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He organized and frequented historical reenactment and muzzleloading events, and subsequently had the idea to sell supplies to other enthusiasts. [2] In 1973, he created a family business in Pierceton, Indiana which manufactures and sell clothes, cooking equipment, and accessories accurate to the 18th and 19th centuries. [ 3 ]
Long rifles were an American design of the 18th century, produced by individual German gunsmiths in Pennsylvania. Based on the Jäger rifle , [ 3 ] these long rifles, known as "Pennsylvania Rifles", were used by snipers and light infantry throughout the Revolutionary War.
The French-made Tulle musket or Fusil de chasse (fu-zi dee chā-se), originally meaning "gun of the hunt", was a light smoothbore flintlock musket designed for hunting. A later military variant known as the Fusil marine ordinaire, or "common naval musket" was issued to the French marines during the French and Indian War and American War of Independence.
After numerous musket designs in the late 17th and early 18th century, most notably the Tulle Musket, the infantry musket was standardized in what would become the Model 1717. This model standardized most of the design features that would be common to all subsequent models, such as a .69 caliber barrel, an approximate length of 60 inches (1,500 ...
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The Hawken rifle is a muzzle-loading rifle that was widely used on the prairies and in the Rocky Mountains of the United States during the early frontier days. Developed in the 1820s, it became synonymous with the "plains rifle", the buffalo gun, and a trade rifle for fur trappers, traders, clerks, and hunters.
Muzzleloading is the sport or pastime of firing muzzleloading guns. Muzzleloading guns, both antique and reproduction, are used for target shooting, hunting, historical re-enactment and historical research. The sport originated in the United States in the 1930s, just as the last original users and makers of muzzleloading arms were dying out ...
18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; ... 23rd; Pages in category "18th-century weapons" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. ... Muzzleloader; N ...