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The 1826 novel by James Fenimore Cooper The Last of the Mohicans (and the films based on it) features a long rifle-wielding character, Nathan Hawkeye (played in the 1992 film by Daniel Day-Lewis), who is nicknamed by the allies of the French army as La Longue Carabine ("Long rifle"). The Kentucky long rifle was featured in the fifth episode of ...
Martin Meylin of Lancaster County is credited with the invention of the long rifle which later on became known as the "Pennsylvania Rifle" and also the "Kentucky Rifle" of pioneer fame. The "long rifle" is considered to be an important development by gun collectors, as it combined features of British rifling, Germanic style mechanisms, and ...
In June 2013, Kentucky adopted the Kentucky long rifle as its state firearm. [4] In June 2014, Pennsylvania adopted the Pennsylvania long rifle as its state firearm. [5] In July 2014, Alaska adopted the pre-1964 Winchester Model 70 rifle as its state firearm. The bill, sponsored by Senate President Charlie Huggins, refers to the gun as the ...
The Ballard Rifle was designed and patented by Charles H. Ballard in November 1861 in Worcester, Massachusetts. [1] Around 3,000 were made between 1862 and 1865, with some being used for military use in Kentucky. [1] Ballard rifles used by Kentucky Volunteers will have Kentucky marked on them.
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For the remainder of the war, Hinson used a 50 caliber Kentucky long rifle to conduct a personal war against the Union Army. He targeted Union soldiers at distances as great as a half mile on land and on military transports and gunboats on the Tennessee River and the Cumberland River. Hinson has been credited with as many as one hundred kills ...
In the Province of Pennsylvania USA, one of the most successful early rifles, the long rifle, was developed over the course of the 18th century. [9] Compared to the more common Brown Bess, these Pennsylvania and Kentucky rifles had a tighter bore with no space between bullet and barrel, and still used balls instead of conical bullets. The balls ...
The 1792 contract rifle is not a specific model of gun, rather it is a modern way to categorize a collection of rifles bought by the United States government in that year. United States 1792 contract rifles are Pennsylvania-Kentucky rifles with a 42-inch long octagonal barrel in .49 caliber, with a patch box built into the buttstock . [ 2 ]