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Title: George Shumway
Post by: Hurricane ( of Virginia) on May 11, 2011, 05:34:17 PM

Here are 2 threads related to his contributions to the Study of the American Longrifle. He passed away in May, 2011. Amongst his many major contribution is the 2 volume set, "Rifles in Colonial America."

Tributes to him are in the following threads:


https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=16167.0

https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=16118.0

Title: Re: George Shumway
Post by: Gary on June 07, 2011, 02:17:17 AM

Wow.  What a loss.  I know he didn't want to re-release his books until he corrected the mistakes.  Thankfully, he re-released them anyway.