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In its 392 beautifully illustrated pages, it groups and displays 9 schools of longrifles manufactured in north carolina. The rifle is a wonderful example of bulls work and is likely circa 18001820, and shows a combination of bean east tennessee school and more. The chapters cover the art and evolution of the rifle, immigration and trade movement, and characteristics of the north carolina rifle and its gunsmithing. Written is a similar layout of the george shumway book rifles of colonial america it is easy to read and reference. Historiancollectors like capel and asheboros bill ivey, author of north carolina schools of longrifles 17651865, cite the historic importance of the bear creek gun factory as one of nine documented facilities referred to as schools that produced the vaunted kentucky. The double incised comb line is a familiar feature on north carolina rifles. Daniel boones use of the pennsylvania long rifle in kentucky made it so famous that it became more widely known as the kentucky rifle. Antique arms collectors, museum curators, and historians have long sought more information on the american longrifle.
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