The Kentucky Rifle was also used by sharpshooters. Militia members brought their personally owned Kentucky Rifles from home.

@feudinggreeks3316

Жыл бұрын

You're right. I remember reading about tall, individual spirited Pennsylvania long-riflemen, who were used with superb effectiveness as sharpshooters against the British during the Siege of Boston

@johnndavis7647

Жыл бұрын

@@feudinggreeks3316 And more rifles were used in the War of 1812.

@feudinggreeks3316

Жыл бұрын

@@johnndavis7647 You're right! I remember reading about sharpshooters during the war of 1812. One diary read something like "those Yankees can shoot a squirrels eye as far as they can see them." Interesting fact about the Kentuckians was that they aimed at officers of the British army even though it was illegal in warfare and even said to be frowned upon by Andrew Jackson when his soldiers practiced it. I guess the Kentuckians had no regard for the "rules of war" when it meant their livelihood was at stake. Some would say they despised the Redcoats to a degree slightly more fervent than the average American, due the British wanting to take the west (frontier) away from the Americans

@MrCrchandler

5 ай бұрын

​​​​@@feudinggreeks3316Not "illegal" (as the idea of legal and illegal in war is almost laughable) but considered by the British "bad form." Later, during the Napoleonic wars the British Army had rifle corps of its own, especially the 95th and 60th Rifles. Shooting French officers and noncoms was standard practice.

@feudinggreeks3316

5 ай бұрын

illegal as in not following with "rules/accordance of war", not in a legislative sense. I probably shouldn't have hinted with indirect words. It appears that the practice was becoming more common, and was a tactic being pursued and developed by American Revolutionaries. books.google.co.uk/books?id=A64US-2Em2YC&pg=PA18&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false This subject is on the matter of the Revolutionary War. The Napoleonic Wars was an entirely different subject and theater, which was an unprecedented conflict, respective to former centuries. I don't see how citing it is relevant. A completely different layout, approach and customs than the Revolutionary War

I recently purchased a second Pennsylvania Rifle.. A Pedersoli .45 caliber flintlock. After two three shot groups to adjust the rear sight for windage at 50 yards, I moved a decimal silhouette target out to 127 yards. I added three notches of elevation on the rear sight, then fired two shots into the upper chest area, point of aim, point of impact. The group was 1 and 3/8th inches, center to center. I used 60 grains of Goex FFFg, a .445 Hornaday lead round ball, and a .010 lubed patch.

Aspiring sharpshooter and Army veteran. Never took it nearly as seriously as I do now at almost 45 years old. Learning the history is stage 1. I appreciate this.

Implies rifles were used at Lexington and Concord. "Squirrel rifles". Highly unlikely, as rifles had largely never been seen in Boston until frontiersmen brought them there during the Siege of Boston in August 1775. Even in Pennsylvania, rifles at the time cost three-fold that of a musket, and weren't as common as the lore. They were much slower to load, could only fire a dozen shots without cleaning, and by necessity were made with soft iron barrels that would bend and be made useless with the rigors of a bayonet. Europeans had rifles as well, but guild practice was one turn of rifling in the length of the barrel. What the Pennsylvania smiths conquered in their trial-and-error efforts to conserve expensive, imported powder and shot, was slowing the twist rate to speed up the ball. This not only saved powder and lead, it increased the lethal range of the long rifle by threefold. Hence by 1775, Europeans had their hundred-yard rifles but Americans had 300-yard rifles. That's the real difference, and Europe probably didn't figure it out until they had a handful of captured rifles to study.

@feudinggreeks3316

Жыл бұрын

In regard to the long rifles never seen until the Siege of Boston, I remember reading in David McCullough's book "1776" about the Pennsylvania long Riflemen being unusually tall, recorded some diary writers (likely due to ancestry from northern Europe or Germany) highly independent, (didn't follow orders very well, due to the frontier-like survivalist mentality that's often associated with the use of long rifles) and brought their own long rifles and used them with extreme accuracy and ended up being posted as sharpshooters to shoot at British sentries and patrol groups outside of Boston during the Siege of Boston. Very good, vivid-imagination invoking book. Would recommend.

As a social studies teacher who just covered this in its entirety I don't get the sense this man has a strong grasp on the timeline of events.

@Nick-wn1xw

3 жыл бұрын

Why is a social studies teacher teaching history?

