Wallace Gusler Muzzle Blasts Articles

Below is a list of the Muzzle Blasts articles by or about Wallace Gusler. Wallace Gusler is one of the foremost experts on southern longrifles, particularly Virginia longrifles. Many of the articles focus on rare iron mounted rifles. I am listing the issue, the title, and the first page. This may not be a complete list. These are just among the issues that I saved, and I only save issues that have particular interest for me. I have been told that back issues of Muzzle Blasts are available from the NMLRA for a nominal fee.

  1. September 2003; Inventory of Robert Milburn, Frederick County, Virgnia; p.46.
  2. November 2003; “A rifle gun barrel & mountings”; p.48.*
  3. January 2004; Wallace Gusler, Master Gunsmith by Gary Brumfield; p.4.
  4. March 2004; “Attributing the Old Holston Rifle”; p.4.*
  5. May 2004; “The Step Toe Group”
  6. July 2004; An Early Shenandoah Valley Iron Mounted Rifle Gun; p.11.*
  7. September 2004; A Fine Iron Mounted Rifle; p.36.*
  8. January 2005;An 18th Century Moravian Rifle Gun from North Carolina; p.4.
  9. March 2005;An 18th Century Moravian Rifle Gun from North Carolina; p.4.
  10. July 2005;An 18th Century Moravian Rifle Gun from North Carolina; p.4.
  11. November 2005;An 18th Century Moravian Rifle Gun from North Carolina; p.4.
  12. March 2006; A Fine Iron Mounted Rifle from the Valley of Virginia; p.60.*
  13. January 2007; A Lancaster – Pennsyslvania Rifle Gun with Southern Connections; p.4.
  14. March 2007; Possible Origin of G.F. Fanot’s Box Design; p.13.
  15. July 2007; An Important Tennessee Iron Mounted Rifle Gun – Part 1; p.4.*
  16. July 2007; An Important Tennessee Iron Mounted Rifle Gun – Part 2; p.4.*
  17. November 2007; A Valley of Virginia Rifle Gun Used in Kentucky; p.36.*
  18. March 2008; Early Virginia-Pennsylvania Rifle; p.4.*
  19. May 2008; An In-use Restocked Smooth-bored Rifle Gun; p.50.*
  20. September 2008; American Frontier and Backcountry Flintlock Terminology 1730-1830; p.4.**
  21. December 2008; Backcountry and Frontier Flintlock Terminology; p.4.**
  22. June 2009; A Rosetta Stone North Carolina Rifle Gun Part 1; p.50.
  23. August 2009; A Rosetta Stone North Carolina Rifle Gun Part 2; p.50.
  24. December 2009; Shot Bags/Shot Pouches – Part 1; p.?.
  25. May 2010; Shot Bags/Shot Pouches – Part 2; p.7.
  26. June 2010; An Early Virginia Shot Bag and 18th Century Powder Measure; p.4.
  27. December 2011; A French and Indian War Rifle Gun, Part 1; p.43.
  28. February 2012;“A French and Indian War Rifle Gun, Part II”
  29. August 2012; Rifles by “GB” in the Step Toe Group, Rockbridge and Botetourt Counties, Virginia; p.47.*
  30. December 2014; Rifle Guns in the “GB” Group, Number 2; p.6.*
  31. February 2016, The Twentieth Century Story of Two Extraordinary Frontier Guns, Part 1; p.6.*