Design and development of Longrifles

[Tumbledown]

I stumbled across this fantastic blog about the design and development of what came to be known as the American Longrifle. Lots of gorgeous examples.

Early American Flintlock Longrifles: Part II of our American Longrifle Series - Scavengeology

 

[tenngun]

Fun read

 

[Art Caputo]

Thanks! Very interesting article...

 

[longcruise]

Good link.

 

[rich pierce]

He’s sharing his ideas which are great for discussion. I agree with most of his analysis. Other bits, less so. He asserts: “I doubt that one percent of the Kentucky rifles made in the eighteenth century had sliding wooden patch box covers.” The only issue I have is it’s similar to saying that less than 1% of American cars in the 20th century had fins. It’s true, but the range of cars in the 20th century is immense, almost beyond comprehension, from the Model T to the Delorian. Same is true of rifles in the 18th century. There were times and piaces where wooden-patchbox rifles were common, comprising over half of what was being made.

 

[NorthFork]

I was not aware of this blog site. Thank you for posting it!

 

[Col. Batguano]

Great observation and analogy Rich.

 

[SASS249]

Thanks for the link some good stuff there.