Widowmaker

[neal]

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During the American Revolution the British dubbed these Pennsylvania Rifles "Widowmaker" because of their deadly accuracy in the hands of American backwoodsmen.

This one was made in modern times by my friend William Kennedy who passed away a couple of years ago, much too young.

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[storybrown]

beautiful wood . . .

[stuny]

Neal -

 

A beautfy, and well posed on the buckskin.

[pauledell]

Neal,

 

A wonderful shot of a well perserved relic on the marvelous background.

 

Paul

[neal]

Neal,

 

A wonderful shot of a well perserved relic on the marvelous background.

 

Paul, this is not a relic, but a modern made Pennsylvania rifle in the Berks county pattern, since it is not a copy of any particular rifle, and is hand made technically it's not a repro. Since these rifles have been made continuously since the 1700's it is simply a Pennsylvania rifle made in the 1980's

[roguewave]

Neal, that's some beautiful piece of worked mahogany.

[daveleo]

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Good to see these examples of hand craftmanship now and then . . . very pretty photo of a beautiful rifle (i assume the bore is rifled?)

 

let me ask . . . does the stock fit under the arm? or against the shoulder . . . the steep angle of these guns confuses me . . . it looks like you could not sight it if it butted against your shoulder . . . ?

 

modern rifle have much straighter lines from barrel to shoulder ( to prevent it from rotating as it fires).

[neal]

Good to see these examples of hand craftmanship now and then . . . very pretty photo of a beautiful rifle (i assume the bore is rifled?)

 

let me ask . . . does the stock fit under the arm? or against the shoulder . . . the steep angle of these guns confuses me . . . it looks like you could not sight it if it butted against your shoulder . . . ?

 

modern rifle have much straighter lines from barrel to shoulder ( to prevent it from rotating as it fires).

 

Dave, these American long rifles, (aka. Kentucky long rifles, Pennsylvania rifles), tend to have a very pronounced drop in the butt stock some much more than this one but they were intended to be fired from the shoulder. They were generally fired standing off hand, you had to load them from a standing position as they are usually at least 5 feet long. The added length gave them exceptional long range accuracy, much to the displeasure of many a British officer during the revolution.