KENTUCKY Rifle

Product Description

Serial Number: 13976FRA

The long rifle, also known as long rifle, Kentucky rifle, or Pennsylvania rifle, was one of the first commonly used rifles for hunting and warfare. It is characterised by an unusually long barrel, which is widely believed to be a largely unique development of American rifles that was uncommon in European rifles of the same period.

The long rifle is an early example of a firearm using rifling, spiral grooves in the bore. This gave the projectile, commonly a round lead ball, a spiralling motion, increasing the stability of the trajectory. A more stable trajectory meant dramatically improved accuracy over the more commonly available smooth bore muskets also used in the period. Rifled firearms saw their first major combat use in the American colonies during the Seven Years war, and later the American Revolution in the eighteenth century.

Details

Condition:                       Good

Make:                               

Model:                             Kentucky

Type:                                ML

Action:                            PN

Barrel length:             

Caliber:                          38ml

Mag capacity:              1

Licence cat:                  B