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Long rifles were an American design of the 18th century, produced by individual German gunsmiths in Pennsylvania. Based on the Jäger rifle, [3] these long rifles, known as "Pennsylvania Rifles", were used by snipers and light infantry throughout the Revolutionary War. The grooved barrel increased the range and accuracy by spinning a snugly ...
Surrender of General Burgoyne Col. Morgan, having led his Riflemen in this victory, is shown in white, right of center. Morgan's Riflemen or Morgan's Rifles, previously Morgan's Sharpshooters, and the one named Provisional Rifle Corps, were an elite light infantry unit commanded by General Daniel Morgan in the American Revolutionary War, which served a vital role executing his tasks because ...
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Armslist.com was founded in 2007 by Jon Gibbon and Brian Mancini. Both met at the Air Force Academy and came up with the idea after reading that craigslist was banning all gun related ads.
The American Revolution. New York: American Heritage. ISBN 0-618-12739-9. Nelson, Larry L. A Man of Distinction among Them: Alexander McKee and the Ohio Country Frontier, 1754–1799. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-87338-620-5 (hardcover). Nester, William. The Frontier War for American Independence. Mechanicsburg, PA ...
William Henry was born near Downingtown, Pennsylvania [1] to a family of Scots-Irish extraction. [2] Prior to his service in the Continental Congress, Henry was a gunsmith and provided rifles to the British during the French and Indian War: Henry himself, serving as armorer, accompanied troops on John Forbes's successful mission to retake Fort Duquesne in 1758.
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Project Appleseed started from a series of ads appearing in Shotgun News, a monthly gun trade newspaper publication.These ads were written under a pseudonym "Fred." "Fred," the founder of Project Appleseed, whose real name is Jack Dailey, wrote a long running column—actually a portion of ad space for Fred's M14 Stocks—starting in 1999. [6]