My Collecting "philosophy" and the "universe" of what I focus on.
(To identify a Non-US issued / Black Powder Metallic Cartridge / Military / Rifle).
Parts, Repair, Reloading & Shooting Supplies & INFO
of Excellent Further Readings & Sources
to other excellent related sites.
Military Rifles in the Age of Transition
(Non-U.S.) Black Powder, Metallic Cartidge, Military Rifles
1865 to 1890
(A Research, Photo-Identification and Information Website since 1997)
LINKS to other wonderful sites
www.carbinesforcollectors.com Dan Reynolds & RK Smith maintain and continually improve this Five-Star/Do-Not-Miss collector's site.
Man at Arms Magazine, published by Mowbray Publishing, is "The NRA Journal for the American Arms Collector", and is perhaps the finest scholarly journal devoted to arms collecting published in the English language. Information regarding subscriptions, articles and back issues, may be found at the Man At Arms website.
The Military Rifle Journal The Military Rifle Journal is a monthly newsletter dedicated to the identification, usage and history of the world’s military rifles. The site is a reference for on going research projects and a repository for those articles from The Military Rifle Journal that contain useful information such as book reviews and book updates/corrections.
Military Guns Photo Gallery Jean Plamondon's website with a large number of excellent photos of guns of the world. He has graciaously allowed me to post some of his images on this site as well.
MDSmith's Reloading Pages EXCELLENT reloading site! Recommended!!
Old Guns John Spangler's wonderful site called Antique and Collectable Firearms and Militaria Headquarters with a tag line of: "Serving
Collectors and Students of Firearms and Military History." Definitely worth a stop in to visit.
Research Press David Minshall's Historical reference Site. This site has a number of very interesting and informative 19th century firearms profiles, reprints of actual 19th century firearms literature and drawings. Both beautiful and information as close to the souce as we can likely get!
Univ Penn Law School Second Amendment Society Bunch of gun nuts with a great many links!!
(If anyone can tell me what happened to this site, I'd certainly appreciate it!
GunsAmerica Large guns classified ad site - If you're shopping, check it out!
Rich's Firearms Page Rich Comer's site with a large number of links, wide gun related subject matter and Gun Chat - the chat room for gun enthusiasts. :)
Ammo.com Articles Check out the resistance library with many articles on ammunition comparisons, cartridge recommendations, ammunition reviews and much more.
BAYONETS!!
Bayonet Forum Christian Mery's French site with text in both French and English. Worthwhile as many good photos and good text information.
Association of Bayonet Collectors