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The Journal of the Antique and Historical Arms Collectors Guild of Victoria

Published articles - by subject (1966-2000)

Accesories | Airguns | Ammunition and Cartridges | Australian History | Australian made arms | Australian Military Austro-Hungarian Military | Awards and Decorations | Bayonets and Knives | Boer War | Breech Loading Longarms – Cartridge | Breech Loading Longarms – Flintlock | Breech Loading Longarms – Percussion | British Military | Bushrangers | Cannon | Colt | Conversions | Duels | Flintlocks | French Military | General | German Military | Goldfields | Gunsmiths | Gunsmiths – Australian | Gunsmithing Techniques | Italian Military | Japanese Military | Machine Guns | Magazines | Matchlocks | Mauser | Miniature Weapons | Pepperboxes | Pepperboxes Cartridge | Percussion Caps | Percussion Longarms | Percussion Pistols | Percussion Systems | Powderflasks | Powder Testers | Proof Marks | Punt Guns | Revolvers – Cartridge | Revolvers – Percussion | Rosier | Russian Miliary | Scottish Pistols | Self Loading Pistols | Shot Towers | Smith & Wesson Evasions | Smith & Wesson Infringements | Snider | Spencer | Swords | Tranter | Victoria | Webley | Wheellocks | Whitworth | Winchester
ACCESSORIES
  • Collector’s corner – “Samuel Browne”, N. Moore, December 1986, p.402.
  • Oil bottles: Mk1-V for .303 inch British arms, G. Trotter, March 1995, p.193.
AIRGUNS
  • The airguns of our ancestors, F. S. Furniss, June 1968, p.32.
  • An historical review of airguns, L. Blair-Jenke, March 1981, p.211.
AMMUNITION AND CARTRIDGES
  • On bores and calibres, I. McDowell, March 1985, p.195.
  • The conical wooden plug rifle ball – a colonial claim, A. F. Harris, December 1982, p.129.
  • Howe and Geraghty – made for each other?, M. McKay, March 1998, p.77.
  • The Italian military cartridge for rifle and carbine Mo. 1891 and Mo. 1938, S. Vercion, December 1996, p.161.
  • The Japanese 6.5mm service cartridge, K. Newsome, March 1978, p.67.
  • A short history of blackpowder production, G. Boothroyd, December 1996. p.167.
AUSTRALIAN HISTORY
  • Armament Court Centennial International Exhibition 1888-9, Author not cited, December 1989, p.45.
  • An Australian British ships officer’s pistol, J. W. Swinfield, December 1987, p.33.
  • Cook’s cannons – part 1, N. S. Waters, September 1970, p.3.
  • Cook’s cannons – part 2, N. S. Waters, December 1970, p.41.
  • The fighting banker’s shotgun, J. Corcoran, December 1988, p.161.
  • The first guns in Castlemaine, D. Mills, September 1986. p.355
  • Major Mitchell and his pistols, D. Mills, September 1987, p.20.
  • A piece of Australiana in a Whitney revolver, R. Edwards, December 1996, p.171.
AUSTRALIAN MADE ARMS
  • First of a few, N. G. Speed, March 1969, p.108.
  • A short history of the Small Arms Factory Lithgow, NSW – part 1, Author not cited, June 1971, p.129.
  • A short history of the Small Arms Factory Lithgow, NSW – part 2, Author not cited, September, p.163.
AUSTRALIAN MILITARY
  • Australia’s emergency M. L. E. & S. M. L. E. .303 rifle sights – the sights that were never used, E. J. Millett, December 1994, p.144.
  • Australian commando knuckle knife bayonets, E. J. Millett, June 1990, p.109.
  • Australian marked military and police longarms, R. Martyn, March 1975, p.42.
  • Australian military fighting knives, H. W., December 1990, p.160.
  • Australian conversion M. 95 Dutch 6.5mm Mannlicher rifles, E. J. Millett, March 1987, p.417.
  • “Cerberus gun”, Author not cited, June 1988, p.118.
  • Forgotten words tell of lost battlefields as the diaries of two diggers return home, F. Shiel, June 1998, p.101.
  • Fort Queenscliff report, N. G. Speed, September 1985, p.247.
  • Fort Queenscliff – the Guild connection, N. W. Hall, September 2000, p.187.
  • Colonel Greenfield of Ballarat, J. Corcoran, September 1975, p.92.
  • The guns of the “Nelson”, D. Mills, December 1972, p.45.
  • The iron-clad monitor “Cerberus”, Author not cited, March 1996, p.77.
