And yet, the construction of this historic and functional piece of colonial art is not all that difficult with hand tools! In fact, there are probably more contemporary builders today than all of our ancestors’ 18 th and 19 th Century longrifle gunsmiths combined. So what is this powerful idea that refuses to go to sleep into the pages of history? The very idea that one can and should build their own Pennsylvania Longrifle is so bold and profound a concept that most people are awestruck by the thought. But in spite of the many forces of change, the one thought that pervaded the hearts and minds of muzzleloaders was: “One day, I will carry a Pennsylvania Longrifle” In the middle years of the late 1980s and 90s, hunters succumbed to the “new and improved” sabotted bullets, replica powders and in-line ignition.Īs deer hunters welcomed the first decade of the new millennium, synthetic stocks and scoped added to the potpourri of so-called “primitive” rifles. The early years witnessed antique longrifles and half-stocked Hawken Rifles loaded with black powder and patched roundballs. And that’s something we Pennsylvanians shouldn’t shrug off.” Ned SmithĮver since Pennsylvania’s first “Special Flintlock Deer Season” in 1974, flintlock deer hunters have walked into the fields and forests of the KeystoneState with a myriad of muzzleloader choices. After all, that old flintlock not only was the first truly American firearm, but it also played an important role in shaping a wilderness into what is now the United States of America. I guess it shouldn’t matter, but it does. “Pennsylvania is where it originated and, with very few exceptions, that’s where it was made.
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