ASAC Bulletin Contents -by James Gooding, September 2010
No. 1, September 1955
Smith, Sam. — Lindsay Pistol Exhibit at the Cincinnati Meeting May 21-22, 1955.” pp. 2.8
McHugh, Thomas J. — United States Patent Models. (B.C. Gough; Morris & Brown; G.W.B. — Gedney; D.B. Wesson; Brettell & Frisbie; C. A. King). pp. 9-27.
No. 2, November 1956
Patterson, C. Meade. — North Pistols and their Variations. pp. 316.
Smith, Samuel E. — A Unique Breech-loading U.S. Martial Pistol. .Pp. 17-18.
Holt, Thomas E. — Pennsylvania 1798 Contract Muskets. pp. 19-24
No. 3, Spring 1961
Kuhn, Lt. Co. R.C. — Unknown Martial Pistols, 1797-1816. pp. 3-13.
Panel: M. Aziz, J.B. Smith, F. N. Russell, H.M. Stewart. — A Round Table Discussion of American Revolving Long Arms. pp. 18-21.
Smith, James B. — Miller Revolving Rifle. pp. 22-25.
Russell, Frank N. — Warners Revolving Rifles. pp. 26-30.
Stewart, Henry M., Jr. — Revolving Rifles. pp. 31-35
No. 4. Fall, 1961
Neal, W. Keith. — Some Famous English Gunmakers. pp. 3-9.
Moldenhauer, Karl.—Remington Arms. Pp. 17-18.
Gerber, William E. — Remington Navy Revolvers. pp. 12-16.
Leonard, Harmon C. — Remington Single Shot Pistols. pp. 19-20.
Florence, William E. —Remington Casings. pp. 21-27.
Hoopes, Thomas T. — Some Unusual Firearms. pp. 31-40.
No. 5, Spring. 1962
Wilson, Larry. — Samuel Colt Presents” in the Making. pp. 3-7.
Lewis, Waverly P. — U.S. Military Headgear 1770-1880. pp. 10-14.
Fox, Gerald G. — The Gun that won the West. pp. 18-22.
Hammer, Betty. — The Distaff View, pp. 25-26.
Jackson, Leon.—The Hartford Meeting. Pp. 27-28.
No. 6, Fall, 1962.
Williams, Herman W. Jr., — Union Arms Company Revolvers. pp. 3-7.
Stewart, Henry M., Jr. — Union Arms Contemporary Revolvers. pp. 8-10
Peterson, Harold L. — Notes on Tomahawks, Hatchets and Boarding Axes used by Americans. pp. 11-16.
Bennet, Hugh, Jr. — The Palmetto Armory, Columbia, South Carolina. pp. 17-26.
No. 7. Spring 1963
Byrne, John E. — Guns and Their Makers of the Great Western Emporium. Pp.2-9.
Fall, Clarence B. — St. Louis Guns, the Mechanics of Manufacture and Points of Identification. pp. 10-14.
Frost, Henry Gordon. — Thirteen Days to Glory. pp. 20-27.
Knode, Harry C. — Organization of the American Society of Arms Collectors. pp. 30-32.
No. 8, Fall 1963
Jones, Charles B., — Evolution of the Bugle or Trumpet: Reminiscences of a Cavalry Bugler of Fifty Years .Ago. pp. 3-8.
Hubbell, Benjamin F. — The New England Combination Gun, 1730 to 1775. pp. 9-12.
Funderburg, W.R. — What Price Complacency. pp. 13-17
Knode, Harry C. — Henry Deringer, Jr. and his Imitators. pp. 22-28.
No. 9, Spring 1964
Shumaker, P.L. — Some of the Old Model Pocket Pistols Called 49ers. pp. 3-7
Pins, Robert. — Francis Bannerman Exodus, 1865-1959. pp. 15-19.
A Random Shot at the Military Inn.[Photographs] pp. 22-25
Heinrich, Leonard. — Development and Uses of Armor. pp. 26-30.
No. 10, Fall 1964.
Stewart, Henry M. Jr. — Automatic Priming of Flint and Percussion Firearms. pp. 2-11.
Lucie, James R. — Volcanic and Henry Firearms. pp. 15-19.
Jackson, Leon C. — The Future of Gun Collecting. pp. 24-26.
No. 11, Spring 1965.
Wolff, Eldon. — The Nunemacher Collection. pp. 2-9.
Dean, Herman. — The Philosophy of Collecting. pp. 10-16.
Patterson, C. Meade. — Harpers Ferry and its Firearms. pp. 21-31
Horner, Frank R. — Pepperboxes. pp. 34-42
No. 12, Fall 1965.
Hoopes, Thomas T. — Some Arms Museums of Great Britain. pp. 4-18.