  • Lieutenant Keating – naval artillery volunteer, J. Corcoran, December 1989, p.55.
  • L. M. S. D., D. Mills, December 1985, p.278.
  • The Melbourne Armoury 1871, D. Mills, March 1972, p.211.
  • The N. S. W. Rigby rifles, J. Corcoran, December 1985, p.264.
  • Official usage of bayonets in Australia, A. R. Moodie, June 1970, p.289.
  • Official usage of carbines in Australia – part 1, A. R. Moodie, September 1970, p. 11.
  • Official usage of carbines in Australia – part 2, A. R. Moodie, December, 1970, p.49.
  • Official usage of carbines in Australia, volunteer and regular cavalry units, A. R. Moodie, June 1971, p.109.
  • Official usage of carbines in Australia, volunteer and regular artillery units, A. R. Moodie, December 1971, p.177.
  • Official usage of pistols in Australia, A. R. Moodie, January 1970, p.208.
  • One of a thousand, I. D. Skennerton, June 1979, p.237
  • The Port Fairy battery, N. G. Speed, June 1972, p.245.
  • A rare Snider and an old time defence force, D. Foster, September 1971, p.143.
  • Rediscover the South Channel Fort, Author not sited, March 1990, p.94.
  • A short history of the Small Arms Factory Lithgow, NSW – part 1, Author not cited, June 1971, p.129.
  • A short history of the Small Arms Factory Lithgow, NSW – part 2, Author not cited, September 1971, p.163.
  • The St. Kilda volunteer movement, R. Backway, June 1979, p.257.
  • Tasmanian arms, J. Lennox, September 1985, p.233.
  • “Then if Nordenfeldt and Gatling won’t bring you to your knees …”, Author not cited, September 1972, p.11.
  • Uniforms of the Victorian Mounted Rifles, N. Moore, June 1987, p.437.
  • Volunteers, riflemen, and rifles, at Maldon, Victoria, R. Giddings, December 1976, p.123.
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN MILITARY
  • The rifles and carbines of the Austro-Hungarian Empire – part 1, S. Vercion, March 1998, p.62.
  • The rifles and carbines of the Austro-Hungarian Empire – part 2, S. Vercion, September, 1998, p.118.
AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
  • What’s in a medal, M. Oleinikoff, June 1975, p.67.
BAYONETS AND KNIVES
  • Australian commando knuckle knife bayonets, E. J. Millett, June 1990, p.109.
  • Australian military fighting knives, H. W., December 1990, p.160.
  • Bayonet for the Martini .310 cadet rifle, J. Cossum, September 1986, p.361
  • British service Yataghan sword bayonets, I. Skennerton, June 1977, p.158
  • Official usage of bayonets in Australia, A. R. Moodie, June 1970, p.289.
  • Sawback bayonet collecting – part 1, H. W., December 1991, p.43.
  • Sawback bayonet collecting – part 2, H. W., March 1992, p.85.
  • Sawback bayonet collecting – part 3, H. W., September 1992, p.143.
BOER WAR
  • A Boer War chronicle, J. Mills, September 1989, p.5.
  • Boer War enemy – a Guedes rifle, P. Ford, June 1985, p.205.
  • Discovery of a Boer War rifle, T. O’Brien, September 1987, p.3.
  • More about Boer rifles, E. Clarke, March 1972, p.219.
  • More notes on the 8mm Guedes, E. Clarke, December 1991, p.63.
  • More thoughts on the Guedes rifle, E. Clarke, June 1986, p.323.
  • One hundred and one year later: a postscript on the Model 1885 Guedes rifle, P. Ford, December 1986, p.395.
  • Those Boer War Mausers, E. Clarke, June 1969, p.142.
BREECH LOADING LONGARMS – CARTRIDGE
  • The Ashton rifle, D. Mills, March 1988, p.83.
  • Barracks to buffalo – part 1, G. Byrne, March 1972, p.233.
  • Barracks to buffalo – part 2, G. Byrne, June 1972, p.263.
  • Boer War enemy – a Guedes rifle, P. Ford, June 1985, p.205.
  • The centennial of the Russkaya 3 lineinage vintovka obrosca 1891 goda, or the Mosin-Nagant rifle Model 1891, S. Vercion, June 1992, p.108.
  • Double talk, A. R. Moodie, September 1972, p.17.
  • Farquharson’s system, N. S. Waters and B. Rogers, June 1974, p.173.
  • Fusil d’Infanterie Modele 1886 or, the Lebel rifle Md. 1886, S. Vercion, March 1995, p.179.
