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SOUTHERN STYLE Antique ENGRAVED Full-Stock FLINTLOCK Long Rifle HOMESTEAD Early 1800s AMERICAN HUNTING/PIONEER Long Rifle Guns International #: 102613211 Seller's Inventory #: 233038 Category: Antique Rifles - Percussion - Kentucky Rifles Seller's Information When emailing or calling sellers direct, please mention that you saw their listing on GunsInternational.com 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: 1497 Total Number of Listings: 30160 Seller: FFL Dealer Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns. Payment Types Accepted: Credit Card, Certified Check, Money Order Description: SOUTHERN STYLE Antique ENGRAVED Full-Stock FLINTLOCK Long Rifle HOMESTEAD Early 1800s AMERICAN HUNTING/PIONEER Long Rifle Here we present an antique Engraved Full Stock Southern Style American Flintlock Long Rifle, made circa the early-19th Century. Pennsylvania and Kentucky rifles were the order of the day and were essential tools for providing meat for the table, pest control for the crops and livestock, and protection against beast and man for the homestead. Rifles in this caliber were used for taking medium to large sized game on the frontier to include deer and elk, and likely a few squirrels and rabbits too! Frontiersmen, homesteaders, pioneers, trappers and traders would have used a rifle like this for all of the above. 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.” The overall condition is good. Robust action. The bore is in good shape. Solid stock over all with a smooth finish. Some chipping is present around the lock, along with a small stable repair. Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction. Barrel is 44-1/4 inches. Caliber: .36 Flintlock Overall condition as seen in photos. Very Fast. Very Safe. FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE. Delivered directly to your door by express mail! Guaranteed AUTHENTIC & Includes CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY. ancestryguns $1800 #233038 SOLD Antique: Yes |