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Custom Rifles
These are guns I have made for customers
over the years.
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"They have voted ten
companies of riflemen to be sent from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia
to join the army before Boston. These are an excellent species of light
infantry. They use a peculiar kind of musket called a rifle. It has a
circular pattern of grooves within the barrel, and carries a ball with great
exactness to great distances. They are the most accurate marksmen in the
world." John Adams 1775 |
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Early Reading Rifle
circa 1750-1760
Brass
Barrel Rifle Bethlehem, Penn. area
circa 1760-1770
Bethlehem, Penn. area
circa 1760-1770
James River Basin
area
circa 1760-1770
Faber Rifle
James River Basin
rifle
circa 1760-1770
Lehigh Valley, Penn.
Region
circa 1785-1795
Early
Winchester, Va. School
circa 1760-1780
Winchester, Va.
School
circa 1780-1800
Sterling
Silver Mounted Late Winchester, Va.
School
circa 1800-1820
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