicated to sniper rifles and their use, ancient and modern (mostly modern.) In German. Borrow the whole issue for $5.
• "Uberti's New High Wall" Brett Boyd's cursory test of the .45-70 Winchester replica and he likes it, 3 pp. in March Single Shot Exchange. See also John Campbell's evaluation in this issue of the News.
• "Match Shooting in 1877" S.S. Young, 8-pp. description of sight pictures, wind doping, shooting positions for long range shooting, excerpted from The Three Rifles (reviewed in the last issue), in Black Powder, journal of the Muzzle L