No gun collector should be without the legendary Kentucky Rifle.  This revolutionary weapon, in more ways than one, was able to pick off French and British officers and targets at ranges outwards of 300 yards with astounding accuracy for a time when most flintlock colonial guns and rifles could expect some accuracy at 100 yards at best.  Utilizing an ingenious method of putting “rifling” along the inside of the gun’s barrel to put a spin on the bullet as it was fired was the secret to the Kentucky Rifle’s accuracy, which would prove essential in both the French and Indian War and the subsequent American War for Independence, and found its way as a marvel at the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812.  The Kentucky Flintlock Rifle 18^th Century is a fine replica of the kind actually fabricated.  You immediately get a sense of the level of craftsmanship this weapon commanded from the gunsmith, who had to be skilled not only in blacksmithing but engraving and whitesmithing since every weapon made in this was was hand-crafted and therefore unique to the owner.  Many of the colonial versions of the Kentucky Rifle were often quite plain compared to their European counterparts, who had a large array of talents to draw from whereas people of the frontier didn’t have such luxury.  In a day and age when swords and armor were on the wane in favor of more and more reliable firearms, the Kentucky Rifle was a benchmark for both excellent marksmanship and craftmanship that would guide the production of future firearms for decades to come.