Hammer, John D. — The American Cutlass. pp. 19-22.
Millman, Crosby. — Early American Engraved Powder Horns. pp. 24-29.
Miller, Eugene E. — Benedict Arnold, Both Hero and Traitor. pp. 30-36.
Leonard, Harmon C. — The Kentucky Rifle. pp. 38-44.
Leonard, Harmon C.—“An Ode to Knode.” P. 45
No. 13, Spring 1066
Frost, H. Gordon. — Wild and Wackie Woolie Weapons. pp. 6-12.
Smith, Samuel E. — Probing the Questionable. pp. 15-18
Abels, Robert. — The Royal Castle of Nuremberg Collection Torture and Instruments of Punishment. pp. 21-27.
Logan, Herschel C. — Courage, Bullets and Beans...a Panorman of the Civil War. pp. 28-34.
No. 14, Fall 1966.
Smith, Samuel E. Chicago Meeting Highlights. Pp. 3-5.
Serven, James E. — Early Guns and Gunmakers West of the Mississippi. pp. 6-14.
Hanson, Charles E. Jr. — Indian Trade Guns. pp. 18-23.
TO BE IDENTIFIED — Muzzle Loading Ordnance Models. pp. 24-27.
Hendricks, Charles S. — Hand Operated Projectile Weapons. pp. 30-35.
McIntosh, Alan. “I am a Tired American.” p. 37
No. 15, Spring 1967
Bonner, James C. — Problems of Logistics in the Confederacy. pp. 2-8.
DuBose, Beverly M., Jr., III. — The Manufacture of Confederate Ordnance in Georgia. pp. 10-15
Pugsley, Edwin. — Recollections of the Forming of the Pugsley and Winchester Gun Collections. pp. 31-33. (Talk at Sept. 1955 ASAC Meeting)
Hoopes, Tom.—Tom Hoopes to Russia. p. 20.
Russell, Frank.—Frank Russell to Denmark. p. 20
Smith, Sam.—Sam Smith to the British Isles. p.21
No. 16, Fall 1967
Jackson, Leon C. — Statement at Hearings on H.R. 5384 April 10, 1967. pp. 4-7.
Pins, Robert G. — U.S. Military 45-70 Springfield Breechloading Rifles. pp. 9-17.
Milliman, Crosby. — Evolution of the Pennsylvania Rifle. 20-28.
DuBose, Beverly M., Jr. — Experiences of a Civil War Collection. pp. 30-34.
Johnson, William A. “Billy” — Japanese Edged Weapons Collecting Frontier. pp. 36-40.
Jackson, Archer L. — Rare Trapdoor Springfields, Part 1. pp. 42-51.
No. 17, Spring 1968.
Hoopes, Thomas T — A Visit to Russia. pp. 3-5.
McMurray, John C. — U.S. Flintlock Rifles. pp. 8-14.
Leonard, Harmon C. — The British Invasion of New Haven. pp. 18-22
Pugsley, Edwin. — Winchesters of the Past. pp. 26-29.
Jackson, Archer L. — Rare Trapdoor Springfields, Part 2. pp. 32-39.
No. 18, Fall 1968.
Natta-Soleri, Raffael. — Museums of Arms and Military History in Torino – The Role of Accademia de San Marciano. pp. 3-15.
Lindsay, Merrill. — Six Shooters Since Sixteen Hundred. pp. 18-27.
Milliman, Crosby. — Boston in the American Revolution. pp. 32-38.
No. 19, Spring 1969.
Bedford, Clay P. — The Forsyth Percussion System. pp. 4-13.
Dunlap, H.J., (Jack) — The Mauser Self-loading Military Pistol. pp. 21-26.
Frost, H. Gordon. — Saddles, Spurs, and Boots. pp. 33-36.
No. 20, Fall; 1969
Sullivan, Albert M. — Kentucky Rifle Silhouettes. pp. 2-10.
Peterson, Mendel L — Magnetic Search for Bermuda Wrecks. pp. 16-20.
Westergard, Paul J. — Non-Map Powder Horns. pp. 22-25.
Logan, Herschel C. — The Story of Our ASAC Emblem. pp. 26-27.
Berg, Paul. — Hopkins & Allen Guns. pp. 32-44.
No. 21, Fall 1970
Jackson, Leon C. — A Collector’s Wife Should Take a Hard Look at Firearms Legislation. pp. 3-5
Hammer, Betty B. — The Distaff View. pp. 5.
Holt, Thomas E. — U.S. 1798 Contract Muskets. pp. 8-14.
Marvin, Stephen D. — A Springfield Model 1795 Musket with Permanently Attached Bayonet. pp. 17-18.
