This increased the stability of its trajectory and dramatically improved accuracy over contemporary smooth bore muskets, which were cheaper and more common. The long rifle is an early example of a firearm using rifling (spiral grooves in the bore), which caused the projectile (commonly a round lead ball) to spin around the axis of its motion. It is characterized by an unusually long barrel, a development in American rifles that was uncommon in European rifles of the same period. 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. Variable, 100 yards typical, to well over 200 yards by an experienced user User dependent, Usually 2+ rounds a minute 48 cal was most commonįlintlock/ percussion lock (predominant after 1850)
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