Just wondering if there is something that makes Kentucky rifles and PA and Ohio rifles different from each other or do the names just come from long barreled rifles made in different states. I've lived almost my whole life in Ohio and recently got interested in maybe building an "Ohio" rifle, would a rifle made from Kentucky rifle parts, fitted, and assembled in Ohio, with a stock of an Ohio maple tree be an Ohio rifle or a Kentucky rifle made in Ohio? I'd like to try a more traditional rifle, my CVA Kentucky is close but has a musket nipple.
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Kentucky, Pennsylvannia, Ohio rifle diference?
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Depending on the time period some of the Ohio rifles look quite like a Pennsylvania rifle.
Then, there were distinctive styles that were developed in Ohio which were not associated with other places like a cheekpiece on both sides of the stock.
Later on in the Percussion era the perch belly stock was often seen on the half-stocks.
As for the "Kentucky", very few gunsmiths ever built a rifle in that State and the term "Kentucky" is generally applied to almost any longrifle regardless of where it was made.
Many people think the term "Kentucky Rifle" came from a popular song about Andrew Jackson's victory in New Orleans. The song was about the boys from Kentucky in the battle using their "Kentucky Rifles".
He even went so far as to use that song during his campaign for the Presidency.
Then, there were distinctive styles that were developed in Ohio which were not associated with other places like a cheekpiece on both sides of the stock.
Later on in the Percussion era the perch belly stock was often seen on the half-stocks.
As for the "Kentucky", very few gunsmiths ever built a rifle in that State and the term "Kentucky" is generally applied to almost any longrifle regardless of where it was made.
Many people think the term "Kentucky Rifle" came from a popular song about Andrew Jackson's victory in New Orleans. The song was about the boys from Kentucky in the battle using their "Kentucky Rifles".
He even went so far as to use that song during his campaign for the Presidency.
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