Kentucky Heritage: The Longrifle in Revival 

Wow that was a young Hershel House, Hershel is a true craftsmen that's for sharing. Love these older shows.

Carman Hershel House! Nice surprise, along with actually shooting a flintlock with roundball in a TV studio. Those were the days! A rare example of a Humanities Endowment being spent wisely. Thank you.

This video is one of the best I've watched on youtube.

This old movie never gets old. Hershel is so young, Even back then The House brothers were making truly fine rifles. What gifted Gunsmiths.

Very rare to see a left hand long rifle. I'm building one now. Just when I had right hand guns figured out I had a left ask me to build him one. I learned from Herschel House, John Bivins, Wallace Gusler, Gary Brumfield and Jack Brooks. T. Clark

Fantastic piece of our Longrifle culture..Hershel House is a true craftsman .Thanks for posting !

wow...this film has to be fifty years old... I first met Hershel in 1978 at the NMLRA Eastern Rendezvous in Brookville, Penna...where early one morning while I was makin' coffee over the fire, he went by and I said hallo,.. said he was going squirrel huntin'... I'd known of his reputation, -so I counted the shots... 7 or 8 it was,.. and a while later he strolled by with... 7, or 8 squirrels. Maybe 10 years later, I had the honor to have dinner with the House's,.. and we had... Squirrel & Dumplins', and brother let me too you it was some fine vittles, yasirree bob. Hello to Hershel- ain't seen ya in a dawgs age, and wish it t'wern't so. Surley hope alls well my friend...Mebbe some day we'll have us another 'candle shoot, and mebbe this time I'll whup ya... All my best to you m' friend

Great film and SUPREME flattop!

Not a fat American in sight! Those were the days!

i wouldn't have recognized Hershel house, but i sure recognized his voice and that little laugh of his.

I've watched this old classic many times, never gets old. Hershel House looks mighty young and he's and his brothers still are Craftsman of the old order TVM makes beautiful Lancaster Rifles I have a early Lancaster and she does win me matches.

Simplicity and durability.

Thank you for this upload.

You can tell a Kentuckian by his very unique accent. Even among southern accents the Kentucky accent stands out. We pronounce things differently than other southern people.

Like this video! Verry informative! My 3ed Great grand father was a black Smith, a carpenter, a gun maker he mad my long rifles ,pistols,shotguns.He was horned in Lecture county Vergina,In Nov10th 1806,he would be 215 years old. I will follow in his footsteps. Especially making.I will try to make gun as good as he did.David Back from Menifee county Kentucky.He made percussion,and flintlock.

Un video precioso sobre el rifle de Kentucky. Muy bueno.

WHAT A GREAT VIDEO , I’m into Flintlock rifles, so this was very educational and pleasing to give my attention to, PS. Knowledge is power 👍

What a pleasant video to watch. Sure does take me back to my youth. Where do I buy a copy for my own library?

Enjoyable to watch, thanks for putting this out there. Curious when this film was originally made?

great video

The long rifle was long for complete combustion / max muzzle velocity , and long sight picture. That, combined with a patched ball in a well made rifle and fired by a life-long shooter ....... was deadly. Against overwhelming Indians, they had to be good runners. Or they died in place defending their families, which was very common.

my 2 favorite rifles, M1 Garand and a Kin Tuk ee rifle gun

Awesome

Shooting a rifle indoors? SHEEEESH! if you did that today the "Politically Correct police" at WKU would have flipped!

Armas lindas. Gostaria de possuí-las todas.

14:34 he called an M1 Garand a modern weapon!

I was wondering about squire boone rifles. Never seen any but want to

how far does a Kentucky long rifle shot I am getting on it's a 50 cal.I liked this vido all so

First left hand version I ever saw

This was so boring it was enjoyable. Kind of like a dog that's so ugly he's cute. It just sucks you in and you can't hit the stop button. But this is how Humanities money at WKU should be spent, instead of on that modern PC stuff. I wonder if that gentleman, Mr. House is still making long rifles in Morgantown, KY. I'd take a short (very short) drive to see him. I love watching true craftsmen, if they would allow it. I've never been into the old Kentucky Rifles, but I'm developing an interest. Something tells me I've been missing out. Outstanding video.

Are the images mirrored?

When was this filmed?

I want to purchase one please

Past lives

Nice........ a left-handed flintlock; how rare is that? I sure could use one of those; I hate the powder flash speckling my cheek! LOL!!!

S e years ago, like 50 or so, I fired off a Colt 1851 and a SAA in a physics lab so the students could calibrate the feet per second and energy and all that. Impossible today, of course. As an aside, ere was no such thing as a "Kentucky" file. Try Pennsylvania rifle.

Man at the start there moving through the forest like a drunk elephant.

Though outside the scope of this historic video lets compare the M-14 vs. M-16 rifle. Of course, I'm referring to the Vietnam War (1961-1975). See R. Lee Ermey's online video on M-14 vs. M-16. My point here is the weight of ammo. 200 rounds of 5.56mm (.223 Remington) (M-16) vs. (.308 Winchester/7.62mm NATO). The former would weigh noticeably less than the latter. For the soldier or Marine the weight reduction alone can make a difference. So it is with a Pennsylvania/Kentucky long rifle vs. the military smooth bore flintlock musket, the .75 caliber British Brown Bess for instance. Again the weight of lead balls for the former vs. the latter makes a difference. Of course, the musket had the advantage of a bayonet which the long rifle didn't. Even packing a handgun into the outdoors. One box of 9mm Luger. .38 Special/.357 Magnum for instance would weight noticeably less than a box of .45 Automatic. Even the handgun itself. Examples would be the 35 oz. unloaded weight of a 4" Smith and Wesson (K-Frame) Model 19 or 66 "stainless" .357 Combat Magnum revolver vs. the 39 oz. unloaded weight of a Colt Model 1911-A1 Government Model .45 semi-automatic pistol. For the outdoorsman both an S&W Model 19 and 66, especially when worn in a belt holster, will feel lighter vs. the .45 Automatic. At the end of a long day this would again make a difference. Sometimes less is more. ----Jim Farmer Merrill, Oregon in Klamath County

Lol even that "modern military rifle" is considered to be a thing of the past today!

I cut my rifling with uncommon lard myself

Oh Heck ! The Liberals are mad now !

Always said I was born in the wrong generation

Are the traits of these rifles exceptional? No. The individual traits are not. The technology wasn't. The artistry wasn't. The practicality wasn't. Put all of these together though and you have an exceptional item. The guns are exceptional.

The replica has far too much drop at the comb to shoulder well or be original. This man is not very knowledgeable.

I wish I owned one of those rifles.