  • Has anyone heard of the “Hylard Rifle?”, J. Cossum, March 1987, p.408.
  • The 100th year of the Italian rifle Modello 1891, S. Vercion, March 1991, p.207.
  • The mitrailleuse, E. Clarke, September 1967, p.26.
  • The William Mont Storm carbine, J. Robinson, June 1972, p.261.
  • More notes on the 8mm Guedes, E. Clarke, December 1991, p.63.
  • More thought on the Guedes rifle, E. Clarke, June 1986, p.323.
  • One hundred and one years later: a postscript on the Model 1885 Guedes rifle, P. Ford, December 1986, p.385.
  • Snider conversions, E. Clarke, June 1970, p.306.
  • The Spencer repeating rifles, G. Byrne, March 1969, p.88.
  • Spencer sporting rifles 1864 – 1868, G. Byrne, September 1977, p.3.
  • Unusual rolling block rifles, E. Clarke, December 1972, p.41.
  • A U. S. Snider, E. J. Millett, December 1991, p.59.
BREECH LOADING LONGARMS – FLINTLOCK
  • A flintlock breech loader, T. Price, J. Gausden and R. Richardson, September 1995, p.3.
  • The Gandon, a flintlock screw plug breech loading fowling piece, D. Latimer, October 1969, p.164.
BREECH LOADING LONGARMS – PERCUSSION
  • The Tranter and other capping breechloading rifles, H. W. Maynard, September 1968, p.14
  • Green’s carbine, R. Martyn, September 1975.
BRITISH MILITARY
  • The admiral’s dueller, D. Mills, March 1973, p.91.
  • Alterations to the pattern – part 1, I. Linney, June 1987, p.209.
  • Alterations to the pattern – part 2, I. Linney, September 1989, p,21.
  • Bread Street Ward Volunteers, D. Mills, September 1982, p.99.
  • Breech loaders – part 1, Author not cited, June 1998, p.103.
  • Breech loaders – part 2, Author not cited, September 1998, p.133.
  • British sea service pistols, K. Burton and D. K. Miller, March 1986, p.293.
  • British service Yataghan sword bayonets, I. D. Skennerton, June 1977, p.158.
  • Collecting British military arms, D. Mills, June 1969, p.124.
  • Composite carbine?, J. Robinson, September 1971, p.149.
  • 1827 Pattern naval officers sword, D. K. Miller, June 1991, p.225.
  • 1842 Pattern musket and the Eureka Stockade – part 1, D. Mills, September 1984, p.117.
  • 1842 Pattern musket and the Eureka Stockade – part 2, D. Mills, December 1984, p.149.
  • A follow-up on the 1842 Pattern musket and the Eureka Stockade, D. Mills, June 1985, p.213.
  • H. M. S. Pandora, C. Barden, June 1997, p.224.
  • An officer of the Fourth Regiment of Foot, W. M. Nolan, September 1990, p.135.
  • A rare Snider carbine, I. D. Skennerton, June 1978, p.105.
  • Minie – Pattern 1851 rifle musket, Author not cited, March 1989, p.199.
  • The Pandora blunderbus, D. Mills, June 1997, p.225.
  • Lieutenant W. H. Smyth and his Mortimer Cookson pistol, D. Mills, December 1988, p.165.
  • Admiral William Henry Smyth (1788-1865), D. Smyth, December 1988, p.171.
  • The Thirteenth Light Dragoons at Waterloo, D. Mills, December 1971, p.195.
  • Three lectures upon the rifle – Lecture I – part 1, E. C. Wilford, September 1979, p.11.
  • Three lectures upon the rifle – Lecture I – part 2, E. C. Wilford, December 1979, p.45.
  • Three lectures upon the rifle – Lecture II – part 1, E. C. Wilford, March 1980. p.81.
  • Three lectures upon the rifle – Lecture II – part 2, E. C. Wilford, June 1980, p.107.
  • Three lectures upon the rifle – Lecture III – part 1, E. C. Wilford, September 1980, p.145.
  • Three lectures upon the rifle – Lecture III – part 2, E. C. Wilford, December 1980, p.181.
BUSHRANGERS
  • Bushranger revolver, L. Jessup, September 1971, p.167.
  • Mr. Jesse Dowsett – an unsung hero, M. Albert, March 1983, p.155.
  • Ned Kelly’s last revolver, M. Albert, June 1983, p.185
  • Ned Kelly’s last revolver – the last round?, M. Albert, December 1983, p.29.