Kyser, Cecil C. — Story of the Stevens Pistol. pp. 21-25.
Russell, Frank N. — U.S. Military Signal Pistols. pp. 28-33.
Upchurch, Donald E. — The Use of the Eagle in Sword Decoration. pp. 38-42.
No. 22, Fall 1970.
Terenzi, Marcello. — The Italian “Venditti” Pistol. pp.. 3-8.
Hoff, Arne. — What do we Really Know About the Snaphaunce. pp. 11-18.
Williamson, William R. — The Real Ripper. pp. 21-28.
Simmons, Edward N. — Dr. Jean Alexander Francoise le Mat and the New Orleans Affair. pp. 33-41.
No. 23, Spring 1971.
Hale, Robin C. — Tennessee Rifles. pp. 6-23.
Swayze, Nathan L. — The Model 1851 Colt Navy. pp. 31-41.
No. 24, Fall 1971
Neal, Keith. — The Ferguson Rifle and its Origins. pp. 2-9.
Bedford, C.P. — Collier and His Revolvers. pp. 10-21.
Serven, James E. — Adventures in Pursuit of Old Guns. pp. 28-34.
Hendricks, Charles S. — Progress of firearms From Inseption through Flintlock. pp. 35-38.
Garcelon, Alonzo. — Target Rifles. pp. 39-42
No. 25, Spring 1972.
Lavin, James D. — Ripoll Pistols. pp. 2-12.
Blackmore, Howard L. — British Military Firearms in Colonial America. pp. 13-24
Dyke, Sam & Earl Heffner Jr. — The Moll Family of Gunsmiths. pp. 25-29
Howell, Edgar V., Jr. — The U.S. Flintlock Musket as it is Converted for Use of the Percussion System.. pp. 30-33.
Suydam, C.R. — The Millennium Arrived at Williamsburg. pp. 34-35.
Stewart, H.M. — Exhibits: Revolving Long Arms. pp. 35-39.
Bo. 26, Fall 1972.
Mouillesseaux, Harold R. — Early Allen Firearms. pp. 2-15.
Reilly, Robert M. — Harpers Ferry and John Hall. pp. 16-29
Ottati, Michael. — Rapiers. pp. 30-38
Nutter, Waldo E. — Manhattan Firearms Manufacturing Co. pp. 39-61.
No. 27, Spring 1973.
Weatherhead, Albert J., III. — John Parker Lindsay a Study in Firepower. pp. 2-9
Berg, Paul. — Remington Conversions. pp. 10-18.
O’Neal, William B. — Artillery Models: Design and Construction. pp. 19-28.
Eberhart, L.D. — The Perry and Goddard “Double Header” or “Perpetual Revolver.” pp. 29-32.
No. 28, Fall 1973.
Wilson, R.L. — Firearms Engraving in Nineteenth Century America. pp. 2-20.
Diefenthal, Stanley M. — Typical Firearms Forgeries and Fakes and Methods for Detecting Them. pp. 21-40
Gamber, Ortwin. — The Firearms of the Waffensammlung in Vienna. pp. 41-53.
Chalapis, John — Queen Anne Pistols 1650-1750. pp. 54-65.
No. 29, Spring 1974.
Hayward, J.F. — The Decoration of Firearms in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. pp. 2-9
Lindsay, Merrill. Restoration of Arms and Armor Being Done at the Poldi Pezzoli Museum. pp. 10-17.
Smith, Samuel E. — Twenty Years of the American Society. pp. 18-21.
No. 30, Fall 1974.
Eberhart, L.D. — W.W. Marston and His Guns. pp. 2-43.
Waite, M.D. — Some Firearm Accessories and Modifications of Interest to the Arms Student and Collector. pp. 45-79.
Spring, Robert E. — Scrimshaw Art of the American Whalemen. pp. 80-89.
Tarassuk, Leonid. — American and European Firearms in the Hermitage Museum. pp. 90-97.
Brooker, R.E. — Variations of the French Model AnXIII Produced by Other Countries. pp. 98-116
No. 31, Spring 1975.
Suydam, C.R. — Some Variations of the British Coaching Blunderbuss. pp. 2-23.
Swayze, Nathan L. — The London-Made ’51 Colt Navy with a Comparison to its Hartford-Made Counterpart. P. 24-40.
Kennedy, R.N., Jr. — Notes on the Model 1816 U.S. Flintlock Musket. pp. 41-49.
Tarassuk, L. — Selected Illustrations From His Talk on Arms at the Hermitage Museum. pp. 50-60.
Blair, Claude. — Scottish Firearms, pp. 61-101.
Brooker, R.E. & H. Lehner. — The Military Pistols of Saxony. (in English and German) pp. 102-129.
