| Show ap A IF film ss A ft lot T iiii sw y lea 4 L JL K oil jar y v lwe aia S 4 10 7 14 A a 1 A s h 1 rn 7 1 X it 4 M A NA v I 1 I 1 ILI am apt lpt X ww a IS U A tell I 1 4 by ELMO SCOTT WATSO 14 1119 r of e w tile tho late goligh paid a title tribute to one of the earliest ili made in lc when saso writa witness WI e sweet ancient weapon of au ers the t e ago r rine miker of slates empire buil builder dei U useful ful as afi W corsini co usini vie ii in id jacs resign agn simple i t as aa tle the avore cv ore practice practical tica L e I 1 purpose purposeful u ul in n every regard this Is no belonging of a weal weak nor man m 1 an it la Is tle tile weapon of tile the anglo saxon that Is to say bay the anglo angio saxon in amer aloer 4 N naad feidt never in tile the history of the arms of nn na n results have been ir oro tremendous in compall oon con to tile the 1 le 0 y tins lias there baeri u P a U ca ed ex giac osan 0 i environment iller ecail C my was more gnip impressive anle cans E i gaunt 1 keen tireless that parched marched to mw ineser T tv fit orleana Or leona I 1 ithe s of ajie fie anny nr riyo on ali day after that j field boult faund dball bial J agett the dead shot between betge err th llie 0 A e Ys eyes thel aliey knew kleiv they could uil ali tap a no mare weaponry 1 a nd such ivoa pon bearers be areri alie ririe had ad won tile the 1 an aou wb TAI ofa it last fast the af ya the long alie which ho aln a i tiny finy ball instead of a bullet and as hough niso also says say 61 looting it with kith an accuracy hitherto deemed dee inc jn in tile achievements of nr fir earDis earvis ade ande it til oft tuv weapon of tile the american frontiersman just before the revolution with it were equipped the companies of expert riflemen from virginia maryland and pennsylvania who marched in 1775 to take part in tile the siege of boston and ft ho later inter furnished the herfor th ofanio morgan riflemen n ien k 41 an u apon ta winch li pal doone boone and tits asip t i k allo alie dafes nna around Cro und ai kentucky ind because of their rents feats with it if this rifle became popularly known ns as tile the kentucky rifle or in atie old kaintuck V and therein lies iles one of the curious inconsistencies tn in history yF ifor For or the IT Kent ent jicky floe waa VMS a ids e an fn belinis 1 rania by pennsylvania german title ride malbert ani and it would have a 1 1 tilla thlu type of weapon weapon had gone down in history as the pres aresa dispatches ills patches recorded a curious hous coa I 1 s to newcastle item in itt ta in phila delp delplina lila had find been presented with 35 examples of this weapon gir the generosity of J stokes a 4 na in tile the item they yere were called the principle of the rifle the twist in tile the bore 1 A said to have originated in the german states of V tie maln but it t remained for german himml 1 tv ahls oat comit 14 Toi Tm prore it and perfect its use tills this they beann loang na as varly early ns as 1732 1731 1 and before 1760 iotova ioto idan i of lancaster pa had a virtual monopoly apon the rifle ride making busl bushness ness 1 after that date mere men df trade fiade there branched lied out for themselves and the fame asi t S hn had out the tiie colonies by 1775 these lancaster graduates were operating rifle shops in baltimore and cumberland lid 1 ey market win chest MICI a 1 carlden camden jt ry at nr at X and augusta ga schenectady esopus onondaga johnstown and canado Can aJo ha rien X tile the nue nunie rote robi acs til b aih stae zo towns w n i I 1 in per pennsylvania af i sawyer in ari ri ns in t Anfe Acan U history alatary usta no less than 70 76 pennsylvania rifle makere lakerr mak ere louato 0 o f wh orn 23 25 averl were 61 early lan caster rifle ride rankers makers whose arms were in use a at tile outbreak of revolution even jf if the men the M apfl sq two WE af iwa of thiera was a gunsmith who operated ills his iop tn in before and after 1739 and in lancaster jacob avas his name nami it j Is also spelled lochert Oo Jc chert deschere Desch erd ond and awe to call his him craIr a kard or ir deckhard and to swear by it as aa the otwe lest shaou 1 11 s A da W 1 l ali the other man was an easton Pal maker years ago emerson Ei dougli started an 1 inquiry as to named john golcher or who for a while was employed in a factory to instruct in boring and grinding barrels but who returned