@jamesphelps3186

2 жыл бұрын

Is there a possibility the history you learn could be incorrect ?

@gripken08

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesphelps3186 sure we're all fallible but this isn't a subject I studied lightly.

I gotta get me one of those Pennsylvania long rifles.

@carlandrews5810

Жыл бұрын

You can buy a flintlock kit and finish it yourself. That's what I plan on doing.

@rc59191

Жыл бұрын

@@carlandrews5810 I got a Kentucky one that Grandpa left me that's been converted to percussion cap but there's something special about the Pennsylvania version.

@user-wo2iw3kt8o

28 күн бұрын

I live in Pennsylvania. They still make them here completely by hand. You will have to wait to get one. It takes them awhile to complete the rifle. They can even hand rifle the barrel if you want them to. They are a thing of beauty. And shoot very accurate. Pennsylvania even has a late deer season. That you must use a flintlock. 44 caliber or larger. 😊

And that is why we have the 2nd Amendment.

@garyhiggins4315

2 жыл бұрын

Not being American, I really have no dog in the fight, but I do think that the 2nd Ammendment should have the proviso that you have to be sane! 😊👍👍👍

@65stang98

2 жыл бұрын

@@garyhiggins4315 you do thats what the background check is for when you buy one. however it only looks at criminal offenses and if youve had previous mental problems etc. if its your first break after you already have one thats how it happens usually. or they get an illegal one of the streets

@daviddalton9214

Жыл бұрын

To make elementary students safe in schools.

@garyhiggins6718

Жыл бұрын

@@65stang98 My Countries gun laws are impossible buy if you followed the second ammendment to the letter, you could restrict civilians to single shot flintlocks! That way those who want to blast their classmates only get one shot with no chance of getting the reloading process right? 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

@65stang98

Жыл бұрын

​@@garyhiggins6718 in your country id just use a knife. Id rather be protected by a gun at all times so ik im completely safe and can drop anyone who wishes me harm. Thats how ive always lived. I was lucky and grew up in a rural school so some of the teachers were strapped up everyday. Small school too maybe 4-500 students so a shooter would suddenly find themselves in a gunfight with around 4-5 teachers and theyd lose lol.

I read a book once the American rifle That's where I learned about Timothy Murphy George Washington's most reliable sniper Best book about firearms I've ever read

@snakyYT

2 жыл бұрын

Dude what's it called? Im interested

@feudinggreeks3316

Жыл бұрын

@@snakyYT I don't think he's giving us the name of the book. How unfortunate...

One of my ancestor is Martin myland he was on my mom's side and he had made the first pa long rifle and we had it until my grandmother gave it to the historical society a couple years ago

@Stillnapie

3 жыл бұрын

The very first one... right.. sure he did.

@Jordanfizer

3 жыл бұрын

@@Stillnapie up until my grandma gave it to the historical Society we owned one of the first and I live right down the road from his shop but martin milland is in my family tree and did make the first long pa long rifle

@Stillnapie

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jordanfizer Absolutely no one knows that. And there was no "first one"... the long rifle evolved over a period of a century and were crafted by many many gunsmiths. Please study a little history and family stories are not historical.

@maxwellharris507

3 жыл бұрын

My ninth great-grandfather is Robert James Baker and the story I was told was that he made one of the first Long Rifles in PA at the turn of the 18th century. The first one he made was allegedly commissioned by Daniel Boone and he took it on his expeditions

@robertdipaola3447

2 жыл бұрын

Lexington and concord,--- the shot heard around the world!!!!

I also thought this was a video about the longrifle,not a history lesson on the United States.

@danphariss133

3 жыл бұрын

Lots of people need history lessons. Since they have, for the most part been lied to about it for decades at least.

@TheJoegator

3 жыл бұрын

Got a problem with US history, If you would use your good sense, you would see that Firearms and US history run side by side.

@Kez_DXX

3 жыл бұрын

A video about a historical firearm is going to be a video about history, yes.

Read "The Frontier Rifleman" By LaCrosse and Huddleston's "Colonial Riflemen in The American Revolution". This last is very rare it seems.

@feudinggreeks3316

Жыл бұрын

If you're interested in long rifles, I'd recommend reading "1776". It's an over-all great read but there is a section in the first half of the book that describes the long-rifle wielding, Pennsylvania sharpshooters used around the barricades and trenches during the Siege of Boston.