  • Six Kelly guns from Glenrowan, I. Jones, September 1980, p.139.
  • Shades of Moonlite, N. G. Speed, June/September 1973, p.97.
CANNON
  • Cannon for the small suburban home, H. W. Maynard, April 1968, p.26.
  • Cook’s cannons – part 1, N. S. Waters, September 1970, p.3.
  • Cook’s cannons – part 2, N. S. Waters, December, 1970, p.41
  • The guns of the “Nelson”, December, 1972, p.45
  • Mons Meg, C. Barden, June 1972, p.247.
COLT
  • Capt. Andrew Ross, Vansittart Island, N. G. Speed, March 1979, p.211.
  • Colt small frame conversions, D. Price, April 1970, p.248.
  • Colt Thuer conversions and accessories, N. G. Speed, June 1968, p.27.
  • Colt’s new Lightning magazine rifles – part 1, J. McLean, December 1972, p.53.
  • Colt’s new Lightning magazine rifles – part 2, J. McLean, March 1973, p.69.
  • Confederate copy of the Colt Navy, C. B. Kusrow, December 1977, p.37.
  • Ned Kelly’s last revolver, M. Albert, June 1983, p.183.
  • Ned Kelly’s last revolver – the last round?, M. Albert, December 1983, p.29.
  • Notes on Colt percussion revolvers – part 1, R. Hellier, September 1968, p.8.
  • Notes on Colt percussion revolvers – part 2, R. Hellier, January 1969, p.62.
  • Notes on Colt percussion revolvers – part 3, R. Hellier, March 1969, p.104.
  • A stroke of luck, R. Mills, June/September 1973, p.121.
  • A U. S. Colt that isn’t, P. Dobbings, June 1984, p.96.
  • Where is 124 and any more?, N. G. Speed, June 1972, p.251.
CONVERSIONS
  • Colt small frame conversions, D. Price, April 1970, p.248.
  • Colt Thuer conversions and accessories, N. G. Speed, June 1968, p.27.
  • Flintlock conversions, N. S. Waters, September 1972, p.3.
  • Military rifle to shotgun, E. Clarke, April 1968, p.13.
  • A Remington Rider .32 RF conversion pocket revolver, M. McKay, December 1993, p.31.
  • Snider conversions, E. Clarke, June 1970, p.306.
DUELS
  • Melbourne’s first duel, D. Latimer, December 1966, p.2.
FLINTLOCKS
  • Caliver with English lock, T. Price, J. Gausden and R. Richardson, September 1997, p.13.
  • A clutch of rare Eggs, D. Mills, December 1990, p.175.
  • A doglock musket, T. Price, J. Gausden and R. Richardson, September 1994, p.121.
  • Double barrelled flintlock officers’ pistol, K. Burton. December 1989, p.41.
  • French holster pistol, by Le Lorain of Valence, K. Burton, June 1986, p.331.
  • The Gandon, a flintlock screw plug breech loading fowling piece, D. Latimer, October 1969, p.164.
  • The hand detachable locks, D. Mills, March 1993, p.228.
  • The Honourable Henry Goulburn and his elevator, D. Mills, March 1990, p.79.
  • Long fowler, T. Price, J. Gausden and R. Richardson, June 1995, p.229.
  • The Mortimer from Hyderabad, D. Mills, December 1979, p.37.
  • A pair of super-imposed, breech loading, cannon barrelled, flintlock pistols, C. Barden, September 1972, p.21.
  • The pistol makers of Doune, H. Morris, March 1980, p.71.
  • A seventeenth century flintlock musket, G. Johnstone, June 1975, p.74.
  • Some general notes on flintlocks, H. W. Maynard, September 1967, p.10.
  • The Spanish barrel Manton, D. Mills, September 2000, p.174.
  • The Walker from Jaypur, D. Mills, June/September 1973, p.113.
  • “Will Sell” an old blunderbus, D. Mills, September 1978, p.143.
  • Lord Yarmouth and his Joseph Manton boar gun, D. Mills, June 1989, p.204.
FRENCH MILITARY
  • French rifles and carbines of the Great War – the mousqueton Modele 1890/92, or the Mannlicher-Berthier Model 1890/92, S. Vercion, March 1996, p.67.
  • Fusil d’Infanterie Modele 1886 or, the Lebel rifle Md, 1886, S. Vercion, March 1995, p.179
GENERAL
  • The antique gun shops of “Olde England”, R Giddings, March 1973, p.81.
