The Legendary Pennsylvania Long Rifle German Immigrant gunsmiths over came the problems of the favored German Jaeger a hunting weapon with a heavy rifle barrel, by making the long barrel lighter and Decreasing the size of the bore. Commonly and mistakenly called the Kentucky Long Rifle because most frontiersmen of the period lived west of the Appalachians encompassing Tennessee, the Great Lakes region and central Mississippi Valley. He was thus referred to as "The Kentuckian" and his rifle was similarly dubbed. This gun is identical to guns made by Peter Agnst in Penn. 1810-1830.

Early 18thC American Translucent Powder Horn 15" with a crude peg The horn is pain stakingly shave down a number of layers so that it becomes translucent and the owner can see the level of the black gunpowder.

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