Back in February of 2022 I took cell phone pictures of all the pages of the first edition of John G. W. Dillin's 1924 book "The Kentucky Rifle" and put them on this website using an awkward html-based format. In July of 2025 I obtained a professionally scanned searchable pdf version of the book and added it to this website. I'm not sure which version has the clearest pictures, so at least for now, I am offering both versions below.
View the new searchable pdf version of "The Kentucky Rifle" (58,010 KB)
View the old cell phone picture-based html version of "The Kentucky Rifle"
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