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Martin Meylin. Martin Meylin (1665 Rhineland-Palatinate, then Prussia – 1749 (aged 83–84), West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania) [ 1 ] was a gunsmith best known for inventing Daniel Boone 's Gun, the " Kentucky Long Rifle ".
Fredericksburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania. / 40.31028°N 78.28611°W / 40.31028; -78.28611. Fredericksburg, also known as Clover Creek, [ 4] is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. [ 2]
Accurizing. Ruger 10/22 carbines, before accurizing (top) and after (below). Externally visible changes are the target-style stock, the more vertical thumbhole grip, the free-floated bull barrel, and a muzzle brake. Accurizing is the process of improving the accuracy and precision of a gun (firearm or airgun).
The Gunsmith's Manual; a Complete Handbook for the American Gunsmith, being a Practical Guide to all Branches of the Trade. New York: Excelsior Publishing House. - Republished in April 1945 by Thomas G. Samworth, Plantersville, South Carolina. Towsley, Bryce M. (2006). Gunsmithing Made Easy. Stoeger Publishing Company. ISBN 0-88317-294-1.
Long rifle. The long rifle, also known as the Kentucky rifle, Pennsylvania rifle, or American long rifle, is a muzzle-loading firearm used for hunting and warfare. It was one of the first commonly-used rifles. [1] The American rifle was characterized by a very long barrel of relatively small caliber, uncommon in European rifles of the period.
Engelbert Krauskopf (August 21, 1820 – July 11, 1881) was a German-American settler, gunsmith, and naturalist. Born in Bendorf, Germany, he emigrated to the United States in 1846, and became a settler of Fredericksburg, Texas. He was trained as a cabinetmaker and gunsmith, and during the American Civil War once made a gun barrel especially ...
The 1792 contract specified rifles with a 44-1/2 inch long barrel in .47 caliber. That was modified to a 42-inch long barrel in .49 caliber, with a well-seasoned maple stock and a flintlock. Eleven different gunsmiths took the contract on, delivering 1,476 rifles between April 1792 and December 1792. A second contract for the same weapon took ...
A Broome County man is dead following a car-pedestrian crash early Friday morning in Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The Derry Township Police Department identified the victim as 54 ...