Anybody familiar rifle..per chance?

[DaveMZ]

While researching an ancestor of mine who was wounded at Kings Mountain I came across this
piece about his brother-in-law. I would like to see that rifle.

[Shreckmeister]

I hope you find it

[DaveMZ]

I’d just like to see a picture of it.

[Elnathan]

I think there was a picture or two of both the original and a bench copy made for one of White's descendants floating around the 'net about twenty years ago. My very fuzzy memory is that it was a big plain rifle with a greasehole, possibly with no buttplate. Knowing what I know now, I'd be cautious in about the claim that it was actually at King's Mountain and not a gun White owned later in life.

[OLUT]

Try searching the old ALR postings .....here's one example

[DaveMZ]

Gentlemen thank you for the info.

[tooguns]

Is this it? If so,
original

copy

Search Valley Forge Rifle, It's been copied several times under square breech. Good luck!

[Rajin cajun]

This rifle appears to have more than one thimble, and is iron mounted.
The description says 1 thimble and brass mounted.🤷‍♂️

Bob

[Elnathan]

Is this it?

Different gun, but the White rifle had some similarities, IIRC.

I think that the Valley Forge/Square-breeched rifle is likely Scandinavian despite the grease hole, for what it is worth.

[DaveMZ]

I found this while web searching Valley Forge Rifle…..


https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/arms-of-independence-the-guns-of-the-american-revolution/

[backsplash75]

There are quite a few "King's mountain" rifles that were either built well after the event or are 19th century restocks with earlier donor parts lurking in many regional museums.