@feudinggreeks3316

Жыл бұрын

Also, both books sound very interesting, although both seem to be difficult to find.

Europe had many talented “rifle” makers . How else could German settlers bring the skill here ?

The term "well regulated" military meant that their arms were all the same bore size so they could use precast balls provided by the local government. Many units used 75 caliber muskets or fowlers. After the French sent over thousands of 69 caliber muskets that became the most common size. Commitee of Safety muskets made by American gunsmiths copied the French muskets closely and were in 69 caliber. And of course the other meaning of well regulated was standard military training of marching and daily camp routines. Today it would require all men of military age to own an AR-15 and get some training in its use.

@brucepoole8552

3 жыл бұрын

So is this your opinion or based on fact?

@johnndavis7647

3 жыл бұрын

@@brucepoole8552 this is my opinion based on study of the time period, A study of Military history. A lifetime of study of the gun . A study of the 2nd amendment to the constitution . And deductive reasoning.

@lynnrogers3628

2 жыл бұрын

@@brucepoole8552 he's correct, in the vernacular of the day, well regulated meant armed, trained and equipped.

@feudinggreeks3316

Жыл бұрын

I completely agree with your definition and example of the word "well-regulated" As it aligns with the originalist's interpretation, which is the interpretation our founders wanted us to use.

@feudinggreeks3316

Жыл бұрын

Sick of hearing the gibberish being parroted around by daft, power hungry, sewer sludge spewing politicians, about how the "well-regulated" part in our constitution means strong restrictions and limits.

I like the image at 1:42

The boston tea party was a protest against the first global corporation (the east india trading co) as much as a protest against the crown.

Parker: _"Do not fire lest fired upon, let the troops pass by and do NOT molest them, lest they make it first."_ (True words said.)

I am a direct decendant of Daniel Pennypacker and William Pennypacker of Berks county Pennsylvania Wyomissing Creek 1773-1858

I own a 41 cal Lehigh flintlock in tiger maple

Bottom line, American colonist farmers whooped the British Army and kicked their butts back across "the big pond" to Britain thanks to the American long rifle.

The American Revolution was primarily fought with European Tactics and European Smoothbore Muskets. If you were a hunter living on the frontier, you would have most likely owned 1 gun, a smoothbore fowling piece that could be loaded with either shot or roundball for versatility. The myth of the longrilfe's impact on the war didn't come about until the 1820s during the "golden age" of longrifles and when people started looking back fondly on the Revolution as it's hero's began to die off in larger numbers.

@Nick-wn1xw

3 жыл бұрын

True but they were used with telling effect enough so people understood the effectiveness. As to the frontier hunter they were most likely to have the rifle as it gave them the range and accuracy so as not to waste lead or powder. The settler usually had the fowler as it had to be a “do everything” firearm. It was with the hunter that the long rifle really gained it’s fame.

@joshuashackelford6696

3 жыл бұрын

They were used with such effect that the British adopted rifles into the arms used by their light troops. They learned the impact and used them to great effect against the French.

They got off topic

Pennsylvania Dutch in upstate New York Hudson valley and what is now Vermont part of New Hampshire, as rifles including Pennsylvania, all Appalachian trail start of from g northern t Maine to Pennsylvania Dutch and Virginia

@richstone2627

4 жыл бұрын

There is no PA Dutch, it's PA Deutsche. The Dutch were in NY. Germans settled PA. Morons couldn't pronounce Deutsche. Stop using PA Dutch. Read a damn book, go talk to the Amish who live there and they'll even tell you they are PA Deutsche not Dutch.

It is noted that U.S. popular history leaves out a big factor in the lead up to the final actions and that is the vocal rejection of the individual colonies to pay the interest due (taxes) on the bonds that were used to finance the King's soldiers in the colonies for the protection of the Englishmen there against the indians who were threats to the settlements. In Britain those who had financed the loans had become extremely concerned on the probable loss of the expected repayment income and Parliament members were quite riled off about the issue.

@Fireinahorn

4 жыл бұрын

"Make the world England" is an expensive undertaking.

