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In thoughts on the kentucky rifle in its golden age annotated 3rd edition, author joe kindig, jr. Unfollow kentucky rifle to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. He callously robbed and murdered countless people from 1795 to 1804, hiding away their jewelry, trinkets and cash. Nonprofit corporation organized to establish a permanent international organization for promotion of the pleasure and recreation of its members interested in the collection and preservation of the kentucky rifle, kentucky pistol and related accouterments. New listing vintage trigger flint lock black powder rifle part kentucky ohio. Photograph quality is average to poor, but it does have some nice example rifles. Sell john armstrong john meals john noll kentucky rifle makers lancaster county later. Gunsmithing dunlap the rifle in america sharpe nra leather gold. Kentucky long rifles one kentucky rifleman depicts ephraim brank, a hero at the battle of new orleans. Opinions as to the best kentucky long rifle replica.
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Kentucky rifle is a 1955 american western movie starring a buckskinclad chill wills and featuring cathy downs, sterling holloway and henry hull, involving smuggling a wagon filled with rifles past american indian tribes already aware of the subterfuge. See more ideas about black powder guns, long rifle and kentucky. A prospering new republic 1780 to 1860 nra museums. Andrew jackson routed the best forces in the british army.
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Kentucky rifle knife information all about pocket knives. The germanstyle lock on this rifle is signed f klette, and the. A nicely done older book on the different long rifle gunsmithing schools. Typical rifle in use in the american colonies it became, thanks to its lightness and accuracy, one of the most popular american rifles. The kentucky rifle made all other weapons obsolete because of the range. Rather, it was developed as a personal firearm for protection, sustenance hunting, target shooting, and display. Also, pedersoli separates their long rifles into two groups by barrel length. While the wagon train forges ahead, a few people stay behind to repair a disabled rifle filled wagon but they have to contend with one anothers ego and with aggressive comanches who demand the rifles as payment for safe passage. The ball which was fired from this rifle was a smaller projectile, a. The kentuckys roots came from two other firearms in the early 18th century.
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Dillins history and illumination of the classic american longarm is the definitive work on the subject and serves as the primary reference for later works, such as those by kindig, shumway. Thoughts on the kentucky rifle in its golden age, signed. Dj has wear around edges and small tears and some scuffing to surfaces but overall in. The song tells the story of andrew jacksons victory at the battle of new orleans, the final battle of the war of 1812. However, it served very well as a military firearm brought by citizen solders during the french and indian wars, the revolutionary war, the war of 1812, numerous other smaller conflicts, and even the civil war. Gunsmiths of york county pa book kentucky pennsylvania long rifle james whisker. Thoughts on the kentucky rifle in its golden age longrifle. The accuracy of this weapon and range has made the foundation for a much larger part in its future.
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Thoughts on the kentucky rifle in its golden age longrifle series. The book was originally published in 1924, has gone through six editions and includes. Fine kentucky rifle, golcher lock, fine patchbox and carved stock with checkering. The kentucky rifle is one of the most popular american long guns. Recreating the kentucky rifle hunting pouch ken scott demonstrates how to make a. Ria live bidding comes with a 1% service fee in addition to our buyers premium. Kentucky rifle knife information post by terryl308 tue jan 05, 2016 3. Thoughts on the kentucky rifle in its golden age abebooks. This wellknown book was the first attempt to tell the story of. Thoughts on the kentucky rifle in its golden age by joe kindig, jr. Not much is known about berry other than the fact that his will, dated 1795, was executed by jacob dickert, also a. There was no info about what type of kentucky rifle it was on the slip of paper that was given to my late father. They call the ones with 36 12 barrels kentucky rifles, and those with 41 12 barrels pennsylvania rifles.
Building the daniel boone rifle featuring mike miller noted gunbuilder mike miller. This is the complete list of olympic medalists in shooting. The long rifle, also known as longrifle, kentucky rifle, pennsylvania rifle, or american longrifle, was one of the first commonly used rifles for hunting and warfare. The kentucky rifle foundation is a nonprofit, 501c 3 corporation and is funded by contributions, the sale of educational materials, fund raising events and endowments. Buy kentucky rifles for sale at auction invaluable. American kentucky rifles and plains rifles, us military and civilian arms through the mid19th century, and historic firearms innovations such as colts paterson.
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Thoughts on the kentucky rifle in its golden age joe kindig. Buy thoughts on the kentucky rifle in its golden age by joe kindig online at alibris. Its a long rifle, and it may be from kentuckybut it isnt the classic kentucky or pennsylvania long rifle. Has some marks, scratches and color marks on gold sides. Seeking identity and value of kentucky rifle the firearms. A surviving british officer wrote, he seemed to grow, phantomlike, higher and higher, assuming through the smoke the supernatural appearance of some great spirit of death. Unfortunately, the axle is broken as well as the wheel, forcing clay, his mentor tobias, and otherslonnie settler, luke, preachur bently, amy connors and her boyfriend fostner and the hays, the wife cordy is expecting a child. Kentucky rifle significant weapons in american history. Dec 12, 2014 when i wanted a squirrel rifle to teach my son to shoot blackpowder and deal with the army of rabbits assaulting our garden dixie gun works had the exact.
Decades later, the pennsylvaniakentucky rifle was the firearm of the 1815 battle of new orleans, where americans led by gen. The weapon was reportedly accurate enough for marksmen to target british officers on horseback. Bound in light brown cloth, spine lettering gilt, pictorial endpapers, a small bit of scattered foxing to foreedges, in dust jacket lettered. Send us an email, include the word patron and we will add your email address to a confidential listserv which will inform you of significant kentucky rifle and accoutrement issues and events as they become known to us. However, it served very well as a military firearm brought by citizen solders during the french and indian wars, the revolutionary war, the war of 1812, numerous other. Kentucky rifle at 420 yards black powder percussion cap duration. What you have is a backaction percussion muzzleloader, probably from the latter half of the 19th century that was likely used as a target rifle given the peep sight and doubles set triggers, the later of which are fairly common on rifles of that era. A study of the origin and development of a purely american type of firearm, together with accurate historical data concerning early colonial gunsmiths, and profusely illustrated with photographic reproduction of their finest work. Special edition of the kentucky rifle by captain john gw. And dont limit yourself to a kentucky rifle there are pennsylvania rifles the same thing, lancaster, lyman makes a great plains rifle with a 32 inch barrel and they are a great roundball shooter. The kentucky rifle was often made with ornate solid wood stocks. The kentucky rifle was also considered to be the first real sniper rifle because of its use in the revolutionary war, and is the foundation for the snipers we see today.