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2026
- March 2026 – Work has begun on a new title that will focus on the American Buffalo Hunt and the Sharps used in the harvest. The research team are now cataloging identified Sharps. Can you help with research?
2025
- November 2025 – Earlier this year members of the Historical Breechloading Smallarms Association (HBSA) enjoyed a lecture on the Evolution of the Lee Enfield.
- October 2025 – Friday 24 October / Saturday 25 October saw the MLAGB 200 yard Rifle Championships plus the end of season matches for members of Long Range Rifles (LRR) Branch of the MLAGB.
- August 2025 – The Long Range Rifles Branch of the MLAGB held their ‘Metford Trophy‘ match at Bisley. Muzzle loading match rifle fired at 900 and 1000 yards.
- June 2025 – A.W.F Taylerson commenced extracting data from Patent Office records in respect of the assignment of British patents covering firearms and related inventions. His work had only covered two volumes, 1853-1866 and 1867-1871, when the original records were destroyed in 1963. Taylerson’s work may now be the best remaining source of information on the assignment of such patents.
- April 2025 – April shoot at Bisley with MLAGB 300 yard Rifle Championship for Enfield rifle and target rifle, and two days of practice at 600, 900 and 1,000 yards.
- March 2025 – Peter Smithurst’s two volumes on ‘The Evolution of Gun Making‘ give a unique insight into military gunmaking of the 18th and 19th century.
- February 2025 – New contact details for serial number documentation from the original records of the Sharps Rifle Company.
2024
- October 2024 – It was good to see 20 members of the Long Range Rifles Branch of the MLAGB at Bisley on Saturday 26 October, for the final competitions of the year.
- October 2024 – There have been three recent Library updates, covering British gunmakers and antique firearms conservation.
- July 2024 – Available at long last! Ready for immediate delivery. SHARPS FIREARMS: Model 1878 “Borchardt Patent” Rifles and other Sharps Models by Roy Marcot, Ron Paxton and Edward W. Marron, Jr.
- June 2024 – A splendid weekend of long range muzzle loading at Bisley, with the MLAGB and the Long Range Rifles Branch! Shooting at 600, 900 and 1,000 yards.
- May 2024 – The Long Range Rifles Branch of the MLAGB spent three days at Bisley, early May, shooting at 500, 600, 900 and 1,000 yards.
- May 2024 – With the demise of the BPTRA last December, a new Federation to promote BPTR shooting matches is being formed.
- April 2024 – ‘British Commonwealth Bayonets and Fighting Knives‘ by Ian Skennerton & Brian Labudda. Revised and updated. – – Pre-Publication Offer – –
- April 2024 – Shooting at Bisley with the Muzzle Loaders Association of Great Britain. 300 and 500 yards with .577 Enfield service rifle and percussion target rifle.
- March 2024 – The 2024 Dick Hoff Memorial Target Rifle Mid-Range Match will be held on 11 May 2024, at Miami Rifle and Pistol Club, Cincinnati, OH.
- March 2024 – Sharps Firearms, Volume 4 – Model 1878 “Borchardt Patent” Rifles and other Sharps Model. – – Pre-Publication Offer – –
- March 2024 – De Witt Bailey (1938-2024) – De Witt Bailey passed away on 9 March 2024. Those who knew him or his work will be aware of the huge legacy of study he has left us.
- February 2024 – Research Press: new web site – Migration from the old domain is well underway, but may take a couple of months to complete.
- January 2024 – Creedmoor 150, Oak Ridge, TN – Oct. 2024 – Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Ireland vs USA long range rifle match at Creedmoor.
2023
- December 2023 – Traditional Creedmoor Match, 2024 – Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the 1874 Match. Traditional Creedmoor Match: August 30 – September 2, 2024.
- September 2023 – 2023 Joe Hepsworth Long Range Match – The 2023 Joe Hepsworth Long Range Black Powder Rifle Match will be held at at Camp Atterbury, IN., November 4th & 5th, 2023.
- September 2023 – NRA(UK) Trafalgar Meeting 2023 – Trafalgar Meeting, Bisley, Saturday 21st – Sunday 22nd October 2023. This is the premier UK event for historical firearms.
- August 2023 – 2023 NMLRA All 1000 yard – NMLRA September 2023 Black Powder Target Rifle Match, Camp Atterbury, 1000 yards.
- August 2023 – 2023 BPTRA Creedmoor Nationals – This is the premiere long range BPTR match in the Black Powder Target Rifle Association.
- May 2023 – 2023 NMLRA’s Terpstra/Swallow Long Range Match – NMLRA June 2023 Long Range Match, Camp Atterbury, IN. 800, 900, 1000 yards.
- March 2023 – Knowing the Enfield – Pattern 1853 to 1865. Volume 1 – New book that covers subjects such as accouterments, the British Volunteer Movement, pouches, tools, guide and parts.
- March 2023 – British Ordnance Muskets of the 1830s and 1840s: George Lovell’s Legacy – newly published by the Royal Armouries.
