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Offline Dietle

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Improved digital version of “The Kentucky Rifle”
« on: July 16, 2025, 12:16:37 AM »
Back in 2022 I took photos of all the pages of my copy of the first edition of Dillin's book "The Kentucky Rifle" and put them online using an awkward html-based format. Today I obtained a professionally scanned searchable pdf version and put it online at: https://korns.org/gunsmiths/The-Kentucky-Rifle-Dillin-1924/The-Kentucky-Rifle-1924.html You may need to hit your refresh button to see the current version of the page.
« Last Edit: July 16, 2025, 12:25:23 AM by Dietle »

Offline Cades Cove Fiddler

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Re: Improved digital version of “The Kentucky Rifle”
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2025, 01:47:42 AM »
 :) :).. thanx... Well Done... !!! ... clear photos  and can enlarge without losing clarity... can now throw my magnifying glass away.. !!! .... regards.... Cades Cove Fiddler....

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Re: Improved digital version of “The Kentucky Rifle”
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2025, 07:50:59 PM »
Wow! Thanks for doing that.
I can imagine the work involved, and I for one, really appreciate it!
John
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Re: Improved digital version of “The Kentucky Rifle”
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2025, 09:11:13 PM »
Thanks so much.  You breathed new life into that work.
« Last Edit: July 16, 2025, 09:14:35 PM by Avlrc »

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Re: Improved digital version of “The Kentucky Rifle”
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2025, 09:50:04 PM »
nice resource, thanks for posting!

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Re: Improved digital version of “The Kentucky Rifle”
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2025, 11:56:57 PM »
Thank you!
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Re: Improved digital version of “The Kentucky Rifle”
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2025, 01:29:04 AM »
Thank you.  This is quite a contribution to the muzzleloading community.

Thanks Again,
Kevin

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Re: Improved digital version of “The Kentucky Rifle”
« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2025, 01:52:50 PM »
Thanks,

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Re: Improved digital version of “The Kentucky Rifle”
« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2025, 02:04:47 AM »
Thanks Lannie!