  • The beauty in guns, G. Boothroyd, December 1997, p.32.
  • Big Bertha of the Barmah Lakes, P. Gribben, December 1977, p.45.
  • A bit stuck anywhere – a short history of the Birmingham Small Arms Company 1861-1900 – part 1, R. McMahon, March 2000, p.90.
  • A bit stuck anywhere – a short history of the Birmingham Small Arms Company 1861-1900 – part 2, R. McMahon, June 2000, p.132.
  • A bit stuck anywhere – a short history of the Birmingham Small Arms Company 1861-1900 – part 3, R. McMahon, December 2000, p.174.
  • John Browning 1855 – 1926, P. Gribben, March 1977, p.146.
  • The collector, N. Moore, December 1980, p.201.
  • A feudal lord’s sword, I. Brooks, June 1981, p.253.
  • The first guns in Castlemaine, D. Mills, September 1986, p.355.
  • A general’s trophy, Author not cited, September 1991, p.29.
  • Her Majesty’s guns – part 1, Author not cited, June 1979, p.245.
  • Historical background Joe Manton’s lathe, R. Davies, December 1992, p.183.
  • Oh, those were the days, G. Davis, January 1970, p.204.
  • An old hunter and his guns, E. Clarke, January 1970, p.228.
  • One man’s thoughts on the Historic Arms Collectors Council of Australasia, N. S. Waters, September 1998, p.129.
  • Private firearm ownership and democratic rights, D. Leyonhjelm, December 1993, p.28.
  • The quest for Q?R 24, S. Cuthbertson, December 2000, p.189.
  • Reference classics, N. S. Waters, September 1994, p.127.
  • Capt. Andrew Ross, Vansittart Island, N. G. Speed, March 1979, p.211.
  • The security of your collection, N. S. Waters, June 1974, p.183.
  • Shepparton’s first known gunman, Author not cited, December 1977, p.44.
  • The way it was, R. Backway, December 1997, p.55.
GERMAN MILITARY
  • Maschinepistole MP38 and MP40, Author not cited, September 1991, p.2.
  • Amongst my souvenirs, R. Backway, June 1998, p.89.
GOLDFIELDS
  • 1842 Pattern musket and the Eureka Stockade – part 1, D. Mills, September 1984, p.117.
  • 1842 Pattern musket and the Eureka Stockade – part 2, D. Mills, December 1984, p.149.
  • Eureka stockade, D. Senior, December 1998, p.153.
  • A follow-up on the 1842 Pattern musket and the Eureka Stockade, D. Mills, June 1985, p.213.
  • Firearms and other weapons on the New South Wales and Victorian goldfields, R. B. Shannon, December 1967, p.6.
  • Liberated guns of the goldfields – part 1, Author not cited, September 1972, p.33.
  • Liberated guns of the goldfields – part 2, Author not cited, December 1972, p.61.
GUNSMITHS
  • William Baker, Birmingham, G. Boothroyd, June 1996, p.108.
  • Capital gunmakers, G. Boothroyd, September 1997, p.5.
  • James Dalziel Dougall, G. Boothroyd, September 1996, p.151.
  • Charles Rylands, G. Boothroyd, June 1999, p.225.
  • The two Greeners – part 1, P. Gribben, June 1978, p.115.
  • The two Greeners – part 2, P. Gribben, September 1978, p.153.
  • The two Greeners – part 3, P. Gribben, December 1978, p.187.
GUNSMITHS – AUSTRALIAN
  • F. C. Clift – one of our earlier gunsmiths, J. J. Clift, March 1967, p.11.
  • G. F. Crawford, gunsmith, Dunolly, D. Latimer, December 1966, p.3.
  • Johnny Cronin, early gunsmith of Victoria, P. Gribben, September 1979, p.26.
  • Joseph Danks convict gunsmith of Sydney, J. Swinfield, December 1987, p.39.
  • Mick Halpin, the gunsmith of Shepparton, P. Gribben, April 1968, p.21.
  • James W. Rosier (1834 – 1920), R. B. Shannon, September 1967, p.6.
  • R. F. Scott, gunsmith, N. S. Waters, March 1982, p.51.
  • Who has a Henson shotgun?, Author not cited, June 1981, p.241.
GUNSMITHING TECHNIQUES
  • Forgotten formulae, B. Thomas, October 1969, p.180.
  • Forgotten formulae, B. Thomas, June 1970, p.297.
  • Forgotten formulae, N. S. Waters, December 1977, p.61.
  • Forgotten formulae, N. S. Waters, June1978, p.135.
