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The Story of Creedmoor 

The Story of Creedmoor: The Irish ~ American Rifle Match of 1874
In 1873 riflemen of Ireland challenged the riflemen of America to a long range rifle championship. The challenge was taken up by the Amateur Rifle Club of New York, and the match took place in Sept 1874 at Creedmoor. The Irish Team used their Rigby muzzle loading match rifles, while the American Team used Remington Rolling Block and Sharps match rifles.
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Research Press Digest features newly written articles and reprints of scarce 19th and early 20th century texts relating to firearms, long range target shooting and military history.  
Contents Index A combined contents list for all four editions of
Research Press Digest is available for download (pdf).
Articles are grouped under broad subject headings, with author,
date first published, edition of the Digest and pages number(s).
 
Research Press Digest 2024

Research Press Digest 2024
Marking the 150th anniversary (1874 – 2024) of the momentous first rifle match between Ireland and the United States of America, and following the story over the succeeding 40 years. This is an historical record of the formative years of international long range target rifle shooting. It tells the story of Creedmoor and the international matches of the 19th century, and the revival of the Palma Match in the early 20th century. Two chapters discuss firearms; one considers the Creedmoor rifles of 1874, and the second, the changes in competition rules made by the National Rifle Association in the UK during the 1890s. The latter saw the demise of the black powder rifle. The closing chapter, originally published in 1911, provides a fascinating insight into the development of Target Shooting sports, and how rules had to adapt to the advances in design of rifles and ammunition. $14.95 USD. View on Amazon

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Research Press Digest 2023

Research Press Digest 2023
Key subjects covered in this volume are British small arms manufacture, and Volunteer rifle shooting. Woolwich Arsenal and its manufacturing establishments (including the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield, and the Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham Abbey) receive comprehensive coverage in an article from 1858. This is complemented by a report from 1900 on the manufacture of the Lee-Metford rifle at the Royal Small Arms Factory, Sparkbrook. Problems with .303 inch Mark IV. ammunition in 1899 are also discussed.  From 1860 until 1889 the NRA(UK) held their annual rifle meeting on Wimbledon Common, and rifle-shooting as a national sport is discussed. The muzzle loading Volunteer rifle is described with reference to contemporary War Office Circulars and Volunteer Regulations. $13.75 USD. View on Amazon

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Research Press Digest 2022

Research Press Digest 2022
Key subjects covered in this volume are the British Volunteer Movement and musketry instruction. W.H. Blanch’s pamphlet of 1900 presents an informed and critical review of the Volunteer Movement. Viscount Bury reports on his musketry instruction course at the Hythe School of Musketry in 1860 and instructor Arthur Walker discusses 'Rifle Trajectories and Rifles.' Volunteers put the rifle skills to test at the NRA(UK) annual rifle meeting at Wimbledon. Through the latter part of the 19th century rifles evolved from single shot muzzle loaders to magazinerifles and musketry instruction was necessarily adapted to suit. $13.55 USD. View on Amazon

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Research Press Digest 2021

Research Press Digest 2021
Key subjects covered in this edition are match and military rifles. Both the rise and demise of the match rifle are charted, along with the challenges of hand loading ammunition. Featured are the Rifle Musket, Pattern 1853 and the Whitworth rifle plus ‘The Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield’. Further afield, ‘The Small Arms of European Armies’ (1889) gives coverage of the subject from an American viewpoint, while context is given by an early history of the School of Musketry, and an article on the British Volunteer System.
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Research Press Digest 2024

Research Press DigestMarking the 150th anniversary (1874 – 2024) of the momentous first rifle match between Ireland and the United States of America, and following the story over the succeeding 40 years. This is an historical record of the formative years of international long range target rifle shooting. It tells the story of Creedmoor and the international matches of the 19th century, and the revival of the Palma Match in the early 20th century. Two chapters discuss firearms; one considers the Creedmoor rifles of 1874, and the second, the changes in competition rules made by the National Rifle Association in the UK during the 1890s. The latter saw the demise of the black powder rifle. The closing chapter, originally published in 1911, provides a fascinating insight into the development of Target Shooting sports, and how rules had to adapt to the advances in design of rifles and ammunition. $14.95 USD. View on Amazon

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Research Press Digest 2023

Research Press DigestKey subjects covered in this volume are British small arms manufacture, and Volunteer rifle shooting. Woolwich Arsenal and its manufacturing establishments (including the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield, and the Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham Abbey) receive comprehensive coverage in an article from 1858. This is complemented by a report from 1900 on the manufacture of the Lee-Metford rifle at the Royal Small Arms Factory, Sparkbrook. Problems with .303 inch Mark IV. ammunition in 1899 are also discussed.  From 1860 until 1889 the NRA(UK) held their annual rifle meeting on Wimbledon Common, and rifle-shooting as a national sport is discussed. The muzzle loading Volunteer rifle is described with reference to contemporary War Office Circulars and Volunteer Regulations. $13.75 USD. View on Amazon

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Research Press Digest 2022

Research Press DigestKey subjects covered in this volume are the British Volunteer Movement and musketry instruction. W.H. Blanch’s pamphlet of 1900 presents an informed and critical review of the Volunteer Movement. Viscount Bury reports on his musketry instruction course at the Hythe School of Musketry in 1860 and instructor Arthur Walker discusses 'Rifle Trajectories and Rifles.' Volunteers put the rifle skills to test at the NRA(UK) annual rifle meeting at Wimbledon. Through the latter part of the 19th century rifles evolved from single shot muzzle loaders to magazinerifles and musketry instruction was necessarily adapted to suit. $13.55 USD. View on Amazon

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The Story of Creedmoor, 1874

The Story of Creedmoor, 1874In 1873 riflemen of Ireland challenged the riflemen of America to a long range rifle championship. The challenge was taken up by the Amateur Rifle Club of New York, and the match took place in Sept 1874 at Creedmoor. The Irish Team used their Rigby muzzle loading match rifles. The American Team used Remington Rolling Block and Sharps match rifles, both newly introduced versions in response to the conditions of the match regarding rifle weight and trigger-pull. In 2002 Research Press published a booklet on the history of this rifle match. The story has been revised and expanded and it is now available in paperback or Kindle versions via Amazon. $11.45 USD. View on Amazon

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Research Press Digest 2021

Research Press DigestKey subjects covered in this edition are match and military rifles. Both the rise and demise of the match rifle are charted, along with the challenges of hand loading ammunition. Featured are the Rifle Musket, Pattern 1853 and the Whitworth rifle plus ‘The Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield’. Further afield, ‘The Small Arms of European Armies’ (1889) gives coverage of the subject from an American viewpoint, while context is given by an early history of the School of Musketry, and an article on the British Volunteer System. $12.95 USD. View on Amazon

Read more: Research Press Digest 2021