Meshach Brrowning’s Rifle

[David R. Pennington]

Meshach Browning’s autobiography is one of my favorite reads. Supposedly his rifle is at the Smithsonian. Does anyone know where you could see photographs of it?

[Avlrc]

Sorry, I don't know.  But, here is a rifle that Meshach's grandson built.  Looks a lot like the Benson's rifles from Preston County West Virginia.  Abel was a later maker who lived close to the Bensons.  If you find a photo of Meshach's rifle, post it here, I would like to see that myself.
https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=24268.0

[David R. Pennington]

Thanks for sharing that. Interesting rifle.

[B.Barker]

Which rifle? He had more than one in his career. He talked about a silver mounted rifle and one that shot a one ounce ball and maybe another one or two.

[Bigmon]

I have a friend who's ancestor was Meshach.  Pretty interesting.  His book is great!