Long rifle

==Summary==
The long rifle, also known as longrifle, Kentucky rifle, Pennsylvania rifle, or American longrifle, was one of the first commonly used rifles for hunting and warfare. It is characterized by an unusually long barrel, a development in American rifles that was uncommon in European rifles of the same period.
It is one of the first examples where a firearm made use of rifling rifling (spiral grooves in the bore), which caused the projectile (commonly a round lead ball) to spin around the axis of its motion. This increased the stability of its trajectory and dramatically improved accuracy over contemporary smooth bore muskets, which were cheaper and more common. Rifled firearms saw their first major combat use in the American colonies during the French and Indian War, and later the American Revolution in the eighteenth century.
Until the development of the Minié ball in the middle of the 19th century, the main disadvantages of a rifle compared to a musket were slower reload times due to the use of a tighter fitting lead ball and greater susceptibility to the bore starting to foul after prolonged use - such fouling would eventually prevent loading altogether, rendering the weapon useless until thoroughly cleaned. The adoption of the Minié ball essentially nullified these disadvantages and allowed the rifle to completely replace the musket.
The long rifle was made popular by German gunsmiths who immigrated to America, bringing with them the technology of rifling from where it originated. The accuracy achieved by the long rifle made it an ideal tool for hunting wildlife for food in colonial America.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , higher with piercing damage
Name: Long Rifle, Kentucky Rifle, Pennsylvania rifle
Origin: The Real World
Age: Production lasted from 1700-1900
Classification: Muzzle-loading long rifle
Attack Potency: Street level (Makes use of .25-.62 caliber balls and should be comparable to the Brown Bess in terms of damage), higher with piercing damage
Speed: Transonic to Supersonic (1200-1600 ft/s or 365.76-487.7 m/s, with an average of 1400 ft/s or 427 m/s)
Range: Varies from Tens of Meters to Hundreds of Meters (90 meters typically, to well over 180 meters by an experienced user)
Weaknesses: Like most other muzzle-loading rifles, it takes too long to reload per shot and suffers from tremendous recoil. Projectile quickly loses velocity over great distances
Category:Real World
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Category:Military Weapons
Category:Guns