The ‘Ferguson’ RIFLE The Ferguson Breech Loading Rifle: Another prominent firearm of the War of Independence illustrated and described by D. A. Moss From the beginning, the drawbacks to loading a weapon at one end and operating it from the other had presented a major problem and topic for experimentation among gunsmiths and inventors; […]
American War of Independence
‘KENTUCKY’ LONG RIFLE The Kentucky Long Rifle: Another prominent firearm of the War of Independence illustrated and described by D. A. Moss THERE are innumerable legends sur rounding the origins of the rifled barrel and the causes that stimulated experiments in rifling. One is that it resulted from observing the spinning crossbow bolt; another […]