American Long Rifle
date: label: date made
content: circa 1760
label: date made
content: ca 1760
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: American long rifle, .54 caliber, with wooden patchbox.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: This early example of the American long rifle reflects its Germanic origins. It has a wooden patchbox, for storing patches to load and clean with; a flared muzzle and thick shoulder stock which are like that of the German Jaeger rifle.
place: label: Place Made
content: United States
label: associated place
content: United States: Pennsylvania
label: associated place
content: United States: Kentucky
label: associated place
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Colonial Life
label: Subject
content: Firearms
label: related event
content: Revolution and the New Nation
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
label: See more items in
content: Military
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0516.01
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0516.01
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0516.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.0516
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rifle
label: Other Terms
content: rifle; Firearms; Flintlock; .56 In; Rifled; Muzzle Load; Sa
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 60 in x 2 1/2 in; 20.32 cm x 152.4 cm x 6.35 cm