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ANTIQUE Percussion AMERICAN LONG RIFLE
Guns International #: 101253875 Seller's Inventory #: 8251
Category: Antique Rifles - Percussion - Kentucky Rifles
Seller's Information
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Seller: AncestryGunsLLC
Company: Ancestry Guns LLC
Member Since: 11/3/16
State: Missouri
Zip: 65203
Country: United States
Phone: (314) 707-7373
International Phone: 314-707-7373
Platinum Seller
Number of Active Listings: 1466
Total Number of Listings: 29962
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
Payment Types Accepted: Credit Card, Certified Check, Money Order
Description:
ANTIQUE Percussion AMERICAN LONG RIFLE
Full-Stock Kentucky Rifle Circa 1850s
Here we present an antique American Full-Stock Kentucky Long Rifle, made circa the 1850s.
The American Longrifle, more commonly, but less correctly, known as the ‘Kentucky rifle’, was described by Captain John G. W. Dillin in the dedication to his seminal 1924 book, The Kentucky Rifle:
“From a flat bar of soft iron, hand forged into a gun barrel; laboriously bored and rifled with crude tools; fitted with a stock hewn from a maple tree in the neighboring forest; and supplied with a lock hammered to shape on the anvil; an unknown smith, in a shop long since silent, fashioned a rifle which changed the whole course of world history; made possible the settlement of a continent; and ultimately freed our country of foreign domination.
Light in weight; graceful in line; economical in consumption of powder and lead; fatally precise; distinctly American; it sprang into immediate popularity; and for a hundred years was a model often slightly varied but never radically changed.”
Rifle manufacture in the mid-to-late 19th Century was rapidly changing over from thousands of craftsman all over the United States and on the Frontier making and selling their wares, to the large factories with standardized assembly lines and modern manufacturing techniques. Many makers’ names of the so-called Kentucky long rifles have been lost over time. This rifle is one such example.
The overall condition is good. The barrel has strong traces of blue with a gray patina throughout the rest of the iron hardware. The stock has attractive grain and is inset with German silver décor and a large patchbox. The top part of the patchbox has come off, as well as the wrap at the toe of the butt. The bore is in good shape. The action is not currently functional and the hammer is not securely attached. Nevertheless, here is a great looking historical rifle for the cabin, club, or mantle!
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 40-1/2 inches.
Caliber: .36 Percussion
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$850
#8251
SOLD
Antique: Yes