Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - A true American firearm: the Kentucky Long Rifle

fernando · 28th February 2011, 04:35 PM

I was paging a book that i have and learned that "Old Betsy" was the name of the Kentucky rifle that was gifted by Philadelphia to David Crockett.
I have also scanned from the same book a nice air-brush illustration of the mechanism and butt of an example of these rifles, in which the patchbox has the particularity to open laterally.

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28th February 2011, 04:35 PM	#24
fernando Lead Moderator European Armoury Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,645	I was paging a book that i have and learned that "Old Betsy" was the name of the Kentucky rifle that was gifted by Philadelphia to David Crockett. I have also scanned from the same book a nice air-brush illustration of the mechanism and butt of an example of these rifles, in which the patchbox has the particularity to open laterally. . Attached Images