  • Forgotten formulae, Author not cited, September 1982, p.119.
  • Gemstones, identifying ivory, F. C. Phillips, March 1993, p.210.
  • General examples of welding, J. Mills, March 1982, p.59.
  • Woodwork finishes of antique weapons and of early and modern shotguns, R. Clark, March 1971, p.93.
  • Woodwork finishes of antique weapons and of early and modern shotguns, R. Clark, June 1982, p.91.
ITALIAN MILITARY
  • The 100th year of the Italian rifle Modello 1891, S. Vercion, March 1991, p.207.
JAPANESE MILITARY
  • Guns abandoned, R. Giddings, December 1970, p.69
  • Japanese “I” rifle, E. J. Millett, December 1980, p.173.
  • The Japanese matchlock, N. Willey, June 1982, p.77.
  • Japanese polearms, N. Willey, March 1984, p.63.
  • The Japanese 6.5mm service cartridge, K. Newsome, March 1978, p.67
  • A paint brush and a bottle of sump oil, R. Giddings, October 1969, p.184.
  • Tsuba, L. W. Allen, September 1991, p.17.
MACHINE GUNS
  • Maschinepistole MP38 and MP40, Author not cited, September 1991, p.2.
  • “Then if Nordenfeldt and Gatling won’t bring you to your knees …”, Author not cited, September 1972, p.11.
MAGAZINES
  • Explosive magazines in Victoria and local history, S. Merrifield, June 1972, p.267.
MATCHLOCKS
  • The Japanese matchlock, N. Willey, September 1996, p.77.
  • A scarce matchlock caliver, T. Price, J. Gausden and R. Richardson, September 1996, p.137.
MAUSER
  • Those Boer War Mausers, E. Clarke, June 1969, p142.
  • Turkish broomhandle Mauser, N. G. Speed, June 1990, p.103.
MINIATURE WEAPONS
  • Miniature arms, M. M. Lewis, December 1982, p.125.
  • Miniature weapons – The small collector’s delight, M. M. Lewis, December 1999, p.45.
PEPPERBOXES
  • Some notes on pepperboxes, H. W. Maynard, June 1968, p.8.
PEPPERBOXES CARTRIDGE
  • A Chuchu, N. G. Speed, September 1990, p.130.
  • A Tipping and Lawden .30 RF 4 shot pepperbox, M. McKay, December 1995, p.33.
PERCUSSION CAPS
  • Reference to the use of the copper cap in Australia, D. Latimer, January 1969, p.58.
PERCUSSION LONGARMS
  • A couple of Purdeys, P. Gribben, September 1982, p.111.
  • English double barrel shotguns, H. W. Maynard, January 1969, p.50.
  • Joe Manton (converted), C. Barden, June 1980, p.105.
  • The Dan Wesson rifle, P. Gribben, December 1978, p.177.
  • Facts of Whitworth’s rifles, C. Barden, September 1968, p.24.
  • The Springfield Model 1816 flintlock musket, B. Bourke, March 1999, p.213.
  • An unusual pair of 19 bores, Author not cited, June/September 1973, p.107.
PERCUSSION PISTOLS
  • Dragoon pepperbox, Author not cited, June 1993, p.251
  • The end of an era, Author not cited, December 1974, p.17.
  • English duelling pistols by Westley Richards, N. S. Waters, June 1993, p.253.
  • Engraved tubelock pistols, G. Davis, September 1970, p.29
  • Over and under percussion pistol, Author not cited, June 1993, p.248
  • A presentation treasure, P. Gribben, March 1979, p.219.
  • Some notes on cased percussion pistols, H. W. Maynard, December 1967, p.26.
PERCUSSION SYSTEMS
  • Engraved tubelock pistols, G. Davis, September 1970, p.29.
  • His Majesty’s patent, D. Mills, March 1988, p.73.
  • Charles Jones central fire shotgun of 1833, F. Bienvenu, September 1979, p.3.
  • Nock’s patchlock shotgun, P. Gribben, March 1973, p.67.
POWDERFLASKS
  • Australian engraved powder horns, N. G. Speed, December 1981, p.25.
  • Historic powder horns, R. Hellier, March 1971, p.79.
  • Powderflasks in Australia, H. W. Maynard, June 1967, p.11.
  • The presentation powder flask, C. Barden, June/September 1973, p.105.
  • The Percy Tenantry powder horn, C. Barden, September 1993, p.3.
