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The works cited here all cover small-bore muzzle loading rifles or associated subjects. The 'General Reference Works' are by their nature less specific in the coverage of these rifles, but do contain sufficient material to be of interest.

Small-bore Rifles

  • Army Rifles: Report of the Committee on Small Bore Rifles, and the various Systems of Rifling as tried last Year - War Office. UK, 19 March 1863
  • The Volunteer Rifles - Cleves H. Howell, Jr. Gun Digest, USA, 1955
  • The Muzzle Loading Small-bore (.451) Rifle 1855-1880 - D.W.Bailey and J.B.Bell. Guns Review, UK, June 1969
  • The Unknown .451s - D.W.Bailey and J.B.Bell. Guns Review, UK, December 1970
  • British Small-Bore Rifles - The 451 Muzzleloaders - DeWitt Bailey II. Gun Digest, USA, 1973
  • The Target Rifle In Australia 1860-1900 - J.E. Corcoran. Dolphin Press, N.S.W., Australia. ISBN 0 909089 0 1975. Reprinted by R&R Books, 1995. ISBN 1 884849 17 2
  • English Long Range Percussion Target Rifles and Ammunition - William A. Roberts, Jr. Muzzle Blasts, USA, February 1979

Henry Rifle

  • Alex Henry - Geoffrey Boothroyd. Guns Review, UK, July 1994

Kerr Rifle

  • The London Armoury Company Kerr Rifle - D.W.Bailey and J.B.Bell. Guns Review, UK, April 1970

Metford Rifle

  • Memoir of William Ellis Metford - T.F.Freemantle. UK, May 1900
  • A Gibbs-Metford Muzzle Loading Match Rifle - George A Hoyem and Elmer Rinas. The Gun Report, USA, May 1983
  • Sir Henry Halford's Rifle (Gibbs-Metford) - John T. Amber. Gun Digest, USA, 1980

Whitworth Rifle

  • Report of the Enfield and Whitworth Committee - War Office. UK, 23 April 1861
  • On Fluid Compressed Steel and Rifled Guns - Sir Joseph Whitworth. Privately printed, UK, 1872
  • Papers on Mechanical Subjects, Guns and Steel - Sir Joseph Whitworth. Longmans, London, UK, 1873
  • On Fluid Compressed Steel and Guns - Sir Joseph Whitworth. Minutes of Proceedings Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK, 28 July 1875
  • Papers on Mechanical Subjects, Part II: Rifled Small Arms - Sir Joseph Whitworth. London, UK, 1882
  • Joseph Whitworth's Rifle - Heman L. Harpster. The American Rifleman, USA, August 1932
  • A Wimbledon Prize Rifle of Note - Cleves H. Howell, Jr. The Guns Report, USA, March 1963
  • Whitworth's Percussion Rifles - D.W.Bailey II. Guns Review, UK, March 1969
  • Whitworth Rifle - J.Morgan Phillips. The Gun Report, USA, December 1969
  • The Confederate Whitworth - Philip Baron Ennis. The Gun Report, USA, June 1970
  • The Whitworth Rifle - DeWitt Bailey II. Gun Digest, USA, 1971
  • The Westley Richards Whitworth Rifle - Philip Baron Ennis. The Gun Report, USA, January 1974
  • The Whitworth Rifle - Geoff Allen. Target Gun, UK, September 1992
  • The Whitworth Rifle - Geoff Allen. Classic Arms, UK, August 1994
  • Sir Joseph Whitworth 'The World's Best Mechanician' - Norman Atkinson. Sutton Publishing, UK. ISBN 0 7509 1211 1
  • Sir Joseph Whitworth - Geoffrey Boothroyd. Classic Arms, UK, Jan/Mar 1996
  • Sir Joseph Whitworth and His Rifle - Matthew Schneiderman. The Gun Report, USA, February 1999