No. 32, Fall 1975.
Murphy, John M. — The Story of Confederate Carbines. pp. 2-36.
Lindsay, Merrill. — A Review of all of the known Surviving Swords of Gen. George Washington; How many Swords did George Washington Wear at His Inauguration? pp. 37-49.
Fink, David H. — The “Collector” License: A Help or Hindrance. pp. 50-54.
Davis, Edward M. — Address by Los Angeles Police Chief Edward M. Davis to the ASAC. pp. 55-60.
Hoff, Arne. — Treasures of the Tøjus Museum. pp. 61-69
No. 33, Spring 1976.
Swayze, Nathan L. — The Rappahannock Forge. pp. 2-34.
Reid, William. — British Military Weapons; The Problem of Telling Their Story in a New Museum. pp. 35-52.
Altemus, James C. — The Hewes and Phillips Story. pp. 53-64.
Michel, Benjamin P. — The Richmond Armory. pp. 65-74.
Hendricks, Charles S. — Guns of the Munich Court Workshop and Other German Wheellock Guns of the Period. pp. 75-80.
Repman, Harry J. — U.S. Buckles and Plates 1830-1860. pp. 81-88.
Mitchell, Paul C. — In Pursuit of Colts. pp. 89-91.
No. 34, Fall 1976.
Flanagan, Edward R. — Virginia Militia Long Arms. pp. 2-17.
Hill, Erwin J., Jr. — Early American 22-Caliber Handguns. pp. 18-30.
Horner, Frank R. — The Romance of Duelling. pp. 31-35.
No. 35, 1976.
Leonard, Harmon C. — The Militia and Munitions of the Revolution. pp. 3-10.
Guthman, Bill. — Arms and Accoutrements of the Revolutionary Period. pp. 11-20.
Gabel, Ronald — .A Closer Look at Lehigh County Kentuckies. pp. 21-28.
Owens, Eldon J. — Guns Made in Windsor, Vermont. pp. 29-32.
Stewart, H.M. — The American Air Gun School of 1800-1830. pp. 33-38.
Floyd, William B. — The Rebel Sharps. pp. 39-44.
Milliman, Crosby. — What do you Wear to a Revolution? pp. 45-50.
Hayward, John. — The Keinbusch Collection. pp. 51-56.
No. 36, 1977.
Katzowitz, A. Lewis. — Thoughts of Joe Kindig, Jr. pp. 3-8.
Marvin, Stephen D. — Strange Ports and Fine Guns. pp. 9-18.
McCauley, Robert H, Jr. — Some American Descendants of the Small Sword. pp. 19-28.
Tarassuk, Leonid. — Parrying Daggers and Poniards. pp. 29-42.
Miller, Gene E. — The Art of Gun Collecting. pp. 43-45.
Phillips, John R. — No Visible Means of Support. pp. 47-49.
Wood, Tom. — From Fakes to Folk Art. pp. 50-54.
No. 37, 1977.
Daehnhardt, Rainer. — First Steps Towards an Introduction Into the Study of Early Gunmaking in the Portuguese World,1450-1650. pp. 1-8.
McNellis, Bob. — El Paso Gunmen and the Tools of Their Trade. pp. 9-12.
Jones, L.W. — Handguns of the Massachusetts Arms Co. pp. 13-19.
McCraken, Joseph III. — Trailblazing Drovers of Texas and The Odyssey of Oliver Loving. pp. 20-25.
Whittington, George R. — A Tale of Ben Lilley and His Knife.. pp.. 26.
Foote, Frank O. — The N.R.A. Whittington Center: A Progress Report. pp. 27-30.
LaRue, J. William. — Variations of the “Remington Navy Rifle, Model 1870.” pp. 31-36.
Sellers, Frank M. — Christian Sharps was Born in Washington, New Jersey. pp. 37-42.
Lundeberg, Philip K. — Microcosm of Revolution (The Gondola “Philadelphia”). pp. 43-51.
No. 38, Spring 1978.
Moore, Bill, Jr. — Civil War Cavalry: Arms, Accoutrements and Relics. pp. 3-12.
Neville, R.E., Jr. — James Conning, Confederate Sword Maker. pp. 13-16.
Gerber, William E. — Harpers Ferry Rifles: Comparing the Models 1803-1814. pp. 17-21.
Hartley, Dean S., Jr. — Japanese Armor and Weapons. pp. 23-32.
Appel, Jack. Remingtons – the Long, Not the Short of it. (Part 1& 2) pp. 33-44.
Bearss. Edwin C. — Big Plans for Gunboat Cairo. pp. 45-48.
Bearss, Margie Riddle. — Small Arms of the Cairo. pp. 68-71.
No. 39, Fall 1978.