Pennsylvania Gunmakers (present day):

William Shipman
Dixon's Gunmaker's Fair
Colonial Gun Works
Hoot Al's Rifle Shop
Eric Kettenburg
Jim Chambers
Crickett (modern youth size 22 rifles)
Charles Daly (KBI), Harrisburg (modern sporting arms)
TAR-HUNT RIFLES INC. Bloomsburg (modern sporting arms)

Pennsylvania Rifles, Kits:

Movies set in early America:

Patriot
Last of the Mohicans
Johnny Tremain
April Morning
American History - Colonial America (1500-1600) (New VHS Movie) Studio: Mastervision, Inc. Rated: NR
American History for Kids: Colonial America (© 2002) ASIN: B00007IK97
Colonial Life for Children Vol. 1-9 (1999) , ASIN: 1572252219
Gunsmith of Williamsburg
Colonial America/1500-1600
America Before the Revolution (VHS)

Books

The History of the Weapons of the American Revolution by George Neumann, Bonanza Books, New York, NY 1967.
The Blunderbuss by James D. Forman, ISBN 0-919316-32-8 Pub. Museum restoration Service-Historical Arms Series. ©1994
Gunpowder -- Alchemy, bombards, & Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive that changed the World by Jack Kelly, pub Basic Books ISBN 0-465-03718-6 ©2004
Sketch Book 76 -- The American Soldier 1775-1781 by Robert L. Klinger & Richard A. Wilder, Pub. Pioneer Press. Library of Congress card number 67-7563. ©1967 & 1974
An Introduction to British Artillery by S. James Gooding, ISBN 0-919316-04-2, Pub. Museum restoration Service-Historical Arms Series. ©1965

Internet Sites

George Schumway - publisher
Old Bedford Village (reenacting, Gunbuilders Show)
Lancaster County Historical Society
K12 Resources-Colonial America 1600-1775
American Revolution Links
Field Music of the American Revolution
Colonial America Links for kids
Coon-n-crockett.org
Crazy Crow Trading Post
Huntingsociety.org (link site)
Colonial America Links - 5th Grade
Flintlocks in wet weather
Lenni Lenape Historical Society
Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation (Glen Mills, PA)
Brandywine Battlefield
Brandywine Battlefield Associates
Native Tribes of Pennsylvania
PENNSYLVANIA ON THE EVE OF COLONIZATION
Roots: Pennsylvania research
Exploration 4 kids - Colonial Times
Colonial Williamsburg
Making black powder
The Treaty of Paris (The Peace Treaty of 1783 ending the American Revolution)
Ol' Buffalo Muzzleloading Guide (link page)
Pennsylvania Antique Gun Collector Association
Pennsylvania Gun Collectors Association
Pennsylvania Gunsmithing School
Flintknapping

Musket history

Pennsylvania gunmaking-Civil War (1860-65)

Matchlocks, wheelocks (forerunners to muskets)

Pennsylvania Gunmakers (historical):

Philip.S. Justice - "Philada"
Christian Sharps-Phila
Henry Deringer-Phila
William Henry I - Jacobsburg - Philadelphia
Edward K. Tryon and Company - Philadelphia
Brooke Evans - Philadelphia (M1816 Musket production)
W.L. Evans - Evansburg, PA (M1816 Musket production)
Wickham - Philadelphia M1816 Musket production)
Daniel Nippes & Company - Mill Creek, PA (M1816 Musket production, flintlock conversion)
J. Baker, Philadelphia - M1816 Musket Type III
John Rice (M1861 Musket-"Philadelphia" marked)
Alfred Jenks & Son - Bridesburg Machine Works (M1861 Musket-"Bridesburg" marked)
H James - Philadelphia
Andrew Kopp, Paradise, PA
George Kopp-Tyrone Twp, PA
Henry E. Leman, Lancaster, Pa
Phillip Reed - Philadelphia
J. C. Aulenbach - Lebanon
Jacob Dickert - Lancaster
Abraham Schweitzer
Online listing
More...

Reproduction musket sources

High quality

Mid-range quality

18th Century Re-enacting links

11th Pennsylvania Regiment (Philadelphia)
The 17th Light Dragoons in North America
The First Pennsylvania Battalion
17th Regt. of Foot Light Infantry Company
The German Rgt.
Von Heers - Provost Corps of the Continental Army
The British Brigade
2nd PA - 43rd Rgt. of Foot
The Brigade of the American Revolution
The Continental Line
RevList! The webpage for the Revolutionary War mailing list
American Colonial Reenactment Units
Reenacting - bits & blobs
Artillery in the American Revolution and in the Reenacting Hobby
Patriot's Day (PBS)
The Ladies of Reenacting: Colonial Era Customs and dress
King's Own (4th Regiment of Foot)
Outwater's Militia (NJ)

(Humor) Rifling: Satan's signature

Around 1498, gunsmiths had discovered that rifling increased accuracy, but no one truly understood why. Early speculation theorized that magic played a large part in explaining the increased accuracy.
In 1522, a Bavarian diviner named Moretius explained why rifling worked: bullets were influenced by spirits, and a spinning bullet prevented the little demons from hitching a ride. He supported this notion by using the heavens as an example — the celestial bodies rotated and were demon-free. The earth was stationary and overrun with demons.
Not to be outdone, Moretius' contemporaries provided a countering theory: the imps could only ride on a spinning bullet guiding it to its target and making rifles inherently evil.
In 1547 a final test was devised by the Sharpshooters' Guild of Mainz, what is now Germany. The sharpshooters fired twenty ordinary lead balls from rifles at twenty targets, scoring nineteen hits. Following this, they fired twenty bullets that were silver, triple-blessed and marked with a crucifix.
Unfortunately, none of the blessed bullets found their targets leading many to conclude rifles were evil. The real reason the silver bullets missed can be easily explained: silver behaves differently than lead and might have slipped over the rifling. Equally plausible is the crucifix engraving disturbed the bullet's balance, destroying any possibility of accuracy.
From these "divine" tests, rifles were banned in Mainz and citizens burned many rifles in the town square. Fortunately, hunger soon emancipated rifles from their "evil" reputation and hunters soon returned to using rifles for hunting.

Children Out-Learning Their Elders

Parents-have you noticed your children learning high tech skills at an alarming rate? It's happened before.
During the hundred years war (1337 to 1453), Charles VII of France was at war with England's Henry V. England controlled much of France, to make matters worse the Burgundians (a province in what is now western France) sided with the English.
The Duke of Bedford laid seige to Orleans, and nearly succeeded. A miracle appeared in the form of a 17 year old French girl named Jehanne La Pucelle. She had insight for military tactics rivalling 20 year veterans that so inspired the French that she broke the seige at Orleans in 1429 and led France to ultimate victory over Henry's English forces.
One of her main strengths was recognizing the value of gunpowder and artillery on the battlefield, a lesson not yet fully understood by Henry and the English army. Her youth allowed her to see past the preconceptions of classic military thinkers at that time.
You might recognize Jehanne La Pucelle as "Joan of Arc".