to easton where he began turning but out 1 rifle became famous e s ode talty lock revolving double barrel rifles one of his rifles dby george washingto b but perhaps 1 the most famous was that boubie 61 got ch rk Tl murphy of morgans bl organs rifle corps corp i killed hlll e d won baier at ahat battle of saratoga which in view VI ew of the tremendous results of his deadly afta can appropriately be called a shot heard around the world no less than that fired at concord to so many of flick rifles oath af I 1 enu sylvania sylv atilA craftsmen were carried into kentucky Ket tucky by b the pl Sneers rs who c over aver into that promised land before and during the as to give this type of arm tile the hame name of kentucky erfle te number was adt to supply all the e alle mens needs in iq battling tho the savages who were trying in vain inin to fo stem the tide of white so it was wag only natural that they should prevail upon one of the pennsylvania rifle makers to establish a gun in the new country and some time before 1700 a certain mills said to have been an apprentice of decherd was turning out nt at lie lived there until 1815 and no doubt some of the rifles were carried by the alie kentucky and tennessee frontiersmen under old hickory nic kory who shot hams linins veterans squarely between the eyes nt at tile the battle of new orleans another pennsyl vania kentucky rifle maker aaker abose eliose career covered both bj tile the flintlock and percussion pore lock period of rifle ld making was vohn shell who learned the trade at liverpool pa emigrated emigrate a to no kentucky and died only a few years ago in his homestead on greasy creek where here lie he had lived for a an century at the ripe old age of bf one hunti hundred fed thirty three I 1 a ai 3 tito old 1 has had find no more t nilve and better informed historian than tile the titan luan i deviously quoted emerson hough who wha writes of it in the way to the west as follows therrall ther ball ot of the american Ampt limn rifle waa bajaj small forty sixty or perhaps one hundred of them weighing scarcely more than a pound the little curving horn tilled filled with the precious powder tSo vider grains carried enough to furnish many shots tho the stock block of 0 the rifle itself gave housing to the little s of linen or fine leather with which abic h he bullet wap wao pa patched ached in loading with store of powder and lead easlic portable por lable food tor or this providentially contrived weapon the am amerlean froin tle raman passed on alien silently t ly through the for forest jest a maata ma an arbiter ruler of br s roem teenan an and in time master of the civilized antagonist that said eald him nay even when the pennsylvania rifle makers had helped push the frontier to beyond the tit er or contribution to the winning of the west veil was not yet done for it was tho the how kins kansor or Ilaw kens a family faintly of pennsylvania gunsmiths gun smiths who ibo made abe t e famous Ilaw ket rifle which became the favorite weapon 0 such me men n as kit carson jim bridger jim bal baker er aca all tile the other old time mountain men tile history of this family amily f la Is not entirely clear sawyer plates that henry later members of the family fam fly spelled lt it uallen III leathed the hadj arade at un la n t aked in the U harpers ferry armory find and went to st louis spon soon after illo however taff who made th e t ilaween rifle I 1 famous t ahto throughout the great west were two brothers br athers 6 jacob and samuel hawken gons of kins who were partners in a in st louis in 1822 2 after they put their product on the market amarjit no trapper or fur trader would start V uC onan agn expedition up tho the massouri 0 or r rn I ocl ka 1 without a trusty Il awken if ho could help it the only difficulty was that the djadan demand d exceeded the supply especially at the price asked as ed for the Haw keris and especially S ilaween Ilaw Len en alio wh 0 become became tile the mure more famous of the he two had hut but one ft hilr rides and that was as n ni n lino more r e no loss me he could have obtained d much more than tha that hut but lie he it was war afar price and main today I 1 ilaw k en rifles aire are several taw tu w many genuine ilfin faie hallena there wife were still in and discovered talat so far its as la Is known there je alyere e only ply four two were nere in