More information on John Bivins - The Art of the Firelock

[Dennis Glazener]

Thanks to ALR member Robert T Adams for posting, in the Tutorial forum, his research on the "Final Disposition of John Bivins Papers". To read this post go to the link below.

http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=3569.0

Mr. Adams also posted information on the "John Bivins Papers" that are on display at the The Winterthur Library located in Winterthur, DE. To view that post please see the link below.

http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=3571.0

I would like to thank Mr. Adams for sharing his research work with the ALR membership.

Dennis Glazener
ALR Admin

[Mike R]

one of the earliest and finest summaries on the evolution and architecture of early American rifles was by Bivins, written for the Lyman Muzzleloaders Handbook [not the loading manual] published in 1976, if I recall.  I still have a copy of it.