Recent Past Revisions:

February 15, 2004 M1858/68 Naval Albini-Braendlin (14.7x51R (.577) (Naval Rifle).  Added text and nice series of photos!
February 15, 2004 M1853/68 South Australia Albini-Braendlin (.577 Snider) Wholly revised and added excellent photos.
September 1, 2003  M1868(?) South Australia Albini-Braendlin (.577 Snider)
                                        Discovered new rifle that fits this cite's criteria and created new page
August 31, 2003   M1869 Werder "Aptiertes"  added text
August 31, 2003   M1853/67 Tabatiere  polished and added text
August 31, 2003   M1859/67 Carabine de Chasseur 'a Tabatiere  polished and added text
August 31, 2003   M1876 Krag-Peterson  Finally finished the first edition of this page after starting it 2 years ago!!
August 31, 2003   fixed some broken links in the Rifles For Sale page

August 30, 2003   M1867 (68?) Turkish Snider   Brand new page!!
August 28, 2003   M1868 Papal Remington  Completely revised and added multiple pages & photos!
August 26, 2003   M1871 &1871/89 Remington (Oviedo)  Corrected some minor text errors
August 24, 2003   M1857/67 Krnka  Added photos of markings and e-mail translating markings
August 24, 2003   M1870 Berdan II   Added photos of markings and e-mail translating markings
August 11, 2003   M1878/80 Mauser-Milovanovic Revised text, added photos
August 11, 2003   M1878 Kropatchek  Revised text and photos
August 11, 2003   M1884 Kropatchek Revised text
August 3, 2002    Added new rifle to "Unknown rifles" at the head of the rifles Main Index
August 3, 2003    M1874 (1877) Greek Gras.  Finally did something with the page!
August 3, 2003    M1888 British Lee-Metfords (Mark I, Mark I* and Mark II) Revised text and photos
 

April 22, 2003 M1888 Mannlicher  Revised information regarding the ammunition of the M1888 Mannlicher

October 23, 02  M1871 &1871/89 Remington (Oviedo)   Got around to revising the Spanish Oviedo-made Remingtons page with cleaned up text and a new set of photos

August 6, 2002 - changed Holland to the more correct Netherlands

August 4, 2002 -   Repaired about 80!!  broken links ... had no idea there had gotten to be so many links on this site!!

M1882 Vetterli-Bertolo  Added correspondence and drawings

February 04, 2002  M1871 - M1889 Martini-Henry (new info, pics & Ventometer pics!)
February 12, 2002  M18  ? Peabody-Wessley-Henry / Westley Richards (new information)
February 12, 2002  M1853/67 Tabatiere  New information and pictures of the Mle 1822/67T.bis
February 19, 2002  M1870 Berdan II   Pics and Information ref the Berdan II Dragoon Rifle

February 25, 2002  NORWAY and SWEDEN have been separated and substantially revised.  (Because Norway and Sweden were loosly united during the 1865-1888 period, I have listed them together and had substantially confused their separate long arms, especially the Remington rolling block rifles.  I believe that I have, for the most part, untangled the Gordian Knot I had created.  :)

March 3, 2002       M1886 Mauser-Kropatchek  Added excellent letter received with historical information
 

December 29, 2001  M1866 Canadian Peabody
December 30, 2001  Peabodys & Peabody-Martinis
December 30, 2001  M1868 (1st Model) Spanish Peabody
December 30, 2001  M1870 (2nd Model) Spanish Peabody
December 30, 2001  M1868 Roumanian Peabody
December 30, 2001  M1867 and M1867/77 Swiss Peabody
December 30, 2001  M1879 Roumanian Peabody-Martini

September 10, 2001  M1869 n.M. Werder
                        M1866-7(?) Chasspot conversion

4/5/2001  Spanish  "La Azpeitiana" Spanish Snider

4/1/2001  RESOURCES:one of the country's best gunsmiths.

4/1/2001  UNKNOWN RIFLE!!  Please help me identify this Unknown rifle!  M1866/?? Chasspot Conversion

March 18:  Peabodys & Peabody-Martinis  Additional information, pics and links from this page to related pages (found at the bottom of this page, below)

March 18:  M1872 Turkish Peabody-Martini  much additional information including links to The Turkish Connection - The Saga of the Peabody-Martini Rifle, by William O. Achtermeier,

March 16:  M1866/75 Argentine Remington:  many additional photos and information

March 16:  M1870 & M1882 Belgian Comblain:  whole new photo set

March 3:  To the Links page, a link to: Man At Arms Magazine , perhaps the finest scholarly publication in the Englaish language for the arms collector!

March 3:  M1866 Turkish Winchester The Plevna Delay, an article by Richard T. Trenk, Sr., originally published in Man At Arms Magazine, Volume 19, Number Four, August, 1997

March 3: M1887 Turkish Mauser Added additional information