The Pennsylvania-Kentucky Rifle

The Pennsylvania-Kentucky Rifle

• Masthof Press, miscellaneous, Pennsylvania History, Thanksgiving

Check out masthof.com for more Henry J. Kauffman books as well as other great books like this one! Read about the rifle that was made in America by gunsmiths who migrated to Lancaster Co., Pa., from central Europe in the first half of the 18th century. This intensive study and exacting research by Kauffman has brought to light a tremendous amount of information on America's first great rifle. First printed in 1960, this book has an extensive listing of gunsmiths and the stylized work of the makers. Various rifles are identified with many photos and sketches and documentary data. Reprinted in 2005.