Early 1800s photo gun6/5/2023 However, you did sacrifice accuracy as compared to a rifle. Not a rifle.Ī smoothbore long gun allowed this versatility. What you most likely would have seen coming through the gates of a frontier fort during the French and Indian War period was something like this. But so did versatility: you may need to shoot shot, for instance hunting birds or turkeys or, you may want to use a solid roundball for deer, elk, bison, or humans. Accuracy did matter, unlike a formation of muskets. You used it for hunting food for self defense for peace of mind. You didn’t just have a long-gun for militia use as part of military formations. But the frontier fringes were always different. Regular line militia units generally had muskets. So, take everything you read here for what you paid for it….Īs opposed to a “rifle,” this sort of American long-gun below is most likely the common long-arm of the American frontier during the French and Indian War period, through the Revolution. But back to guns, I probably know enough to be dangerous on a lot of these topics, but that’s never stopped me before of course. So call me if you have a problem in that regard. I’m pretty good at constitutional law topics. They’re still around, but proving it is another matter.įirst I’ll offer a caveat that, I’m a nobody in the world of scholarship over antique Kentucky Rifles, or really anything else outside of the legal world. For instance, what is “correct” for the French Indian War? That’s tough, because it’s highly unlikely that any expert could really show you a single rifle with documented use in the French and Indian War, much less existence in the general time period. I’m not a reenactor, but I’ve seen them argue many times – well, mostly read them argue, since this is prime internet fodder. They do load faster than rifles.įor instance, in the reenacting world, there are constant arguments and discussions on what is, and what is not, “ correct” for certain time periods. However, they are short range, inaccurate weapons meant for firing in formation with other troops and then being used as with a bayonet. The gold standard of military rifles during the time of the 18th century American conflicts was the standard issue British military musket – the “Brown Bess” – capable of being equipped with a bayonet. The big problem is, very few have survived, and even fewer have survived which are capable of being dated. It’s a bit like trying to catch a tiger by the tail when you attempt to discuss “early” American-made long rifles.
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