I have been looking for as much information as I can find concerning the styling and construction of earlier (French and Indian War period) rifles. I have already mentioned the John Schreit Rifle, but the other rifle I keep coming across references to is the so called “Musician’s Rifle.” It is apparently a rather elaborately engraved rifle, that exhibits a date of 1756 scratched into the brass patchbox. It is obvious that the date is not part of the original engraving, so there is some controversy over its accuracy/authenticity. Regardless of the scratched in date, the “Musician’s Rifle” seems to be regarded as an important example of an early American longrifle of the French and Indian War period. Continue reading
. It is a reprint of the old copybooks used to teach school children the Spencerian system of handwriting back in the day. The only omission that I have noticed in these copybooks is the fact that there is no punctuation, so I will have to do some more research to find out how to properly form things like the question mark and exclamation point. So, with the help of these books I have been trying to teach myself how to write in this elegant hand. Categories
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