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American Society of Arms Collectors Bulletins
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Bulletin 85 contents:
Remington Rifle Cane
Elliott L. Burka
The
Wilsons: Gunmakers to Empire, 1730–1832
DeWitt Bailey II
“A. Foulke, 1864,” Tracing a Civil
War Inscription
Marlan H. Polhemus
Colt’s Small Frame .36 Caliber Percussion Pistol and “The
Conventional Wisdom” An Examination of the Pistols called by Collectors The
“1862 Police” and the Pocket Pistol of Navy Size Caliber
John D. Breslin
Small Arms Deliveries Through
Wilmington,
NC
in 1863 The Impact on Confederate Ordnance Policy
Howard Michael Madaus
A Forgotten Giant:A Brief Look at Military Small Arms Production at
Steyr,
Austria
, 1864–1900
(Part 1 of 2- Part 2 is in Bulletin 94)
Samuel J. Newland
Bulletin 86 Contents
Tennessee,
Some Rifles and a Carbine
George H. Norton
Stevens Tip-ups
Thomas L. Kyser
Simeon North and the
U.S.
Model 1813 Pistol
Frederic L. Starbuck
British Naval Edged Weapons—An Overview
Peter Tuite
Bulletin 87 Contents
1808
United
States
Contract Muskets
William M. Reid
The Sublette-Beale Hawken
Lee Burke
Horace E. Dimick, Master St. Louis
Gunsmith
R. K. “Kip” Rapp
United
States
Surcharges: Continental Ownership of
Arms and Accoutrements
Rex Kessler
English Officers’ Holster Pistols of the Early Georgian Era
Lynn M. Chenault
Bulletin 88 Contents
Henry Nock, Innovator 1741–1804
Peter S.Wainwright
The Holstered Pepperbox
Robert Butterfield
Robert P. Eldredge’s Billinghurst Cylinder Rifle
Frank Graves
The Design, Marketing and Production of Maynard Rifles
Max W. Goodwin
A Plain Old Maynard Rifle
Robert Holter
Bulletin 89 Contents
Eighteenth Century American Fowlers—The First Guns Made In
America
Tom Grinslade
Philadelphia Gunmakers and the Evolution of the “
Maryland Sword”
Jacque Andrews
Rifle Caliber Artillery: The
Gardner
Battery Gun
James W. Alley Jr.
Johannes Bonewitz—Master Gunsmith,
Womelsdorf,
PA
Henry J. Bishop
Confederate Arms are Not Rare
Charles L. Foster
Bulletin 90 Contents
The
Connecticut Contracted
‘61
Springfield
David James Naumec
The Parker Shotgun
Louis C. Parker, III
The
Norwich
Gun Industry
Dick Salzer
The
St. Albans Raid
John D. Hamilton
Harper’s Ferry Sword Bayonets
Richard Lee Berglund
An Editorial on Arms Collecting
Frank Sellers
Bulletin 91 Contents
Some Spanish Weapons in the American Revolution
Herman O. Benninghoff, II
Pennsylvania
Contract Muskets—1797 Arms Procurement Act
David A. Stewart and William M. Reid
Grandfather Beale’s Rifle
Frederick R. Edmunds
The FBI Art Theft Program and Its Impact on Collecting:
A Report from FBI Special Agent Robert Wittman and the Editor
Bulletin 92 Contents
American Patriotic Swords and Dirks: Arms Celebrating the New Republic
Jack Bethune
U.S. Army Accoutrement Evolution Prior to the Civil War:
The “Fenwick” Ordnance Board of 1837 and 1838 and the Infantry Cartridge Box
Frederick C. Gaede
Production of Military Rifles by Remington Arms Company in Ilion, New York
During World War II
Roy Marcot
Swords of the Americas
(Western Hemisphere Swords)
George E. Weatherly
Bulletin 93 Contents
Early Marine Corps Swords
Dr. Charles Cureton
The Kit Carson–Ben Mills Story:
Did Carson Really Buy Guns from Mills in Harrodsburg in 1842?
No, he didn’t have time. Besides, Mills did not come to Harrodsburg until 1844.
Lee Burke
The Henrys: Gunsmiths and Arms Manufacturers (Part 1 of 2 parts- )
Ron Gabel and Bob Sadler
1864 Attack on Washington, DC: A Day’s Difference
Marlan H. Polhemus
Winchester Factory-Scoped .22 Caliber Rifles
1937–1941
Vincent L. Rausch
A Brief History of the Airgun of Meriwether Lewis and the Corps of Discovery
Philip Schreier
“Light the Match Load Away”: The Ordnance and Organizational Structure of the
Philadelphia Artillery, 1747–1777
Joseph Seymour
Bulletin 94 Contents
The Ames and Deringer Boxlock Story
Paul A. Doyle
Third Model Colt Deringers Sold in England
By Doug Eberhart
Arms Makers in the Pioneer Valley
John D. Hamilton
Remington—The Early Years
Roy M. Marcot
The Battleground Shootout—Arizona Rangers Fight Smith Gang
Ray A. McKnight
A Forgotten Giant: A Brief Look at Military Small Arms Production at Steyr,
Austria, 1864–1945
(Part 2 of 2. The first part is in Bulletin 85)
Samuel J. Newland
Bulletin 95 Contents
A. Le Mat & Co.: P. G. T. Beauregard and the American Le Mat Revolver
Doug Adams
What Can be Learned from the Landeszeughaus Wheellock Collection
in Graz, Austria
Robert E. Brooker
Characteristics of U.S. Naval Officers’ Swords
Paul Doggett
Debunking the Fluck Myth: Colt Legends Die Hard
Dick Salzer
Collecting Firearms Curiosa
Matthew Schneiderman
Bulletin 96 Contents
Savage Pistols: The Birth of the .45 and the Savage Automatic Pistols
Bailey Brower, Jr.
Early New England Underhammers in the Style of the Ruggles Patent of 1826
Nicholas L. Chandler
Rethinking “Damascus” Steel
Dr. Ann Feuerbach
Myths of the Blunderbuss
Melvin Flanagan
A Woman’s View of the Battle of the Brandywine
As seen through the eyes of Annie Doolin, Revolutionary War Camp Follower
[A “first person” reenactment presented to the American Society of Arms Collectors]
Tobi Graham
Gutta-Percha, Hard Rubber and Synthetics in Firearms
James (Jim) Hardman
Bulletin 97 Contents
U.S. Model 1803 Prototype Rifle
Michael F. Carrick
Why Kerrs?
Valmor J. Forgett
Colonel James Cameron—with Compliments of Colonel Colt
Henry A. Truslow
Beautiful Rifles with Pointy Things
Richard L. Berglund and Peter A. Albee
1792 and 1807 Contract Rifles
Edward A. Flanagan
Bulletin 98 Contents
William Jenks and the Revenue Marine Service Contracts
Paul Doyle
Confederate Odyssey: The George W. Wray Jr. Collection at the Atlanta History Center
Gordon l. Jones
The Trade in Sword Blades
Bruce Bazelon
The Georgia Pistol Contract
Lou Southard
Rethinking the Potter: The Truth behind the Revolutionary War’s Ultimate Sword
Erik Goldstein
Combat Elegance: Edward Lindner, his Carbines, and the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company
William Ray Cresswell
Additional Bulletin Articles will be added in the future.
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American Society of Arms Collectors
Revised 14 November 2010
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