Strange title for this video. There would have been no rifles carried by Massachusets men at Lexington and Concord, for one. Secondly, the video itself wasn't about the American Longrifle. Also, the idea presented by the gentleman in the chair that the personal firearms of the colonists were of better quality than the King's arms is patently false. That is nowhere demonstrated in the historical record, so it's quite on odd statement. Finally, the last comment on liberty achieved and defended by the "American gun" is a bit silly since by the end of the war Patriots were armed in greater number with French guns than by locally-produced firearms. It's too bad this video doesn't actually interact with good research on the production and use of the American Longrifle in the 18th century. Unfortunately, there's more misinformation out there than truth.

@grizzlycountry1030

3 жыл бұрын

You know that you're one of many sources of misinformation. The long rifle was involved from the start of the war. Since you are unfamiliar with military tactics I will say that picking off your enemy with each shot further than their weapon can reach affects their morale. Picking off artillery crews make the artillery useless. Picking off the officers is effectively cutting the head off a snake and sends a enemy's force into disarray. Just like snipers can affect a modern battle these days the rifleman equipped with the long rifle had the same effect in their day and were ultimately the original snipers. "The most accepted history is that the rifle was first forged in Lancaster, Pennsylvania during 1730 by immigrant gunsmiths originating from Switzerland and Germany. ... For many years, the rifle was referred to as the "Long" or "Hog" rifle. However, over time, "Kentucky Long Rifle" became the popular name of choice." As a weapon of war, the rifle had been used only by special units in Continental armies- the sharpshooters from Brunswick and other German states were called Jaegers (literally, hunters). But during the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress authorized the formation of ten rifle companies. On June 16, 1775, the day before it appointed George Washington as commander-in-chief of the Continental army, Congress approved the new companies, with Colonel Daniel Morgan’s rifle corps being the first. “These are said to be all expert riflemen,” wrote John Adams, “and by means of the excellence of their firelocks, as well as their skill in the use of them, to send sure destruction at great distances.” Morgan left Winchester, Va., on July 14 with 96 riflemen in his company. Three weeks and 600 miles later, he and his men walked into Cambridge, Mass., to join Washington’s army. They were soon put to work. The British army of General Sir William Howe occupied Boston and maintained a series of outposts around the city. Being garrison troops in Boston had been fairly safe duty up to that point-the British soldiers were beyond musket range. But Morgan’s sharpshooters and their long rifles began picking off anyone in a red uniform within 200 yards. Daily casualty reports from units in Howe’s army listed artillerymen, pickets, and especially officers, with their distinctive gold braid and epaulettes, as killed or wounded by a single sniper’s bullet. This was the first time Howe’s troops had ever come across such a weapon, and nobody knew what to make of it. The Americans were accused, among other things, of bad sportsmanship, and Howe decided to start shooting back in retaliation. British cannons and muskets threw thousands of rounds in the direction of the enemy, but none of the shooting had much effect. Everybody carried on with their lives without paying much attention to the firing from the British camp. But the British reaction to the American rifle fire was something else again. “The redcoats are so amazingly terrified by our riflemen,” said one major, “that they will not stir beyond their lines.” The rifle fire was having a psychological effect-snipers had effectively lowered the morale of the British garrison, making the soldiers afraid to go anywhere near the enemy’s lines.

@JamesWilliams-he4lb

3 жыл бұрын

@@grizzlycountry1030 I'm not sure how to reply to your comment. Morgan's riflemen made their way to Boston months after the hostilities began - if you reread my comment, I'm referring to the fact that there were no documented rifles used by the Massachusetts militia (nor would it have been at all likely until southern light infantry marched north). The rest of your comments are generally accurate except for your comment about my ignorance of 18th century military tactics. Reread my comments. They were in direct response to the misinformation of the video, i.e. rifles used by colonists at Lexington and Concord (not by VA riflemen at the Boston siege), and the arms "expert" claiming that colonial produced arms were of superior quality. That is a claim of someone who has never inspected original guns from the period (or reviewed inventories, read journals, etc.). it's just a false statement.

Never give up any rights!!!

American militia traditionally have better munitions than the Army. Limiting what arms can be owned for use in the militia is treason.

watched 8 15 22

Without the second, the survival of the rest is tenuous.

I dont believe anyone at Lexington or Concord had a rifle. Maybe I'm wrong.

