How the Kentucky Rifle Turned Frontier Deer Hunters into America’s First Snipers

Why was the Kentucky rifle (originally the Pennsylvania rifle) so successful? Because the long rifle evolved in response to ...
Field & Stream

True Frontier Guns: The Flintlock Rifles of Kentucky's Hersh

The blackpowder rifles that come out of Hershel House’s workshop hidden in the Kentucky backwoods aren’t just exacting, made-from-scratch re-creations of true frontier guns. The home-forged springs ...
thedailytimes

WHERE I COME FROM: Learn about Kentucky rifles at upcoming program

Anyone interested in history, in particular, the history surrounding Kentucky rifles as they were used in the Great Smoky Mountains, is invited to attend the next quarterly meeting of the Blount ...
Lexington Herald Leader

After a COVID cancellation, UK’s Memorial Coliseum is ready to host the NCAA rifle finals

Kentucky’s venerable Memorial Coliseum — built in 1950 and reopened last year following an $82 million renovation project — is about to get a first this weekend: Host site of the NCAA rifle ...