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Kentucky rifle
Pennsylvania long rifle
Description
A long rifled gun developed by German-descended gunsmiths in Pennsylvania. More accurate than the smoothbore musket, though slower to load.
Historical use
- American Revolutionary War
- American frontier
Technical data
- Year
- 1730
- Service
- 1730–1850
- Country
- United States
- Maker
- Armeros de Pensilvania
- Type
- Rifle
- Mechanism
- Flintlock
- Calibre
- .45 (11,4 mm)
- Weight
- 4 kg
- Length
- 1,500 mm
- Units made
- ≈ 73,000
Source: Wikidata Q6673525
