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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.
May 4, 2020 · They were chiefly used by Kentucky volunteers in battles in Ohio, Michigan, and Upper Canada; mounted riflemen played a prominent role in William Henry Harrison’s defeat of Henry Proctor at the Battle of the Thames on Oct. 5, 1813. A new use was their employment by U.S. Marine snipers posted in the fighting tops of ships like the USS ...
Jul 4, 2022 · In the Pennsylvania countryside in the early 18th century, a uniquely American firearm was born that helped thirteen separate colonies defeat the greatest empire on Earth, form one nation, and span a continent. It is fitting that this new weapon was a conglomerate of ideas and built initially by German immigrants in the north and famously used ...
Jun 19, 2013 · The American Longrifle. 6/12/2013. “Bemis Heights (Saratoga) 7 Oct., 1777” by H. Charles McBarron; Courtesy of the Army Art Collection, U.S. Army Center of Military History. On the morning of ...
Oct 19, 2023 · The use of rifling was not entirely novel, but the Kentucky Long Rifle was among the first firearms to implement this feature effectively in a portable and practical design. The rifling, along with the tight-fitting patched ball, gave the Kentucky Long Rifle an impressive range of up to 200 yards, which was considered a long shot indeed at the time.
May 10, 2022 · From the 1924 book, The Kentucky Rifle by Captain John G.W. Dillin. Any discussion of the weapons used in the Revolutionary War would be woefully incomplete without a mention of the Kentucky long rifle. Case in point: in 1788, during a battle near Boonesborough, Kentucky, a British officer dared to stick his head out from behind a tree.
The Pennsylvania/Kentucky Long Rifle is a flintlock muzzle-loader with a rifled barrel. It is commonly bored for a .45-caliber bullet and is exceptionally effective at distances up to 200 yards. It was the first design to incorporate the rifled barrel, making it more powerful and accurate than any other musket from the era.
