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AMERICAN Antique Full Stock PERCUSSION Kentucky Style LONG RIFLE Mid-1800s Percussion Rifle in .40 Caliber
Guns International #: 101460476 Seller's Inventory #: 20318
Category: Kentucky Rifles - Antique Rifles - 1500-1850
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
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Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
Payment Types Accepted: Credit Card, Certified Check, Money Order
Description:
AMERICAN Antique Full Stock PERCUSSION Kentucky Style LONG RIFLE
Mid-1800s Percussion Rifle in .40 Caliber
Here we present an Antique Full Stock Percussion Long Rifle, made circa the mid-19th Century. Its octagonal barrel is in .40 caliber, large enough to take medium to large sized game or to defend the homestead against unwanted aggression.
The American Long Rifle, 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.”
This one features a full-length maple stock with great figure. Octagonal barrel in .40 caliber. Open rifle sights. Double set triggers. Brass hardware. Large and shapely patchbox.
The overall condition is good. The action functions properly. The bore is gray with nice rifling. There is a piece under the lock that has been repaired with small nails. The repair is stable. Rifles such as this were essential tools on the Frontier for pioneers, trappers, farmers, miners, and ranchers and remain a tangible piece of American history!
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 33-1/2 inches.
Caliber: .40
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$1995
#20318
SOLD
Antique: Yes