the collection of the all al s society ou one e was owned by judge idal julean fi t 1 of the probate court in kansas city CUY and fourth bastile was alie ov ned by kit parson noy preserved lp mtv abt mil 1 I deuro of m montezuma Joil lodge ge A F and A urata santa LP ye e y X iv ay which carsen it a f b ex at tane q discovered bior M I 1 tuf f ahn a an n jh he alle collection of abe ek E county flo in an cco colorant Colo lorn radt 6 this SiV weapon apon which Is pit lent talba to tb society aty qty in 1910 byLe by le hay chapman of elo colo 7 ne ear gr it it V was r a another n 0 ir famous weapon also sald to have been owned once by kit carbon a 66 caliber sharps rifled carbine made laade by sharps nd hankins tn in in 1859 car blues w etere ere made m 6 fo for daiy navy use and had 0 leather covering sewed on th tae e entire length of the barrel to prevent rust one of the partners in the firm which made this gun was christian sharps who began making rifles which walh we wa re reused viea in the M mexican war although his first patent was not issued until IM however it haq opt apt until 1859 thi that nt the sh slurps rifles became bec amo tamo famous s tit then on one fall day in that year old john brown attacked Ilar harpers pers ferry and ov over erthe the wires flashed the ne newa nys that brown and Us lis men were armed with sharps nian mari killers and that one of browns brown sons had shot and killed the mayor m hiir of theto the town lyp with that weapon when the civil war broke out the famous penn sylvani syl varila aBuck hek tall tail regiment in filar arched cheil to war armed with these improved man mail tillers killers 1 it a short gun ot of 60 56 caliber with a sword bayonet instead of caps they U used sed a tape which alch wa was colled coiled in a I 1 chamber close to the tube and when the file soldier was ready to fire the tape tap e was wai pulled up so taht ones one end would armould cover the tube and the hammer would strike the percussion tape another sharps rifle used in the te civil war w was s a 52 call callar tier and used a linen cartridge ITlie their lr rapidity of 0 fire are and ace accuracy dracy enabled a soldier r mark amarito sm arito hit ills his enemy first says sawyer and the ra renown own of civil war companies n of infantry armed with i sharps rifles boon gave rise t to 0 ali the 0 laudatory term I 1 sharpshooters cut but it remained for tt a later Sharps to bring that rifle maker his bla greatest fanie fame that wits was the old sharps buffalo kun gun this was the model made from roell I 1 1975 6 to which used u a metallic cartridge and was made in three callet rs s 10 40 45 and GO 50 these rifles had a thick illicit heavy barrel and the total weight of the weapon was from lour fourteen teen to elg eighteen liten pounds the bullet fired frum from such a weapon had a powe reven at a range of a a mile or more in fact one of the most mait f famous amous shots in amerlean american history lil story was that made bylilly by Billy phon a buffalo hunter at the battle of adobe walls in the texas in 1874 1474 Xo popular Pillar has preserved tile the tale fale of this shot an and exaggerated it ishad killing killiri 9 in an indian andl an at a mile and a inife alere ls 19 what dixon hin himself iseff lias fias toay to ay about it in the story of tile life wl which tell he dictated before ills his death in 1013 an and d which was published by hla widow tirs mrs olav OIl k bl dixon the next year tile the distance was note not for far from arce e fourths of a mile I 1 took tank careful rim aam and pulled tile trigger we saw nn an fall i from ills hora r 1 I was was admittedly h good marksman yek this was ans what might be tilled a shot theodore once sold said that t the I 1 to sharps rifle sounded the knell imell of doom for fa r tild the 1 north american kmer ican buckalo buC Talo lie he might have bowed ill t it 1 lid did the same gaine for the avdian for nhen lian man was da deprived tit of this staple kalife n his food supply ills hl aday day of donil dominion lilon of a writ war done so FA tile the product of another rifle malier maker helmed win the trans jast just a as those of the earlier irl pr gun makara of tit hi keystone state find won trie Ane ghen 14 west vist for tilen the and nt ti rifle A in the blinds of american frontlet f mi mpa mits ts arf warp re tools 1001 4 with which a natle amfin |
