Great color photos of original rifles

[Dennis Glazener]

Many of you have complained that you never get to see any original longrifles in your part of the country. Can't help you with that but the KRA Foundation has put together some great CD's and Books that should help you see what you have been missing. Take a look in our new "Media" forum for more information http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?board=452.0 Really top notch professional color photos.
Dennis

[KLMoors]

I got the Moravian CD a couple of months ago. The pictures are very high resolution and you can zoom WAY in. Lots of great details that you would otherwise miss.

[Acer Saccharum]

There is NOTHING like holding the original gun.

But I gotta tell ya, the photo collections are worth their weight in gold. You can zoom in and study the carving, engraving, see where the barrel pins are, how many pins hold the RR pipe sin, what kind of screw heads are used on lock bolts.

Get 'em, all of 'em, while ye can.

[Acer Saccharum]

In large part, I captured most of the crazy cutz off the Lehigh CD. This is a in the spirit of Neihart's work, and the attention to detail would not have been possible without being able to zoom in. Which areas are raised relief, what kind of tool was used to make each cut? With these photos, you can zoom in pretty darned close. You don't get this from a book.

[Number19]

I have to give two thumbs up. I just received my first CD and this next week I'll be ordering four more.

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

Most of us do not have the luxury of handling/studying original rifles, so these CD's are the next best thing.  And in a way, they are better than having the original in your hand, though of course, there is an unexplainable pleasure and value in that.  With the CD, you can stare at the image for as long and as often as you need to, to understand it.  With the original, unless you get to keep it for some time, that is usually impossible.
God Bless the Kentucky Rifle Foundation!

...and very cool rifle Tom!