POWDER TESTERS
  • Some notes on powder testers, B. Thomas, March 1975, p.59
PROOF MARKS
  • Some notes on the history of proving and proof marks – part 1, C. Barden, June 1971, p.125.
  • Some notes on the history of proving and proof marks – part 2, C. Barden, September 1971, p.159.
PUNT GUNS
  • Big Bertha of the Barmah Lakes, P. Gribben, December 1977, p.45.
  • ollecting punt guns, E. Clarke, September 1981, p.3.
REVOLVERS – CARTRIDGE
  • An Allen and Wheelock .32 RF sidehammer revolver, M. McKay, June 1996, p.97.
  • A British .30 calibre copy of Smith & Wesson’s No. 1 revolver, M. McKay, September 1999, p.3.
  • A Forehand and Wadsworth .41 RF double-action revolver, M. McKay, September 1996, p.127.
  • A Marlin XXX Standard .30 RF single action pocket revolver, M. McKay, September 1994, p.110.
  • The “Montenegrin” revolver, I. McDowell, June 1987, p.445.
  • A Remington Rider .32 RF conversion pocket revolver, M. McKay, December 1993, p.31.
  • A Tranter .30 RF double-action pocket revolver, M. McKay, March 1994, p.57.
  • A James Warner .30 RF pocket revolver, M. McKay, June 1995, p.213.
REVOLVERS – PERCUSSION
  • T. K. Baker’s single action percussion revolver, M. R. Wynter, March 1989, p.182.
  • Confederate copy of the Colt Navy, C. B. Kusrow, December 1977, p.37.
  • Harvey’s patent revolvers, D. Lea, December 1992, p.181.
  • A Metropolitan Arms Co. .36 cal. pocket revolver, M. McKay, December 1994, p.149.
  • A piece of Australiana in a Whitney revolver, R. Edwards, December 1996, p.171.
  • A rare hand-rotated percussion revolver, C. Haug, December 1976, p.127.
  • A Whitney .31 cal. pocket revolver, M. McKay, March 1997, p.191.
ROSIER
  • From Rosier to South Australia, A. F. Harris, December 1987, p.43.
  • James W. Rosier (1834 – 1920), September 1967, p.6.
  • A Rosier .577 calibre Webley revolver, J Millar, December 1976, p.114.
  • A Tranters patent revolver with an Australiana flavour, N. F. Toivonen, March 1977, p.147
RUSSIAN MILITARY
  • The centennial of the Russkaya 3 lineinage vintovka obrosca goda. or the Mosin-Nagant rifle Model 1891, S. Vercion, June 1992, p.108.
SCOTTISH PISTOLS
  • The pistol makers of Doune, H. Morris, March 1980.
SELF LOADING PISTOLS
  • Turkish broomhandle Mauser, N. G. Speed, June 1990, p.103.
SHOT TOWERS
  • Shot towers in Australia – part 1, C. Barden, December 1973/March 1974, p.137.
  • Shot towers in Australia – part 2, C. Barden, June 1980, p.131.
  • Shot towers Tasmania, D. K. Miller, June 1985, p.224.
SMITH & WESSON EVASIONS
  • The Connecticut Arms Co. revolver, M. McKay, March 1999, p.191.
  • An Eagle Arms Co. .28 cup-fire revolver, M. McKay, June 1994, p.83.
  • The teat fire revolver, N. S. Waters, June 1969, p.146.
SMITH & WESSON INFRINGEMENTS
  • An Allen and Wheelock .32 RF sidehammer revolver, M. McKay. June 1996, p.97.
  • A James Warner .30 RF pocket revolver, M. McKay, June 1995, p.213.
SNIDER
  • A rare Snider and an old time defence force, D. Foster, September 1971, p.143.
  • A rare Snider carbine, I. D. Skennerton, June 1978, p.105.
  • Snider conversions, E. Clarke, June 1970, p.306.
  • A U. S. Snider, E. J. Millett, December 1991, p.59.
SPENCER
  • Barracks to buffalo – part 1, G. Byrne, March 1972, p.233.
  • Barracks to buffalo – part 2, G. Byrne, June 1972, p.263.
  • The Spencer repeating rifles, G. Byrne, March 1969, p.89.
  • Spencer sporting rifles 1864 – 1868, G. Byrne, September 1977, p.3.
SWORDS
  • Famous swordsmiths, L. Blair-Jenke, December 1982, p.133.
  • A silver mounted small sword, T. Willey, June 1984, p.92.
  • Tsuba, L. W. Allen, September 1991, p.17.
TRANTER
  • The Tranter and other capping breechloading rifles, H. W. Maynard, September 1968, p.14.
