Object Details
- licensee
- Ferguson, Patrick
- associated person
- De Peyster, Frederic
- Egg, Durs
- Description
- This is one of three prototypes Patrick Ferguson had made in 1776. It is the same rifle Ferguson fired in a demonstration for George III. Ferguson gave the rifle to Frederic De Peyster, a New York loyalist militia officer. The Ferguson was one of the first breech loading rifles used in battle. It employed a breechlock - a vertical rising screw that was lowered by rotating the trigger guard. This opened the breech for loading. This improvement allowed the rifle to fire four to six shots per minute.
- ca 1776
- ID Number
- AF.234203
- catalog number
- 234203
- accession number
- 44501
- Object Name
- rifle
- Other Terms
- rifle; Firearms; Flintlock; .69 In; Rifled; 14; 03
- Measurements
- overall: 7 1/2 in x 49 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 19.05 cm x 125.73 cm x 6.35 cm
- place made
- United Kingdom
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Exhibition
- Price of Freedom
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_416830
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746af-8452-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
