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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The rifles are generally shorter and of a larger caliber than earlier "Kentucky rifles" from which they descend. The style of the rifles is the same as the Harpers Ferry Model 1803, a half stock rifle (although they also made some with full stock), with the same lines as the Kentucky rifle. The "plains rifle" style would become the "sporter ...
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.
The M24 was the primary sniper rifle of the U.S. Army from 1988 until the 2010s but has been replaced by the M2010 and M110, faster-firing semi-automatic sniper rifles with greater range.
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 ]
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