29savoy said:Can anyone comment about either?
Trigger said:One of my references mentions that English rifles weren't imported to the Colonies in any number until late in the French and Indian War. Colonial Rifles & Pistols 1750-1850, shows a couple on p. 160 and 161.
Der Fett' Deutscher said:These guns, however, do not have any real relation to what a typical English rifle would have been (assuming you could say that there even was a "typical" English rifle..).
Okwaho said:Trigger said:One of my references mentions that English rifles weren't imported to the Colonies in any number until late in the French and Indian War. Colonial Rifles & Pistols 1750-1850, shows a couple on p. 160 and 161.
Who is the author and is that the exact title?
Tom Patton
Robert/Sfl said:Have you ever seen an english flintlock rifle with a pistol grip?
These rifles were made ca. 1778-1783. The main contract was held by Wilson, and there is some speculation that Wilson sub contracted Grice and others to help fill the contract. All of the Grice guns that have been found have all had the two piece "Baker style" boxes. These brass boxed rifles were specifically contracted for and were slightly more expensive than the wood boxed guns.These are (as I am learning) English rifles made for the Indian trade and PERHAPS (for the wood-box versions) go back as far as the 1760's. Most seem to be from the 1780's-1790's, though (especially since many have "Lancaster-type" daisy head brass boxes, or even the "tombstone" style box that is reminiscent of those on Baker and Brunswick rifles).
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