19th Century Shooting Texts

  • The Rifle and How To Use It - Captain Hans Busk. 1860. Reprinted by Richmond Publishing Company, USA, 1971
  • Handbook for Hythe - Captain Hans Busk. 1860. Reprinted by Richmond Publishing Company, USA, 1971
  • Manual of Rifling and Rifle Sights - Lieut.-Col. Viscount Bury, M.P. London, UK, 1864. Reprinted by Ray Riling Arms Books Company, USA, 1971
  • Notes on Rifle Shooting - Captain Heaton. London, UK, 1864. Reprinted by W.S.Curtis (Publishers) Ltd., 1993. ISBN 0 948216 13 1
  • Hand Book of Rifle Shooting - Alex Lord Russell. Toronto, Canada, 1869. Reprinted by Museum Restoration Service, Canada, 1989. ISBN 0 919316 96 4
  • The Three Rifles (Snider, Military Small Bore, Match Rifle) - Major Stamford Sheridan Young. UK, 1877 & 1878. Reprinted by W.S.Curtis (Publishers) Ltd., 1997. ISBN 0 948216 15 8
  • The Modern Sportsmans Gunand Rifle. Volume II - The Sporting Rifle, Match Rifle and Revolver - J.H.Walsh ("Stonehenge"). Horace Cox, London, UK, 1884. Reprinted by W.S.Curtis (Publishers) Ltd., 1993. ISBN 0 948216 08 5
  • Hints and Advice on Rifle-Shooting - Robert Mcvittie. London, UK, 1886. Reprinted by W.S.Curtis (Publishers) Ltd., 1993. ISBN 0 948216 12 3
  • The Art of Shooting With The Rifle - Sir Henry St. John Halford. London, UK, 1888. Reprinted by W.S.Curtis (Publishers) Ltd., 1990. ISBN 0 948216 10 7

Reproductions and Shooting Today

  • Parker Hale's .451 Henry (Volunteer) - Geoff Allen. Target Gun, UK, July 1990
  • Ardesa's .451 Creedmoor Match Rifle - Geoff Allen. Target Gun, UK, February 1991
  • Ardesa's 'Alexander Henry' Target Rifle - Geoff Allen. Target Gun, UK, September 1991
  • Make Yourself an Alex Henry - Peter Jacques. Blackpowder, MLAGB, UK, 1992
  • The Modern Muzzle Loader - Andrew Courtney. MLAGB, UK, 1997. ISBN 0 9530541 0 1
  • .451 Henry Volunteer (Parker-Hale) - Leonard Stanley. Target Sports, UK, January 2000
  • Long Range Black Powder Shooting - William A.Roberts, Jr. Muzzle Blasts, USA, November 1999, December 1999, January 2000
  • Artax .451 'Rigby' Match Rifle - Vince Bottomley. Target Sports, UK, February 2001
  • Long Range Shooting with the Parker Hale Volunteer - Eugene Kuisis. Muzzle Blasts, USA, March 2001

General Reference Works

  • Irish Riflemen in America - A.B.Leech. Edward Stanford, London, UK, 1875
  • The Book of the Rifle - T.F. Freemantle. London, UK, 1901. Reprinted by W.S.Curtis (Publishers) Ltd., 1988. ISBN 0 948216 06 09
  • The National Rifle Association 1859-1909 - Humphry and Freemantle. Cambridge, UK, 1914
  • The Englishman and the Rifle - Colonel Lord Cottesloe. Herbert Jenkins, London, UK, 1945
  • The British Soldier's Firearm, From Smoothbore to Smallbore 1850-1864 - Dr. C.H.Roads. London, UK, 1964. Reprinted by R&R Books, 1994. ISBN 1 884849 13 X
  • The Queen's Prize; The Story of the National Rifle Association - Susie Cornfield. Pelham Books, UK, 1987. ISBN 0 7207 1751 5
  • The Literature of the Volunteers of 1859: Part 1 - The Urge To Volunteer, 1850-1859 - W.S.Curtis. Classic Arms, UK, December 1994
  • The Literature of the Volunteers of 1859: Part 2 - The Volunteers Take Shape - W.S.Curtis. Classic Arms, UK, January/February 1995
  • The Literature of the Volunteers of 1859: Part 3 - The Volunteers In Being, 1859-1908 - W.S.Curtis. Classic Arms, UK, March/April 1995
  • Civil War Firearms - Joe Bilby. Combined Books, USA, 1996. ISBN 0 938289 79 9
  • Official NRA Millenium Souvenir Books (1860-2000). NRA, UK, 2000. ISBN 0 9537492 1 5
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