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Originally Posted by John Rogers
Thanks for the ideas. I really like well written true or sort of true stories. Over the years I tended to have to read an awful lot on "manuals" starting when I was a kid and teenager reading model airplane and R/C magazines, US Navy nuclear power manuals, school books when I was using my GI bill and finally those great but looooong winded Oracle "documentation" docs.
As noted I read everything on my iPhone, usually in a converted PDF format.
One hard cover book I have read 4 times in the past few years is Major Roberts' book called "Muzzle-Loading Cap Lock Rifle". I learn something new every time. He also wrote a great single shot rifle book too.
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Ned Roberts..developed the .257 Roberts rifle cartridge. I have the book having gone through it numerous times.
Roberts grew up in the 1870's using muzzle loading percussion rifles. His book gives you a real flavor or feeling about attitudes of what it was to live in those times. Anybody who is interested in those sorts of rifles should read that book. The accuracy achieved with those rifles is astounding.
In the second half of the 19th century it seemed every town had its own shooting club. Target shooting was the Sunday golf of its day. Or was perhaps as popular as nfl football is today. Popularity seemed to wane after WW1 and 2. It was a different time with a different mindset. Nobody gave a second thought to having guns around.it wasn't a problem.