Patch box rifle wagon
Patch Boxes of Kentucky Rifles Rendered by Albert Levone (artist c. 1937 watercolor and gouache on paperboard overall: 50.9 x 35.9 cm (20 1/16 x 14 1/8 in.) Index of American Design Not on View From the Tour: Metalwork from the Index of American Design Object 11 of 17 In a molten state brass can be cast into intricate shapes like this hinged patchbox cover. A patchbox is a container inlayed into the buttstock of a flintlock rifle that holds a greased cloth or other small piece of equipment. Flintlock rifles, developed by the Pennsylvania Germans, played an important role in the Revolutionary War. Also called Kentucky rifles, they were made famous by such backwoods heroes as Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett. This patchbox cover was probably made about 1810. Pennsylvania German gunsmiths displayed their love of fine decoration by including elaborate detail on their rifles. The scroll design of this patchbox cover reflects the ornate style fashionable during the Golden Age of Kentucky rifles, while the bird motif is in keeping with Pennsylvania German tradition. «back to gallery»continue tour.
By Robert A. Leath | from The Magazine ANTIQUES, July/ August 2012 | When the late southern decorative arts expert and author John Bivins Jr. published his 1968 book on early North Carolina firearms, he noted that, among surviving implements.of early America and the South, few art forms have stirred the imagination more than the American longrifle. 1 Created by craftsmen working in rural communities, long rifles could be objects of both beauty and utility on the early American frontier. Expert gunsmiths combined the skills of the blacksmith, brazier, silversmith, and wood carver to create this singular art form. Figs. 1-1c. Long rifle by William Black (1785-1827 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 1813. Initialed W. B. on the patch-box plate (1b) and dated 1813 on the lock-bolt side plate (1c). Maple, iron, brass, and silver; overall length 61 ⅜ inches. Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts at Old Salem, Winston- Salem, North Carolina; photographs by Kenneth Orr. Bivins illustrated twenty-five artistically significant North Carolina rifles attributed to sixteen gunsmiths working across the state. However, one particularly magnificent rifle, which he selected as the cover illustration for the book, puzzled and bedeviled him. Because the maker was unidentified, the rifle has been known only by the engraved initials on its patch box, W. B. Bivins opined without reservation that the maker was one of the most significant gunsmiths in piedmont North Carolina. 2 Fig. 2. Detail of a long rifle signed by SMB, Mecklenburg County,. Initialed SMB on the patch-box plate. Maple, iron, brass, and silver; overall length 61 ¼ inches. While the identity of SMB is currently unknown, he may be a member of William Black's family. Private collection. After forty-four years, new research has identified W. B. as William Black, a master gunsmith who lived and worked on Mc Alpine.
The black powder rifles were widely used in the Civil War. Taylor’s laboriously bored and rifled with crude tools; fitted with a stock hewn from a maple tree in the neighboring forest; and supplied with a lock hammered to shape on the anvil; an unknown smith, in a shop long since silent, fashioned a rifle which changed the whole course of world history; made possible the settlement of a continent; and ultimately Freed our country of foreign domination. Light in weight; graceful in line; economical in consumption of powder and lead; fatally precise; distinctly American; it sprang into immediate popularity;.
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Traditional flint and cap lock rifles have been around for more than 200 years. From pre-revolutionary war times, and are still in use today. One of the.
Quigley Down Under (1990) Quigley Down Under is a 1990 Western starring Tom Selleck as Matthew Quigley, an American frontiersmen and sharpshooter who travels down to Australia of the mid 19th Century to accept a job from a wealthy rancher ( Alan Rickman) to use his skills in the outback. When he's told the truth about the nature of his job, Quigley clashes with the rancher and finds himself stranded in the desert with a crazed woman who believes he is her dead husband. The film was directed by Simon Wincer ( Lonesome Dove). Note: While some promotional materials for the film state that the film takes place in the year 1860 (which would make numerous firearms in the film anachronistic there are no direct references to when the film takes place. The following firearms were used in the film Quigley Down Under: WARNING! THIS PAGE CONTAINS SPOILERS! Shiloh Sharps 1874 Long Range Rifle Matthew Quigley ( Tom Selleck) uses a Shiloh Sharps 1874 Long Range rifle with a 34 barrel (4 s longer than a standard 30 barrel) converted to fire a.45-110 metallic cartridge with a 540 grain paper-patch bullet. It has double set triggers, and is fitted with a ladder-elevated Vernier peep sight and a Globe front sight. He is an incredible sharpshooter with this rifle and often makes use of the double set triggers for more accurate shots. Sometimes he shoots from so far away, the report of the rifle is heard 2-3 seconds after the impact of the bullet ( Even though sound catches up with supersonic rounds after 300-400 yards). Several times in the film the gun is shown capable of sending people airborne (some even completely flipped in mid-air! as movie rules states a big gun must send bad guys flying. Uberti Sharps 1874 Long Range with 34 barrel, fitted with Vernier sight. The film credits the actual rifle used as being manufactured by Shiloh Rifle Mfg., Big Timber, MT. Differences between.