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By THERESA REYNOLDS
Rappahannock >fw» Staff Writer
Early settlers of the Blue Ridge Mountains relied heavily on the game that was abundant here: bear, deer, rabbit, squirrel, coon, groundhog, possum and wild turkey. These they hunted mostly with the “long rifle" - so named because the gun had a long barrel making it possible to use slow-burning gunpowder. The settlers called the guns “KentuckyPennsylvania” rifles because of the Pennsylvania gun
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