Research Press has started publishing an ‘Index of 19th Century Riflemen‘. In order to manage the potentially vast amount of information relating to these riflemen, specific events have been researched to slowly build the reference in a manageable fashion. The focus is primarily on riflemen winning national competitions or being selected for international teams. The events researched to date are identified below:
- Gold Medal winners of the Queen’s Prize, 1860-1900 - National Rifle Association at Wimbledon and Bisley, England
- Rifle Volunteers of Great Britain vs National Guard of the United States of America, 1882 & 1883 - Creedmoor (USA) and Wimbledon (England)
The firearms and gunmakers of the 19th Century are often the feature of study and their rifles collected and still fired today. The riflemen are for the most part forgotten. This index attempt to redress that and record some of the men who pioneered the sport of target rifle shooting from the muzzle loading and into the black powder breech loading era.
Can anyone assist with contemporary biographic material or pictures / photographs?
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