"Martin Mylin of Lancaster County is considered the inventor of the Pennsylvania Long Rifle, which later became known as the Kentucky Long Rifle of pioneer fame. This rifle is considered by gun collectors to be a particularly important development, as it combined, through creolization and inventiveness, the elements of British rifling, Germanic style mechanisms, and an especially long barrel for great accuracy. The result was a particularly effective, and distinctly American, weapon." [from the text]