@grizzlycountry1030

3 жыл бұрын

They were there from the start and were the original snipers... As a weapon of war, the rifle had been used only by special units in Continental armies- the sharpshooters from Brunswick and other German states were called Jaegers (literally, hunters). But during the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress authorized the formation of ten rifle companies. On June 16, 1775, the day before it appointed George Washington as commander-in-chief of the Continental army, Congress approved the new companies, with Colonel Daniel Morgan’s rifle corps being the first. “These are said to be all expert riflemen,” wrote John Adams, “and by means of the excellence of their firelocks, as well as their skill in the use of them, to send sure destruction at great distances.” Morgan left Winchester, Va., on July 14 with 96 riflemen in his company. Three weeks and 600 miles later, he and his men walked into Cambridge, Mass., to join Washington’s army. They were soon put to work. The British army of General Sir William Howe occupied Boston and maintained a series of outposts around the city. Being garrison troops in Boston had been fairly safe duty up to that point-the British soldiers were beyond musket range. But Morgan’s sharpshooters and their long rifles began picking off anyone in a red uniform within 200 yards. Daily casualty reports from units in Howe’s army listed artillerymen, pickets, and especially officers, with their distinctive gold braid and epaulettes, as killed or wounded by a single sniper’s bullet. This was the first time Howe’s troops had ever come across such a weapon, and nobody knew what to make of it. The Americans were accused, among other things, of bad sportsmanship, and Howe decided to start shooting back in retaliation. British cannons and muskets threw thousands of rounds in the direction of the enemy, but none of the shooting had much effect. Everybody carried on with their lives without paying much attention to the firing from the British camp. But the British reaction to the American rifle fire was something else again. “The redcoats are so amazingly terrified by our riflemen,” said one major, “that they will not stir beyond their lines.” The rifle fire was having a psychological effect-snipers had effectively lowered the morale of the British garrison, making the soldiers afraid to go anywhere near the enemy’s lines.

One of the other things that prompted the American revolution, 20% tax you didn't have the cash they took it, and the grain, the liquor in the bear, 20% differences in between the imperial quart size and the American quart , 40 I'm, 32 am, and after, that they were taxed, in a pub,a British soldier that was forced to be quarantined in your house screwing your daughter and wife, got served in 40 imperial Court 20 oz pint, openly compared to the, 32oz quart or 16 oz pint, , after multiple, worst complications and limitation of powder and shot, limitations on ammunition sound familiar, they came for everything everything was equal at that time, mosca's musket few rifles Cannon, grit

2:43 Who is this mook with the 5th grade understanding of the American revolution?

I wonder if the black in the video has a permit to carry a firearm,whether he is a free man of color or a slave it was required by law.

@josephpetrone5846

3 жыл бұрын

Is that a racist remark

They knew how to aim at a distance.thats a southern thang.

@grizzlycountry1030

3 жыл бұрын

They were from the west.

Rifled muskets were of German origin, they are not uniquely American.

@eeljn

5 жыл бұрын

You're talking about 2 totally different guns. The long rifle is uniquely American. Only the lock on Pennsylvania rifles is of German origin. It came from the short barreled club like German Jaeger Bushe. The Virginia designed rifles mostly used English locks.

"German ancestry", i.e., actual Germans 🙄

If only america had men this dedicated to freedom today. Sadly we have sheep. Mask wearing sheep.

Could you fight with one in world war 3 if that is the one gun you have ?😏

@Kez_DXX

3 жыл бұрын

Yes you could but even a bolt action rifle is obsolete for combat use.

@johnparla6252

3 жыл бұрын

All I need is one or to shots if I can take a gun from a Russian solger. the black poder riful is more then worth its wate in gold

@Kez_DXX

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnparla6252 Yeah that's pretty much the mentality behind the Liberator pistol. A cheaply made single shot pistol only intended for use of about... 1 to 4 meters. The barrel was unrifled and while the grip did hold five extra shots, that's all it did. The gun had to be reloaded by hand. Air drop them into France and other occupied countries so the partisans can kill and loot a German soldier.

It is the line in the sand TODAY 2021

@Nick-wn1xw

3 жыл бұрын

Not the stolen presidential election? We just keep moving that line so no one actually has to do anything.

Not much on the rifle. A lot of long rifles were in fact smooth bores but looked like rifles.

This was a surprisingly disjointed and uninformative production. Was this suppose to be about rifles or about the American revolution?

Very little to do with rifles...almost a waste of time

Seems the time is again near.