Simply, try to get a copy of the book: S.R.Truesdell "THE RIFLE it's development for Big-Game Hunting", original 1947 as a NRA library book, reprint 1992 by Safari Press, Inc., ISBN 0-940143-74-7. Truesdell summarizes the rifles mentioned in (English) books by 112 big game hunters from 1834 to 1946.