  • Tranter cartridge revolvers, H. W. Maynard, March 1969, p.84.
  • Tranter close to the beginning, J. O’Sullivan, December 1978, p.179.
  • A Tranters patent revolver with an Australiana flavour, N. F. Toivonen. March 1977, p.147.
  • A Tranter .30 RF double-action pocket revolver, M. McKay. March 1994, p.57.
VICTORIA
  • Cerberus gun, Author not cited, June 1988, p.118.
  • 1842 Pattern musket and the Eureka Stockade – part 1, D. Mills, September 1984, p.117.
  • 1842 Pattern musket and the Eureka Stockade – part 2, D. Mills, December 1984, p.149.
  • Eureka Stockade, D. Senior, December 1998, p.153.
  • Explosive magazines in Victoria and local history, S. Merrifield, June 1972, p.267.
  • The first guns in Castlemaine, D. Mills, September 1986, p.355.
  • F. C. Clift – one of our earlier gunsmiths, J. J. Clift, March 1967, p.11.
  • G. F. Crawford, gunsmith, Dunolly, D. Latimer, December 1966, p.3.
  • Johnny Cronin, early gunsmith of Victoria, P. Gribben, September 1979, p.26.
  • A follow-up on the 1842 Pattern musket and the Eureka Stockade, D. Mills, June 1985, p.213.
  • Fort Queenscliff report, N. G. Speed, September 1985, p.247.
  • Fort Queenscliff – the Guild connection, N. Hall, September 2000, p.187.
  • Colonel Greenfield of Ballarat, J. Corcoran, September 1975, p.92.
  • The guns of the “Nelson”, D. Mills, December 1972, p.45.
  • Mick Halpin, the gunsmith of Shepparton, P. Gribben, April 1968, p.21.
  • The iron-clad monitor “Cerberus”, Author not cited, March 1996, p.77.
  • Liberated guns of the goldfields – part 1, Author not cited, September 1972, p.33.
  • Liberated guns of the goldfields – part 2, Author not cited, December 1972, p.61.
  • The Melbourne Armoury 1871, D. Mills, December 1985, p.278.
  • Major Mitchell and his pistols, D. Mills, September 1987, p.20.
  • Melbourne’s first duel, D. Latimer, December 1966, p.2.
  • The Port Fairy battery, N. G. Speed, June 1972, p.245.
  • The presentation powder flask, C. Barden, June/September 1973, p.105.
  • Rediscover the South Channel Fort, Author not cited, March 1990, p.94.
  • James W. Rosier (1834-1920), R. B. Shannon, September 1967, p.6.
  • A Rosier .577 calibre Webley revolver, J. Millar, December 1976, p.114.
  • R. F. Scott, gunsmith, N. S. Waters, March 1982, p.51.
  • Shepparton’s first known gunman, Author not cited, December 1977, p.44
  • Shot towers in Australia – part 1, C. Barden, December 1973/March1974, p.137.
  • Shot towers in Australia – part 2, C. Barden, June 1980, p.131.
  • The St. Kilda volunteer movement, R. Backway, June 1979, p.257.
  • A Tranter’s patent revolver with an Australiana flavour, N. Toivonen, March 1977, p.147.
  • Uniforms of the Victorian Mounted Rifles, N. Moore, June 1987, p.437.
  • Volunteers, riflemen, and rifles, at Maldon, Victoria, R. Giddings, December 1976, p.123.
WEBLEY
  • A Rosier .577 calibre Webley revolver, J. Millar, December 1976, p.114.
  • Webley .455 revolvers Mk. IV and Mk. V, A. Norman, March 1985, p.177.
WHEELLOCKS
  • A sevententh century wheellock, G. Davis, December 1971, p.199.
WHITWORTH
  • Facts on Whitworth’s rifles, C. Barden, September 1968, p.24.
WINCHESTER
  • Collecting Winchesters, G. Wilson, December 1992, p.193.
  • The Handorf Winchesters, N. S. Waters, September 1972, p.25.
  • Small bore Winchesters, N. S. Waters, March 1971, p.95.
  • Weird and wonderful Winchesters, E. Clarke, March 1977, p.153.
  • Winchester – a summary of models from 1866 – 1910, N. S. Waters, April 1968, p.6.
  • Winchester baby carbines, K. Burton, September 1988, p.145.
  • The Winchester 1866 centre fire, March 1973, p.87.
  • The Winchester single shots, N. S. Waters, January 1969, p.43.

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