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A longhunter (or long hunter) was an 18th-century explorer and hunter who made expeditions into the American frontier for as much as six months at a time. While historian Emory Hamilton says that "The Long Hunter was peculiar to Southwest Virginia only...", many also hailed from North Carolina's western piedmont.
Kalthoff guns using cylindrical breeches were also made by Jan Flock of Utrecht, some of which he advertised for sale in 1668. [1] The price per weapon was at least 260 fl. [1] Caspar Kalthoff the younger, the son of Caspar Kalthoff, made repeating weapons in Russia. [17]
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Henry Skaggs (January 8, 1724 – December 4, 1810. Occasional alternative spellings: "Skeggs" and "Scaggs") was an American longhunter, explorer and pioneer, active primarily on the frontiers of Tennessee and Kentucky during the latter half of the 18th century.
At York Factory in the 18th century, the factors reported that flotillas of up to 200 canoes would arrive at a time bearing Indian men coming to barter their fur for HBC's goods. [58] Normally, the trip to York Factory was made by the Cree and Ojibwe men while their womenfolk stayed behind in their villages. [ 58 ]
Many men throughout the remainder of the 20th century worked to expand the knowledge of the long rifle and how to recreate it in the 18th and 19th century manner. [18] In 1965, Wallace Gusler, as the first master of the Gunsmith shop in Colonial Williamsburg , was the first to recreate a long rifle in modern times using 18th-century tools and ...
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