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- Long_rifle length "1371.6".
- Long_rifle abstract "The term "longrifle" (or long rifle) refers to a type of rifle used by civilians and the military. It is characterized by an unusually long barrel, which is felt to be in large part a unique development of American rifles, and was uncommon in European rifles of the same period. The longrifle is an early example of a firearm using rifling, (spiral grooves in the bore). This gave the projectile, commonly a round lead ball, a spiraling motion, increasing the stability of the trajectory. A more stable trajectory meant dramatically improved accuracy over the more commonly available smooth bore muskets also used in the period. Rifled firearms saw their first major combat usage in the American colonies during the Seven Years war, and later the American Revolution in the eighteenth century. The weapon never fully replaced the musket until the development of the Minié ball, mainly due to slower reload times from a tighter fitting lead ball, and the fouling of the bore after prolonged usage, eventually preventing loading, and rendering the weapon useless until thoroughly cleaned. This type of firearm was made popular by German gunsmiths who immigrated to America, bringing with them the technology of rifling from where it originated. The accuracy achieved by the longrifle made it an ideal tool for hunting wildlife for food in colonial America.The American Longrifle, 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.".
- Long_rifle length "1.3716".
- Long_rifle origin United_States.
- Long_rifle thumbnail Kentucky's.jpg?width=300.
- Long_rifle usedInWar American_Indian_Wars.
- Long_rifle usedInWar American_Revolutionary_War.
- Long_rifle usedInWar French_and_Indian_War.
- Long_rifle usedInWar War_of_1812.
- Long_rifle wikiPageExternalLink index.htm.
- Long_rifle wikiPageExternalLink watch?v=xH4VMIlQhFM.
- Long_rifle wikiPageID "375765".
- Long_rifle wikiPageRevisionID "599479646".
- Long_rifle action "Flintlock, Percussion-".
- Long_rifle caliber "0.25".
- Long_rifle caption "Longrifle".
- Long_rifle cartridge "None".
- Long_rifle designDate "1700.0".
- Long_rifle era "18".
- Long_rifle feed "Muzzle loaded".
- Long_rifle hasPhotoCollection Long_rifle.
- Long_rifle isRanged "yes".
- Long_rifle length "54".
- Long_rifle name ""Pennsylvania/Kentucky" Rifle".
- Long_rifle number "approx. 73,000".
- Long_rifle origin United_States.
- Long_rifle partLength "32".
- Long_rifle platform "Individual".
- Long_rifle range "Variable, 100 yards typical, to well over 200 yards by an experienced user".
- Long_rifle rate "User dependent, Usually 2+ rounds a minute".
- Long_rifle service "c.1700-c.1900".
- Long_rifle specType "longrifle".
- Long_rifle target "Personnel".
- Long_rifle type "muzzleloading long rifle".
- Long_rifle usedBy United_States.
- Long_rifle variants "Hunting variant".
- Long_rifle velocity "1200".
- Long_rifle wars American_Indian_Wars.
- Long_rifle wars American_Revolutionary_War.
- Long_rifle wars French_and_Indian_War.
- Long_rifle wars War_of_1812.
- Long_rifle weight "Variable, typically 7 to 10 lbs.".
- Long_rifle wordnet_type synset-weapon-noun-1.
- Long_rifle subject Category:American_Revolutionary_War.
- Long_rifle subject Category:Early_rifles.
- Long_rifle subject Category:Irregular_military.
- Long_rifle subject Category:Weapons_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America.
- Long_rifle type Artifact100021939.
- Long_rifle type Device103183080.
- Long_rifle type EarlyRifles.
- Long_rifle type Firearm103343853.
- Long_rifle type Gun103467984.
- Long_rifle type Instrument103574816.
- Long_rifle type Instrumentality103575240.
- Long_rifle type Object100002684.
- Long_rifle type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Long_rifle type Rifle104090263.
- Long_rifle type Weapon104565375.
- Long_rifle type WeaponsOfTheConfederateStatesOfAmerica.
- Long_rifle type Whole100003553.
- Long_rifle type Device.
- Long_rifle type Weapon.
- Long_rifle type Product.
- Long_rifle type PhysicalDevice.
- Long_rifle type Weapon.
- Long_rifle type DesignedArtifact.
- Long_rifle comment "The term "longrifle" (or long rifle) refers to a type of rifle used by civilians and the military. It is characterized by an unusually long barrel, which is felt to be in large part a unique development of American rifles, and was uncommon in European rifles of the same period. The longrifle is an early example of a firearm using rifling, (spiral grooves in the bore). This gave the projectile, commonly a round lead ball, a spiraling motion, increasing the stability of the trajectory.".
- Long_rifle label "Long rifle".
- Long_rifle sameAs m.020_q4.
- Long_rifle sameAs Q6673525.
- Long_rifle sameAs Q6673525.
- Long_rifle sameAs Long_rifle.
- Long_rifle wasDerivedFrom Long_rifle?oldid=599479646.
- Long_rifle depiction Kentucky's.jpg.
- Long_rifle isPrimaryTopicOf Long_rifle.
- Long_rifle name ""Pennsylvania/Kentucky" Rifle".